HWC10.11 Day 2 - Tools of the Trade & GGS

Objectives:  Identify, explain, and begin using Web2.0 applications to be used in HWC.   Analyze and critique the arguments of GGS.

Task: Throughout the course, you will need to use several different Web2.0 applications to complete assignments.  As global citizens in the 21st century, we need to create a "toolbox" that promotes effective and timely engagement with information and each other.   You've already begun using the district provided e-mail account and joined the class blog and the Moodle.  Today,  each of you will also set up a GoogleCalendar and a personalized GoogleReader to follow current events and this blog.

You will also join Diigo (http://www.diigo.com/) and the "SVHS HWC '12-'13" Diigo group (http://groups.diigo.com/group/svhs-hwc-fall-2012).  Diigo is a free social-bookmarking, research, and knowledge sharing tool that allows annotation and tagging. 

Next, I'll spend a few minutes introducing your first collaborative project.  Although GGS provides a common foundation for our understanding of history and culture, we need to establish a vocabulary from history and the social sciences to study world cultures.  To do this, you'll participate in a jigsaw activity. To complete this project, you'll read and take notes on a chapter from A Civilization Primer and work with your group to create a unique, engaging presentation that explains the main ideas and vocabulary.

Finally, we'll spend the last portion of class discussing and reviewing Guns, Germs, & Steel in small groups and as a whole class.  These conversations will help you to identify main ideas and clarify your understanding in preparation for Friday's quiz.

Homework:

• Thursday, January 24 - Parent Information Sheet Due
• Friday, January 25 - Guns, Germs, & Steel reading quiz
• Monday, January 28 - Primer script & storyboard due BEFORE class begins
• Monday, January 28 - Primer collection
• Tuesday, January 29 - Completed SlideRocket presentations due by 3:30 (bonus points for presentations completed by BEGINNING of class)
• Tuesday, January 29 - 3-ring binder and 10 dividers