HWC10.11 Day 22 - Africa Wrap-Up & NetGenEd Memberships

Objectives:  Identify the manner in which select African states are dealing with social, political, and economic issues.  Join the NetGenEd2013 wiki and NetGenEd diigo group in preparation for collaborative research.

Task:  Although the team grids haven't been completed, we'll join the NetGenEd 2013 wiki and the NetGenEd Diigo group in preparation for our project.  In order to restrict spam and protect students, the NetGenEd Project is part of a "gated community."  Thus, to join this particular  project, you must first join http://www.flatclassroomproject.org/.  Be sure to sign up with your Saucon email address and your FCP username.  Also, when requesting membership, be sure to comment that you are a student from SVHS participating in NetGenEd 2013.  Then, once you're approved as a member of this wiki, you must join http://netgened2013.flatclassroomproject.org/.  Next, you should request to join the NetGenEd Project Diigo group.  Next, you will create a VoiceThread account.  Then, I'll spend a few minutes explaining the NetGenEd Horizon Report assignment (see below).

After you've all joined the wikis and the Diigo group, I'll spend a few minutes introducing your research and reflection project.  Although we won't formally start this project until we've finished FCP, you need to start gathering resources as we progress through our units.  For this unit, you'll find 3 news stories, 2 primary sources, and 1 academic journal source.  Each of these sources must be cited, annotated, and tagged (sub-saharan_Africa, news, primary_document, and/or academic_journal) in NoodleTools.  You must share your work with Mrs. Friday in the "HWC10.11 - Research & Reflection" dropbox in NoodleTools.

For the remainder of class, we'll wrap-up our examination of Africa with an examination of current events from the region.  We've already spent a lot of time looking at areas of conflict and concern.  Now we need to identify positive stories from the region.  You'll work in small groups to find news stories about Sub-Saharan Africa.  By the end of class, each of you should have at least two current events stories annotated and tagged in the "SVHS HWC" Diigo group.

Homework:

• ASAP - Collage (as jpeg) to be used in class handshake
• Tuesday, 2/26 - Unit 2 Test
• Friday, 3/1 - Horizon Report summary posted to VoiceThread by 3:30 (5 bonus points for audio or video post)
• Monday, 3/4 - Unit 2 research sources (3 news stories, 2 primary sources, 1 scholarly journal) cited, annotated, and tagged in NoodleTools by 3:30
• Tuesday, 3/5 - Horizon Report reflection posted to VoiceThread by 3:30
• Monday, 3/4 - Rwanda extra credit due by 3:00 pm

Conflict Minerals Overview from Enough: