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 * Monday, 3/14 - Publishing Research**
 * Agenda** - Finalize the KNOL
 * //Check-In//** - Make sure of the following:

1- Your Knol has all required subtitles for Facebook paper 2 - You have an image/video separating each section

3 - Have at least 3 hyperlinks within your paper

4- Create a "Facebook Obsession" Wordle - make sure you use your full name - title Wordle "Facebook Obsession"

How to embed onto your KNOL using "HTML" - Copy Embed link when WORDLE is saved - Paste the code in HTML on your KNOL

Summary & Exit Pass - Students Publish KNOLS on class form - Click Here


 * Tuesday, 3/15 - Capturing a Disasters & Revolution with new technologies**


 * Agenda: Understanding effects of world events through new technologies**
 * //Check-In - Label todays class journal "Investigating World Events"//**

- Students will investigate recent world events through internet research (Egypt & Tsunami)
 * DO NOW:** What do you think is meant by the term "** Civic Journalism **"
 * Activities:**
 * **WHO?** who was involved? who is most effected?- //list individuals, groups, etc//
 * **WHAT?** what happened? what were the causes? what are reactions? what now? - //list facts, ideas//
 * **WHEN?** when did event occur? when did it end? when is/are next steps? - //list dates, time periods//
 * **WHERE?** where specifically did it occur? where did it start? where is effected?- //list places, regions//
 * **WHY?** why did this happen? why is this important? - //list causes, emotions, etc//
 * **HOW?** how did this event begin? how did it get resolved? how will this effect...? how are people...?

On your class journal - chart the above and fill in as much information as you can under each.

__//Summary/Exit Pass//__ Create & Answer five (5) academic research questions based on your findings share with class


 * Wednesday, 3/16 - School Trips & Career Day**

Check-In - **In your class journal, answer the following : why are people attracted to visualizations more then text?**
 * Thursday, 3/17 - Capturing topics in a visual story**
 * Agenda: Visualization of Global Issues through technology**

Copy Free Images


 * Friday, 3/18 - Using Picasa as an embedded slideshow**
 * Agenda: Students tell a virtual story through use of Imaging software**
 * Check-In -**

- Upload photos to Picasa - create Album - add captions - Embed Slideshow onto wiki page
 * Activities:**

**Monday & Tuesday, 3/21-3/22 - Using Picasa as an embedded slideshow** **Agenda: Students tell a virtual story through use of Imaging software**

**Activities:** - Finish adding captions - Embed Slideshow onto wiki page In Picassa: - Click on Album - select "Link to This Website" - Click "Embed Slidshow" -Select size of slideshow and check box "SHOW CAPTIONS" - Copy Embed Code - Open Class Journal on Wki - "Click Widget", "Other HTML" & Paste Code

After you EMBED slideshow onto your wiki, Post Link to Class Form: CLASS PICASSA ALBUMS

- Comment on 5 albums, post reflections on your class journal

**Wednesday, 3/23 - Introduction** **Agenda** - Using PREZI as a 21st Century digital tool

Check-In - Visit @Publishing Possibilities and find the Prezi link

- In class journal, discuss what you found about the tool Prezi and discuss what you think are its benefits. - Utilizing Prezi as a digital tool for publishing

- Discuss Do Now - View The 15 minute Prezi Lesson (click play button to see) - click here - Transfer the information from Prei lesson onto class journal. Title heading "Using Prezi"
 * essentially, you are writing a step by step process to use prezi

- Explore the Prezi site for examples. - click here Exit Pass - Discuss which was the "prezi of the day" and why you chose it


 * Thursday & Friday, 3/24 & 3/25 - Making a Prezi on our Global Issue**
 * Agenda** - Using Prezi to display knowledge
 * //Check-In//**: Students choose one of their previous projects to make a Prezi Presentation

Click "New Prezi" and enter a "Title" & "Description" "Click" Start to raise your Prezi level Learn the "Wheel of Prezi" - **Write** - **Insert - Path - Colors - Show** "Click to Start" - click anywhere on your Prezi to start your story
 * Activities**

Check In: Log into Prezi Account
 * Friday, 3/25**
 * Agenda:** Publishing & Rating our Prezi

Luck 7's - Do you have 7 images, 7 facts, 7 "ideas" on your Prezi? Review the 2 Rubrics - Prezi is out of 25 points On your class journal, assign a grade (adding up the scores) & discuss why you got your grade

