Rock Our World 14: Project Journal

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Welcome to the amazing world of

inventing and creative thinking!

CAROL ANNE MCGUIRELEAD ROCKER

GABOR GEORGE BURTBLUE OCEAN STRATEGY

INTELLIGENCES How Gaming Helps Young Minds Grow

Problem Solving

Teachers have used gaming in their

classrooms for many years to teach concepts in

the curriculum. Students work harder to learn

concepts when they are at play, so what

appears to be play can be a powerful Infinite

learning experience!

Getting in Shape

Games that involve physical activity include

things such as sports, dance, martial arts, etc.

Research shows that these types of games can

improve players’ stress levels, weight

management, health and fitness.

Games help you think

faster!

Howard Gardener’s Multiple Intelligences

Howard Gardener believes that people have multiple intelligences. Two of the most commonly used intelligences taught in school are verbal-linguistic and mathematical intelligences.

Often, students learn differently from one another and need to develop their particular intelligences.

Visual/spatial problem solving is visualizing an object in space and from different angles. Students strong in this intelligence will be strong in art as a medium for communication.

Bodily-kinesthetic thinkers have a keen sense of body awareness, movement, and making things. They enjoy physical hands-on learning.

Musical students show sensitivity to rhythm and sound.

Interpersonal students love interacting with others. They can be taught through group activities, video chats, conferences, e-mail, etc.

GAMES ROCK!

What’s your favorite board game?

ActivitiesBrainstorming

Start a class discussion on how games

impact their lives. How can they become

independent thinkers?

Activity: Review a classroom game.

GAME OBJECT OF GAME

WHAT DID YOU LIKE?

WHAT DID NOT WORK?

Identify Your Challenge

Think about how you can use games in the

classroom to learn vital curriculum concepts.

How can you create a game that would be fun

and educational at the same time?

Design A Game

Step 1: Decide on the curriculum topic and

develop a theme for the game. Actually having

played games in the classroom will help them

gather ideas. Once they have an idea, move to

Step 2.

Step 2: Work with the idea to come up with

the game objectives. What do you want to

teach? Develop the rules, flow, and how you

“win.”

Step 3: Decide on the best way to

storyboard it so your final game film will be under

a minute.

Refine

This is where you test out substitute

elements, combine ideas, adapt, find other

subject areas that this could be used in, eliminate

bad ideas for the purposes of refining your own

final game.

Share

Just when your students are getting

overwhelmed, you can inspire them by

connecting them with the world team! Using the

Rock Our World Wiki, share your ideas with the

other classrooms around the world!

Name Your Game

Create a Video of Your Game: This video will

premiere on International Family Night! Review

games with other schools. Talk about it with

them. What was great? What was challenging?

GAMES ROCK!

Teacher Email Chat School Name

Malgorzata, Adamczak [email protected] Gimnazjum Nr 4 w Pruszczu Gdańskim

Camilla Gagliolo [email protected] [email protected] Jamestown Elementary School

Tammy Parks [email protected] tammygparks Howe Middle School

Robert Pronovost [email protected] [email protected] Belle Haven Community School

Patti Harju [email protected] pattiharju (AIM) St. Stephen School

Mali Bickley [email protected] malibic W. H. Day Elementary Schoolwhd.scdsb.on.ca, dreamteam3.edublogs.org

Clarissa Mathews and Sheila Miller

[email protected] Sheila Miller Blessed Sacrament

Vicki Reed [email protected] Vicki Reed Hempfield High School

Lori Roe [email protected] [email protected]@me.comLori.Roe (Skype)

Cape Henlopen School District,

Liz Mason [email protected]

Carolyn Howes, Susan Pelletier, Judy Pellarin, and Sherrie Harmon

[email protected] rainbowpeaches or rainbowplums(skype)[email protected]

New Garden Friends School, North Carolinawww.ngfs.org

Carol Anne McGuire [email protected] (Skype) carolannem El Rancho Charter Middle School and NVLA, California

David Pedwell [email protected] [email protected] McDowall State School, Australia

Simon Mutch [email protected] simonmutch Selwyn House School

Kathy Hobbs [email protected] [email protected] (AIM)

Bradford District Schools

Alfredo Mora [email protected] [email protected] Centro Escolar del Lago, Mexicohttp://www.cel.org.mx/

Angie Urbina [email protected] angie_urbina colegio.roosevelt

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We will meet with...

on (our date)

(their Date)

At (our Time)

(Their Time)

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Videoconference Planning SheetYou may use this chart to plan your videoconferences. Fill in the name of the class, the

dates and times and then check the last column when you confirm. Use www.timeanddate.com or the time zone charts on the next two pages to help you in your

http://www.timeanddate.com

http://www.timeanddate.com

Let’s Rock! Making Music with GarageBand

This part of the project takes some organization on the part of the teachers involved! There will be 18 classes involved with this project. Each week you will need to submit one track done in GarageBand to the ROW iDisk. Every song will be limited to 30 seconds (or 15 measures) in length. Please try to stay within this time boundary so that all the pieces of the song can work together. Every Friday, beginning September 25th, you will have something due to send to another class. It will be very important that this is done on time, as many other classes around the world are counting on you.

Here’s the schedule for our GarageBand tracks...

On Friday... . This instrument track is due...

