‘A Week in the Life…’ 2012-1

A Flat Classroom® Project for Elementary School students

Grades 3-5, age 8-10

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 alreadyFirst assignment in Popplet

Notice the answers are in a smaller font

Popplet

Make sure your students know what to do. Everyone should be doing the same thing.

We have had popplets deleted. Please make sure students do not delete other people’s work.

We want students to be communicating

Popplet

Video from Ashley Holst about how to use Popplet.

Don’t need to put photos or videos in Popplet.

Will become a spider web.

Video on how to use Popplet by Ashley’s class

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

Goal of Popplet

Edmodo

Check to make sure that all your students are in their sub-groups.

If students are missing, please add them to your subgroup.

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).

No Uploading.

Final Project

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

Do we all want to do the same project? Or leave choice to the teachers?

VoiceThread

Glogster

Video

Survey after the meeting

VoiceThread. . .

Work For Teachers

Make sure all your students in your class and group are participating in the project.

Think about what you will want to use as your final projects.

Start collection of Multimedia Artifacts.

Working on WITH STUDENTS

Work on Popplet

Gathering MultiMedia (and holding it- no uploading)

Q and A