April 2007
23 posts published in April 2007.
- 04.30.07Core 1: Write-On: What is the line between leadership and dictatorship. Read the next chapter of Animal Farm and figure out where/if the line has…Lesson Plans
- 04.27.07Core 1: Review the revised Discovery Online Code. Write-On: How would you know if you were being controlled? Read the next chapter in Animal Farm…Lesson Plans
- 04.26.07Core 1: How do we need to update The Discovery Blogging Rules so that they include wiki-specific ideas. What can we do with our new found…Lesson Plans
Visions of ChangeWell, I guess it was bound to happen sometime, but I really didn’t expect it to happen this soon. We have received funding for our School 2.0…Lesson Plans- 04.23.07Core 1: Check out the Clustr Map. How does this change the nature of our writing/project? Discuss-On: What kind of leader usually wins a…Lesson Plans
Creating the School 2.0 MovementI have become dissatisfied with talking about School 2.0 only among educators. It seems to be this feedback loop that creates a lot of noise, but…Lesson Plans- 04.19.07Core 1: Who do you think the animals represent in a society? Boxer Clover Benjamin Muriel Squealer Read Chapter 5: What does a societal shift look…Lesson Plans
- 04.18.07Cores 1-4: Guess how much of our Academy of Discovery budget was set aside for us at the meeting last night? Core 1: Should leaders have more…Lesson Plans
- 04.17.07Cores 1, 2, 4: Watch Inquiring Minds Need to Know and introduce the Academy of Discovery: What should we change before we go to the parent…Lesson Plans
- 04.16.07Core 1: What is the easiest way to hide corruption within a society? Read Chapter 4 in Animal Farm. Work on utopias. Who in your utopia is…Lesson Plans
- 04.13.07Core 1: Creating interactivity on your wiki using sPresent. Wiki work and troubleshooting. Core 2: How was your -Ism shaped by the following…Lesson Plans
- 04.12.07Core 1: What kind of wiki contributer are you, and why? Distilling your Utopian ideals into a set of 7 (or more) commandments: What kinds of…Lesson Plans
- 04.11.07Core 1: Write-On: What is your anthem, and how has it persuaded you to be who you to be who you are? Read and Discuss chapter two. Core 2: What…Lesson Plans
- Web PresenceThere is a new type of reputation out there. It lingers and builds long after you you have stopped caring about it. Managing it is hard. Too many…
Beyond RubricsThis podcast was created because of a discussion I had with my students about the merits of rubrics in a School 2.0 classroom. The data was mixed.…- 04.10.07Cores 1, 2, and 4: What is your Digital Legacy? Work on your wiki edit that you will use for your weekly authentic, or blog for your weekly…Lesson Plans
- 04.09.07Core 1: Write-On: What would it take for you to start or go along with a revolution? Enter Animal Farm Core 2: Extending the classroom: What does…Lesson Plans
- 04.06.07Core 1: What is leadership? The History of Communism in 7 Parts Working with wikimail and working on your Utopias Core 2: How can we use a social…Lesson Plans
The Embedded ClassroomThe two wiki project that my students have started to work on have taught me that an open framework that allows for embedded materials is…- 04.05.07Core 1: Introduction to the ideas from animal farm. Get the BritLit Podcast to work. Respond to personalized discussion questions and continue to…Lesson Plans
- 04.04.07Core 1: How can we discuss our worlds? New examples of Utopian integration. Introduction to the reaction novel. Read about and discuss the many…Lesson Plans
- 04.03.07Cores 1-4: What is the Value of Amateurs? Work on Sem2_Week11 either on your blog (using Writetomyblog.com or Learnerblogs.org if it is working)…Lesson Plans
- 04.02.07Core 1: How will the las eight weeks of middle school be different from the rest of middle school? Show off the Official Seal Generator How will…Lesson Plans