martes, 21 de septiembre de 2010
Hola chavos
Primero terminen (finish) su diccionario de unidad 2. Segundo escriban en su blog como (how) vamos a (going to) calificar (grade) unidad 2 ideas por favor. Tercero si mencionan la contraseña (password) *un patito rojo* van a tener (going to have) credito extra (vale 3 puntos) mañana miercoles.
domingo, 5 de septiembre de 2010
Library challenge -- Lesson 10 It's a wrap not a rap or even a haiku
Antes que nada (before anything) ¡Muchas gracias a Jane Heitman Healy y Julie Erickson! (thank you very much) for putting together a great course.
Discovery Exercise -- What was your biggest discovery?
1. For me from lesson 2 on I had no idea we had access to such superb resources, not only for teachers but for students to use (as well as library patrons). I knew of World Book since we have a link in our home page for easy access but I think all the other resources deserve to be linked there as well. I really enjoyed discovering all of them particularly CAMIO.
2. One thing I am glad about is I used my class blog to go through all the lessons, this way I have all the information about the different resources and can point my students to it on my blog and also it will serve as a refresher for me when I need to remember what resource does what this way I will not need to store the information in my long term memory or in student lingo my hard drive. I plan on using several of the resources with different lessons throughout the year.
Discovery Exercise -- What was your biggest discovery?
1. For me from lesson 2 on I had no idea we had access to such superb resources, not only for teachers but for students to use (as well as library patrons). I knew of World Book since we have a link in our home page for easy access but I think all the other resources deserve to be linked there as well. I really enjoyed discovering all of them particularly CAMIO.
2. One thing I am glad about is I used my class blog to go through all the lessons, this way I have all the information about the different resources and can point my students to it on my blog and also it will serve as a refresher for me when I need to remember what resource does what this way I will not need to store the information in my long term memory or in student lingo my hard drive. I plan on using several of the resources with different lessons throughout the year.
sábado, 4 de septiembre de 2010
Library challenge -- Lesson 9 History and Genealogy Resources
Discovery Exercise -- History and Genealogy Resources -- AncestryLibrary, Heritage Quest and Sanborn Maps
1. AncestryLibrary -- After inputting my name in the search box it came up with my address and phone number, though the number no longer exists. Did not have too much information on me other than that.
2. Search for a grandparent -- I looked for my fraternal grandmother but did not find anything on her, am I correct in supposing the site only gives hits for the US? I did find my mother who lives in Illinois but any other searches on my family gave me no results. It could be that I do not know how to use the site and perhaps that is why I did not have much success.
3. Photos and Maps -- This search gave a total of 176,456 pictures ranging from general photos of the bureau of ships to family and yearbook photos. I saw a picture of the Corn Palace from 1909 "..the Corn Palace, built from 3500 bushels of corn..." Also a picture from Deadwood and of a poster offering free homes and cheap deeded land in South Dakota. This was interesting.
4. HeritageQuest -- I browsed a few of the options in HeritageQuest, but not really knowing what or who I am looking for I was at a bit of a loss. While I can see that it would be a great tool for research I think you really need to know what you are looking for. I ended looking at a book on the history of Fresno, California since I have a cousin that lives in Fresno. I think since it appears to be that it is more related to the U.S. I would say that HeritageQuest lends itself more to history, social studies, research of genealogy or geography as it relates to human movement since it does have a section on the Census.
5. Sanborn Maps -- I chose Rapid City and started on Oct 1885, in that date the one building that existed and that is still in use was the bank on the corner of 7th street and Main. I then changed the date to Nov 1915 the year the Firehouse was built, that building is now a micro-brewery and restaurant and it's located on Main st and 6th street. In 1885 there was a building there but it was not a firehouse and it was much smaller, also I noticed the Elks theater existed by 1915 these are two of my favourite places downtown. I find it fascinating to be able to "go-back" in time with maps. I could probably spend hours looking at old maps and in my opinion it would be a very usable resource for students in the classroom for research or just to create more authenticity to any report or essay.
1. AncestryLibrary -- After inputting my name in the search box it came up with my address and phone number, though the number no longer exists. Did not have too much information on me other than that.
2. Search for a grandparent -- I looked for my fraternal grandmother but did not find anything on her, am I correct in supposing the site only gives hits for the US? I did find my mother who lives in Illinois but any other searches on my family gave me no results. It could be that I do not know how to use the site and perhaps that is why I did not have much success.
