Building Learning Communities

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Building Learning Communities

• Projects for the Global Classroom

Howie DiBlasi Emerging Technologies Evangelist
Digital Journey howie_at_frontier.net www.toolsfor
theclassroom.com Presentation 2009
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Conference LinksTools For The Classroom - Web
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http//toolsfortheclassroom.ning.com Blog
http//toolsfortheclassroom.blogspot.com Wiki
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ail howie_at_frontier.net
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Why? B.L.C. ..What is it?

• A group of administrators, school staff and
  PARENTS who are united in their commitment to
  student learning.
• They share a vision, work and learn
  collaboratively, visit and review other
  classrooms, and participate in decision making.
  (Hord, 1997b).
• The benefits Better informed and committed
  teachers, and academic gains for students (AND A
  CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY,
• "As an organizational arrangement it is seen as a
  powerful staff-development approach and a potent
  strategy for school change and improvement."

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The following projects have the following
criteria associated with each and our goal is to
teach our students how to
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1. Deal with massive amounts of information2.
Become self-directed3. Create global
communications and connections4. Create
life-long learning skills5. Collect and/or
retrieve, organize and manage information6.
Interpret and present information7. Evaluate the
quality, relevance, and usefulness of
information8. Generate accurate information
through the use of existing resources9.
Information and effective communications
skills10. Thinking, problem-solving
interpersonal skills11.Self-directional
skills12. Use digital technology tools 13.
Teach and learn in a 21st century context.14.
Understand Digital Age Literacy15. Understand
Inventive Thinking 16. Produce High Productivity
content
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Small Town
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e-Pals Projects

• ePals The home for meaningful learning through
  global collaboration
• Safe and Protected E-mailSecure,
• Award Winning Blogging
• TechnologyConnections with other classrooms
• Collaborative Projects Language Practice
• Robust Tools and Learning Resources for Schools
  and Districts

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Classroom Matchhttp//www.epals.com/about/tour/cl
assroommatch.tpl
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e-Pals Language and Learning Portal
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• You can find a classroom in several ways
• Find a classroom by searching on a topic or
  interest.
• Find a classroom using maps.
• See all the new classrooms that have joined
  ePals.
• There are many more options in our advanced
  search
• When you find a match, click the "Contact" link.

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E-mail from a teacher

• Howie,
• Thank you for keeping in touch. I have to share
  one thing that I have done this week. Out of all
  of the suggestions you shared last week I was
  most intrigued with the ePals program.  I
  immediately registered and posted a profile. I
  literally got goosebumps when I sent my first
  international email-----which was to Greece. Over
  the last few days I have heard back from schools
  in Japan, Germany, and Colombia.  I cannot even
  begin to tell you how excited my students are
  about this project! Thank you for telling me
  about it.  I will share more projects as we go.
  Beth Still

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The Way We Are

• What makes me who I am? In this project, students
  will engage in a collaborative learning
  experience. Through e-mail exchanges, students
  learn about the daily lives, cultures, climates
  and geography of children who live in other
  regions of the world.
• What is "The Way We Are"?
• http//www.epals.com/projects/thewayweare/

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Global Warming

• How can we help to save our planet from global
  warming? In this project, students learn about
  the effects of global warming and ways to reduce
  its effects on our planet.  Through email
  exchanges, students collaborate on ways kids
  around the globe can make a difference. 
• http//content.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivId
  index

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Habitats

• If a camel lived in a rainforest, would it still
  have a hump? In this project, students research
  habitats, and the animal and plant life within.
  Students will learn about  threats to habitat
  life, as well as unique qualities of each
  habitat. Email exchanges help students identify 
  differences between their own habitat and that of
  their ePals.
• http//content.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivId
  index

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Maps

• Why in the world would you need more than one map
  of the same location? In this project, students
  will learn to use three different types of maps
  (physical, climate, political) to gather
  information about where their ePals live.
  Students will participate in email exchanges
  focusing on how geographic location impacts their
  ePals' daily lives.
• http//content.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivId
  index

