Concept Map

I don't know why this won't go any bigger...but if you click on it, it will open in bigger in a different window.

Website/Meeting

That all sounds great Kelly! I was really glad we were able to meet up last night. I think we got a lot accomplished and the site is looking good so far. Still have some to go, but it helped being able to get together and figure things out. All the things you mentioned, you are correct - that is still what we need. The only other thing I can think of is that we need an opening paragraph on our home page explaining everything. Oh, and the concept map still isn't showing up on my computer? Don't know if it's just me? I will try it from another computer and see if it works. Anyway, talk to you soon!

Meeting tonight

Madeline and I met tonight to work on our website. So far it's turning out fairly well.

Just to double check, Madeline...what we have left is:

-3 sites in addition to hotlist

-Images on pages

-2 pages, with new info

- 1 new item

- email address on all pages

- Page created w/our name

Right? :) I'm pretty sure the rest of it won't take long now that we have the template set up...I will get the images in, and do the rest of what I have to do individually!

Meeting/Final Inspiration

Hey Kelly! Just wanted to check with you and make sure that we were still on for meeting up on Monday night? Also, wanted to make sure you had received my copy of the inspiration map, so you could download Kidspiration and we could have our final copy posted? Let me know whenever you get the time, thanks!

Final Podcast & What Not

Hey! Your podcast sounds great. :) No worries about it being posted "late." It was perfectly fine and on time. I finally just finished mine and submitted it! Hope yours turned out as well as it looked on paper. We do need to figure out for next week about the final web map thing...I know I added some to it before, but I know you will need to download the Kidspiration program and then will have to post the finalized version of it, (ie. added on to what the first one was.)...Hopefully that makes sense! Don't know if you've read the module for next week or not. Let me know your thoughts. :)

Podcast Part 2 Script

To help establish these concepts, we have done several projects throughout the semester. These projects have helped the students to explore recycling on their own, and with the assistance of other students and experts around the world.

During the first few class periods of this project, we did lessons that pertained to the different aspects of recycling. The first lesson was about what things can and cannot be recycled. Students watched a video on recycling, and were also given what is a called a “hotlist” of websites to visit to do further research on this topic. Students then presented the information that they had found to their fellow students, so that all of the different aspects were covered. Students also did a lesson about the benefits of recycling. This was a very important part of the unit, because it shows the students why we should recycle. If the students are going to convince others to recycle, they should just exactly why recycling is beneficial. Students did a powerpoint at the end of this lesson to present their information.

Along with other short lessons we have done over the semester, we also did a longer project in which students were able to communicate with a group of students from New Delhi, India. Before our students here in Kalamazoo could communicate with the group of students from India, they had to do some of their own research. The students researched a few different recyclable objects to find out what they could be recycled into, along with where they could be recycled. Once they had found that, they were able to ask the students from India some of the same questions that they had to answer, but in reference to recycling in India rather than here in Kalamazoo. The students were able to compare and contrast the way that India recycles with the way we recycle here in the United States, and to use a blog and Google Maps to communicate those things from one group of students to the other.

We are very excited to continue this unit. It has been a lot of fun to do, and we’re looking forward to sharing with you even more in the near future!