12/20
Presentations.
Recite poems. (Assigned over winter break).
12/19
Presentations.
12/18
Presentations.
Poem due Thursday. Recite.
12/17
Substitute.
Free Read and collect poems.
12/14
Write two ten-line poems.
Three viseo presentations.
Homework:
Bring free reading book.
Bring one typed poem.
12/13
Discuss schooling and education.
Free read.
12/12
Present videos.
12/11
Present videos.
12/7
Present videos
12/6
Present videos with rubric.
12/3-5
Continue working on video projects.
11/30
Check Poetry Out Loud poems
Check free reading books
Continue working on project.
Discuss two essential questions.
11/29
Select a Poetry Out Loud poem.
Research two essential questions.
Continue Story Trailer.
11/28
Begin Story Trailers
Poetry Out Loud presentations
11/27
Continue presentations
11/26
BBC News link posted to Wiki
11/20
Continue presentations
11/19
Continue presentations
11/16
Continue presentations
11/15
Begin presentations.
11/14
Finish video projects.
11/12
Read Tom Hazuka's "Homeward Bound" as discussion piece for Veteran's Day
11/9
Animoto videos
Presentations begin Wednesday.
11/8
Animoto videos
11/7
Review election results.
Continue with Animoto creation.
11/6
Write back to kindergarten class. Mail in afternoon.
Discuss elections and roles of federal, state, and local government.
10/25
Animoto work.
Begin letters on Monday.
10/24
Visit with Paul Formica, candidate for 2nd Congressonal District/5 questions and comments
10/23
Continue 2 Million minutes with writing.
10/22
Starter-Advice for kindergarten.
Read pen pal letters
Discuss time frame of then and now
Computer for evaluating sources.
10/19
Begin Two Million Minutes with eight questions and comments
Continue Animoto next week.
10/17
Introduction –
This section will describe your topic and your reasons for choosing it. Tell the reader what you know (or did not know) and what you want to know. Why are you writing this paper? This section should answer the following questions: Why did you become interested in the topic you chose? What personal connection helped you to pick this topic? Describe the situation that led you to decide to research this topic.
9/25
Starter-What is your most pressing concern with world affairs?
Continue last day of presentation preparation.
9/24
Continue projects that will begin on Wednesday.
9/20
Remind students of summer reading requirement
Begin Joel Pen Pal Project
9/19
Starter-
Pen Pal assignments
To computer lab 65 for group work, rubric provided. Dates set for presentations.
9/18
Watch Travelers ad and discuss emotional appeal. Hand-out list of advertising tools. To computer lab for project work.
Begin showing 9/25 (In a ten-minute presentation, show the adverse effects of advertising).
9/17
Groups of three explore Prezzi, xtranormal, storybird, animoto, museum box, glogster, wordle, tagxedo, audacity
9/14
African 9/11 and discuss
9/12
Watch both Penn and Gonzales Inarritu 9-11 shorts. Discuss.
9/11
Finish Consuming Kids. Answer one of seven questions in blog entry.
Discussion Questions:
1) Dou you feel the First Amendment should protect corporations and the youth marketing
industry? Why or why not?
2) What role and responsibility do you feel parents should have when it comes to addressing
the commercialization of childhood? Is it fair to expect them to cope, on their own, with
a billion dollar industry? Or should there be policies in place that help parents protect
children from marketing?
3) Why do you think the U.S. government has not taken an active role in protecting children
from commercial culture? Do you see a difference between this issue and child labor
laws or laws mandating that children wear bike helmets or protect children from the
marketing of tobacco?
4) Do you feel that voluntary guidelines, or so-called “self-regulation,” by the youth
marketing industry offers enough protection for children? Are self-regulations working?
Or do you see a need for stricter policies and regulations that limit marketing that directly
targets children?
5) How has children’s media led to measurable declines in children’s health? What
correlations or connections can be made? Should the commercialization of childhood be
considered a public health problem?
6) Do you agree that we have become a nation that places a lower priority on teaching our
children how to thrive socially, intellectually, even spiritually, than on training them to
consume? Explain why or why not.
7) Where do we go from here? What are some ways that a less commercial childhood
experience can be constructed? What actions need to be taken and on what levels?
