When just shutting off is NOT an option!

A few tip to help you not just shut off your child's computer, but embrace it along with them!

Don't shut off, train!

You are Special

Please enjoy my podcast of me reading a children's book. I am a special ed candidate and will read books on podcast for my students to listen to independently Here is the first book I will add to my collection for my g-nephews that ask me every Saturday to read the book over and over to them.

You are Special

Global Learning Comunity -Show n Tell

Please take a look at my GLP and leave feedback here or the blog I attached to it.
Show n Tell
Blessings!!

Ethics in the Digital World

Ethics in the Digital World

There were no big surprises in the article because we have been discussing most topics since our first class in the program. It was an interesting read and it made it interesting by comparing and contrasting adults and teens views on the 5 elements.

Identity-Teens are search for the identity they are comfortable with and what fits their personalities. I have seen my own teens go extreme, bright red hair and plugs in ears, to being conservative. I was able to monitor them closely and try not to offer any negative remarks about their choices. Online it is harder for parents to do this and it makes parents nervous. Lots of parents will just say no to Facebook only to have their teens have one anyway they log on at friends houses. It is important to have a Facebook or other social network if your teen does to see what their online identity is.

Privacy-In the article it mentioned adults were more in favor of being friends with teens then teens were with being friends with adults. My children have to be my friend, but they don’t have to be all their parent’s friends. Teen need grace on social networks and are completely turned off by their friend’s parent’s corrective comments. Teens will make mistakes, but telling them in front of their friends on Facebook will embarrass them. My teens have deleted friend’s parents for their unsolicited posts. I have had to remind adults I am in charge of them and I was OK with what they posted.  On the other side, most of my teens friends are my friends because I do not judge them or correct them unless it will harm them physically or their walk with God. I also never tell their parents if they are just  acting out. The parents should get a Facebook and monitor them themselves.

Creditability- This is one that needs to be enforced by all adults when it comes to teens online. I have dealt with this swift and effectively with my own children. They have a obscure attitude that if you are friends online, you will be friends in person. Every time I hear of someone getting harmed by meeting someone online, I record it for my daughter to see it and be reminded about the danger. 

Authorship and Ownership-My daughter was told by a friend that when you download a movie form the internet before it comes out on DVD it is OK because it is movie trailers put together. I was unsure about it and we watched a movie and it was evident the camera was in a guys coat. Bootlegged movies are everywhere. I have had 3 students ask me, a teacher, if I wanted a movie right after it was released to the movie theater. They didn’t seem to understand it was illegal. My son’s friend downloaded a movie from my house using my WiFi, unbeknownst to me. I get an email from Universal Studios threatening court action. They got my IP address and then my email.

Participation-It was interesting that both adults and teens seem to be on the same side when it came to participation and see the benefits of the WWW to promote social responsibility.Both adults and teens are open to the possibilities the internet will have in the future and not be detoured by the negative repetition some of it has.

So sticken excited!!

After weeks of brain block and being terrified of putting together my Show n Tell Global Learning Project, I am excited to announce I am unblocked. I was having fun learning all the new toys and gadgets, but unclear in how to assemble everything on the site. Praise the Lord it is all coming clear. I have created a blog on my page for suggestions and would be blessed if you would chime in!!!
Blessings to All,
LeeAnn

Trust and Monitoring Policy

Trust Policy

Please Read and Agree to Before Participating in Show n Tell

Let me know you have read and understood by sending me an email to MsRigbys@gmail.com

District Policies

Please read over your district policies before joining Show n Tell and before starting the journey in the Global Learning Community. It is important your school and district will allow the students to participate before starting. Please get permission from your parents and/or guardians of your students before uploading any digital images or videos to the Show n Tell web site. Usually each district has a policy in place for taking pictures for publication in any median.

Digital Imaging and Video Imaging

Sharing your digitals images, in video and pictures, is the main tool used for sharing items in this Global Learning Community. Each teacher/parent is responsible for gaining permission from parents/guardians before uploading. Show n Tell is released from the responsibility of gaining permission.

Discussions

Discussions are used to share in the GL Community and will need permission, as stated above, from parents and/or guardians. Discussions will be kept in a positive wording. Encouragement words are expected because we are writing to children and about them.

If you have nothing nice to contribute, please refrain from replying. Show n Tell is a safe place for students k-6 to share what is important to them.

Copyright Rules

All pictures and videos are the property of the original owner. Do not copy, edit or share any images without the permission from the owner. The owner is identified as the person who uploaded them to the Show n Tell web site. If you are not the owner of the picture/video and have permission to use it, that is acceptable and you do not need a citation, unless you would like to give credit for the image/video.

Sharing and Using

Please do not share any information personal information such as real names, where you live, telephone numbers, home addresses and email addresses. The general location of where you live is OK. An example is, I live in Southern California, and not my actually city.