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Natural Disasters

• What do you do when the news warns of a big
  storm? In this project, students learn about the
  natural disasters of the world.  Through email
  exchanges, students will learn about natural
  disasters, where and under what conditions they
  are most likely to occur, particularly those
  natural disasters common in their ePals'
  location.
• http//content.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivId
  index

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Water

• When is water good to drink?  In this project,
  students will research the world's water
  problems, focusing on how their personal water
  use affects aquatic ecosystems in their 
  communities.  Students will participate in email
  exchanges, exploring the global importance of
  water, particularly in their ePals' location.
• http//content.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivId
  index

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My Hero
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Who is your hero?
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Define a Hero Groups of 3

• What is a hero?
• What qualities are common in hero's?
• Pick one Hero for the group
• Why are they a hero?
• Be prepared to share with everyone

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Definitions of hero on the Weba man
distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility
and strength "RAF pilots were the heroes of the
Battle of Britain" champion someone who
fights for a cause (classical mythology) a
being of great strength and courage celebrated
for bold exploits often the offspring of a
mortal and a god bomber a large sandwich
made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and
filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and
onion and lettuce and condiments) different
names are used in different sections of the
United States wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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My Hero Project

• http//www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?heromarco_t
  orres
• http//www.myhero.com/myhero/go/directory/index.as
  p

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• The study of heroes applies across the curriculum
  in all grade levels. It can be an integral part
  of character education, media arts and computer
  literacy and a tool for reading comprehension and
  the development of writing skills. MY HERO can be
  used to enrich thematic studies in the arts and
  sciences.

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• Objectives
• Students are expected to be able to
• Describe the characteristics of a hero.
• Recognize the hero in a story.
• Name heroes in their lives and express why those
  people are heroes to them.
• Use a computer to access the Internet, find and
  read stories on the MY HERO Website.
• Distinguish between a hero and a celebrity.

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My Hero Sample Project My Grandpa Said.
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My Grandpa Said.
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Google Docs

• At the top of the section put your names
• Answer the 3 questions
• Put a break line with the at the
  end of you answers

• What is a hero?
• What qualities are common in hero's?
• Pick one Hero for the group
• Why are they a hero?
• Be prepared to share with everyone

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This I Believe Thirty Things I Believeby Tarak
McLain
I believe life is good. I believe God is in
everything. I believe we're all equal. I believe
we can help people. I believe everyone is weird
in their own way. I believe hate is a cause for
love. I believe we should be generous. I believe
I should not whine.
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This I BelieveNPR

• Essays New and Old
• Thirty Things I Believe
• January 18, 2009 When Tarak McLain's
  kindergarten group celebrated their 100th day of
  class, some kids brought 100 nuts or cotton
  balls. Tarak brought a list of 100 things he
  believes. Now a first-grader, Tarak shares his
  top beliefs about God, life, nature and war.

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• This I Believe is an international project
  engaging people in writing, sharing, and
  discussing the core values that guide their daily
  lives. These short statements of belief, written
  by people from all walks of life, are archived
  here and featured on public radio in the United
  States and Canada. The project is based on the
  popular 1950s radio series of the same name
  hosted by Edward R. Murrow.

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• Personal essay Focused on belief or insight
  about life that is significant to the writer
• Personal narrative Focused on a significant
  event
• Personal memoir Focused on a significant
  relationship between the writer and a person,
  place, or object

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Use the Blog to post your comments

• http//mytooltest.blogspot.com/

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Five FramesUsing Memories On The Web
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Tell a Story in 5 Frames

• Has two important parts.
• The first part is creating and telling a story
  through visual means with only a title to help
  guide the interpretation.
• The second part is the response of the group to
  the visual story. The group response can take
  many forms such as, a poetic or prose rendering
  of the visualization, a critique on the structure
  of the story, comments on the photograph, or
  other constructive forms of response.
• Telling and enjoying stories should create
  entertainment for the group as well as offer
  insight into the universal elements that help
  create a story for an international audience.
• The more people who respond, as either
  storytellers or respondents, the greater the
  reward for all.

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A good story has characters in action with a
beginning, middle, and an ending.

