podcast

I am not going to be able to start the podcast assignment until after this weekend, but that is o.k. because this assignment is not due until july 5th, but if there is anything that you need me to do for it right now let me know and i will find a way to fit it in

hey guys i finish my portion of the podcast, here it is if you wanna read it.

Our group project is implementing a school wide recycling program. The portion I will discuss in this podcast is student awareness. Student awareness is a very important part of the program because students need to be aware of what it is they are working for, and the reasons why something like recycling is so important. Our group decided that having a school wide assembly when the program is first getting under way is a good way to raise awareness and give a general overview of what that school is trying to accomplish. Areas covered in this assembly would include; statistics of the worlds current state and recycling, why it is important to recycle, what the students can do to make a difference, and an introduction of the school wide program. As students continue to research the importance of recycling and learn more about it, we decided students could keep a personal webpage of the things they have learned about recycling as well as any interesting facts. Students’ personal web pages would be created in igoogle, My yahoo or pageflakes. This would just be a fun and creative way for students to share what they have learned with other schools as well as keeping them thinking about it. Our group also discussed the use of virtual fieldtrips to raise student awareness. Virtual fieldtrips are a fun way to get students engaged, learn new things, and keep costs down. Instead of spending money to take the school on a traditional fieldtrip to the recycling center, classes could explore what a recycling center does and how it operates from the comfort of their own classrooms. Student awareness is extremely important when it comes to projects like implementing a school wide recycling center. By using technology in the classroom, teachers can come up with fun and creative ways to keep students involved.

alright, so just send me yours when you guys finish and i'll put it together for us!

podcast

For the podcast I want to focus on the student awareness portion of our project. The two concepts from the book I would like to talk about are virtual fieldtrips and personalized web pages. You guys can send me your podcasts and i'll put them together.

Concept Map

Concept Map

This weeks

I still have to do my movie yet, so i am really behind in the class. I'm not sure what i'm doing my next lesson plan on either, so I'll let you guys know when I do that. Thanks for doing the next concept map Joe. I'll do the last one. Sorry I've just been super busy!

only one person at a time is suppost to download the software at a time because it gets you only a 30 day free trial. since i did it last time, my 30 free trial is over. now someone else has to download it and revise the one we have up there. I was think for revisions we should add virtual fieldtrips or real class fieldtrips to recycling centers.

Lesson Plan 2

For my data collection lesson plan I will have the students collect data on how much paper, glass, and metal are recycled in Michigan or maybe just Kalamazoo, I'm not sure what size of an area I am going to use yet for the data collection.

new concept map

hey guys since I did the last concept map and my trial is used up, can someone else create the revise concept map. however does it can just post it and then we can add comments, thanks!

lesson plan 2

I'm doing my second lesson plan on recycling centers, how they work and what they do. For the data collection students will sort of bin of materials and sort them into groups of glass, paper, plastic, aluminum and other. students will then make a graph that presents their findings.

movie

I haven't finished my movie yet, but I decided to make my movie about the different products that can be made from recycled materials and the positive impact such products can have on the environment, such as the way using recycled paper reduces the amount of deforestation happening in the world.

my movie

I decided on doing my movie on the green movement. Like things we can do other than just recycling to be Earth concious. Hopefully this is ok... I am always nervous about my topic. I was thinking like using the special lightbulbs and things kids can do at home like tell their parents to use the recyclable shopping bags and thigns that are good for the environment. I think this would fit under our Awareness topic in our chart.

video ideas

i am having trouble coming up with an idea for the assignment, do you guys have any ideas?

movie

I"m going to do my movie on the harmful effect of landfills and how recycling helps lessen those problems.

Lesson Plan

I turned my lesson plan in late so I am not sure if I have to re-do it or not, I hope I don't have to it took me forever to figure out how to use Taskstream. Did the teacher say what made your lesson to similar to one of ours?