Final Concept Map

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Revising Our Concept Map

Hey Stephanie! Here is our concept map that we created in the beginning of the semester: Old Concept Map

We now need to revise our concept map and add more to it! This is due by Sunday, June 24, 2012. I know that your 30-day trial of Inspiration has expired so I created an account so we can edit our concept map. We can post our ideas for our final concept map here.

Useful Links

Here are the links to all our lesson plans, digital stories, etc. This will make it easier when we implement them into our website.

Lesson Plans

1. Creating Heritage Dolls: https://w.taskstream.com/Lesson/View/ED0D664F992C0FC44627DB78BFE3606E

2. Researching Local Population: https://w.taskstream.com/Lesson/View/EA8D1783FFDA7F0A3C0E84D17459092B

3.Creating Photo Albums: https://w.taskstream.com/Lesson/View/B4544ED8928D974D9E952240EB14AB0C
4. Local Attractions: https://w.taskstream.com/Lesson/View/52128B5E68F96C4124AF6F0E1B672258

5. Interviewing a Family Member: https://w.taskstream.com/Lesson/View/5C1C5462D7E19F5D3DBCE015F3E10BCE

Digital Stories

1. Immigrating to Kalamazoo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97h3qZwg-gc

2. How to Interview a Family Member: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhFPKXOmqb8

3. What is Local History?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQL9_pfiIEQ&hd=1

Website Evaluations:

1. http://www.genealogyspot.com/features/kids.htm

2. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/index.html

3. https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Involve_Children_and_Youth_in_Family_History

4. www.snapfish.com
5. http://www.teachervision.fen.com/presidents/lesson-plan/3530.html
6. http://tamarackcommunity.ca/index.php

Podcast:

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyFPk2uQyhM

PenPals Document & GoogleMap

1. Virtual PenPals: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jgd-r0i6rLq_ITBzAyTbpP7BctnQuf2CvhWpal3P_VY/edit

2. Google Map: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=209547375318841225340.0004c15b670734d5fa450&msa=0

Website Login Information

Email: EDT3470LocalHistory@Gmail.com

Password: (I have sent you an email with the password)

Blog URL: 

http://localhistoryedt.blogspot.com/

Website URL:
https://sites.google.com/site/edt3470localhistory/

Website Checklist

Here is a website checklist that we can use to make sure we fulfill all the necessary requirements.
[ ] = Still in progress
[X] = Completed


[X] - Must include standards that the website meets on a page linked from the "home" page.
[X] - Must include links to Michigan GLCEs and ISTE: National Educaitonal Technology Standards  for Students: The Next Generation
[X] - Must use one of the template from Google Sites
[X] - Each webpage must contain and image and must be cited properly
[X] - Navigation bar must be organized in the order you want it viewed.
[X] - Use common design throughout the whole website (font, text, etc.)
[X] - WMU logo must be on the bottom of the homepage and link to http://wmich.edu
[X] - Page including what our team has been working towards or what the semester has been leading to.
[X] - Each team member must have at least two pages.
[X] - Each page needs to contain two new items of information not given throughout the semester (Examples: ideas, lesson plans, etc. for your topic)
[X] - Each group member must create one original item. (Chad - Digital Story, Stephanie - Lesson Plan).
[X] - Each page must contain the name of the person who created it and their email (email must be hyperlinked).
[X] - Opening page must have a description of the information that can be found on the website.
[X] - Each lesson plan must be linked appropriately within the website.
[X] - Each digital story must be linked appropriately within the website.
[X] - Virutal PenPals and Google Maps must be attached with a description.
[X] - Collaborative Podcast must be attached at the bottom or linked.
[X] - Final concept map must be placed in an appropriate place on the website.
[X] - Collaborative blog must be linked somewhere in the website with a brief description.
[X] - All websites used in the website evaluation assignment must be placed within the website with a brief description of what the website is.
[X] - Each team member must find an additional 3 websites (Ex. teaching resources, lesson plans, etc.)

