Cores 1-4: You’re Famous, again. Core 1: Work on your Utopias for a specific purpose as a substitute Tech Tuesday. I will come around and conference with you to check on your progress. Take a second look at The Persuaders. Core 2: Reflect upon MAP data: Justify your MAP score …
Cores 1-4: Explore Safety vs. Panic Core 1: Plan A: Work on your Utopias for a specific purpose as a substitute Tech Tuesday. I will come around and conference with you to check on your progress. Plan B: Watch The Persuaders and compare/contrast the tactics of advertising to the propaganda …
Core 1: Write-On: What do you think that the little pigs are learning from napoleon? Do you think that education can be dangerous? Finish Animal Farm and look for what Animalism transforms into. Work on your Utopia for a specific purpose. Core 2: Go to room 105 for MAP testing …
Cores 1-4: We have used the Weekly Authentic model of writing throughout this year based upon the assumption that one paragraph of authentic writing would be enough of a challenge for most of you every week, but ever since we started working on wikis, you have started writing paragraphs, answering …
Core 1: Discuss-On: Who is in charge of keeping a vision (animalism) intact throughout the implementation of the vision? Read the rest of the Chapter and look for signs of the perversion of animalism. Work on Utopias for a specific purpose. Core 2: Discuss-On: How do you question someone’s beliefs …
The podcast episode is based upon the idea that teachers will listen to someone who has a lot of experience teaching without technology and then stumbled upon the effectiveness and authenticity of technology and became an advocate for change. They will not listen to someone who grew up with technology, …
Cores 1-4: Yesterday, I was at a conference called The Classrooms of Distinction Interactive Forum, but I was able to find no one that was doing what you are doing in the classroom. They had all of these techno-gadgets (tablet computers, sophisticated software, classroom management software, etc.), and yet they …
Cores 1-4: AR Update and Partner Points Passes. All books are in by May 11 No tests after May 11 I will still accept book talks, book reviews, and blog posts until May 25. Modified AR Point Requirements: 21 Points for an A Lowest setting for your own B level …
Before Core Time: Flesh out icom4students. Start discussions, ask questions, create new pages that you want to talk or think about, figure something out that you want to collaborate on, etc. Blog about your FutureMe. Work on either your Utopias or My Meaning or Learnerblogs. Cores 1, 2, and 4: …
Core 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 been crossed. Utopia update, Icom update, and War update. Core 2: What are the favorable Pre-Conditions for a movement to start? (What conditions would make …