Welcome!

• Marriage of the "Pedagogy of Technology with Academic Content"
  • "Learning by making things in project-based curriculum"
  • Untraditional and project-based: geometry through architecture

• Technology Applied: the "techno constructivist"
  • Tools, General
• Voicethread
• LittleBird Tales
• Vocaroo
• Voxopop
• Voki
• BubbleJoy
• Fotobabble
• Jing
• Individual work on wiki or blog, or Web 2.0 applied:
  • Welcome to Freshman Year of High School
  • This, I Believe
  • State of the Student
  • You Become the Teacher
  • Student Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Story
  • FTHS + 10
  • AmEx Blog
    
  • American Dream Speech
    • from here to Chelsea Zimmerman On the Sad End of Dan James
    • to Professor Lee Silver: Genetic Engineering and the Future
  • Group work on wiki
    • Odysseus Letter
    • Romeo and Juliet speeches
  • Biome Preservation Project
  • "I Am"
  • NGO Recruiting Project
  • Constitutional Convention Project
  • "Cellvivor" assignment
• High Tech High School
• Project-based learning

• Explain HW
  • Intense, sustained prep time!

Homework

• ONE VERY COOL ONLINE PROJECT TO SHARE:
  • Voicethread, wiki, or standards-based blog -- however in rough draft format!
  • Put on your wiki, blog -- wherever!

Student Work

STUDENT BLOGS STUDENT WIKIS: Betsy Betsy Javier Javier Jessica Jessica Sarah Sarah   Jennifer Jennifer Michelle Michelle Kimberly Kimberly   Brenda Brenda Daniel Daniel Joe Joe Jose Jose Nick Nick Mary Mary Meaghann Meghann Morgan Morgan Mario Mario Tara Tara Teresa Teresa     Aimee Aimee Amber Amber Carmen Carmen Danielle Danielle Michelle Michelle Mojdeh Mojdeh Lindsey Lindsey Jessica Jessica Jesus Jesus Meg Meg Ryan Ryan   Angie Angie Guadalupe Guadalupe Jeff Jeff Robert Robert Rosa Rosa Steve Steve   Lisa D Lisa D. Lisa H. Lisa H. Kristen Kristen Christina Christina Rich Rich Rosie Rosie Tracie Tracie