https://docs.google.com/document/d/126b-Zy3rIzyVqM9IJ0jNWR2dkiGimFFnint1cVuVczI
Here is the link for the details of the whole project using Google Drive.
WELCOME
Welcome to the project MINERALS AROUND THE WORLD
Hosted by Ms. Coromoto López Rocha and Mr. Jorge Alberto Aguirre Reyes
The Minerals around the World Project encourages the development of reading, speaking and writing skills while integrating technology and collaboration into the classroom and among students from different countries. Using minerals as a vehicle and countries around the world, students exchange written descriptions via blogger, and will travel around the continents to find where those minerals are found. During the project, students create, discuss, describe, interpret, analyze, organize and assess their minerals as well as the countries where they can find each of them.
Activity title: Minerals around the World.
Brief description of the collaborative activity:
MINERALS AROUND THE WORLD
CHEMISTRY (in Spanish) AND GEOGRAPHY(in English)
Prepare a list of minerals for studying in the classroom, slides with photos of mineral, characteristics in details of the minerals, ( written in English and Spanish), slides with information and photos where you can find each mineral around the world, description and information of the country where those minerals are found. Presentations in groups divided in the numbers of 6 continents and grouped the minerals in each continent. How each mineral is exploited or overexploited in the continent and country it is found. Prepare an Imovie (a film) per group. By scheduling and using Skype ( video conference) students will show their works and will share their final projects in the blog that teacher’s have prepared in advance:
https://globalcollaborationlessons.blogspot.com.es/
Teachers involved: Ms. Coromoto López Rocha and Mr. Jorge Alberto Aguirre Reyes
Description of the classes and students involved:
In Spain: 7th level(1st ESO in Spain)14th years old students, in a bilingual school, Geography ( in
English) subject.
In Colombia: 10th level, 16th years old students, in a Spanish school, Chemistry subject.
Duration: a month ( 3 sessions per week) connection among students as a group by Skype, once per
week.
Objectives:
1. Shared knowledge among teachers and students about minerals around the world, countries where
those minerals are found, and continents.
2. Teachers help students listen to diverse opinions, support knowledge claims with evidence, engage in critical and creative thinking, and participate in open and meaningful dialogue.
3. Teacher helps students connect new information to their experiences and to learning in other areas, helps students figure out what to do when they are stumped, and helps them learn how to learn.
4. Creation of a Blog and a Diary of Sessions for the personal portfolio of the students.
Tools teachers will use to plan the collaboration:
Padlet, Gmail, messenger, Skype.
The following are free web tools to help us schedule our planning sessions and meetings, share ideas, exchange activities and materials.
Doodle
Create polls with suggested meeting times and dates and invite participants to select their preferences. Participants don’t need the app or an account to select their preferences. Syncs with your calendar.
Padlet
Students can add sticky notes with links, video, pdfs, or audio. Choose
backgrounds or upload your own, password protect, and get an automatic QR code for your wall. Only the teacher has to register for a free account.
Stoodle
An online collaborative whiteboard tool, which includes audio tools for easier
collaboration. Features include drawing, coloring, adding text, and uploading files. No registration required.
Google drive
Nifty tool for collaboratively editing docs and syncing files across devices or online.
Showbie
Showbie is a free educational app for teachers and students that makes creating and completing assignments, providing assessments, and storing grades easy.
To form groups students to speak and discuss about the steps of the projects.
Collaboration tools students will use to complete the tasks:
Popplet
Popplet is a student-collaboration and mind-mapping tool that's great for blended learning and classrooms.
Blogging
Students will write comments on the projects in the collaborative blog created by teachers.
Skype
Live video communication has potential to open lots of doors.
Showbie
Showbie is a free educational app for teachers and students that makes creating and completing assignments, providing assessments, and storing grades easy.
To form groups students to speak and discuss about the steps of the projects.
To form groups students to speak and discuss about the steps of the projects.
I-movie
https://www.apple.com › imovie
With iMovie for iOS and macOS, you can enjoy your videos like never before. It's easy to browse
your clips and create Hollywood-style trailers and stunning 4K-resolution movies.
Google Drive documents
Nifty tool for collaboratively editing docs and syncing files across devices or online.
Padlet
Students can add sticky notes with links, video, pdfs, or audio. Choose
backgrounds or upload your own, password protect, and get an automatic QR code for your wall. Only the teacher has to register for a free account.
Materials / handouts (provide the links):
iPads, cards, colours, felt tip pens, glue, scissors, papers, plastic folder.
Connection to the web, use Internet.
https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/popplet. How to Encourage Active Viewing with Popplet. In this video, learn how you can use Popplet to support active viewing when students watch videos. Learn more about Popplet and get ideas for lesson plans.
https://www.apple.com/es/imovie/ Explanation of how to use and manage iMovie.
https://www.dondominio.com/help/es/183/como-utilizar-tu-dominio-con-blogger-o-blogspot/ Blogspot , explanation of how to use it.
