This 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. Some students felt very comfortable with rubrics because it let them know how to get an A. Others believed that rubrics would hinder …
Cores 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 authentic (Sem2_Week12). Post to del.icio.us Core 3: Outsiders Blogging: What do you think the difference between innocent and “not dirty” is? How …
Core 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 it mean that aznchicken17, rbsmm743, dancingintherain, moose2, chaosdragonx, snowboardinghockeyplayer3, roadrunner19937, rubyredslippers, hellomynameisbill77 all worked on their -Isms over the weekend and even more …
Core 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 network such as standpoint to further discuss, enrich, and debate our beliefs? Work on your -Ism templates and standpoint beliefs. Core 3: …
Core 1: Introduction to the ideas from animal farm. Get the BritLit Podcast to work. Respond to personalized discussion questions and continue to work on Utopia. Core 2: Listen to a few audio essays from last year: Blake Jake Katelyn Carly Answer Personalized Discussion Questions and work on your -Ism. …
The two wiki project that my students have started to work on have taught me that an open framework that allows for embedded materials is preferable to any all-in-one solution that tries to do too much at once. I also would like to apply this concept to my classroom in …
Core 1: How can we discuss our worlds? New examples of Utopian integration. Introduction to the reaction novel. Read about and discuss the many levels of Animal Farm. Core 2: What does formal and informal discussion look like on the wiki? Making Belief Statements real This I Believe Standpoint Listen …
Cores 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) or on your wiki page. If you choose to write on your wiki page, you will need to submit the “edit” that you did today as a …
Core 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 our own licenses affect our content? Explore the Discovery Utopias Wiki. Core 2: How will the las eight weeks of middle school be …
One of my students came up with an amazing metaphor for how intellectual property should work in the classroom and in greater society. She described the idea that remixing should be like cake making. You buy all of the ingredients and then can prepare any kind of cake you like. …