Projects In Full Swing

I would like to thank everyone for your warm welcome. After working in your classes, I was very impressed with the high quality and variety of the projects your students are building. You have embraced the GLIDES project with enthusiasm and creativeness. Each of you have interpreted the essential question through your curriculum area and have brought a unique style which is sure to make for a wonderful presentation. I am very happy to be part of your team.
Sincerely,
Karen Diaz

Art students' research binders

I Blogged Then My Blog Was Blogged! Someone Blogged with Me?

Recently I worked with Veronica Woods, education consultant, from IGFA and through the librarian she found me a plethora of information on mermaids, Loch Ness and otherwise. Her phone number is (954) 924-4309 and/or her email is VWoods@IGFA.org. I am blogged out but I don't blog slightly or unsightly-the start of my blog rap.
Totally on board and immersed in the essential question ( one of many ),
ChapBee, in honor of the opening Seinfeld's "Bee Movie"

Update from the art world

Just thought I'd drop a line concerning the progress of our projects over here in the arts. The students are working on compiling their notebooks that will hold their research information. Some groups are doing a great job, some aren't. Such is the world of teaching. So, I'm prodding the groups that are slow in turning work in. Each student will be graded on their piece of the pie and then the group will get a grade on the overall organization, quality, and appearance of the notebook. I haven't yet decided if this notebook will also be translated into a science fair type display board. I want each group to create a monumental sized reproduction of their artists work. This will start next week, along with planning (storyboarding) our final presentations. I had a great conversation with one of the higher achieving groups, who have the perfect idea on how to present their findings. It will be either a Powerpoint or iMovie. I have advised all the groups to keep it simple. I told them it is their job to teach others in a simple, concise, and quick manner who their artist is and what makes their work unique to the ocean that inspired them. Who knows? It might actually work!

Greetings!

Hi South Broward Team:

First of all, thank you for the invitation to join the blog. I am very pleased to be working with all of you. I have been looking over some of the work your students have posted on Google Doc and and it is wonderful and quite extensive!

Please let me know if anyone needs help. I will be happy to do what I can!

I would like to ask that all the project teachers drop me a line (actually Comment) just say hello so we can meet virtually. Tell me a little about how the work on the project is going. Also share with me any plans, problems, or concerns with the final presentation of all this wonderful work your students have accomplished in December.

Looking forward to hearing from all of you.

Sincerely,
Karen Diaz

Moving Forward

Hey all,
This was my first time signing on in awhile. Good stuff, Vera and Susan!

:)

Chem Honors GLIDES websites

The following are links to my 2nd and 3rd period class websites where they are using google docs and a blog to collaborate on this project (click on the links below, if interested, to view them)
Period 2 **************************
Period 3^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The Date is Set 12/19/07

We will be conducting the presentation during the school day on Dec. 19th (Wednesday). Stacy will be here that Monday and Tuesday to help us polish our work. We need to meet to discuss WHO will we be presenting it to....

Why Students Cannot Create Web Pages

I got a reply from my supervisor who asked Sally House for the policy regarding student created web pages. Here is the info from Sally:

We usually discourage students from creating and publishing web pages even
in context of the project because the teacher is not in control of what
gets posted. We would prefer that the students create content that a
teacher could upload or create a web page that is not published (viewed
locally on a machine)

Here are the district basic rules for web pages
Ethical use of telecommunications
Written permission from the parent (this is done at the beginning of each
year when the Code & Conduct books are sent home
Published student work must have approval from the school administrator
and must be in context of a project
No identifying information about the location of the student during the
day, no student email links, no student phone numbers or addresses or
family members full names, addresses etc,
Neither students nor staff may publish personal web pages as a part of the
external district web pages.

Here is one section of the district policy on Technology Use

Web Page Procedural Guidelines
General Guidelines:
•All persons developing or maintaining web documents are responsible for
complying with district Web Page and Acceptable
Use Policies. (See Section 5 of Policy #5306)
(http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/sbbcpolicies/docs/P5306.000.pdf )
•Written parental permission is required when an individual student is
identified by name in a picture included on a web page.
•Web page documents may not include a student’s phone number, address, or
complete names of any family members and/or
friends.
•Web page documents may not include any information which indicates the
physical location of a student at a given time, other
than attendance at a particular school or participation in activities.
•Web publishing of e-mail addresses is restricted to staff members or to a
general, group e-mail address.
•Web pages must not contain any student e-mail links.

posters from Guy

Guy Harvey "fishy" posters have arrived. If you would like one, stop by 715.

New Email Adress for Stacy

Please send all email for Stacy Feldman to sfeldman@jdlhorizons.net

DEADLINE

In 3 weeks or when Stacy comes again, Oct. 29th, all the research needs to be done and the project presentations started. Mark your calendars!!

