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Sat. Jan. 22, 2011 A facilitator helps a group work together to reach the best possible conclusions or decisions. email contacts info sent out

Cathy 0 - using prezi -1st building a house, 2nd then discuss elements

Jennie - confused about where the information is?

great plague in country must have the help of another world/country to solve the plague.

steps of the addie what would cure the plague (lack of water) where does she find the cure? How she does go about finding people to help.

Analyze - figuring out what's wrong design, develop, implement, evaluate

You can find these phases in Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADDIE_Model Analysis Phase.
 * Who are the learners and what are their characteristics?
 * What is the new behavioral outcome?
 * What types of learning constraints exist?
 * What are the delivery options?
 * What are the online pedagogical considerations?
 * What are the Adult Learning Theory considerations?
 * What is the timeline for project completion?

Tools plea on blog, Wiki, Skype, cell phone, video, email

Cathy O will work on getting a Google doc started Deb will work on information about the group. Lisa will work on the hero picture.

Tues Jan. 18, 2011 from Julie Western Academy Beijing http://www.wab.edu/

My school, BISS is at http://www.biss.com.cn

Cultural awareness: - Challenge will be bi-lingual nature. It's English speaking but many teachers will be ESL (potential challenge) - Local Chinese school attendees - International teachers may be in majorit

Thurs. Jan.20, 2011 Suggestions:

Overall Project Theme: the Environment I think you have lots of options with the building a house idea.

Books: http://tinyurl.com/4wgn6zt
 * Gail Gibbons' How a House is Built - Jennie

http://tinyurl.com/4qwnvtf -
 * Byron Barton's Building a House- Jennie


 * Prudy's Problem and How She Solved It.

http://tinyurl.com/6klyq9d
 * Monsters Eat Whiny Children preview


 * Art and Max Not on Google Books

The Big Orange Splot - Lisa (That's a good one)

If the formats are not quite right, they have good information for making a story of your own.

Websites:
 * http://architectstudio3d.org/AS3d/index.html


 * http://www2.scholastic.com/browVse/lessonplan.jsp?id=756 Brandi
 * http://www.abcya.com/build_a_house.htm Brandi
 * http://www.bobthebuilder.com/uk/games_design_a_house.asp Brandi


 * http://www.b4ubuild.com/kids/ Deb


 * http://www.brickbuildinggame.com/ Deb

Actvities:
 * Make a house out of Legos, Graham Crackers and frosting, popsicle sticks, pretzles and marshmallows, etc.

I'll send this before my computer starts acting up!

Sara

Meeting for the idea 9am Start here in adobe connect Kathy O Lisa Jennie Brandi


 * Please watch the video "FC Con 09" on the blog**


 * Vicki Davis Questions and consultations - helpme@coolcatteacher.com**


 * http://flatclassroom10-1.flatclassroomproject.org/**


 * http://aweekinthelife.flatclassroomproject.org/**


 * www.vistaprint.com**
 * Free Business cards**

Host gifts ear of corn and a little piggy lol iowegian soybeans books - schools UNI canvas bags are nice Jami: My class will put a book together & we're doing videos too - tour our school & similar to the week in the life project (but these really weren't meant to be gifts really) seed corn caps? DVD of your school My elementary just created a cookbook called "Elementary Edibles" for a fundraiser, I will bring one each for Vicki and Julie ~JE What about roasted soybeans from [] We can get 100 gram packages, haven't got a price on those yet.....
 * Ms. Frizzle travels to Imperial China in the Magic School Bus :)**