9/10
Begin exploring group project ideas. Students will create a ten minute presentation that explores the dangers of advertising. We will continue pair presentations. We will continue Consuming Kids.
9/7
To computer lab for pair work on advertisements. Present ad, audience, how ad appeals to audience
9/6
To computer lab for lesson on copyright law.
9/4
Continue with film.
Homework: Blog entry regarding questions from study guide. Eight sentences.
1/7
Designing schools for 21st Century.
School field trip.
1/6
Prezi
Renew reading books
1/5
Welcome back.
Current event discussion.
12/18
Complete PTA poems.
Vote on Little Library.
12/17
News update
Little Free Library update:
Town Green, IRC
Prezi work
12/16
Prezi work.
12/11
Choose library style.
12/10
How to make a Prezi
12/9
Prezi
Learning styles.
Sign-up for account.
Consider final project options.
12/8
SSR (computers down)
12/4
Project ideas.
Book trailers.
12/3
Write back to pen pals at Joel.
Slomo: who do you intend to live your life?
12/2
Continue book trailers.
Begin project proposals.
Provide examples.
12/1
Finish 2 Million Minutes.
Students correspond via e-mail with each other.
To Do:
letters
new project
Coursera
library
trailers
11/21
Coursera update.
11/20
Pen Pal cards returned.
Film.
11/19
2 Million Minutes study guide.
11/18
Guidance
11/17
Sub, Coursera
11/13
Present book trailers.
11/12
Pen Pal letters
CPS Statement response.
11/11
Begin showing book trailers
11/10
Finish works cited page for trailer.
11/5
Book trailers due Friday morning.
Update Goodreads, continue with Coursera
11/4
poems for PTA contest
11/3
2 Million Minutes
Book trailer work
10/31
Discuss town project
10/30
2 Million Minutes
10/28
SSR
10/27
Coursera
10/24
Dan Pink: Drive; Ted Talk
10/20
Coursera and/or SSR
10/17
Little Library idea
Sir Ken Robinson/Learning
10/16
Update Goodreads account
Enroll and begin Coursera class
10/14
Mrs. Robinson, book trailer
10/9
Reading and Trivia
10/8
News Source conversation.
10/7
BBC News research. How does this knowledge contribute to
our 21st century abilities and awareness?
10/6
Book trailer preparation
Media Specialist
10/3
21st century skills. What are they?
9/30
Creative Confidence
Write 12-line poem and Google docs
9/29
starter: Ted Talks: image
state politics
SSR with Good Reads update.
9/26
S. Robinson to discuss book trailers
9/22
Reading selections
Groups chats
Book reviews on-line
9/19
"She's a Fox" film short
Goodreads
9/18
Book selection and commentary.
9/17
Guidance (learning styles)
9/15
Reading selections
9/11
Self-study with e-mail. Group chats.
9/10
guidance.
9/9
Seth Godin and schooling.
1/10
Field trip to Joel
1/9
Group final projects proposal
1/8
Film
1/3
Letters to Pen Pals
1/2
Finish poetry readings
Assign final project
12/21
Finish presentations.
12/20
Presentations.
Recite poems. (Assigned over winter break).
12/19
Presentations.
12/18
Presentations.
Poem due Thursday. Recite.
12/17
Substitute.
Free Read and collect poems.
12/14
Write two ten-line poems.
Three viseo presentations.
Homework:
Bring free reading book.
Bring one typed poem.
12/13
Discuss schooling and education.
Free read.
12/12
Present videos.
12/11
Present videos.
12/7
Present videos
12/6
Present videos with rubric.
12/3-5
Continue working on video projects.
11/30
Check Poetry Out Loud poems
Check free reading books
Continue working on project.
Discuss two essential questions.
11/29
Select a Poetry Out Loud poem.
Research two essential questions.
Continue Story Trailer.
11/28
Begin Story Trailers
Poetry Out Loud presentations
11/27
Continue presentations
11/26
BBC News link posted to Wiki
11/20
Continue presentations
11/19
Continue presentations
11/16
Continue presentations
11/15
Begin presentations.
11/14
Finish video projects.
11/12
Read Tom Hazuka's "Homeward Bound" as discussion piece for Veteran's Day
11/9
Animoto videos
Presentations begin Wednesday.
11/8
Animoto videos
11/7
Review election results.
Continue with Animoto creation.