• Title words or a photo with words
• 1st photo establish characters and location.
• 2nd photo create a situation with possibilities
  of what might happen.3rd photo involve the
  characters in the situation.4th photo build to
  probable outcomes5th photo have a logical, but
  surprising, end.

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Sample 5 Frame ProjectTime
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To complete the project

• Make a PhotoStory using photos and music

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My Townsample video
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• Students will obtain lyrics from the song My
  Town by Montgomery Gentry. A Photo Story will
  be created to tell about the students town that
  they live in. Connections about the community,
  schools, people, government, families, children,
  intercultural, environment will be demonstrated
  in digital photos. Contact will be made with
  the songwriter to obtain permission to use the
  song in the student presentation. Students will
  insert photos, determine timing, visual effects
  and show the final project for evaluation.

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• Label Curb Records address 48 Music Sq. E
  Nashville, Tennessee , 37203 Phone
  615-321-5080 jozier_at_curb.com
  djohnson_at_curb.com
•  Reference Song Title Let Them Be Little
• Artist/Composer Billy Dean
• Songwriter Richie McDonald/Billy Dean
• Recording Company Curb Records
• Dear Sir
• I am the Technology Director for the Durango
  School District in Durango Colorado.
•  
• As a part of our Technology Integration Project,
  we are instructing our teachers and students
  about Visual Literacy and Digital Story Telling.
  In the class each student creates a project with
  digital photos, images and/or slides. I am
  creating a Multimedia Power Point/ PhotoStory as
  an example. I am seeking permission to use one
  song from the Billy Dean Album Let The Be
  Little.
•  I have completed my research on the Internet and
  located the following information
• Reference Song Title Let Them Be Little
• Artist/Composer Billy Dean
• Songwriter Richie McDonald/Billy Dean
• Recording Company Curb Records
• I would like to use the above songs in my
  Multimedia Power Point Project. The complete
  songs will play and show my digital photos of my
  grandchildren, clip art, text and digital images
  that I have created. I have included a slide in
  the presentation that provides the credits for
  the Song title, the artist, songwriter and the
  recording company. Below that information I have

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• How to make My Town
• 1.     Select 3 members for your group
• 2.     Person A Lyrics
• 3.     Person B Power Point
• 4.     Person C- Audio/Music
• 5.     Group selects a song
• 6.     Look for lyrics on the Internet
• http//www.lyricsfreak.com or
  http//www.goodwinmusic.com/lyrics.html
• Or do a search on Goggle sample type in Name of
  song and lyrics
• Sample My Town lyrics or My Way lyrics
• 7.     Print out the lyrics
• 8.     Locate the song on CD
• 9.     Do a search on the Internet for the title,
  artist, song writer and publisher
• 10. Write the publisher for permission see
  sample letter
• 11. Rip the song into WMP format so it will
  play in Windows Media Player
• 12. After ripping the song time it
• 13. Make a folder for the slide shop call it
  the name of your song with PP at the end
• 14. Decide how long each slide will be on the
  screen
• 15. Make a storyboard for the slide show

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Lets Make My Town using Memories On The Web
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Memories On the Web
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The Best Part of Me
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Students will

• Students will identify a positive physical
  feature of themselves.
• Students will work in pairs to take part in an
  online writer's workshop.
• Students will create a descriptive poem about
  their favorite feature.
• Students will create a digital photo of the
  physical feature.
• Students will create a Photo Story Frame about
  their favorite feature.
• Students will record the audio of their poem for
  Photo Story about their favorite feature.

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Groups of 2

• Decide on the Best Part
• Take a digital photo of the part
• Write the Poem
• Record it in Audacity
• Start Photo Story
• Impost the photo
• Add the audio
• Set up to start audio with photo
• Add a title slide with your name and Best Part

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Voice Thread
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http//voicethread.com/q.b45226.i236813
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Our TownPast and Present.
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Our Town
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Journey North

• Web Site
• http//www.learner.org/jnorth/

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• Journey North engages students in a global study
  of wildlife migration and seasonal change. K-12
  students share their own field observations with
  classmates across North America. They track the
  coming of spring through the migration patterns
  of monarch butterflies, robins, hummingbirds,
  whooping cranes, gray whales, bald eagles and
  other birds and mammals the budding of plants
  changing sunlight and other natural events. Find
  migration maps, pictures, standards-based lesson
  plans, activities and information to help
  students make local observations and fit them
  into a global context. Widely considered a
  best-practices model for education, Journey North
  is the nation's premiere "citizen science"
  project for children. The general public is
  welcome to participate.

