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Gr 2 on Zoos vs. Natural Habitats

cu08 — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:38:17 +0000

I love zoos but I thought twice about telling the Grade 2 students that I went to the zoo after I heard their reflections on the Animoto + Podcast below. I felt a little guilty ‘enjoying’ the zoo since natural habitats are much better for animals but there I was having a great time at a zoo looking at animals in cages.

Schools can simulate the real world with Web 2.0

cu08 — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:57:33 +0000

For a few days now I’ve been looking at videos that could best summarize the JASCD Try I.T. On Monday Workshops and entice teachers to come collaborate and enjoy the presentations in store.

One of them is called Learning to Change-Changing to Learn which features Stephen Heppell & Daniel Pink.

Yokohama International School had the opportunity to hear Dr. Heppell a few years ago at our annual Bridging the Gap Conference.

Daniel Pink’s book The Adventures of Johnny Bunko should be given at every graduation either at the high school or higher education level. What an eye-opener for teachers and graduates.

Grade 2 at the Ghibli Museum

cu08 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:37:32 +0000

In December 2008, Grade 2 went to the Ghibli Museum to see how Miyazaki Hayao (Japanese & English) shared stories in different ways as one of their PYP Units of Inquiry.

Details of production
Grade 2 students were recording audiobooks in class so after being invited to the Ghibli Museum, I really wanted to record voices for this trip. The students sketched their experiences all day. The teacher took pictures of their sketches. The students’ voices were recorded prior, during, and after the trip. The Podcast includes voices during and after the trip.

Shanel uploaded photos to Animoto and I worked on stringing the audio recordings to make a Podcast. After several attempts to edit the photo selection in Animoto and shorten the Podcast, the audio was uploaded to Animoto. See her blog entry.

Animoto allows the user to post to Facebook and export to YouTube. The video was exported to the Yokohama International School YouTube Channel. Please enjoy the video below.