THESE ARE MY KIDS' GROUPS ALONG WITH THEIR GROUP NAMES AND THE ARTIST OR ART PERIODS THEY WILL RESEARCH

Groups:

1. (GIRL FINS) Christine, Ashley, Roccio, Diana (WYLAND)

2. (NO NAME YET) Gilany, Karina, Carolina, Roger (AEGEAN AND GREEK OCEAN ART)

3. (NO NAME YET) Karen, Carolina, Robert, Natalia, Mirko (CLAUDE MONET)

4. (STREET STYLES) Patrick, Ramon, Hector, Rachel, Dillion (GUY HARVEY)

5. (GRANDPA’S GIRLS) Kiera, Desi, Alexsa, Mildred, Jamie (HIGHWAYMEN)

6. (NO NAME YET) Christina, Heather, Jacinta (JAPANESE EDO PRINTMAKING)

7. (NO NAME YET) Billy, Santiago, Adam, Orion, Sasharri (NO ARTIST YET)

A sample rubric for PBL

Project Based Learning:
Subject of Study: How the Ocean Inspires Artists
Artist: __________________

Table: _______

Person 1: Artistic Director _________________________
Responsibilities:
Collect four color reproductions of your artists work
These can be color Xerox or color computer prints
They must be good quality images that do not pixelate when enlarged to the PowerPoint window.

Person 2: Executive Secretary ________________________
Responsibilities:
Research and type a biography of your artist. You need to include information about this artist’s place of birth and date of birth, their family life, their schooling, the high points of their art career, and their death (if it applies). This needs to be placed within a PowerPoint in an exciting way. (this means NOT simply text to read! It might includes pictures and text) BE CREATIVE!

Person 3: Chief Investigative Officer _________________________
Responsibilities:
Research and type a description of the artist’s work. What are the dominant characteristics of the work? What does their work look like? How does it look different from other ocean art inspired artists? What did they paint? Describe their particular palette choices. Is there anything about the work that would make someone recognize it right away as work belonging to this artist? What is the main reason for this artist to create work? What category do they belong to? Is the artist commercial, fine artist, realist, abstractionist, photographer? This needs to be placed within a PowerPoint in an exciting way. (this means NOT simply text to read! It might includes pictures and text) BE CREATIVE!

Person 4: Chief Executive Officer _________________________
Responsibilities:
Charge person. Make sure everyone is doing his or her job. If someone is not doing their work, you will have to do it for them. You will get their grade credit. Also, prepare a list of places that own this artist’s work. Ask person #1 to share their reproductions with you so that you can tell the class where these paintings are located. Help all members with the design of the PowerPoint presentation. You are the director of your group’s presentation. You will be responsible for spicing it up with music, color coordination of your presentation, or anything else that is creative and interesting, go ahead and you will get credit for it.

Rubric:
Each person gets an individual grade.
Person #1: 25 points for each reproduction 100pts

Person #2: Typed report 33pts, PowerPoint adaptation 33 pts,
thorough & accurate information 34pts 100pts

Person #3: Typed report 33pts, PowerPoint adaptation 33pts,
thorough accurate information 34pts 100pts

Person #4: Smooth presentation 25pts, no missing sections 25pts,
pizzazz 25pts, list of artwork’s ownership typed and presented 25pts 100pts

Dates for Meetings

2nd Visit - October 8,9,10
3rd Visit - October 29,30
Final Visit - December 6,7
Presentation - December 10th

Please leave feedback or I will just tell her that they are good.

South Broward team hard at work!

Is this a great group of teachers or what?

Guy Harvey

I posted a copy of an e-mail letter I wrote to Guy Harvey in the files section of the google group page. I'll keep you posted. sc

Media release

I posted a file on the google group site that is the media release form we all want to have the students sign. You can download it from there.
sc

Off to a Great Start!

I just wanted to thank and congratulate you for all your hard work the last two days. You are a hardworking, dedicated and enthusiastic team of teachers, and I consider myself fortunate to have been assigned to your school. The essential question you have developed is both broad enough to encompass your many varied subject areas, yet narrow enough to allow students to remain focused. I look forward to my next visit and am eager to see the many varied directions in which each of your classes will take the project. See you in October!

Supporting Question Ideas

• Authors – sea myths/legends
• John Steinbeck
• Poetry
• How oceans supply food
• Negative impact of over fishing
• Economics – income from fishing
• Laws limiting fishing
• Laws governing international waters
• Water quality testing/pollution
• Desalination process
• Impact of global warming on the health of the ocean
• Changing current flows
• Economic impact on/of tourism
• “Green” hotels
• Beach erosion/tourism/costs
• Biological impact of beach erosion/replenished sand sources
• Historical aspect of oceans
• Geographical differences among oceans
• Traveling on oceans
• Effects of ocean on the weather

Workshop II Sept. 19 2007

Agenda:

1. Overview of the Glides initiative
2. Review expectations
3. Review GLIDES milestone
4. Review resources and establish methods to communicate

Teacher Expectations

• Work collaboratively with a team
• Develop an implement a project with students
• Coordinate with team and district contact as a Showcase event
• Learn innovative ways to engage students in learning with use of technology in a 21st century
• Share and support other colleagues with GLIDES

What has been accomplished?

• Orders
• ITTS Assessment
• Florida Digital Educator Program
• PBL Course
• TLC Micro-Tech Training

What is GLIDES?

GLIDES projects feature student-centered learning environments through technology enhanced project-based learning (PBL). The learning environments focus on key elements of 21st Century Learning to prepare students with necessary workplace skills.