Final Inspiration

This is our team's final inspiration concept map.

More Website

Hi ladies...I'm off to work and won't be home until around 10 to finish up my last page. I just realized that we still need to put the standards on our site, too. So if either of you have time to do that I would appreciate it. Not trying to push it off on you but by the time I get home I don't know that I'll have time.
Thanks and I'll get a hold of you both when I'm home and online working on my stuff.

Website

Hey girls...just getting a little bit ahead and signed up for our website. I had to sign up for a team gmail account, and it is localhistorywmu@gmail.com, password history3470. The website url is:

https://sites.google.com/site/localhistorykalamazoo/

There isn't anything on it yet except what's already in the template. We can change template/theme if you want later on...I just picked something quick. So it's started and we can start working on it any time!

Podcasts

Hey!
If you guys are going to be around tonight I plan on starting on this weeks work.  I think for the podcasts we can just talk about the things that we did our lessons on.  We will need to figure out an order they will go in since they have to flow together.  Also we need to use concepts from the book, and we can't use the same ones.  Let me know if you have any other ideas.  I will be gone this weekend, so I will be doing everything in the next few days. 

Virtual Pen Pals Map

<iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=215153892015583252924.0004a4b2270197bae2189&amp;ll=44.980379,-94.863282&amp;spn=5.46468,18.662108&amp;output=embed"></iframe><br /><small>View <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=215153892015583252924.0004a4b2270197bae2189&amp;ll=44.980379,-94.863282&amp;spn=5.46468,18.662108&amp;source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">Local History-Virtual Pen Pals</a> in a larger map</small>

We will use this map to show our students where their ePals are at.  This map will let our students see just how far away their ePals are.

Virtual Pen Pals Assignment

Document- Virtual Pen Pals Assignment

Here is our group's Virtual Pen Pals Assignment that we completed in google documents.
Group: Maggie Hausmann, Kari Collins, Kelsey VanSlembrouck

Virtual PenPals, Google maps, and Digital Story

Hey ladies...we have a lot to do this week and should probably get a start on it. We need to think of an assignment (staying within our topic) that we would do with our class to demonstrate global awareness, and then make a google map to go along with that. What kind of assignment should we do?
Then we need to each make a minute long movie on different topics that would introduce a lesson in our unit. Do you think it would be okay to just stick with the topics we did our lesson plans on?
Let me know what you guys think!

Web Evaluations

Have you done your web evaluations yet? If so, what sites?

Lesson Plan

Okay ladies...I'm thinking I'm just going to start a lesson plan today because I work pretty much all weekend and won't have time. I know we are all a little confused on what we are supposed to do, but having something is better than nothing. I think we should do different ideas from the concept map. A person, place, event, or even the advertising part. I think I am going to start doing one on people if you ladies don't mind. I think what I will do for the lesson plan is not actually research a person, but have the students research important people, and then find the clothing, games, etc like we talked about in the concept map. Maybe I will research one person as an example? Let me know what you're thinking!

Lesson Plans

Hey Ladies.
So this week we each need to create a lesson plan on that task stream that has to do with our topic.  We each have to do it on a different topic. Once of us could do it on the clothes? or a certain person? or a famous building? Lets work together to throw around some ideas!

Concept Map Submission

Here is our group's concept map.

Concept Map Rough Draft

Hey ladies, this is the rough draft of the concept map I drew up. I don't know if this is exactly what you were picturing, but let me know what you think or if things need to be changed. Thanks!

Hey ladies! I got an email back..this is what it said:

You will be thinking of what big project students will be working towards ..... for example, they could be working towards a "living" museum, where they research a specific person or even a place in the Kalamazoo area, research the type of clothing or architecture for the time era.... for people find out what games they played growing up, what schools in the area they went to, etc. Then in the end, students could dress up as the person, or create a miniature of the place. The community could be invited to come and see the "living" museum (as people stop by each students area, a button could be pushed or a bell rung, and then that person would tell about themselves (as the person) or about the building (a a curator). Students would also have to learn about advertising, organizing, etc. to complete the project. Hope this helps.

Hopefully we can all talk more soooonnn and figure this out then! :)

Hi Group!

Just wanted to do a test run to see if this thing works :) What should our exact project be?