There is a severe lack of time in the air. It pervaides every conversation I hear on many days: “No, I don’t have time for that collaboration right now. Maybe after this quarter is over.”“Are you sure that it has to be due tomorrow. I really think that having the …
So I haven’t blogged for a little while because of all of the work I have been doing for our district’s online school, eDCSD. I intend to blog that out more fully in a separate post, but now I am at the TIE 2008 conference and I have some time …
Cores 2+3: Discuss-on: Begin Discovery Digital Portfolios Don’t forget about the little things that we have done (Write-on questions, ELT projects, Science and Social Studies blogging, etc.) Make it visual. Organize it. Reflect, Reflect, Reflect. (Why was this piece important or interesting?) Extensions: Finish your Digital Portfolio before you forget …
Cores 1+4: Discuss-on: Watch Animal Farm and look for your own reasoning. Extensions: Mentally prepare yourself for summer. Core 2: Quiz-it-Up Discuss-on: Watch Animal Farm and look for your own reasoning. Extensions: Mentally prepare yourself for summer. Core 3: Write-on: Talk about writing arguments, support, and two-sided debate. Collect support …
Core 4: Write-on: Read Chapter 9 and 10 of Animal Farm What does the new generation of pigs mean for the farm? Do you think that anyone will get to retire? How does Boxer’s health lead to the final straw of inequality? What is going to happen to Animal Farm …
Core 1: Write-on: Read Chapter 9 and 10 of Animal Farm What does the new generation of pigs mean for the farm? Do you think that anyone will get to retire? How does Boxer’s health lead to the final straw of inequality? What is going to happen to Animal Farm …
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Cores 1+4: Write-on: Read Chapter 8 of Animal Farm Why are the pigs new rules so far reaching? Why are they not satisfied with equality? Did the animal truly succeed in the second battle? What did they win? Write from the viewpoint of a pig and of another animal in …
Cores 1+4: Write-on/Blog-on: Honor the work you did on Utopias. Talk about Digital Portfolios Extensions: Finish that last book that you have been working on before summer. Core 2: Rev-It-Up Talk about Script and Planning. Work on your utopia for our three purposes: Creating Community Telling the story of Utopia …
Cores 1, 2, 4: Write-on or Blog-on: Check out the final workings of our Utopias: Peace Culture Firebirdmusic’s Tour Beastly Tour Work on your utopia for our three purposes: Creating Community Telling the story of Utopia Enhancing our ideas Finish your Utopia for Sunday (Cores 1+4), or Finish Five Sections …