Dear all,
We were using PowerPoint or Concept map (or whatever tools available) to create life map last year. Participants need to map locations in which they had significant experiences and share with others. This year I found Google Earth is a great mapping tool we can use for this activity because:
1. It's free
2. It's easy to use
3. There are lots of possibilites to use it in the classroom across disciplines (example: http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/dherring/ge/googleearth.htm)
Can you suggest some questions we can have our students to practice Google Earth and share with other groups of participants? I'm thinking maybe:
1. The most memorable travel experiences you had in a city or in a country
2. Which city were you born? What is the most serious educational problem (or global issue) it is facing now?
Thanks for your input!!
Shiangkwei
Saturday, March 3, 2007
Friday, March 2, 2007
Greetings from London
Hi All,
So far we have made good progress. The students are completing the tasks on Google documents. It is an interesting project which is benefitting the students - not only in their knowledge of ICT but also in their percpetions of globalisation. We have eight students participating (some are more active than others).
They will be undertaking an extended school exerience very soon so this may be a little disruptive in terms of their input- apologies in advance if this is the case.
So far we have made good progress. The students are completing the tasks on Google documents. It is an interesting project which is benefitting the students - not only in their knowledge of ICT but also in their percpetions of globalisation. We have eight students participating (some are more active than others).
They will be undertaking an extended school exerience very soon so this may be a little disruptive in terms of their input- apologies in advance if this is the case.
Thursday, March 1, 2007
another comment
I just thought of something else -- when one of my students was completing the survey with the locations - he couldn't find his country. He's originally from the Phillipines so that's where he still associates as where he is from. I had to tell him to put USA.
In NYC we have a very international pool of teachers in our graduate program. They are all teachers working for permanent certification. Not only are the children in NYC schools diverse, so are teachers. I only had 8 in class although 5 more were supposed to be there. Besides Phillipines I have 1 from Ecuador and 1 from Jamaica. I also had 7 men and 1 woman who teachers kindergarten. All others are middle school or high school teachers, one special ed., one physical ed, 3 math, 1 dean of students, one music. The dean said that most of his job is with discipline problems. It's an interesting mix.
In NYC we have a very international pool of teachers in our graduate program. They are all teachers working for permanent certification. Not only are the children in NYC schools diverse, so are teachers. I only had 8 in class although 5 more were supposed to be there. Besides Phillipines I have 1 from Ecuador and 1 from Jamaica. I also had 7 men and 1 woman who teachers kindergarten. All others are middle school or high school teachers, one special ed., one physical ed, 3 math, 1 dean of students, one music. The dean said that most of his job is with discipline problems. It's an interesting mix.
No Tokyo
We got a message today that Tokyo will not be able to participate this spring. The schedule won't match their academic schedule. Perhaps we'll need to think about a Fall implementation next time.
Introduction of project
I introduced the project to my class on Tuesday. They are very excited and curious about what this is all about. The Google account was accomplished although not as easy as I was hoping. We set up the Google Doc for the clues -- I had one student submit 3 clues between 1:30-and 2:30 a.m. after class. Very enthusiastic participation :)
The survey took longer than I thought it would. The only comment was 'what is ICTs"? I gave the survey to the control group tonight in my other class -- same question. Maybe we'll explain it better next time.
Let me know how it's going with your introductions.
The survey took longer than I thought it would. The only comment was 'what is ICTs"? I gave the survey to the control group tonight in my other class -- same question. Maybe we'll explain it better next time.
Let me know how it's going with your introductions.
Hi This is Hui-Yin Hsu
Hi all, This is Hui-Yin. I teach mainly reading methods for undergraduate Teacher Education Program. Sometimes I do teach Language Arts and Technology (online course) for Sarah in MSIT. This project is implemented in one of my reading methods courses in the adolescent literacy education. The title of this course is Literacy Across the Curriculum. I have a bright group of students who are eager to learn more about this global project. We will be starting the preparation tomorrow and talk about all the project guidelines and rubric. I think we are going to have so much fun with these interesting activities. Looking forward to it!
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This is Shiangkwei
Dear all,
I'm Shiang-Kwei Wang. Originall I came from Taiwan, and this is my 8th year in US. I teach mostly in Long Island campus and once a week in Manhattan--next to 911 ground zero zone. I teach multimedia authoring at graudate level and technology integration at undergraduate level. Here is my personal blog:
http://shiangkweiwang.blogspot.com/
I'm Shiang-Kwei Wang. Originall I came from Taiwan, and this is my 8th year in US. I teach mostly in Long Island campus and once a week in Manhattan--next to 911 ground zero zone. I teach multimedia authoring at graudate level and technology integration at undergraduate level. Here is my personal blog:
http://shiangkweiwang.blogspot.com/
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