Digital Stories

Hey Girls!
I am going to make my digital story on how to create a book.

Modified Concept Map

concept map #2

We need to update our concept map for a grade this week!

Podcast Grade

Great job ladies! I am so thankful the music part was right. It was really hard to do because of the different volumes we recorded our parts at. I love the audacity program and plan to use it in the future.

Podcast script

The topic of our project is local history, and our main goal is for students to gain knowledge of the history and local culture of Kalamazoo Michigan using project based learning methods. They will then share this information with the local community and will even have the chance to share information they research with other students on a global scale. To begin this project, we planned for students to research the history of Kalamazoo using various sources. They then came together to share what they have learned with students from Moonta, South Australia. They compared the history and culture of their home city to that of the city of the students in Australia. Next they learned about the book writing and publishing process, since their final goal of the project is to create a book and share it with their local community. To gain the knowledge to create this book, students will learn about the interviewing process and they will use this new information to interview members of their community that they will feature in their book.

Podcast

I am going to talk about the interview process for my part of the podcast.

Audacity

So I have audacity downloaded and it is fairly simple to use. Text me if you have any questions since it was a little confusing at first, but I think I have it down now. This will be such a cool resource to use in and out of the classroom.

Podcast

Hey girls,
For the podcast I am going to discuss project-based learning and why it is important.
Here is my script for it:

Project-based learning is very important in education. Students learn by engaging in projects that actually relate to the real-world, and this is exactly what project based learning is; allowing students to engage in activities that they can then relate to their lives and use in the real world. By having a classroom that uses project based learning, it allows the traditional classroom to become a more efficient, hands on learning experience.
Technology also plays a huge role in creating a project based classroom. It is integrated as a tool for discovery, collaboration, and communication. Technology allows students to go further into depth in what they are learning, while without it, they could only reach a certain point. It also allows teachers to collaborate and work together more easily. Teachers can share their technological resources with one another as well. So, not only does technology benefit the students, but the teachers as well.
Technology and project-based learning are becoming more essential in the classroom. By combining them both together, they give students an understanding of inquiry, develop good communication skills, they learn to be flexible with their working hours, are held responsible for meeting deadlines, they develop a better understanding of how the world works, and they also grasp an understanding that they can change the world, as well.