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Video on Journey North
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My Familyhttp//www.preschoolrainbow.org/family-t
heme.htm

• Early childhood education ideas, activities and
  lesson plans that promote young children's
  self-esteem and self-identity. This education
  theme encourages self-awareness and enhances
  learning about family.  At the beginning of a
  child's experience these activities help ease
  separation anxiety and during the year they help
  youngsters cope with the birth of siblings.

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Preschool Multicultural Activities Passports

• Promote multicultural awareness and self esteem
  with this early childhood education activity by
  Matina. Materials Paper and a camera.
• Description We made passports by stapling white
  paper to construction paper. Then from January
  until May we studied a different country. We
  studied Russia, Africa, Ireland, Israel, China,
  Antarctica, Australia, Mexico, Japan, France,
  Hawaii, and Saudi Arabia. Then for each country
  the youngsters wore a hat or a prop from that
  country (ex France, beret). We took digital
  pictures of each child wearing his or her hat or
  prop. Then I glued the pictures into each child's
  individual passport and gave it to them along
  with a world traveler certificate at the end of
  the year.

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Family Project "Me and My Family"

• Early childhood activity gives each child the
  opportunity to share information about their
  family as well as themselves.
• Materials A note sent home to parents.
• Description Send a note home to the parents at
  least 1 week before you plan to begin sharing the
  posters, pictures, etc. Ask the parents to help
  their children put together a poster or a collage
  of family pictures for the children to share with
  the class. 
• Have each child return their poster or collage to
  school on a different day to share with the
  class. Each child gets to stand up in front of
  the class and tell all about their poster,
  pictures or collage. They can answer any
  questions that the other children might have
  after sharing their information.
• Comments This activity was WONDERFUL in helping
  to create self-esteem and confidence in these
  young children. They loved getting to stand up in
  front of the class and telling about their
  pictures, posters and collages. They liked having
  the other children ask questions about the
  pictures and sharing their own thoughts and
  memories of their pictures.

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Art Activity Me and My Family Pictures

• Lesson encourages self-awareness, self-identity,
  self-esteem and family relationships.  During
  this lesson children will use fine motor and
  representation skills.
• You will need  Drawing paper, crayons, felt tip
  markers, a mirror (full length if possible)
• Description Ask preschool children to look in
  the mirror and describe themselves, "What color
  is your hair?  How many eyes do you have?  What
  color are they?" etc.  Describe the clothes that
  you are wearing and then ask children to describe
  what they and their classmates are wearing. 
• Next, ask children to draw pictures of themselves
  (remember that many young children will only be
  able to manage organized scribbling).  Say, "Tell
  me about your picture" and accept what each child
  tells you.  Label the pictures accordingly (eyes,
  nose etc.).  Some children may want to draw
  pictures of their families, friend and pets.
• Let each preschooler help you write his/her name
  on their individual drawings or, if they can, let
  them write their own names. Some children will
  want to take their drawings home others may
  permit the teacher to put their picture on
  classroom display.
• Vary this lesson throughout the year with
  drawings of relatives, friends, pets, home,
  neighborhood etc.
• Teacher Tip Save a few examples of each child's
  drawings from the beginning of their preschool
  experience and place them in individual
  children's developmental portfolios.  Repeat the
  lesson a few times during the year and note the
  development of the children's fine motor and
  representation skills.
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This Is My Country
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Let Them Be Little
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• Song by Billy Dean
• Tell a story of child growing up-
• Preschool to 4th grade
• Use PhotoStory or
• Use Memories on Web
• Use Windows Movie Maker

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Let Them Be Little..Billy Dean
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• from the book The Backdoor to Enlightenment
• Eight Steps to Living Your Dreams and Changing
  Your World

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Will you be the 10th person?

