I did not accomplish all of my goals today. My goal was to finish the research for benchmarks 3 and 5. I finished benchmark 3 and about half of benchmark 5. I am going to finish the rest of 5 at home this afternoon.
I do not think that I got benchmark 5 done because I was distracted after music.
I still feel like I need help getting my partner not so distracted by the internet and more interested in doing the work that needs to be done.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Daily Goals - January 24, 2011
My goal for today is to complete the research for benchmarks 3 and 5.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Daily Goals Check out - January 21, 2011
My goal for today was to complete benchmark 1 and Taylor to complete benchmark 2.
I completed the written portion of benchmark 1 and also added a table of the unemployment rate today. Taylor completed part of the written portion and added two pictures to his entry also.
I feel like this process is going to take longer then expected. Taylor and I are in the research process. We are putting the information that I collected together so we can put it into the OHpedia. If we go at the rate that we are right now we will finish the research in about 2 weeks. We are really going to have to step on it to get the project done by our deadline.
I completed the written portion of benchmark 1 and also added a table of the unemployment rate today. Taylor completed part of the written portion and added two pictures to his entry also.
I feel like this process is going to take longer then expected. Taylor and I are in the research process. We are putting the information that I collected together so we can put it into the OHpedia. If we go at the rate that we are right now we will finish the research in about 2 weeks. We are really going to have to step on it to get the project done by our deadline.
Daily Goals - January 21, 2011
Today Taylor and I plan to finish the research for benchmarks 1 and 2.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Daily Goals Check Out - January 19, 2011
I did not achieve my goals for today. I am still working on the project planning form. The 3 sources for each benchmark is killing me!!!!! All I have done today is find sources. I felt like I was very focused today even though I did not complete my goals. The only thing that went well today was that I am almost done with the project planning form. I do not think I need to change anything next time I work on PBL I just need to get this project planning form done! On Friday I need help with starting to put all of the information that I have collected into some kind of format. I would probably rate myself a 9 as group member today.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Daily Goals Check Out - January 17, 2011
I did not met all of my goals today. I finished the first draft of my Project Planning Form but did not finish my paper. After I sent my Project Planning form to Mrs. Amy I met with her and Taylor about it. She gave us some things to correct on the form and after the meeting I went to work on that. This prevented me from working on my paper.
The project planning form took a lot longer than expected and consumed my whole day. This project plan is a lot more extensive than it normally is and when I started it I did not plan accordingly. Since I did not finish everything that I needed to do today I cannot work on FLVS this afternoon which is really going to impact my schedule. I am going to finish my paper and project planning form when I get home.
I felt like I was very focused today, but the day went by really fast. The only reason I did not get all my work of my work done today was because the project planning form is taking a very long time. I think that my work habits were good today. I did not talk much today and I stayed at school for half of kickball to finish my work. Today was good but I am kind of mad that I will not have time to finish algebra this afternoon.
The project planning form took a lot longer than expected and consumed my whole day. This project plan is a lot more extensive than it normally is and when I started it I did not plan accordingly. Since I did not finish everything that I needed to do today I cannot work on FLVS this afternoon which is really going to impact my schedule. I am going to finish my paper and project planning form when I get home.
I felt like I was very focused today, but the day went by really fast. The only reason I did not get all my work of my work done today was because the project planning form is taking a very long time. I think that my work habits were good today. I did not talk much today and I stayed at school for half of kickball to finish my work. Today was good but I am kind of mad that I will not have time to finish algebra this afternoon.
Daily Goals - January 17, 2011
My goals for today are to finish my project planning form with Taylor and get it approved by Randy and Mrs. Amy. I also plan on finishing my Civil War paper and submit that Mrs. Amy.
Work Habits - Week of January 10-14, 2011
I feel that last week was a very good week. I feel like I got a lot of work done. I tried to be as focused as possible. I knew that if I got off task I would have to make up for it after school which is my FLVS time. I could not afford to cut into my FLVS time because I am still pretty far behind. The only day where I felt that I was not 100% focused was Friday. I think that I was not as focused because it was a Friday and there was a lot going on last weekend. The only thing that I did not get done last week was my project planning form. I had a hard time finding experts, but Randy helped me see that I was looking for experts very close minded way and gave some good ideas in who I was looking for.
I hope to be just as focused this week as I was last week and get as much done as possible.
I hope to be just as focused this week as I was last week and get as much done as possible.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Standard 5
Analyze the effects of the changing social, political, and economic conditions of the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression.
- The Roaring Twenties happened in the 1920's.
- During the Great Depression the economic situation became extremely bad and many people lost their homes, jobs and their normally way of life was completely changed.
- Food was rationed during the Great Depression.
- The Great Depression happened between WWI and WWII.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Reflections - January 1/12/11
Today high school and middle school worked on the OHpedia rubric Google doc on what we think a good online lesson should include. Then Taylor and I wrote a blog on the OHpedia rubric Google doc with themes and coding. Then we worked on the OHpedia rubric spreadsheet. Taylor and I brain stormed on what we though "met expectations" on the written portion of our OHpedia rubric. Amy then asked us to define metacognition and answer what does it mean to be metacognitive. After music Taylor and I worked on the project planning form.
We had music today and we worked on how to come in and perform.
It still feels weird to not do FLVS everyday and i kind of feel like I do not get anything done on PBL days but when I write out what I did, it actually looks like I did accomplish a lot of things. I think this new schedule will take some time to get used to but I think once I get passed this FLVS bump I will really like it!
On Friday I am going to finish my project planning form and meet with Randy or Amy about what our next steps will be.
We had music today and we worked on how to come in and perform.
It still feels weird to not do FLVS everyday and i kind of feel like I do not get anything done on PBL days but when I write out what I did, it actually looks like I did accomplish a lot of things. I think this new schedule will take some time to get used to but I think once I get passed this FLVS bump I will really like it!
On Friday I am going to finish my project planning form and meet with Randy or Amy about what our next steps will be.
Metacognition
Definition:
metacognition- thinking about one's own metal processes; awareness and understanding one's thinking and cognitive process; thinking about thinking
What does it mean to be metacongnitive?
Metacognitive learners take time to think about their thinking; they also view themselves as continual learners and thinkers. These people actively seek to expand their repertoire of strategies for learning and ask for guidance from peers or the teacher.
From reading about metacognition I believe that one of the goals at OH is to be a metacognitive learner.
metacognition- thinking about one's own metal processes; awareness and understanding one's thinking and cognitive process; thinking about thinking
What does it mean to be metacongnitive?
Metacognitive learners take time to think about their thinking; they also view themselves as continual learners and thinkers. These people actively seek to expand their repertoire of strategies for learning and ask for guidance from peers or the teacher.
From reading about metacognition I believe that one of the goals at OH is to be a metacognitive learner.
OHpedia Rubric Creation
This blog post contains the themes and codes to the OHpedia rubric. Mrs. Amy had middle and high school write down what a good online lesson would include. We wrote down anything that we though would make our lessons great. After we finished writing Taylor and I wrote down the themes that occurred the most. We then "coded" (from the OHpedia rubric Google doc) each student's opinion about what would make a good lesson.
Videos:
Videos:
- I think what makes a great online lesson is when they are entertaining with videos
- Videos on how to actually do the problems right. (Geometry)
- lesson page should include videos
- A good online lesson also has videos
- Interactive videos
- Videos
- Videos
Pictures:
- Pictures to help you understand
- interesting when there are pictures
- Having things like pictures make it interesting
- I would like to see more pictures
- pictures
- Pictures
- lesson page should include pictures
- A good online lesson also has many pictures
What You are Going to Learn:
- tells about what is going to happen in the lesson
- what the lesson is going to be about
- "what you will learn"
Practice Page:
- Things to practice on before you do the test/assignment
- There is a practice tab to help review
- A practice page
- a practice section
- I would like to see that every few lessons there is an online presentation for a review
Music:
- I would like to see music
- Music "Bar"
- It would be cool if there was music involved in our lessons. That would definitely keep me interested
Introductory Page:
- There is normally an introduction page, and that tells about what is going to happen in the lesson
- Introduction page telling you what the lesson is going to be about
- introductory page
- I think what makes a good online lesson is an introduction that captures our attention
Games:
- Interactive games
- Interesting lesson activities (like a game after the lesson or something.)
