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=Outline=

= = = = [|21st Century Schools Project] Advanced Team Project [| Alatoba]
 * [|Fellows]
 * Schools
 * Year 1
 * Year 2
 * Project Based Learning
 * Wiki
 * [|Blog]
 * Vision - All Decatur City MYP schools will participate in this site.
 * [|K12 Online]
 * Met [|Chris] [|Harbeck] through Wiki Presentation moderated by [|Vicki Davis]. We created an "award-winning" wiki on Effective Math Videos.
 * Common objective - Proportions
 * US: Solve problems involving ratios or rates. using proportional reasoning.

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 * Determining the unit rate
 * Converting rates from one unit to another
 * Example: determining the number of minutes in three days
 * Convering units of length, weight, or capacity from metric to customary and from customary to metric
 * Canada:
 * Derives and applies unit rates.
 * Expresses rates and ratios in equivalent forms.
 * Calculates combined percentages in a variety of meaningful contexts.
 * Uses concepts of rate, ratio proportion and percent to solve problems in meaningful contexts.
 * Real life application - Spending money
 * Secondary objectives - converting from metric to customary, internationalism, collaboration, technology use
 * Description of student tasks
 * 8 categories - music, transportation, food, computers and accessories, other electronics, recreation, clothing, cell phones
 * 4 people per group
 * Pick an item from your category and find the price and a picture
 * Convert the US price to Canadian dollars
 * Create a slideshow containing this information
 * Post the slideshow to [|Bubbleshare]
 * Email: alatoba@gmail.com
 * Password: ilovemath
 * Link the Bubbleshare presentation to the [|Alatoba Wiki]

Blogs for teachers - [|Edublogs]

[|Darren Kuropatwa] [|My blog] =Examples of Wikis=

Chris Harbeck
 * Great Fraction "UN-project"

Vicki Davis - The Queen of Wikis!!!
 * Flat Classroom Project
 * Westwood Schools Wiki
 * K12 Online Presentation

Jeanne Simpson
 * Basic Wikis - 21st Century Project Octoberfest Presentation
 * [|7th Grade Math] - Lesson Planning Wiki

Alabama 21st Century Schools Wikis
 * [|Alabama Best Practices Center]
 * Advanced Wikis - Octoberfest Presentation
 * Challenger Middle School - They used a wiki to explore and then teach their faculty about 21st Century Tools.
 * Cullman Collaborative Books - Cullman Middle School students collaborated to write six different books.
 * [|EduWikipedia -]The site where educators can collaborate to share the best-of-the-best of educational Web 2.0 Tools! A place to cultivate a network of like-minded educators that are dedicated to harnessing the educational value of Web 2.0 tools This is a site created by educators for educators.
 * [|George Hall Elementary] - Vocabulary Building Field Trips
 * Political Parties and Elections Project - Hillcrest High School
 * Business Education Wiki - Winterboro School
 * Haleyville High School Library Media Center
 * Fayetteville High School - This wiki links to all of the great blogs and wikis created by their teachers.

=**Resources**=

Chris and I were interviewed for the [|Women of Web 2.0] weekly chat. A recording of the interview and a [|transcript] from the chat room have been posted on the internet. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to find the link for the recording. The interview lasts about an hour.

[|Pay Attention Video] An interesting video about how technology is changing our world and our students. How is it changing the classroom?

Video - What is a wiki http://news.zdnet.com/2036-2_22-5815948.html

Video - using Skype to include a student who is homebound because of leukemia http://learningismessy.com/blog/?p=196

[| Imbee] [| Moodle] (This is being used in Madison City.)
 * Alternatives to blogs and wikis**