Trust and Monitoring in iEARN

The biggest surprise was that when you up load a picture, you still have ownership over that picture. Also others can use those photos for educational purposes only for a friendly use policy. It was strange because iEARN doesn't own the images, but they are giving permission for others to use. You have to agree with this before you upload to any GLP. I will put in my trust policy that no one can use the images that other upload to my GLP.
My daughter is a photographer at 16yr and has already had 2 catalog photo shots. The owner of the make up one took her images she had edited and sent them to another editor and they turned out awful and her name was on them. She was pretty upset because she has her own business. I don't want that to happen to anyone who participates in my GLP.

Trust and Monitoring Policy Facebook

FaceI checked on the Facebook policies. It was revised in December and I was thinking I probably would have never looked for the revision date if I wasn't in this program. It was set up easy to follow with numbered sub titles at top and easy to find exactly what you are looking for. The surprise I found was you have to be 13 years old to sign up for a Facebook and the is not a way to verify how old everyone is. All you do is input a date of birth, can be made up, and you have a Facebook page. It would make more sense if anyone under 16 years old had to have parents permission. A way to do this is for Facebook to send an email to the parents and the parents verify their child's age. I know it isn't fool proof, but it may detour some kids younger than 13.

Facebook Policy

Media Pallet

What is my media pallet?  I am a visual learner so I will go with video. I have spent the last few days playing around with the gadgets in my blog and was surprise at how easy they were to input. Except my Voki, I was never able to embed it so I gave up after about 3 hours trying. In my web site I was able to embed my Voki and a short video I was using for practice without any problems. I pray those that support my GLP will have the same easiness as I did. My media pallet will include text, video, pictures and gadgets I find online.

Weebly

As everyone is already aware, I am new to building a web site and blogging. I started my GLP on Weebly and up graded and it is very easy to learn and maneuver. When you upgrade you get all the short cuts for creating a colorful and interesting web site. It is worth the $48 for the peace of mind that everything is there including You Tube and Flash. So if you are on the fence, invest the extra money for less stress setting it up.
Blessings!!!

Got it!

On the left hand side of the gadgets there is a link titled, "Use your own" and it works!

HELP!!!

I have been trying to add a Voki gadget to my blog for the last hour and can't figure it out. How do we add gadgets to our PLS?? I go it on my web site, but not here!!

Show n Tell Web Address

Hi Everyone!!
I pray the Lord is blessing you and keeping you at peace.
Here is my URL for my GLP.
Please remember I am very new at this and would LOVE feedback and suggestions.

Blessings,
LeeAnn

Show n Tell

Show n Tell GLP

Here is a description of my GLP!! Please comment..

Show n Tell

God's Provisions

Have a blessed day!!!
God's Provision

GLP Site Outline

     My GLP Site Outline and Site Structure on Adobe
Here it is!! Comments welcomed!


GLP Outline and Structure

2 Cor. 12:7-12

My grace is sufficient for you!
I love this verse and please enjoy my podcast with my thoughts!
God's Grace

GLP Proposal w/o link

LeeAnn Rigby

 Dr. KB’s Global Learning Project Worksheet/Proposal

Identify a subject/curricular area you teach that could benefit from a Global Learning experience.  LA and public speaking, social studies (different cultures)

Brainstorm…

·         The overall goal of your GLP-to learn about other students interests and likes from different places, for the students to see they share the same interest as children in different places/countries, see new and interesting things from other cultures

·         What you want the students to learn? Children everywhere like similar things, toys, clothes, books, movies, favorite books and more

·         What you want them to do? Show and tell about something that is special to them, write about the item and take a picture with it

·         What you feel will be the cross-cultural benefits? Students will see how similar they are even though they live differently, they like similar things

·         If there is a final product, what might it look like? Many students pictures/videos with small captions telling about their special item, toys, books put together in an Adobe ebook

·         How will it benefit the participants so that they will want to be involved? God willing it will be interesting to see all the students and hear about their items, it is fun to see likes/differences from children of similar age

Search and review existing projects, resources around the topic, etc to see what is already out there and how your project can benefit the current GLP projects.

Summarize  I searched, Show n Tell, Show and talk, show and learn, tell and show, elementary show and tell, sharing and telling

Working Title of your GLP Show n Tell

Subject of GLP – Language Arts, social studies, public speaking, meeting different cultures

List the Type/s of GLP structures you will use in your project such as: information exchanges, electronic publishing; social action project, etc..

• Global Classroom
• Information Exchanges
• Electronic Publishing
• Peer Feed Back

Define your project participants ages 5-11 years old

·         Biographical info about yourself [host classroom]

I am in the APU Master in Technology Program for Educators.