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Submit - Click on **"Get Link"** under your prezi and submit on class form - click here
 * Monday, 3/28 - What the Blog!?**
 * Agenda:** Enhancing our ability to blog using web 2.0
 * Check In: Embed** your Prezi on your class journal

Activities:


 * Complete a concept map on your topic (Tsunami, Egypt, Facebook)
 * Download and use discussion template :
 * Upload your concept map onto your class journal (save it to your desktop 1st)
 * Click File on edit bar in Wikispaces

**Tuesday & Wednesday, 3/29 & 3/20 - What the Blog!? - How to enhance the concepts & advantages of blogging...** **Agenda:** Enhancing our ability to blog using web 2.0 **Check In: // Answer in class journal: //** 2) How would you enhance blogging?

**//Activities://** 1. Take your concept map and decide how best to convey the message in a unified, interactive multimedia glog created by YOU!  2. Register for and begin to build your Glog online!  3. Create any video, image or sound files you need for your Glog. ALL MATERIAL ON THE GLOG MUST BE STUDENT CREATED!

 YOU will create needed VIDEO content!  YOU will create needed IMAGE content!  YOU will create needed AUDIO content!

 4. When it is finished, submit the URL for assessment via, class form (click here) and prepare to share the message of your GLOG!


 * Class Extra Credit - How do you "hyperlink" an image on your Glog?**

**Thursday, 3/31 - Creating a GLOG according to Rubric** **Agenda:** Students will understand how our GLOG is graded by utilizing a Rubric **Check In:** Review the Rubric posted below. On your class journal, choose the parts you feel your work will be strongest in ans well as the areas you may not understand or need work on. discuss.




 * //Activities://**

1 - Discuss the check-in 2 - Students will grade the 2 examples below, using specific details/information from rubric
 * Example 1 - displaying what you learn
 * Example 2 - publishing for a cause

3 - Independent work on your Glog

HW - Complete your GLOG & Embed on your class journal. Be prepared to submit via class form on Monday. -10 per day late

Utilize the below websites to display the message/importance using **EITHER** a knol, glog, picassa, or prezi
 * Friday, 4/1 - TECH EXAM**


 * TEST - websites to use:**

[|All About Explorers] [|Buy Dehydrated Water] [|Dihydrogen Monoxide] [|Dog Island: Free Forever] [|The Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency] [|GenoChoice] [|MoonBeam Enterprises] <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px;">[|Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus]

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px;">**Monday, 4/4** <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px;">**Agenda: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #000000; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #ffffff; cursor: pointer; font-size: 140%; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px;">CLASS GLOG DAY! **


 * <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Lucida,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;">When it is finished, submit the URL for assessment via, class form (click here) and prepare to share the message of your <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #326ea1; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">GLOG! **

What goes into a presentation?
 * Presentation Points** - 10 pts extra credit onto your marking period grade
 * Topic
 * Message
 * 2-3 most relevant pieces of information
 * Why this image?
 * message of audio/video?
 * What did I learn?


 * Exit Pass** - On your class journal, write a brief reflection of the work you did for your topic. What did you learn about the topic and what did you find useful in terms of the technology you used to publish your research? HYPERLINK your Glog to your journal.


 * Tuesday & Wednesday, 4/5 & 4/6 - "If the World were a Village"**

===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Check-In: Why is it important to understand multiple perspectives in todays world? ** === ===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">** Answer Check in question with a response posted on our your class journal. Discuss the answer providing analysis and examples when able. ** ===

Activities: ===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">1. Multiple Perspectives - is our world "small"? ** === Read <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|If the World Were a Village] by David J. Smith and Shelagh Armstrong Watch Video Adaptation:

//**Imagine**// media type="youtube" key="drSDhlnm0e0?fs=1" height="405" width="500"

<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> 2. Worlde Adaptation of "If the world were a village"
<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">- Create a list of words from text version and video viewing. Embed your wordle on your wiki page - Title Wordle "If the World were a Village" - Be sure to use the same name as you created other Wordles (this ensures your gallery) - You may use the "100 People" website in #4 for additional information - click here

<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> 3. Sharing Your Ideas with Your Global Neighbors
Publish your Wordle on your wikipage (Worlde Gallery & class journal)

===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">4. Defining your Research Topic ** === <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px;">Explore <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">100 People: A World Portrait

Agenda: Students will choose their research topics
 * WEDNESDAY, 4/6**

Using the "Global issues" portion of <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">100 People: A World Portrait explore the topics and make a choice on which one you wish to research and create for.