11/6
Write back to kindergarten class. Mail in afternoon.
Discuss elections and roles of federal, state, and local government.
10/25
Animoto work.
Begin letters on Monday.
10/24
Visit with Paul Formica, candidate for 2nd Congressonal District/5 questions and comments
10/23
Continue 2 Million minutes with writing.
10/22
Starter-Advice for kindergarten.
Read pen pal letters
Discuss time frame of then and now
Computer for evaluating sources.
10/19
Begin Two Million Minutes with eight questions and comments
Continue Animoto next week.
10/17
Introduction –
This section will describe your topic and your reasons for choosing it. Tell the reader what you know (or did not know) and what you want to know. Why are you writing this paper? This section should answer the following questions: Why did you become interested in the topic you chose? What personal connection helped you to pick this topic? Describe the situation that led you to decide to research this topic.
10/16
Begin Animoto project in computer lab.
10/15
Divergent Thinking
http://www.schooltube.com/video/2cb4889891b0c637f8f8/RSA-Animate-Changing-Education-Paradigms
10/12
Sign up for Animoto account
10/11
Join Good Reads
Discuss election
10/9
Take political compass
Introduce I Search project
10/6
Free read session.
10/5
Guidance
10/4
Guidance presentation.
Finish last group presentation.
10/3
Starter
Free read with writing session (quote).
Upload revised free write paragraph to Wiki.
10/2
Starter-What is the most disturbing advertisement that you have seen and why?
Continue project presentation
9/28
Free Reading
9/27
Continue presentations.
9/26
Continue presentations.
9/25
Starter-What is your most pressing concern with world affairs?
Continue last day of presentation preparation.
9/24
Continue projects that will begin on Wednesday.
9/20
Remind students of summer reading requirement
Begin Joel Pen Pal Project
9/19
Starter-
Pen Pal assignments
To computer lab 65 for group work, rubric provided. Dates set for presentations.
9/18
Watch Travelers ad and discuss emotional appeal. Hand-out list of advertising tools. To computer lab for project work.
Begin showing 9/25 (In a ten-minute presentation, show the adverse effects of advertising).
9/17
Groups of three explore Prezzi, xtranormal, storybird, animoto, museum box, glogster, wordle, tagxedo, audacity
9/14
African 9/11 and discuss
9/12
Watch both Penn and Gonzales Inarritu 9-11 shorts. Discuss.
9/11
Finish Consuming Kids. Answer one of seven questions in blog entry.
Discussion Questions:
1) Dou you feel the First Amendment should protect corporations and the youth marketing
industry? Why or why not?
2) What role and responsibility do you feel parents should have when it comes to addressing
the commercialization of childhood? Is it fair to expect them to cope, on their own, with
a billion dollar industry? Or should there be policies in place that help parents protect
children from marketing?
3) Why do you think the U.S. government has not taken an active role in protecting children
from commercial culture? Do you see a difference between this issue and child labor
laws or laws mandating that children wear bike helmets or protect children from the
marketing of tobacco?
4) Do you feel that voluntary guidelines, or so-called “self-regulation,” by the youth
marketing industry offers enough protection for children? Are self-regulations working?
Or do you see a need for stricter policies and regulations that limit marketing that directly
targets children?
5) How has children’s media led to measurable declines in children’s health? What
correlations or connections can be made? Should the commercialization of childhood be
considered a public health problem?
6) Do you agree that we have become a nation that places a lower priority on teaching our
children how to thrive socially, intellectually, even spiritually, than on training them to
consume? Explain why or why not.
7) Where do we go from here? What are some ways that a less commercial childhood
experience can be constructed? What actions need to be taken and on what levels?
9/10
Begin exploring group project ideas. Students will create a ten minute presentation that explores the dangers of advertising. We will continue pair presentations. We will continue Consuming Kids.
9/7
To computer lab for pair work on advertisements. Present ad, audience, how ad appeals to audience
9/6
To computer lab for lesson on copyright law.
9/4
Continue with film.
Homework: Blog entry regarding questions from study guide. Eight sentences.
8/31
Begin Consuming Kids.
8/30
Guidance, interest inventory
class to watch "The Big Charade" to discuss advertising
8/29
Discuss media literacy
Create short ads and anlayze
8/28
Course introductions