 I am simultaneously working toward earning my Masters in Education with a Special Education Credential.  I will graduate with both masters in December. I love to travel and see the similarities between cultures and I want to share this interest with my students. Show and Tell is a simple concept and should be interesting to the students as well as the teacher.

·         What type of participants will you need to make the project successful? (i.e. grade level, geographical location, language, etc..) To start- k-6 and see if it grows

·         How many classrooms would make the GLP effective? More than 2 classrooms will make is successful, but the more there are the more interesting it will be

·         What will your participant’s roles be? To tell us via video camera or digital camera why the item is special with writing from student as a caption stating why it is special

Define Time parameters

·         What is your target date for implementing your GLP? Start in Fall 1, 2011 to Spring 2012

·         What is the target date for concluding your GLP? Unknown, possible using Google map to see locations

·         Will you continue annually, biannually? Annually Fall-Spring

State the rationale. Why is your project important or worthwhile? Everyone enjoys Show and Tell and they don’t seem to participate in it anymore. Students love to show new toys or other items they get and tell others about them. I like to show my new, “toys” and enjoy seeing others new items, gain a new perspective of what students value

·         See pg 4 of our optional text, Global project-based Learning with Technology” for an excellent list of possible project rationale

·         http://www.lullah.com/gpblplan/rationale.html also has potential ideas

Write a synopsis of your GLP [1-2 paragraphs]

This is like an advertisement that you will use to give prospective participants a clear idea of what it is about.

            What is Show and Tell? Does anyone remember when we did something so exciting over the weekend and we were invited to share it with our class during Show and Tell time? Do you remember when we got a new toy or item and we got to tell our class about it? Content standards have put an end to Show and Tell, but I have a solution on how to meet state standards and keep Show and Tell alive in your classroom!! A Global Learning Project called Show and Tell!

            What is a GLP and how does it work? That is very easy to answer. Students will bring to class their favorite story or item and they will be recorded tell us about it. Or you can use a digital camera and take a picture and write a small descriptive paragraph describing it! Your students will be able to read and see what other students are showing and telling around the world! What a great tool for introducing your students to other students there age around the globe.

State specific Objectives, Standards and Global Learning Outcomes [use action verbs]

            Write as specific learning objectives. You may link to standards if possible at this phase in the process. This will continue to evolve as you build your project in your next class. Things to ask yourself….

·         What are your standards-aligned Learning Objective(s) for this GLP?

§  Students will learn about children their age from different cultures and difference

§  Students will share via video camera and/or camera with captions about their life and

§  IST National Standards

·         What are the content standards will you address in this GLP?

·         1^st -6^th grade writing paragraphs and writing skills

http://www.scoe.net/castandards/agenda/2010/ela_ccs_recommendations.pdf

·         What are the main global learning objectives you envision in your GLP

·         For students to see the similarities with children in different cultures and see differences

·         What are the cross-cultural skills [global connection/component?]

·         Different cultures, same interest and different interest

Define the main Task(s): What will students (and other partners) be asked to do in the GLP project? Take a picture or video of the student sharing a special item and writing a caption under the picture about the item

Describe Project activities (introductory, learning and culminating activities) that students will engage in during the GLP? Show and Tell, writing, public speaking,

Define collaboration

·         How will you communicate? Through the web site using digital cameras, video and captioning with writing

o   Which tools will you use?

o   In what language will you communicate? Mainly English, but can use Google translator if needed

o   How will you accommodate other languages? Google Translator

o   How often will you communicate with partners? weekly

·         How will you collaborate with partner teachers? Online discussions  

·         How will students collaborate online discussions

o   Within each classroom- one on one, face 2 face

o   Between partner classrooms

·         What parts of the project will be done together? Discussions

·         What parts of the project will each class do independently? writing

Describe how you will advertise

How and where will you advertise your project to find participants?

·         iEARN

·         Face Book

·         Flyers at schools/word of mouth

·         Friends that teach now

·         K-12

·         ePals

·         Global School House

Describe how you will showcase your project

• How will you publish student work? I would like to collect the pictures and captions, or just words and make an Adobe enotebook to showcase the GLP, similar to the Magical Moments I am doing this summer, growing collage of favorites
• How will you share collaborations? Through email, face book, word of mouth
• How will you celebrate the accomplishments of your GLP with your class and participants? I will have a presentation for my class and any class that would like to see it

Define Resources needed:

·         What resources (hardware, software, WWW, etc…) do you need for your GLP?

 WWW, word, Flip camera, video camera, digital camera, Google docs for presentation, Adobe,

·         Where and when will you gather these resources? List below.

·         What kind of ongoing support do you envision needing to be successful?

