tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39436830433992393622024-03-19T06:09:49.883-07:00WPS 1:1 Learning InitiativeJackie Hoglund, 1:1 Coordinatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541094568927900563noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943683043399239362.post-63460757279743870792014-03-20T11:35:00.000-07:002014-03-20T13:40:19.273-07:00Book Creator - Ancient EgyptBook Creator is a wonderful app we added to our Core student apps this fall. It is a simple book-creating app that supports text, images, audio, video and drawings. This student created a wonderful informational book about Ancient Egypt's Holy Hieroglyphs and Rosetta Stone. In the movie form, you can watch as I turn the pages and listen to her audio recordings of certain word definitions. Students can share their Book Creator books in ePub format using iBooks (only to be read on an iPad or iPhone) or can export as PDF.<br />
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Click here for more information about <a href="http://www.redjumper.net/bookcreator/" target="_blank">Book Creator</a>.<br />
Click here to download the ePub file for iBooks <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzdCMQd6xO-4MzRvQlIzZjNFOG8/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Ancient Egypt's Holy Hieroglyphs and Rosetta Stone</a><br />
Click here for a <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzdCMQd6xO-4SVVyaXUyeFA4SVU/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">PDF</a> version (no audio files included).<br />
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<br />Jackie Hoglund, 1:1 Coordinatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541094568927900563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943683043399239362.post-77518229770929311362014-02-24T08:56:00.000-08:002014-02-24T08:58:02.486-08:00Egypt Museum & Google SitesThis project represents the culmination of the fifth grade studies on ancient Egypt. Students learned about geography of the area and how the Nile River allowed a civilization to be born. Students learned about the Old Kingdom (2500-2100 B.C.E.), which was a time when the ancient Egyptians built many of their tombs and pyramids. Students learned about the Middle Kingdom (2000-1650 B.C.E), which was a time when writing was important and Egypt produced art and literature. They also learned about the New Kingdom (1550-1100 B.C.E.), which was a time when Hatshepsut, a woman, ruled the land.<br />
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Students chose topics that interested them about Egypt and researched questions using books and Internet resources. They learned how to find sources, take notes, and then wrote a multi-paragraphed essay that ultimately answered their question. Students used Google Sites to design a website form the text and completed a project at home. <br />
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Parents were invited into school to see student projects and to view their websites which were displayed on their iPads.<br />
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<span dir="ltr"><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/apps.wellesley.k12.ma.us/5e-14-5/" target="_blank">What is The Great Sphinx of Giza and What was its Purpose?</a></span><br />
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<br />Jackie Hoglund, 1:1 Coordinatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541094568927900563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943683043399239362.post-7366527508294471102014-02-13T06:38:00.000-08:002014-02-24T08:57:51.056-08:006th Grade Explain Everything - Single Story Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In addition to our 5th grade 1:1 Learning Initiative we have a pilot program in House M at Wellesley Middle School. Approximately 80 students and 4 core subject teachers (Math, ELA, Science and Social Studies) are working in a 1:1 ipad environment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In ELA, students were challenged to present more than their SINGLE STORY...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">“</span><span style="color: black;">The single story creates stereotypes and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one statement become the only story.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">~ Chimamanda Adichie,</span><span style="color: black;"><i> The Danger of the Single Story</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">House M classmates know part of your story.What is the rest of your story?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here is one example of the finished product, creating using Explain Everything.</span><br />
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<br />Jackie Hoglund, 1:1 Coordinatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541094568927900563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943683043399239362.post-17997837743337925842014-02-13T06:25:00.003-08:002014-02-13T06:38:36.459-08:00Pause and Think OnlineOne of my favorite resources as a parent and teacher in this digital age is <a href="http://www.commonsensemedia.org/" target="_blank">Common Sense Media</a>. Common Sense Media has grown tremendously in the past few years, they are "dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in a world of media and technology."<br />
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Today, I am including their catchy Pause & Think Online Video. <br />
(Classroom posters are available as well, <a href="http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/posters" target="_blank">here</a>.)<br />
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The website is a wealth of information...definitely worth checking out...their blog <a href="http://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog" target="_blank">"Making Sense"</a> has some great posts focused on "parenting, media and everything in between."<br />
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Below is an example of an Educreations presentation a student created explaining why a certain ecosystem was or wasn't healthy. Students used images gathered from a field trip to the ecosystem as well as images they took while examining field samples using the Proscope Mobile.<br />
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Click here for more information about the <a href="http://www.bodelin.com/proscope/proscope-mobile" target="_blank">Proscope Mobile</a>.<br />
Click here for more information about the <a href="http://www.wellesley.k12.ma.us/district/science/pages/learning-goals#5" target="_blank">Wellesley 5th Grade Science Curriculum</a>.<br />
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<br />Jackie Hoglund, 1:1 Coordinatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541094568927900563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943683043399239362.post-70404582512992870942014-02-10T11:18:00.003-08:002014-02-10T11:19:07.004-08:00Core Student & Teacher AppsAfter much consideration and training on using iPads in classrooms, the Technology Department and the App Evaluation Committee (made up of teachers, technology specialists and curriculum specialists) worked together to select a core set of educational apps that would be used in the Fifth Grade 1:1 Initiative. Rather than buying into Apple's "There's an App for That" campaign, we choose a small set of apps that emphasize creativity and creation and expect that our students and teachers will become fluent in these apps throughout the course of the program. Our philosophy is that students can master several great apps while demonstrate their knowledge of different subjects in order to master the workflow of sending images to and retrieving from the camera to use in any app, copying and pasting text from Google Drive, as well as sharing their projects when complete through Google Drive or AirDrop rather than hundreds of apps that each address a very narrow subject matter.<br />
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<br />Jackie Hoglund, 1:1 Coordinatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541094568927900563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943683043399239362.post-12404003337379388492013-12-11T09:12:00.001-08:002014-02-10T10:25:59.564-08:00Thinglink Egypt Maps 5th Grade students used their iPads to create Explain Everything screencasts about different areas of Egypt and shared them with their teachers through Google Drive.
The teachers then compiled all the videos into a <a href="http://www.thinglink.com">Thinglink</a> for students to use a reference when reviewing what they've learned about Egypt.
CHECK OUT THEIR HARD WORK:
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Welcome to the <a href="http://www.wellesley.k12.ma.us/">Wellesley Public School</a>'s 1:1 Initiative Blog</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our goal is to showcase many of the amazing projects that our students and teachers </span><span style="font-size: large;">are creating using their iPads in the 5th and 6th (pilot) grade classrooms, as well as to post/re-post articles and other blog posts that pertain to 1:1 technologies in education.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">History of 1:1 Initiative:</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the fall of 2011, one 5th grade classroom at one of our seven elementary schools was the recipient of a generous grant from the <a href="http://wellesleyeducationfoundation.org/">Wellesley Education Foundation</a> (WEF) and became our first pilot of 1:1 technologies using iPads in their classroom. A few months later, thanks to an anonymous donation two more 5th grade classrooms at that same school joined the 1:1 initiative. By spring of 2013, every 5th grade teacher, specialist (art, library, music and PE), special educator and curriculum specialist who works with 5th grade received their own devices and district-wide training for 5th grade teachers began (also funded by WEF). In the fall of 2013, through a collaboration between the school district, school Parent-Teacher Organizations and WEF, every 5th grader and one house (approximately 75 students) in 6th grade received their iPads as part of the 1:1 initiative. Today, we hope to expand our program to include all 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th graders in the near future.</span></div>
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