Wednesday April 15th

I was able to meet with my research group for close to an hour in the classroom. We were able to get a computer. We started the voice thread. I helped the students create a title page by using a power point slide. After this, we went online and found pictures for a frogs life cycle. They did not know how to save pictures or create new folders, so we practiced doing that for a bit. We then put the pictures in order on the voice thread and added the title page. For the last 10 minutes that I had with them, we discussed what they would say on the voice thread.

ECDC service project

I have been working with project group one. April 9th was the first time that I met with Mason and Romario. Their project is about the life cycle of a frog. We worked in the computer lab the first day. We created a KWL chart, wrote the first blog and did some research. We had some problems with posting the blog. It did not want to save, so I wrote down the information and posted it later. Today, we did not have the computer lab. Mason was not there so I was only able to work with Romario. There we only four computers in the classroom and they were all being used. Romario already had several fact written down about frogs. We did some more research by using books in the classroom and read over some information that we had printed off the internet from our previous trip to the computer lab. We started to write our script for the voice thread. For the last ten minutes Romario and Mason created their self portraits.

Here is the link to their project blog.

ECDC Spring 2009 First Week!

I am going to be working with second graders at the ECDC. Our research topic is about animals and their habitats. I have yet to meet with the students or teacher. I am going to spend Tuesday and Wednesday mornings working with them on the project. I took a field trip today in preparation for the research project. I went to the zoo. While I was there, I observed the different animals and the habitats that were created for them at the zoo. When I first meet with the students, I am going to ask them what their research topic is so I can their perspective on it. I will then ask them what they already know about animals and their habitats and what they do not know. From there, I will have an idea as to what really needs to be researched. In order to make it more personal to the students, I will ask them if they have had any experiences involving animals and habitats. Since we are going to be lots of technology, I will ask them about certain tools and then brief them on what they do not know.

Open ended questions and resources for animal and habitat research.