i am thinking the inspiration could go on the collaboration page possibly but is someone wants is someone else that is fine by me.

I agree having everything the same font and color for it to flow together. My pages are done, may add a little bit more information about on the townships page.

final inspiration

Where do we want to put the final inspiration because it needs to be included somewhere.

uniformity of blog

Hey guys,

I was thinking so that everything looks uniform on the website, do we want to work on making everything the same font/ color of font? I just think that might make it look more cohesive as opposed to all of us having done separate work on it.

Let me know!

Thanks,

Laura

My Section of Work

Hey, I just wanted to let you guys know that I have everything done, except for my new original item. I'm doing that blog idea (which I've started) but I'm also going to pair that with a lesson plan.

Ashley, I did move two pages up on the sidebar (that were on the bottom). Move them around how you need to.

Hey,

I was able to put Laura's link on the Favorite Fruits and Vegetables page:



"Hey guys,

Here was the link that I used for my evaluations, but now, I can't really use it. Is there a place on the website that you guys can use it? Thanks!

http://www.discoverkalamazoo.com/"

Do you know if we need to include a new idea for the home page, "big bang" page, and sitemap? The procedure in Week 12 says "Each web page needs to contain one or two new items of information not given throughout the semester -- ideas, lesson plans, etc. for your topic. All items of information must have a short description of what they are."

I really don't think there's a way or need to do one on the sitemap. I could pretty easily come up with something for the museum page (big bang page).

What do you guys think? I mainly wanted to post it on here so I don't forget to ask Sharon Monday :)

website evaluations

I used these sites for my evaluations. I don't think any of them pertain to you guys. I should be able to put all of them on my pages, but I'll let you know if I can't.

http://www.michigan.gov/mda/0,1607,7-125-1566_1733_22582-71015--,00.html
http://www.city-data.com/us-cities/The-Midwest/Kalamazoo-History.html
http://www.mlui.org/farms/fullarticle.asp?fileid=17370

ORIGINAL
http://www.kalcounty.com/Directory/history.htm
http://kvm.kvcc.edu/index.htm
http://www.discoverkalamazoo.com/visitor_information/overview.htm

Here are the web eval sites

Link I can't use

Hey guys,

Here was the link that I used for my evaluations, but now, I can't really use it. Is there a place on the website that you guys can use it? Thanks!

http://www.discoverkalamazoo.com/

Hey guys i just wanted to double check with the user name and password since it is not letting me on.

google doc

Hey guys,

the google doc outline looks awesome! Now all we need is the information :) It's a great start!

RE: Ashley Mon. 3/29

Check out Google Documents, I uploaded a file for us to use to plan that out. I think we'll get most of next class to discuss that.

Podcast Posted

I just wanted to let you guys know that I added in the music and uploaded the podcast. I do have to say it turned out really good.

Great job guys!





I don't know if you'll be able to get to the attachment on WebCT so I posted it here:

To post the audio to the blog, I converted it to video. If you'd like a copy of the mp3 to keep for yourself, just let me know what email to send it to.

What order would you guys want to do the website?

my lesson are
Over this semester we have talked about different topics about kalamazoo. We talked about what the Students knew about kalamazoo and what they wanted to find out. The students did this by looking up the Local history of kalamazoo and the historical places it has to offer, students are now aware of their surroundings in kalamazoo and the rich history it has to offer along with different townships that are near and around kalamazoo.

main idea of lessons

Here's what my lessons have been on so you can talk about them in the podcast.

Naming of Kalamazoo-

The students researched the history of the naming of Kalamazoo and two other cities of their choice. After finding that information they used that research to make up a story about how a city that they named was named.

To incorporate math, the students took a poll of one class in each grade to find out the favorite former name of Kalamazoo. They took this data and made charts and graphs out of the data they collected.

what order do you wan the 2nd lesson plan to be in?

Podcast

This is what each person will discuss in the podcast.

First part-- Laura
Second Part--Ashley
Third Part-- Pam

If we each want to bring our little section of what our lessons are next time for Ashley and our script so we can get it recorder next class!

So i guess i wrote the wrong thing for the 2nd lesson, That i will be doing a survey of what townships this kids live in with in Kalamazoo

Podcast Outline/Notes

Our Role: Teachers Our Audience: Parents

PBL
• What is it? Why is it beneficial?
• Podcasts: what are they, why are they good?
• Examples of PBL projects from textbooks


What we’ve done & What we chose
• Local History: Kalamazoo & MI
• Research & construct of MI history
• Collect data on classes’ favorite fruits & veggies
• Survey students: opinion of best name for Kzoo
• Writing: research naming & creating a historical story of the naming of their fictional town
• Survey: what township you live in
• Research historic places in Kzoo


What could be done/needs to be done & Big Bang project
1. Final Project:
o Historical tourism brochure “Travel through time”
o Invitations to open-house (for community & families)
o Make posters of facts
o Business-like, put tickets in invitations and provide a way to “buy” tickets at the door (Answer MI riddles to get ticket?)