3. Photos and Maps -- This search gave a total of 176,456 pictures ranging from general photos of the bureau of ships to family and yearbook photos. I saw a picture of the Corn Palace from 1909 "..the Corn Palace, built from 3500 bushels of corn..." Also a picture from Deadwood and of a poster offering free homes and cheap deeded land in South Dakota. This was interesting.
4. HeritageQuest -- I browsed a few of the options in HeritageQuest, but not really knowing what or who I am looking for I was at a bit of a loss. While I can see that it would be a great tool for research I think you really need to know what you are looking for. I ended looking at a book on the history of Fresno, California since I have a cousin that lives in Fresno. I think since it appears to be that it is more related to the U.S. I would say that HeritageQuest lends itself more to history, social studies, research of genealogy or geography as it relates to human movement since it does have a section on the Census.
5. Sanborn Maps -- I chose Rapid City and started on Oct 1885, in that date the one building that existed and that is still in use was the bank on the corner of 7th street and Main. I then changed the date to Nov 1915 the year the Firehouse was built, that building is now a micro-brewery and restaurant and it's located on Main st and 6th street. In 1885 there was a building there but it was not a firehouse and it was much smaller, also I noticed the Elks theater existed by 1915 these are two of my favourite places downtown. I find it fascinating to be able to "go-back" in time with maps. I could probably spend hours looking at old maps and in my opinion it would be a very usable resource for students in the classroom for research or just to create more authenticity to any report or essay.
Library challenge -- Lesson 8 LearningExpressLibrary
Discovery Exercise -- LearningExpressLibrary
1. The set up was painless and it was not difficult to find the resources
2. I chose a reading comprehension test, I like that it can be taken untimed as this gives you more time to process and learn. I had no idea this resource existed at all and it would have been really handy to have when I was in college to help with my English grammar and punctuation; I do still struggle with them. I thought the diagnostic page was good and the fact that you can go back and look at your answers and see where you went wrong a very good tool for improvement.
3. I chose a course on Job Search and Networking Skills. I found the information very thorough and relevant to today's job market and the skills our youth uses the most. If you are a paper pencil type of person you do not necessarily think of all the resources online like tweeter, not being a tweeterator I would not have thought of using that site for a job search.
4. I chose a book titled "Read Between the Lines" this title caught my attention. The book is about how to better answer DBQ's or Data-Based Questions. While I find the title and the information intriguing I have never been one to read eBooks I can see that this resource can be a great asset to any student or adult who has access to a computer. One thing I did not see was if you were able to check them out on like an eReader so you can take it with you.
1. The set up was painless and it was not difficult to find the resources
2. I chose a reading comprehension test, I like that it can be taken untimed as this gives you more time to process and learn. I had no idea this resource existed at all and it would have been really handy to have when I was in college to help with my English grammar and punctuation; I do still struggle with them. I thought the diagnostic page was good and the fact that you can go back and look at your answers and see where you went wrong a very good tool for improvement.
3. I chose a course on Job Search and Networking Skills. I found the information very thorough and relevant to today's job market and the skills our youth uses the most. If you are a paper pencil type of person you do not necessarily think of all the resources online like tweeter, not being a tweeterator I would not have thought of using that site for a job search.
4. I chose a book titled "Read Between the Lines" this title caught my attention. The book is about how to better answer DBQ's or Data-Based Questions. While I find the title and the information intriguing I have never been one to read eBooks I can see that this resource can be a great asset to any student or adult who has access to a computer. One thing I did not see was if you were able to check them out on like an eReader so you can take it with you.
miércoles, 1 de septiembre de 2010
Lesson challenge 7 -- ArchiveGrid and CAMIO
Discovery exercise part 1 -- ArchiveGrid/Sitting Bull's autograph card.
1. Sitting Bull was the original freedom fighter for his people. He opposed the white man's take over of the west and fought to resist the loss of his traditions and his religion by continuing with the Ghost Dance which caused his death.
2. I did a search on Emiliano Zapata mexican revolutionary leader. Most of the documents on the first page are in the University of Berkeley, some are in the University of Texas. There were 47 results, I did not look at all of them but the ones on the first page of the search varied from a letter from Zapata to Manuel Palafox for services rendered in the use of accomodations at Amecameca to Oral interview with Mexican political leaders by James Wallace Wilkie, which incidentally his wife's last name is Monzon (same as my maiden name and I discovered this thru a previous search of my maiden name).
