Category Archives: Technology: Integration & Support

Looking for Patterns Through History

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Part of differentiated curriculum is exploring concepts and ideas in deeper, more meaningful way.

Today, we looked at the relationships between English colonists and various American Indian tribes.  Patterns emerged.

Here is a wordle showing our reflections from this sentence frame: I think the English colonists were _____ because ________.

Prezi Presentations: Taking a Stand

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Since September, Room 28 has been hard at work on our first project entitled, Taking a Stand.

To recap, students were to select an issue that was important to them, such as littering or human rights in China.  After learning how to conduct effective search and research through Google, the boys and girls wrote reports highlighting the causes and effects of this issue.

Since our driving question (DQ) was, “How can we, as young people, take a stand for an issue using social action?”, the next step was to create a proposal for a campaign that would do two things.  First, the campaign was to raise awareness about the issue.  Second, it was to propose solutions.  The campaigns incorporated many ideas that have been proven successful, even for adults!  Coloring books, pins, posters, websites, petitions, letters, and more!  It all came down to audience.

Room 28 Stars presented their findings and proposals in a Prezi presentation, helping students develop and refine the 21st century skills of effective communication and technology.  To see these presentations is to witness success.

Each students’ presentation will have a dedicated blog entry at melrosestars28.blogspot.com.  Search for your child’s name to view the presentation.

Stay tuned for our campaigns, as we are in the process of creating them.

Final campaigns are due December 14th.

Hopefully, we can raise your awareness about issues that kids care about, and maybe, just maybe, you can help them make a difference.

With gratitude,

Dr. Olabuenaga

Directions for Uploading Your Explorers Chart (or Any Assignment) to Engrade

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  1. Sign on to Engrade.
  2. Click on the class in question (for this assignment, your Explorers Chart)
  3. On the left-hand side, click on the word “More”.
  4. Under “More”, select Turn-In’s.
  5. A list of Turn-In’s will appear.  Select “Explorers Chart”.  The word should be “Upload”.
  6. Upload a new document.  Be sure the name of the document is explorers chart_yourname.doc  If .doc is not at the end, Engrade will not accept the document.
  7. A new page will open.  Confirm submission.
  8. You are finished!

Work for the Auditorium Time: 10.18.11

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During your time in the auditorium today, here is what you will need to work on:

¨  Report/ Proposal Wrap –Up

  • This means add the required information to the title page.
  • Check all spelling and grammar with a buddy.
  • Make sure your name is in the title of your document before saving it to Dropbox.
  • Put in your Dropbox folder or upload directly to the Internet.
  • Click on the table of contents page to make sure that it has reset to reflect your headings.

¨  Comic Life

  • Using the template I have uploaded, create the same pages.  The templates can be found in the graphic novel set of templates.
  • Reminder: You can download the document from http://db.tt/BJgfJ68
  • You will make these pages for yourself first, then, on Thursday, you will those same pages for your kinder buddy.  Be creative and have fun.  Remember, you are helping them to take a stand!

Apple Tour: 10.13.11

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Today is the first Apple Tour of the year!  Here is a Prezi that I have created as a sample for students to use as they prepare their own Prezi presentations for our Taking a Stand PBL (project-based learning).

Taking a Stand Project Overview Prezi

Student Prezis will start being posted in November.  Stay tuned!

To learn more about Prezi, check out prezi.com.