Standards
I really liked how one colleague called these standards "Big Picture Standards". We were not focused on specific state standards but guided by standards that drive student learning through school and throughout life.
(As presented by Kristin Ziemke)
This was my doodlestration...
Picture Analysis Activity
This activity was by far the best activity of the day! We first looked at this image.
We were told to "See, Think, Wonder". We discussed out loud and in small groups about what the setting and theories behind what is going on...
We continued with a second piece...
We again discussed the picture using the "See, Think, Wonder" strategy.
Then lastly...
https://venngage.com
Again we discussed... along the way coming up with more questions than answers... even with the full picture. We would find out from Kristin the photo was taken during a protest of school integration in New Orleans. Many of the people pictured were angry that a young African-American girl named Ruby Bridges was going to be integrated into the local elementary school. We had no idea that we were about to get a knowledge bomb dropped on us! We were introduced to the story of Ruby Bridges. http://www.rubybridges.com
Our activity and quest to find out more information about Ruby continued with a second picture. This time, however, we partnered up to help analyze. My partner would look at the picture and I would write down words that he used to describe the picture.
("The Problem We All Live With" by Norman Rockwell)
After some time, we shared aloud what we thought was happening in this particular picture. We came to the conclusion very early on that this was a painting of Ruby Bridges being escorted to school by US Marshalls. However, we went from discussing the historical facts behind the picture and we headed towarded analyzing why Rockwell illustrated the picture the way he did.
Now the fun did not stop there. We had the opportunity to change roles with our partner. So it was my turn to analyze a picture. Now I think that I had an easier time with my picture but I didn't know the whole story either...
Obviously this is President Obama. I assumed correctly that he was chatting with Ruby Bridges. I assumed this becuase they were both standing in front of the Rockwell painting. What I didn't know was that they were meeting becuase President Obama requested the painting to hang in the oval office of the White House. http://youtu.be/BCsJ-24MdZc
We ended the Ruby Bridges story with a video clip from the Disney movie about her. It was a very powerful scene that gave us a live perspective of the protest (like the first picture) and of the US Marshall escort to the school (like the Rockwell painting).
Kristin did a phenomal job of taking us on a historical journey by having us analyze pictures and other media. Not only was the journey educational, we as teachers were able to see this strategy modeled for us by literally playing the role of the students. It was awesome.
Digital Citizenship
We did spend some time discussing Digital Citizenship. We focused on how we could model it for studnets in our classrooms and how we could integrate it into our lessons regularly. I feel it is a very important concept that we need to address more at Wa-Nee. We can't afford to wait until we put the device in their hands to teach how to be a digitial citizen. Most students already have a device they own or use at home on a daily (most likely hourly) basis.
Real but Fake Websites
This activity entertained our table. We were given four websites to investigate and try to figure out if they were fake our not... They all were... but the moral of the story is don't beleive everything on the internet!
Here were the entertaining websites!
http://www.thedogisland.com
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
http://www.buydehydratedwater.com
Sites that Peaked Curiosity!
We were also introduced to two websites that made it REALLY hard to follow along! There were so many great facts and videos! Expecially "The Kid Should See This" website! It was pretty awesome.
http://wonderopolis.org
http://thekidshouldseethis.com
Infographics
One of the last things we looked at were infographics. I love infographics! Students find them engaging and I agree. I have used a number of infographics with my students in my government classes. Thanks to Pete Morrey, I was introduced to an infographic builder! Can't wait to try it out.
(Provided by Kristin Ziemke from her presentation)
Doodles!!!
One of the last things Kristin talked about was Doodling. I read Doodle Revolution by Sunni Brown before school started last year nad it transformed my classroom. I have ran into some really impressive doodlers over the last year. I never tracked specifics but I know that my students who doodled vocab terms, excelled on vocabulary questions on assessments.
Here are some great Doodling tools and videos to reference.
"Paper" by FiftyThree for iPad
We learned a great deal today and I am very grateful to have been able to collaborate with such great educators in my corporation. I am truly blessed to be where I am at.
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I will go through and embed my videos and clean up any errors as soon as I can!
Thanks for reading!
-Rise
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