• For every nine people who denounce innovation,
  only one will encourage it.
• For every nine people who do things the way they
  have always been done, only one will ever wonder
  if there is a better way.
• For every nine people who stand in line in front
  of a locked building, only one will ever come
  around and check the back door.
• Our progress as a species rests squarely on the
  shoulders of that tenth person. The nine are
  satisfied with things they are told are valuable.
  
• Person 10 determines for himself what has value.

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We need to

• Install Photo Story
• Install Media Player 10
• Install Memories on the Web
• Install Audacity
• Put the Audacity lame encoder in the Audacity
  folder
• Create a Google account
• https//www.google.com/accounts/ManageAccount
• Create a VoiceThread account
• http//voicethread.com/home

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Define a Hero
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• This I Believe in the Classroom
• Hundreds of teachers around the countryin almost
  every statehave embraced This I Believe as a
  powerful educational tool. Many have told us that
  our project was the most enriching writing
  assignment they have given in many years of
  teaching. To help teachers guide students through
  exploring their beliefs and then composing
  personal essays about them, we offer the
  following tools

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• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Lesson 1 What is a Personal Essay?
• Lesson 2 How Is a Personal Essay Different
  from Transactive Writing?
• Lesson 3 What Do Students Really Believe?
• Lesson 4 What Quotations Guide Students
  Lives?
• Lesson 5 How Do Students Get Off to a Great
  Start?
• Lesson 6 How Do I Support My Personal
  Philosophy?

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• I also urge teachers NOT to bypass prewriting and
  guided discussion activities that prepare
  students for producing a quality personal essay.
  Proceed slowly. Invest ample class time in
  front-loading, soul-searching, and model-reading.
  Your students first drafts will be far more
  effective and require less revision time.
• Dottie Willis, Jefferson County Public School
  Writing Specialist and author of the This I
  Believe curriculum

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• Contributor Kitana Location Highlands
  Ranch, CO
• Country United States of America Series
  Contemporary
• This I BelieveI believe in discipline,
  compassion, responsibility, integrity, courage,
  and leadership. Im a 14 year old student at an
  outward bound school, and these character traits
  have helped me succeed, not only in school, but
  in life. As an 8th grader in a "crew" of 6th, 7th
  and 8th graders, my role is to be a leader. I
  will admit Im not a leader 24/7 but this is only
  because I believe that my younger classmates need
  to learn and grow from experience. However, as
  part of my final contribution to my middle school
  crew, I did work hard to demonstrate
  responsibility and leadership skills by planning
  our spring 2006 backpacking trip. I showed
  responsibility by using maps of the Colorado
  State Forest to plan a route, mathematically
  finding the miles we needed to hike each day to
  reach that evenings campground and tabulate the
  total miles of the trip. Other trip planning
  needs I considered while planning the route
  included access to water, layout of the terrain,
  and elevation. I showed leadership by helping the
  6th and 7th graders organize their packs,
  practice setting up and tearing down their tents,
  and giving them tips on how to make the trip as
  safe and enjoyable as possible.I believe that
  for every action there is a reaction and this is
  where integrity is crucial. Over the years, I
  have learned to take accountability for my
  actions. Last year, in 7th grade, I accidentally
  hit one of my teachers with a wasp. (A wasp is
  a folded up piece of paper that you fling using a
  rubber band and its impact feels like a
  bee-sting.) None of my classmates knew that I had
  done it, but my whole crew was about to be
  penalized for my mistake. Even though I was
  nearly petrified, I worked up the courage to
  confess that Id flung the wasp at a classmate
  and missed. I felt it was important to admit my
  guilt so that others would not be punished for my
  actions.As a citizen, I believe that
  responsibility is big. I know a few people who
  dont vote - and thats their choice - but its
  important to me because I am living under these
  laws. If there is a bill that I dont agree with
  or I dont want to live under, I will take a
  stand instead of complaining. Complaints dont
  promote change. Even though Im a teen, there are
  still ways I can take action. Because Ive
  learned to take responsibility even in times
  where it requires a lot of courage (as in the
  wasp situation) I can commit myself to
  participate in attempting changing public policy
  by calling one of my states representatives.
  That is why the character traits of
  responsibility, integrity, courage, and
  leadership are important to me.

