Hopefully our exam can be on the Thursday at 11:30. When do you guys have time to work on this website? I think we need to discuss it as a group so we can divide up all of our parts and decide what our web page will look like. Semester is almost over! YAY!

Hello!!!
I am super excited and proud of us that we got our podcast in way before it was due! One questions though, when are all of our "re-do's" due for everything? And, yes Em, I am super excited to have only one more lecturea and 4 weeks of class and then finals!!! Speaking of finals..what is our final in this class..anyone know? Have a good week!!! :)

Hello!
I am so excited for our pod cast I think we did very good and now we do not have to worry about it. It is done and turned in. We only have a quiz and to communicate on the blog this week. Also remember that we only have one more lecture next week and then no more! After this week we have 4 more weeks and then finals week so five weeks all together after this one. YEAH! Hope everyone has a good weekend and see you on Monday!

Here is my part of the podcast...

As a final project for our unit on flowers your student will be participating in starting and maintaining a class flower garden. We will be collecting data by measurements, pictures and notes. The students will be involved in every process from getting the ground ready to taking a field trip to a local flower nursery to pick the flowers we will be using to seeing the final outcome. We will have all different types of flowers some requiring more shade, some more sun. Some will be local and others will be from places far away. We will see what happens to the different flowers as they grow. Eventually we will have a full grown beautiful flower garden that each student can be proud of.

Hey,

Soooooooooo, I completely forgot about this assignment until like right now. So, I am working on it..and will hopefully have it posted by tonight, but if not tonight then definately tomorrow.

Shannon

Project based learning is teacher facilitated but the students run the project. The teachers oversee the work while the students participate in real world projects. The students are the expert and create their own questions, solving problems on their own. Through using technology, students learn to analyze and research for information. Students produce authentic products in project based learning. One concept of prject based learning is to create a digital story. In creating a digital story, students use Windows Movie Maker to import pictures, add music and narrate imformation on the timeline. This is a great project for students to use to present information.


This is my part for the podcast.

Hey! I just finished my lesson plan and forgot about the podcast! I will write up my part on Project Based learning by Sunday! See you in class on Monday! Note the time.... :/ Oops!

Yes Shannon the 2nd lesson plan is due on the 19th, so tomorrow by midnight. I hear you about the due dates. It is hard to keep each class seperate and organized.
For our podcast this is what I am going to say.
"So far in our unit on gardening the students have learned the types of flowers, mostly the state flower of Michigan. We have talked about what flowers need to grow, like sun, water, fertilizer. Another unit we did was on how to take care of your flowers, watering them, clipping off the dead flowers. The most important topic we talked about was how to make a flower garden and get everything started. The children have also learned about gardening tools and how to use them and where to use them in the garden and how it helps a garden. Your student has learned a lot about flowers and a flower garden. I urge you to plant a flwoer garden with them this summer so they can show you the skills they learned."

Hello ladies!

Soo, when is our lesson plan due? I believe that it is the 19th. Also, is anything else due? I am getting lost because I feel like we have so much going on and absolutely to many due dates :(
Thanks for the information!

Shannon

Hello Girls,
I hope you all had a good spring break and that your movie is going good. I posted the revised concept map. I am going to do my 2nd lesson plan on the types of flowers you have at home. I believe we talked in class and Shannon is going to teach the first lesson so she is explaining the excel stuff so Colleen and I just need to review it. Right? Hope you guys are staying caught up!! After this week only 6 more weeks and then exam week. :) See you in class on Monday!
Emily

Digital Story

I am doing my digital story on the same thing as the lesson plan, and that is The Things that flower needs to grow.

Emily,

I did not end up doing mine on how to take care of flowers inside. I did mine of the State Flowers. I am doing my movie on the top 5 flowers. Do you think that will work? I would inlcude the history of the flowers..and some random fun facts. Let me know what you think. Thanks!