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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

HWC1.2 Day 13 - Africa & Digital Literacy


Objective:  Investigate the ways that individuals can interact through digital technology to identify appropriate behavior for the global collaborative project.  Reflect on the culture and geography of contemporary Africa.

Task:  To start class, you'll play a game to check your knowledge of and review the Africa map.  Then, you'll get out your homework from last night and use it to make a comment to the "Geography & Culture of Africa" post on our class blog.

The remainder of class will be spent working through the following stations:
  1. Station #1 - Digital Footprint
  2. Station #2 - Copyright & Creative Commons
  3. Station #3 - Netiquette
After you have completed ALL station activities, go to the Moodle and respond to the digital literacy forum on the Moodle.

Note:  Please email me with any questions OR for the Animoto code for your FCP video handshake (see section 9 of the HWC moodle for the Handshake rubric AND the Ning personalization checklist).

Homework:
  • Wednesday, 2/13 - Part B of Africa Regional Study due
  • Thursday, 2/14 - FCP Ning personalization, "greeting" blog post & handshake (blog and video due by 3:30 (see Moodle for rubrics/checklist & email Mrs. Friday if you would like Animoto code)
  • Friday, 2/15 - Digital Literacy Quiz
  • Tuesday, 2/19 - Africa map quiz
  • Wednesday, 2/20 - African nationalist readings due in class
  • Thursday, 2/21 - Part C of Africa Regional Study due
  • Friday, 2/22 - Parts D-F of Africa Regional Study due
  • Friday, 2/22 - Textbook reading (pp. 172-183) due
  • Tuesday, 2/26 - Unit 2 Test
  • Monday, 3/4 - Rwanda extra credit due by 3:00 pm

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