Core 1: (We will be coming back to our discussion on Public Education tomorrow. Today will be the second of four 30-minute Expert blogging sessions.) Write-on: Create the following diagram on a piece of paper (or computer if your prefer… Notebook or Word would probably be quickest) to show your …
Core 1: Write-on: Is public education a privilege or a right? Read “The Case for Public Schools” by Horace Mann What key points does he raise about public education? What evidence does he use to prove them? How is his vision different from the reality of public education? Extensions: Answer …
Core 1: Discuss-on: Why would something be worth debating? Throw out ideas for debate. A 30-minute-expert blogging session on global censorship: Mr Mayo’s Delicious Account on Free Press Resources Facts Opinions Extension: Post your findings to your blog in the correct format. Core 2: Discuss-on: Why do we establish hierarchies? …
Core 1: Draw-on: Draw a diagram of how you believe a debate should be run that will go along with what you wrote last night. Share out your diagrams on the document camera. Test the most popular form out with “Solved: They mayor should have paid the Piper.” What can …
Core 1: Write-on: Does music have the power to persuade? Discuss the Pied Piper of Hamelin questions: How can music create changes in the ways people feel and act? Are these changes always positive? What are some examples of ways in which music may have affected events in history? What …
I am at NACOL’s VSS 2007 in Louisville, Kentucky today. Here are my sub plans. Cores 1-3: If you get stuck in your blogging today, please go here and find inspiration. Core 4: If you are “finished” or “stuck” in your essay writing: Get a couple of people to read …
Core 1: Debrief-on? How many new words can we expect in our lexicon based upon your work with the Combined Word Dictionary. Record a few definitions for classroom podcast. Turn-in Essay, and self-assess according to Kid-Friendly Rubric. Read Pied Piper of Hamelin: How can music create changes in the ways …
Core 1: Discuss-on: Do you have to organize the examples and quotations in your essay chronologically as the book has? Continue working on your essay, perfecting it into a form that you would want to turn in. If you finish, get a couple of people to read it and comment. …