- Games
Bright Colors:
- A lot of colors not just one singular color
- Bright Colors
- I would like to see more graphics and colors
Links to Modern World:
- stuff to link it to the modern day world
- I think that it would be really cool if they didn't just teach it...like teach it through something that puts it into our everyday world
- external links
Short Lesson Page:
- Not to long of a lesson
- Lessons that are the right length not to long because they get boring
- I lose interest in pages of text very quickly
Monday, January 10, 2011
Civil War Project Reflection
The Civil War is such a large topic, that it was hard to make a condensed project about it. I remember at the beginning of this project my group's main concern was Abraham Lincoln's view on slavery, but soon the focus turned to the causes, course, consequences, reconstruction and the effects on the American people. After the prezi was complete my group went through many ways to present the project. The best part about this project was filming the commercial for the project about the Civil War Superhero.
When we made our essential question it was all about the Abraham Lincoln. After my group and I started the outline of the project we realized that we had to incorporate the other aspects of the Civil War to fully meet the standard that we were working on. At this time we realized that our project was going to be much more extensive than it originally was. Most of the time that we put into the prezi was about the causes, course, consequences, reconstruction and the effects on the American people. We conducted a lot of research about Abraham Lincoln's opinion about slavery but the content about it in the prezi was very little compared to the other information. There was so much information in this project that to present everything would have taken about 20 to 25 minutes.
After talking with Randy and Amy about how to present the project we knew that we did not want to just stand in front of the school bore them with tons of information about the Civil War. So Alex, Leah and I decided we would make a video using Jing and Camtasia. After recording ourselves and making the the video we decided that the video was too long, so we had to come up with another idea. Alex, Leah and I started to plan again on how we are going to present when we came up with the idea to do a commercial for our project. The commercial was what we used to present our project.
The commercial was so much fun! My group and I came up with the idea of a desstressed kid who is saved by the Civil War Superhero. The commercial was to get people to go watch our video on the Civil War. This was a much more effective way to present our project without actually presenting our entire project.
This project was very interesting and I feel like I will never been done with learning about the Civil War. But the most significant things that I remembered about this project were that the projects focus changed over time, how many times my group and I changed how to present our project, and the commercial. I feel like I have learned so much more about the Civil War then just what would be in a text book. Each of the things that I remembered about the project are because of the unique way that I learned about the Civil War.
When we made our essential question it was all about the Abraham Lincoln. After my group and I started the outline of the project we realized that we had to incorporate the other aspects of the Civil War to fully meet the standard that we were working on. At this time we realized that our project was going to be much more extensive than it originally was. Most of the time that we put into the prezi was about the causes, course, consequences, reconstruction and the effects on the American people. We conducted a lot of research about Abraham Lincoln's opinion about slavery but the content about it in the prezi was very little compared to the other information. There was so much information in this project that to present everything would have taken about 20 to 25 minutes.
After talking with Randy and Amy about how to present the project we knew that we did not want to just stand in front of the school bore them with tons of information about the Civil War. So Alex, Leah and I decided we would make a video using Jing and Camtasia. After recording ourselves and making the the video we decided that the video was too long, so we had to come up with another idea. Alex, Leah and I started to plan again on how we are going to present when we came up with the idea to do a commercial for our project. The commercial was what we used to present our project.
The commercial was so much fun! My group and I came up with the idea of a desstressed kid who is saved by the Civil War Superhero. The commercial was to get people to go watch our video on the Civil War. This was a much more effective way to present our project without actually presenting our entire project.
This project was very interesting and I feel like I will never been done with learning about the Civil War. But the most significant things that I remembered about this project were that the projects focus changed over time, how many times my group and I changed how to present our project, and the commercial. I feel like I have learned so much more about the Civil War then just what would be in a text book. Each of the things that I remembered about the project are because of the unique way that I learned about the Civil War.
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