awl 12 2 meeting 8

‘A Week in the Life…’ 2012-1

A Flat Classroom® Project for Elementary School students

Meeting 8

While you are waiting, please go to “Tools”, “Audio” to test the “Audio Setup Wizard”

IntroductionsInsert a picture, your name and where you are from

Accomplished alreadyPopplet should be populating

Take time to rearrange the popplet if it seems disorganized

Students should be commenting on each others’

comments

Students Should Check for More Questions in

Popplet

PoppletStart organizing what the students want to include in the final project.

Essential QuestionsWhat are the similarities and differences among children around the world?

How can we connect with each other through our commonalities?

How does your geography where you live impact your topic?

What does this category mean to you?

What do you want to know about this category from a student that is in your group?

Environment

Food & Celebrations

Leisure Time

School TimeClothing & Language

Housing & Transportation

Edmodo

Remind students in your subgroups about what they should be doing in popplet

Media CollectionStudents must start collecting their own photographs. (Share photos between students)

Students can draw their own media.

Students can video their own media.

Students can collect photographs from websites. (LiveBinders from Theresa Allen).

Final ProjectEach Sub-Group must create a project on what they discovered through the Popplets.

All projects will be completed in VoiceThread

VoiceThread. . .View last years at

http://aweekinthelife11-2.flatclassroomproject.o

rg/Look for Final Projects

Edmodo

Most Important is POPPLET – keep adding

VoiceThread Assignment

Lastly Keep Commenting on Handshakes

VoiceThread Assignment in EdmodoStudents upload pictures to VoiceThread

Create Identity

Instructional Information about VT in LiveBinders:Screencasts and Slide Share from Maureen

Screencasts from Ashley

Getting Ahead in VoiceThread

Make a Title Page with your Group Name and Students’ Names or assign this to a student

SKYPE

If you want to meet another school, set up a meeting time.

Work For Teachers

Organize Ideas for Final Project in Popplet

Create a Final Project in VoiceThread

Create an Assignment on Edmodo for the final project

Working on WITH STUDENTS

Work on Popplet

Gather MultiMedia

Upload Photos to VoiceThread if ready

Check Edmodo for any other assignments

Q and A