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This I Believe Assignment A link to the essay

• http//thisibelieve.org/dsp_ShowEssay.php?topessay
  s3uid12278Author - Betsy Wood Title
  The Best Way to Learn is to TeachOne
  sentence of what the belief isShe believes in
  the power of teaching and the effects that it can
  have. on her and the students she teaches. 2
  examples from the story that showed their
  belief1. Its a wonderful truth that of all
  relationships, the one between teacher and the
  student is truly symbiotic.2. On a daily basis,
  I learn as much from my students as I try to
  impart to them, and this is why I continue to
  teach. My motivations are selfish, and so be it.
  Its still a tandem ride, this learning and
  teaching, and on any given day I find myself
  leading and following, following and leading.

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2 examples from the story that showed their belief

• 1. Its a wonderful truth that of all
  relationships, the one between teacher and the
  student is truly symbiotic.2. On a daily basis,
  I learn as much from my students as I try to
  impart to them, and this is why I continue to
  teach. My motivations are selfish, and so be it.
  Its still a tandem ride, this learning and
  teaching, and on any given day I find myself
  leading and following, following and leading.

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Sample of This I Believe
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Type it in Word and edit..save it

• Copy and the paste it into the Blog

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Sample photos are in the 5 FRAME Folder on the CD

• Use Memories On The Web
• Or PhotoStory to tell you story
• Insert Free Play music sample
• www.freeplay.com
• You can export for the site 10-15-30 and 60
  seconds
• Lets practice

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Our Town Alternative Project

• Our Town is the newest initiative of the Computer
  Learning Foundation. It's a resource, developed
  by students, on towns throughout North America
  that will be accessible through the Foundation's
  Web site. As part of their classroom and
  extracurricular activities, students research
  information about their community, develop Web
  pages, and create a Web site for their town.
  Students work with others outside their
  school--local businesses, community
  organizations, government offices--to develop or
  encourage them to develop Web pages for their
  town's Web Site.

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e-Pals Language and Learning Portal
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Tips for Writing Your This I Believe Essay
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• Tell a story
• Be specific. Take your belief out of the ether
  and ground it in the events of your life.
• Be brief
• Your statement should be between 350 and 500
  words. Thats about three minutes when read aloud
  at your natural pace.
• Name your belief
• If you cant name it in a sentence or two, your
  essay might not be about belief. Also, rather
  than writing a list, consider focusing on a core
  belief, because three minutes is a very short
  time.

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Sample mp3 of This I Believehttp//www.npr.or
g/templates/story/story.php?storyId89755019
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• Step One
• Introduction
• Step Two
• Definition/Description
• Step Three
• Identification/Naming of Heroes
• Step Four
• Read a MY HERO Story to the Class
• Step Five
• Analyze Characters in the Story
• Step Six
• MY HERO Website Scavenger Hunt
• Step Seven
• Descriptive Pattern Organizer

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Sample of projects here http//www.schoolnetglob
al.com/introduction/a.html

• Over half a million children around the world
  tell us about their lives, families and
  communities making this the world's biggest
  children's contributory website. It is dedicated
  to the development of global education by the
  promotion of intercultural understanding
  language learning internationalism and
  collaboration.

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How to Get Started with SchoolNet Global

• It's quick and it's easy! School teachers can
  register for SchoolNet Global. You will get
  instant access to your own home page on the
  Members' site, with lots of information to help
  you run the project in your school. You will be
  able to create SchoolNet Student accounts for
  your pupils. They can to start working on
  projects and creating pages straight away

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• SchoolNet Global members can now collaborate with
  teachers and children around the world to create
  projects of common interest. Our first six
  projects are the Message for the Future project,
  led by Colette Cotton, from Folkestone, UK the
  My Culture Project, My Country Project and the
  Sustainability Project, led by Dave Allan from
  Victoria, British Columbia and the Road Map to
  Peace Project, led by Baldev Singh, John Cabot
  City Technology College, UK. SSLinkS is a fine
  example of online pubishing supporting
  international collaboration.