Bold words are concepts from the book

Lesson Plan 2

My second lesson plan will have the children survey their class and three other classes to see which fruits and vegetables grown in MI are most popular.

Concept Map 2nd Draft

For lesson plan 2 mine will be about how many times they visited a certain place. How do you guys want ot revise the web that we have.

Lesson plan #2

Does it matter what order we do our lessons in. Does the first person have to be the one that teaches the students how to use excel as well as do their data collection? I have an idea about asking the students about their favorite former name for kalamazoo, i.e. is it Kalamazoo, Bronson or some of the other former names.

Lesson Plan Orders

Hey, for Lesson Plan 1, what did you say for lesson context? What order do we want to have our lessons? I forgot to finish this section when we turned in our first ones.

For Lesson Plan 2, what order are we going to do ours?

Movie for 2/26

My movie will be about the advancements of agriculture and how it relates to Michigan and the Kalamazoo area.

For the lesson plan due friday do we have to mention about castles at all in it or can we just keep to me doing places, and the others agriculture and how Kalamazoo got its name?

Movie

My movie will also be a story on the naming of the city of Kalamazoo, so it will be a non-fiction movie.

My Lesson Plan

For my Lesson Plan I will be doing the naming of the City of Kalamazoo. I will probably have the students do research as well as work in a small group. I do not think that it matters which order that we go in.

Also find out the importance of the places why they were build, how they were to come about, and if they still are around. I will keep adding onto my lesson plan here and there so i will keep you guys informed by the blog

i agree i don't think it needs to be in any specific order but can we both do power points, if not i was thinking of doing a presentation with a board instead. I think i am also just going to do the places doing both people and places may be to much. mine with also be in a group of 3 or 4.

1st Lesson Plan (4th Grade)

My lesson plan will cover Michigan's agricultural history during the 20th century (1900's). Students will also be asked to figure out how Kalamazoo fits into the state's history.

At the end of their individual research, students will get into groups of 3 or 4 and create a video documentary or a PowerPoint presentation.

We need to decide what order our lessons should be placed in. I don't feel that there's any particular place mine needs to go. What do you guys think?

For the lesson plan i will be doing people places, I was wondering if the monuments need to be apart of this lesson plan??

Kalamazoo Area Historical Sites:

View EDT Historic Map in a larger map

assignment 4 landmarks

We are comparing landmarks in Kalamazoo to landmarks in France. We chose France because they have many historic castles and other places of importance. Culturally we are different because we have a government based on equality and Europe's governments almost promote hierarchy in society.

1. Who are the students your students will communicate with (specific location, grade level)?
2. When would your students contact these other students (at what point in their project work)?
3. What kinds of questions would they ask each other and what kinds of information would they share?
4. What will they do with the information they get from the other students?

 
1. We would want our 4th grade students to communicate with students that are in the fourth grade and live in France and go to a school called Atelier des Arts in Tours, France

 

2. We want our students to start communicating with the other students when we reach our point in the unit on historical landmarks.

 

3. The first thing that we would want our students to ask the other students is what they would want to know about historical landmarks near our location (ex. times they could tour, it's importance).Then we would have the students at Lincoln International Elementary school ask the students at Atelier why they have castles and who lives there and what they do.

4. Students would then research the answers to the questions asked by the students of the other school. The information would be relayed in email or blog. Once the information has been shared, students will create a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting each area. Students may also do a presentation on their favorite landmark with a poster and some fun facts about what that landmark is about.




list of castles near the school in france
1. Château de VillandryAddress:
2. Chateau D'Azay-Le-RideauAddress:
3.Château du RivauAddress:

 

school in france:

5 Place Charles d'Orléans

37150 Chisseaux, France

 

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Web Evaluation Sites

I'll look up websites that pertain to agriculture (and how it affected Kalamazoo's economy) and evaluate them. After I decide on my sites, I'll share the links with everyone.

Happy Researching!

Web Evaluations

I will do the history behind the naming of kalamazoo, and also who "founded" and made up those names. I will post the websites as soon as I decide which ones so that we will not have the same websites!

http://www.kalcounty.com/Directory/history.htm this is one web site i am doing

Inspiration- First Draft

Hey

Hey guys!

I'm happy to work with you guys, just a heads up though, I figure skate for western and we'll be competing in Italy in a few weeks, so I'll be unable to make it to just one class :( I figured I would let you guys know now!

Welcome!

Welcome to the Kalamazoo Local History Blog for Group 1!

Jan 25

Hey guys