March 18, 2011 Drums

March 25, 2011 Bass Guitar

April 1, 2011 Synthesizer

April 8, 2011 Percussion

April 15, 2011 Strings

April 22, 2011 Easter- No Instrument Due

April 29, 2011 Creative Choice

May 6, 2011 Vocals

The first week you’ll open a new GarageBand project and create a 15 measure drum track. When you are finished, save the file using the name found on the chart for your class (located on the next few pages). Then, upload your file to the ROW iDisk into the appropriate Group folder. To get to the iDisk, from the Finder (desktop) on your Mac, click on Go and choose iDisk. From there choose “Other user’s public folder”. In the window that opens, type in rockourworld. In the next window, leave public in the first text box and type in the password, rockon. This will connect you to our ROW folder. Please drag your finished GB tracks into the folder marked for your class. From now on, each week you’ll save the file you work on into the folder of the class that started that file. Just follow the chart for your class found on the next few pages. It seems confusing at first, but you’ll get the idea after a week or so.

ROW 11 GarageBand Groups

Group A

Group B

MALI BICKLEY, CANADACAMILLA GAGLIOLO, VA USALIZ MASON, TASMANIA CAROL ANNE MCGUIRE, CA USA PATTY HARJU, MI USA CAROLYN HOWES, NC USA

CAMILLA GAGLIOLO, VA USAALFREDO MORA, MEXICOLORI ROE, DE USADAVID PEDWELL, AUSTRALIAANGIE URBANA, PERUVICKI REED, PA USA

ROW 11 GarageBand Groups

Group C

TAMMY PARKS, OK USACLARISSA MATTHEWS, IA USAMALGORZATA ADAMCZAK, POLANDSIMON MUTCH, NEW ZEALANDROBERT PRONOVOST, CA USAKATHY HOBBS, FL USA

[email protected]

Due date Instrument to add...

Get this file...

Change its name to...

March 18, 2011 Drums Canada_031811

March 25, 2011 Bass Guitar PA_US_031811 PA_USA_032511

April 1, 2011 Synthesizer Tasmania_032511 Tasmania_040111

April 8, 2011 Percussion NC_USA_040100 NC_USA_040811

April 15, 2011 Strings MI_USA_040811 MI_USA_041511

April 22, 2011 Easter No Track Due

April 29, 2011 Creative Choice CA_USA_041511 CA_USA_042911

May 6, 2011 Vocals to your own track Canada_042911 Canada_050611

Mali [email protected]

W.H. Day Elementary SchoolOntario, Canada

Group A

Canada

Tasmania

NC USA

VA USA

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MI_USACA_USA



Camilla [email protected]

Holy Rosary Catholic Primary SchoolTasmania, Australia

Liz [email protected]

Jamestown ElementaryVirginia, USA


Get this file...


March 18, 2011 Drums PA_USA_031811

March 25, 2011 Bass Guitar Tasmania_031811 Tasmania_032511

April 1, 2011 Synthesizer NC_USA_032511 NC_USA_040111

April 8, 2011 Percussion MI_USA_040111 MI_USA_040811

April 15, 2011 Strings CA_USA_041811 CA_USA_041511


April 29, 2011 Creative Choice Canada_041511 Canada_042911

May 6, 2011 Vocals to your own track PA_USA_042911 PA_USA_050611


Get this file...


March 18, 2011 Drums Tasmania_031811

March 25, 2011 Bass Guitar NC_USA_031811 NC_USA_032511

April 1, 2011 Synthesizer MI_USA_032511 MI_USA_040111

April 8, 2011 Percussion CA_USA_040111 CA_USA_040811

April 15, 2011 Strings Canada_040811 Canada_041511


April 29, 2011 Creative Choice PA_USA_041511 PA_USA_042911

May 6, 2011 Vocals to your own track Tasmania_042911 Tasmania_040611



Carol Anne [email protected]

St. Stephen SchoolMichigan, USA

Patty [email protected]

New Village Leadership AcademyCalifornia, USA


Get this file...


March 18, 2011 Drums CA_USA_031811

March 25, 2011 Bass Guitar Canada_031811 Canada_032511

April 1, 2011 Synthesizer PA_USA_032511 PA_USA_040111

April 8, 2011 Percussion Tasmania_040111 Tasmania_040811

April 15, 2011 Strings NC_USA_040811 NC_USA_041511


April 29, 2011 Creative Choice MI_USA_041511 MI_USA_042911

May 6, 2011 Vocals to your own track CA_USA_042911 CA_USA_050611


Get this file...


March 18, 2011 Drums MI_USA_031811

March 25, 2011 Bass Guitar CA_USA_031811 CA_USA_032511

April 1, 2011 Synthesizer Canada_032511 Canada_040111

April 8, 2011 Percussion PA_USA_040111 PA_USA_040811

April 15, 2011 Strings Tasmania_040811 Tasmania_041511


April 29, 2011 Creative Choice NC_USA_041511 NC_USA_042911

May 6, 2011 Vocals to your own track MI_USA_042911 MI_USA_050611



Carolyn [email protected]

New Garden Friends SchoolNorth Carolina, USA


Get this file...


March 18, 2011 Drums NC_USA_031811

March 25, 2011 Bass Guitar MI_USA_031811 MI_USA_032511

April 1, 2011 Synthesizer CA_USA_032511 CA_USA_040111

April 8, 2011 Percussion Canada_040111 Canada_040811

April 15, 2011 Strings PA_USA_040811 PA_USA_041511


April 29, 2011 Creative Choice Tasmania_041511 Tasmania_042911

May 6, 2011 Vocals to your own track NC_USA_042911 NC_USA_050611

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