Team Website

Hey Chad! I just wanted to let you know that my laptop crashed this past weekend so, I'm sorry I haven't been online to communicate. Let's get together tomorrow, after I get out of class. Unfortunately, I may not have my final lesson plan complete by then. However, we can build the rest of the website tomorrow. I will email you my final lesson plan this weekend to add to it! Thanks for all of your help this semester! See ya tomorrow!

Podcast Script

Hello and thank you for listening to our podcast.

My name is Chad Boender.

And my name is Stephanie Hirdning

Throughout the past couple of months, our students have focused on studying the local history of Kalamazoo, Michigan, as well as, the local history of one’s family heritage. Studying ancestral heritage is very important because it defines who we are as individuals.

Throughout the unit, our students have created heritage dolls, researched the population of Kalamazoo, Michigan and the State of Michigan, created a family photo album, and discovered some of the tourist attractions that Kalamazoo, Michigan has to offer.

The heritage dolls turned out excellent and are hanging up in the halls of our school, for everyone to see! In this lesson, the students learned how to use a hot list, the importance of safe surfing on the web, and eventually created a heritage doll, based on their family’s place of origin. Constructing a heritage doll is a fun and creative way for students to study their own heritage and to better appreciate one’s place of origin.

Our students were introduced to Snapfish and became comfortable using the program to produce their family photo albums. They were advised to discuss their family history with several of their family members. After their discussions, they generated their photo albums and were able to present them to their classmates.

As a class, we took a field trip to the Kalamazoo Valley Museum located in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. The students were able to explore the exhibits and make sense of what a local landmark has to offer. This field trip was an introduction of the many tourist attractions in Kalamazoo. The students created a table based on which attractions they have had the opportunity to visit, during their lifetime. They then compared their data with the data constructed by another first grade class and two second grade classes. Lastly, they generated a table and graph using Excel to represent their data on which tourist attractions they have visited in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Throughout this unit, students have focused on building professional learning communities by managing time wisely, sharing responsibilities, and communicating effectively. Students communicate daily through the use of Wikis. We still have some fun and exciting lessons planned for the unit and we promise to keep you updated!

Thank you for listening and we hope to see all of you at Parent Night, where the students will present their learned information on local history!

Podcast

Hey Chad! I was thinking we should get together sometime next week and complete the whole Podcast assignment all in one sitting. When are you available to get together? I am going to East Lansing next weekend and won't be available until Sunday evening. Let me know when works best for your schedule! Have a great weekend!

Module 5

Hey Stephanie! I was just looking at Module 5 and it looks like we have a podcast and lesson plan #2 due this week! I was thinking about writing a lesson on interviewing a family member. Is that okay with you or were you thinking of doing that? Let me know! I don't think we will have to get together this week for the podcast. It seems like it's pretty easy to do, but we'll see! Let me know if you have any questions! Have a great week!

Google Map

View EDT 3470 - WMU in a larger map
This map shows the route to where our ePals in Hillsborough, California are located. The map also indicates the country of origin of each students ancestors. Click on the icon markers to view the student’s first name and last initial.
Kalamazoo, Michigan Students: Green Markers
Hillsborough, California Students: Red Markers

Virtual Pen Pal

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jgd-r0i6rLq_ITBzAyTbpP7BctnQuf2CvhWpal3P_VY/edit

Module 4

Hey Chad! I just read about everything that is due next Sunday. I think it would be most beneficial for us to get together this week to work on the group assignments. When are you available to get together this week?

Local History Concept Map Revised Rough Draft

Lesson Plan and Website Evaluations

Hey Stephanie! We can discuss the websites that we find for the web evaluation assignment for this week in this post. We need to make sure that we don't have any of the same websites and that our lesson plans are different. I am planning on doing a lesson on the heritage dolls. I will let you know when I find any websites! Thanks!

Local History Concept Map Rough Draft

Chad, let me know if there is anything you want to add/change before Sunday at 11:59pm.

Concept Map Ideas (Rough Draft)

Hey Stephanie! We can post our ideas for the concept map here.

Thank you for creating our blog Chad! I read that we need to sign up for an Inspiration account trial. Would you like me to do that since you created the blog?