 Support from my Cadremates and fellow teachers, my kiddos

Assessment

§  How will you assess students' proficiency with the standards and objectives selected? Will you use an observation checklist, a rubric, a test? Rubric will probably work the best, but that will need to be done by the teachers that participate, I may add a rubric to help the teachers see it will fit into core standards

·         Will students need any special training to participate in the GLP activities? If so, how will you build this into your GLP? No, I may write up a presentation piece that will introduce the Show and Tell concept

·         As your GLP takes off, evaluate it for quality (Are the students meeting the objectives you intended? What could you improve?) and efficiency (Is the GLP easy to understand, participate in and rewarding for the participants?).

Challenges/Constraints

·         What do you envision to be the greatest challenge with your GLP?

                Setting it up, but I am sure I will have lots of help.

·         How might you complete the project if you don’t have the required number of participants?

I will enlist the home school moms I know and my neighbor children. I live near 13 elementary kids. I will advertise more and call teachers I use to work with, missionaries around the globe I know

·         What roadblock or obstacles might prevent you from implementing this project? How might you deal with these? I am trying not to think of any and with prayer all things are possible.

·         I have had road blocks before in my life and have always formed a new path and made it through. I do believe the same will happen here if I hit a road block.

Thots to ponder….

A GLP is a cross cultural collaboration that:

·         can solve a social or environmental problem

·         explore parallel histories

·         promote cultural healing

·         share a variety of perspectives around the world through many curricular areas (i.e. literature exchanges

“Diversity in language and culture among students and staff can be either a challenge or opportunity. Global project-based learning is a model for working with diverse students to utilize the differences into distinct learning advantages. Whether the projects include local populations or working to include students from other countries, global project-based learning provides concrete techniques for valuing diversity, integrating technology in project-based learning, and growing community support at schools.” Mark Standley [http://www.k12.hi.us/~eschool/conf2002/summary.htm]

For 526 (final class) you will present your newly implemented GLP website, reflect on your experience and what your future plans for your GLP are.

GLP Proposal

Please read and comment on how I can improve my GLP.
Blessings!!!    

GLP proposal

GLP Brochure

LeeAnn's GLP Brochure

It is done!! 

BWD Final

Name     LeeAnn Rigby        Lesson Plan Title: Counting Coins & Making Change

Target Learner    Grade 2     Abilities: _Knows Money Values and Count to 100

Stage 1 –Desired Results

Established Goals

5.0 Students model and solve problems by representing, adding, and subtracting amounts       of money:       5.1 Solve problems using combinations of coins and bills.       5.2 Know and use the decimal notation and the dollar and cents symbols for money.

Desired Understandings

Resolve problems by making change Purchase items with change Make change using pennies, dimes, nickels and quarters There are many different types of money from different countries Money buys items needed to survive and for pleasure

Essential Questions to Consider

Why is money important? What else has value to trade for goods? (Gold and precious gems) Where do mommy and /or daddy get money? How can I earn money for the things I want

Desired Key Knowledge

Money takes many forms, like gold and silver in U.S. history Money buys us many things like, food, toys, TV, internet and lunches.

Desired Key Skills

Able to count and exchange change Students will be able to purchase from store and work in the store Money is needed to purchase food and other essential items People get paid money for complete jobs

Stage 2 –Evidence 

Stage 1	Stage 2
If the desired result is for learners to…	Then, you need evidence of the student’s ability to …	SO, the assessment needs to include some things like…
Understand that: (U) Purchase items with change Make change from $1 bills There are many different types of money Money buys items needed to survive and pleasure And thoughtfully consider the questions (Q) Why money is important? Where do mommy and daddy get money? How can I earn money? What other items have value for trade?	Performance verb #1: Purchase items form a classroom store Role play as the cashier and give back change to students after they purchase items from class store Performance verb #2: (description of concept, skill, understanding) Role play the cashier and give back change to students after they purchase items from class store Role play doing jobs in the classroom to earn money to purchase items in class store	Quiz-Teacher Made Ongoing Assessment-Teacher walking around the classroom as the students are practicing counting Test-formal Store and getting change back

Stage 3 –Learning Plan

W = Whereto; Where from

Students will know proper etiquette when purchasing in a store Students will know how to purchase with correct money amounts and count back change

H = Hook and Hold

Getting ready to have a student ran store Get to purchase items and keep items Get to be store keeper/cashier

E = Equip for Expected Performance

Practice counting play money in class Complete worksheets on money amounts

R = Rethink, Revise/Refine, Reflect

The activities of practicing/assessing giving change Allowing students to run store

E = Encourage Self-Evaluation

Students will self assess and assess each other to give correct change Evaluate with a quiz

T = Tailor for Diverse Learners

Students will shop and run store with a buddy

O = Organize The Learning

Teacher and class leaders will set up store and get, “paid” to be a manager