Science and history fairs have been held across the United States (and maybe other countries?) for years. Having grown up in Germany and Argentina, the first time I encountered these events was with my oldest daughter at her elementary school in the 1990s. According to Wikipedia, Science fairs have been held across the USA [...]
Students are participating in a Jewish History Fair. Their topic is “Jewish Communities Around the World.
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In the old days… students would have been given a specific topic, sent home, to the computer lab or the library to “look up” information. They would then have to write a report, print out images, [...]
Over the years (from Elementary to High School) , I cannot tell you HOW many times each of my own daughters had to find news articles to bring in to class to share. These assignments came in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes they were required to write a summary, print out a representative image and [...]
I wanted to add my reflection to the lesson, as a follow up to my post” Map skills and the SmartBoard” with 2nd graders from a few days ago.
As one of the activities for their maps and globe unit, 2nd graders worked collaboratively by creating an imaginary island according to specific directions.
Directions were:
Draw a Compass [...]
2nd Graders have moved on from their Maps and Globes unit to learning about communities. Their investigation started out with looking at a map of our planet Earth at night.
We zoomed in to look at urban and rural areas and compared cities, like Jacksonville and Buenos Aires. the teacher then guided the students to come [...]
Our school mascot, José, is a traveling bear. He enjoys roaming the world, getting to know new places and meeting interesting people.
The Teddy Bears Around the World blog will provide the space to hang out and communicate with different teddy bears around the world to hear more about their lives and adventures. This will allow [...]
Let’s create a story about traditions, customs and practices around the world for and with our students.
We need to sharpen our kids’ skills to foresee and sense cultural misunderstandings, instead of letting them grow up to be insensitive an believing everyone will have the same cultural background knowledge.
VoiceThread, “What Could it Mean?”
I am looking for [...]
Six schools in six countries in one hour? Is it possible?
Over 100 participants in 23 countries have shown desire to connect with other schools and left their contact information.
Time zones issues seem to be the biggest hurdle in connecting our students with schools from the Eastern Hemisphere during school hours.
I invited the students in my [...]
SJEDS is taking on the challenge of connecting our students (PreK- through 6th grade) to at least 80 different schools in order to circle the globe once.
We will be connecting with other school through Skype (a video conference program) to say Hello, Hola, Ni Hao, Shalom, Hallo, etc…
Students will learn about:
geography
cultural awareness
global awareness
global collaboration
technology integration
social [...]
Egypt VoiceThread- over 300 voices, documenting our school’s journey to Egypt.