Discovery exercise part 2 -- Camio
1. Items made by Paul Revere were: teaspoon, sugar bowl, creampot, saver, sons of liberty bowl, several teapots, coffee urn, two handle covered bowl, sugar urn, sugar basket, tankard, Cann wine quart, goblet and a sauceboat. There were a few items made by Paul Revere Jr and I was not sure if it is the same person or his son.
2. The items this search brought some were utilitarian from blanket strip to fancier bead work on shirts and tabacco and pipe pouches, also the pipe bowls were intricately carved and I did not realized the bowl and the stem were two different pieces. There were several books of pictographs some were religious (sun dance, praying and dreams) and others were war related (attacking and Custer's war) to advice (preparing for marriage) and possibly a children's book about "witches playing with their baby" though this one was a single drawing and not a book. The search offered also several prints and photographs of life of the sioux.
3. Frida Kahlo: self portrait with a monkey. I was fortunate enough to see this portrait during an exibit or Frida Kahlo's work in the Walker Art Centre in Minneapolis Mn about 3-4 years ago. My search only yielded one example of this great Mexican artist. I have linked the picture if anyone is interested in seeing it.
4. This resource could be used by art students who wish to study different examples of one artist, also there can be a virtual show where you would have several computers on with different images on them about a theme for example the Revolutionary War of the US, or Mexican artists and their chicano counterparts. This way you could view several images at once and try and make observations of the pieces and the unifying theme.
5. This by far has to be the best feature of this site. It offers an unending array of possibilities for use with students. I really really like this feature. I created a webpage with images from Mexico containing small pottery statues and a mask which gives a good sampling of pre-columbian art, I suppose you need to have a webpage space to upload it to but still it has good possibilities. The slice show was great as well =)
1. Sitting Bull was the original freedom fighter for his people. He opposed the white man's take over of the west and fought to resist the loss of his traditions and his religion by continuing with the Ghost Dance which caused his death.
2. I did a search on Emiliano Zapata mexican revolutionary leader. Most of the documents on the first page are in the University of Berkeley, some are in the University of Texas. There were 47 results, I did not look at all of them but the ones on the first page of the search varied from a letter from Zapata to Manuel Palafox for services rendered in the use of accomodations at Amecameca to Oral interview with Mexican political leaders by James Wallace Wilkie, which incidentally his wife's last name is Monzon (same as my maiden name and I discovered this thru a previous search of my maiden name).
Discovery exercise part 2 -- Camio
1. Items made by Paul Revere were: teaspoon, sugar bowl, creampot, saver, sons of liberty bowl, several teapots, coffee urn, two handle covered bowl, sugar urn, sugar basket, tankard, Cann wine quart, goblet and a sauceboat. There were a few items made by Paul Revere Jr and I was not sure if it is the same person or his son.
2. The items this search brought some were utilitarian from blanket strip to fancier bead work on shirts and tabacco and pipe pouches, also the pipe bowls were intricately carved and I did not realized the bowl and the stem were two different pieces. There were several books of pictographs some were religious (sun dance, praying and dreams) and others were war related (attacking and Custer's war) to advice (preparing for marriage) and possibly a children's book about "witches playing with their baby" though this one was a single drawing and not a book. The search offered also several prints and photographs of life of the sioux.
3. Frida Kahlo: self portrait with a monkey. I was fortunate enough to see this portrait during an exibit or Frida Kahlo's work in the Walker Art Centre in Minneapolis Mn about 3-4 years ago. My search only yielded one example of this great Mexican artist. I have linked the picture if anyone is interested in seeing it.
4. This resource could be used by art students who wish to study different examples of one artist, also there can be a virtual show where you would have several computers on with different images on them about a theme for example the Revolutionary War of the US, or Mexican artists and their chicano counterparts. This way you could view several images at once and try and make observations of the pieces and the unifying theme.
5. This by far has to be the best feature of this site. It offers an unending array of possibilities for use with students. I really really like this feature. I created a webpage with images from Mexico containing small pottery statues and a mask which gives a good sampling of pre-columbian art, I suppose you need to have a webpage space to upload it to but still it has good possibilities. The slice show was great as well =)
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