Week+Six

__**Class Technology Lessons: Part 1**__ Today was the first week of our lessons. The following is a short summary of each.

Lesson One: Gr. 10 History - Great Canadians

This lesson was a research project about the life of a great Canadian. The lesson can be found at: http://greatcanadians.wikispaces.com/Great+Canadians+Homepage. The lesson included an overview of research skills and tools. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrhode/511303572
 * We discussed how to tell what is a reliable source. E.g., Wikipedia is not because anyone can edit it, and sites with endings .org or .gov are normally more relieable.
 * **bibme.org** - This is a REALLY great site that I will definitely tell my students about in the future. You can type in the name of a book, newspaper, article website, etc., and bibme creates your reference for you. The site has 4 different referencing styles, including MLA and APA. I have already used the website several times, and I have found it very useful, and I feel like students have difficulty referencing, and this helps out a lot.
 * Students must then create a Wiki and Podcast-Interview about their Great Canadian

Lesson Two: Gr. 9 English - Poetry

This lesson had students reading and listening to the song "The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot. Then students had to find an image that corresponded with each stanza of the poem. The lesson can be found at: http://shannonped3119.wikispaces.com/Week6+Reflection. Below is the YouTube video that corresponds with the Gordon Lightfoot song. media type="youtube" key="OvfNuZGb6co" height="323" width="528"

Lesson 3: World Religion - Aboriginal studies

In lesson we were asked to create a Prezi about a Canadian Aboriginal Tribe. The lesson is found at: [] Here are a few images of artwork the tribe I research, the Haida: flickr.com/photos/ belalan/198304987/ wickedsunshine.com/Images/PNG_Design_400x400/SunshineHaidaWolf_Blue_400x400.png wickedsunshine.com/Projects/PotlatchLonghouse/WickedSunshineIllustrations/WickedSunshine-HaidaDancer.gif
 * **Prezi** - I really like this software for creating a presentation. It's a nice mind map style that allows viewers to see the whole picture before focusing in on the parts. It's also a really nice change from the overused PowerPoint.

Lesson 4: Gr 10 Science - Optics

This is mine and Jesse's Lesson about Optics. We focused on using Gizmos. Our Lab instructions can be found at http://whitmorepage.wikispaces.com/optics+webquest

Lesson 5: Grade 9 - Earth Science

http://mm04.nasaimages.org/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/NVA2-4-NA/5945/m42_gleason_big.jpg&userid=1&username=admin&resolution= 4&servertype=JVA&cid=4&iid=NVA2&vcid=NA&usergroup=NASA_Astronomy_Picture_of_the_Day_Collecti-4-Admin&profileid=16 This lesson was about using the program **Celestia**, a space simulator that allows user to navigate their way through the universe in real time. Their lesson is found at: http://ped3119b-mpacitto-wiki.wikispaces.com/Lessons+and+Information. I really like the look of the program! I think it would be really engaging for students to be able to go to space, (even if it's only virtual). They also show a really captivating video, shown below. media type="youtube" key="17jymDn0W6U" height="307" width="384" align="center"

All this space travel talk got me thinking about Richard Branson, the owner of Virgin, and his space travel company, where people can pay $200,000 to go to space. I would love to do this at some point in my life, but I'd probably have to win the lottery first. Students would probably enjoy looking into this at:[]

Lesson 6: Gr 9-12 Catholic Religion - VALUES

The last lesson of the day was about Catholic religion. Students were asked to interpret the values of a story from the bible, and create a short video to illistrate how this value can be used in contemporary times. The lesson is found at: http://jaetech.wikispaces.com/week+6.
 * [|www.biblegateway.com] is a website where people can look up passages from various versions of the bible.

End of Class Discussion OERB - The Ontario Education Resource Bank

This is a government run online resource bank, that teachers can use to find lessons. i've used this site before and have found it a great place to find ideas about subjects, and the site is easy to navigate since it is devided by language, grade, course and unit.
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OSAPAC - The Ontario Software Acquisition Program Advisory Committee

This is a website where teacher can go to find free software that the Ontario Government has acquired for schools. They also offer software that teachers can take home to use.
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Internet Filtering

We also discussed how school boards are filtering their internet access at the school. This often includes YouTube, as well as inappropriate images. However, students can use a proxy, like U89, to rerute the server, and get aroung the school's restrictions. it's important that teachers know, that they are responsible for whatever is going on in their classrom. It's important that when in the comupter lab, or if a student is using their laptop, that the teacher is constantly checking what every student is lookingh at.

<span style="background-color: #e6e6a8; color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">This Week's Reading: Be web aware - Cyberbullying

This site provides some very useful tips for parents about cyberbullying. As teachers, I feel like this would be a great site to show to parents to help them understand the concept. In my schooling and society class last semester, my group presented a lesson about bullying, including cyberbullying. A really good resource we found, put out by the government, is "Bullying: We Can All Help Stop It (A Guide for Parents)" This pdf can be found here: [|www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents/bullyingGuide_HI.pdf]. Also, the **Kids' Help Phone** has a good website for kids, parents, and teachers to get in formed. The URL for this web page is [].