Having trouble? - view examples of last semester to help your thought process - click here

Publish your findings on your class journal. Findings should include: What you found about your topic, facts/opinions that stuck out to you, reasons why you are engaged in this topic, resources you found, general ideas you have on publishing possibilities.

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Try Different Search Engines ** Use tabbed browsing to open multiple search engines at once. Try the exact same search terms in each search engine and compare the results.

Most popular: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Google], <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Yahoo] , <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Bing] , <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Ask] , <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|AOL] (powered by Google)

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Cuil] "ranks pages based on popularity and relevance" <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Kartoo] "draws a semantic map to see the topics and refine your search"

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Dogpile] searches Google, Yahoo, Bing, and Ask all at once <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Metacrawler] searches Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask, and About all at once <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Clusty] "searches top search engines, combines the results, and generates an ordered list based on comparative ranking" ===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Still Not Sure Which Search Engines to Use? === Go to <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need] Or use the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|NoodleQuest]

**Homework -** Create a page on your wiki titled "Research Project 1 **"** Choose your research question from the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #000000; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|100 People: A World Portrait]  website. Select "Global Issues" in toolbar to see list of topics, choices, & questions

**Thursday, 4/7 - Researching your Topic & Organizing your findings** **Agenda:** Students will organize research **Check In:** What tools of technology can you use to organize your research?

**Friday, 4/8 - Building a Research Platform** **Agenda:** Students will create a wikispace site to publish their research and displays **Check In:** Log into Wikispaces and click "My Wikis" on top. Create a new wiki and title it your topic

//**Activities**// - Complete Check In as a class - Continue organizing research on respective platforms - Picassa, Knol, Google Bookmarks, Google Docs, etc


 * Monday, 4/11 - Students Understand the Requirements for the Global Research Project**


 * **Review PROJECT PAGE**
 * **Utilizing Videos - converting youtube videos to file & getting music off youtube videos**
 * **Video Converter **
 * **Video to Audio**
 * **Independent Research & Production**

1 - On the homepage of your wikispace project page, post which 3 publishing technologies you chose, and what message each will talk about. 2 - Publish our project wikispace on the class form
 * //Exit Pass://**


 * Tuesday, 4/12 - What should my project look like?**

Review Mr. Miano's project Wiki on Plagiarism **- click here**



-Students will write their presentation notes in preparation for giving oral presentation to class. - Possible presentation options: Index Cards, PowerPoint, Speech, etc
 * WEEK OF 4/27 - PRESENTATION WEEK**
 * Wednesday** **4/27 - Presentation Notes**
 * Agenda**: Creating Presentation Notes
 * Check-In** - Submit your project wikispace on class form - click here
 * Activities:**

- Refer to the "Professionally Speaking" website to create your notes - click here
 * - Notes will be collected after your presentation as part of grade.**


 * Grading Structure: 100 Points for Project; 50 Points for Presentation. Check Engrade for breakdown**


 * Thursday, Friday, & Monday 4/28. 4/29, & 5/2 - Class Presentations**


 * Tuesday, May 3rd - Project Reflections**
 * Agenda: S**tudents reflect on Marking Period 2 Project
 * Check-In -** on your class journal, write a short "one pager" reflecting on the assignment and the work you performed during the MP2 Global Issues Project.


 * Activities:**
 * - Review Check In**


 * Wednesday, My 4th - Peer Review**
 * Agenda: S**tudents grade peer work using class designed rubric
 * Check-In** - On your class journal, discuss (4-5 sentences) what you think would be the most important aspects of the project, that would be graded according to the task.

Activities: - Check-In - Distribute Rubric - Grade 2 peer projects using Rubric. - Post results onto Class Discussion page


 * Thursday, My 5th**

Check-In - <span style="display: inline !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Why are multiple perspectives important?

Watch a video of the story Seven Blind Mice, by Ed Young ( click the title to buy //<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Seven Blind Mice] //by Ed Young) A narrated storybook with some cool effects and music! media type="custom" key="6821837"

From //<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">The Blind Men and the Elephant narrative//

Discuss: Why are multiple perspectives important?

Practice seeing two or more sides of the same thing with these images. . . __<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-right: 10px;">[|2 Images in 1] __<span style="display: block; font-family: tahoma,arial; font-size: 11px; height: 26px; padding-top: 2px;">View more __<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|presentations] __ from __<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Honor Moorman] __. media type="custom" key="9313438"

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Two sides, two perspectives, two points of view, two opinions, two reactions, two on every one.