Task: As you come into class, please pick up the unit 3 materials from the back table. I'll go over the due dates for each assignment. Then, we'll wrap-up our studies of Africa with a discussion about Zimbabwe, Congo, and contemporary trends.
After we finish our examination of Africa, you'll get out your computer to create a VoiceThread account. Then, I'll spend a few minutes explaining how we'll be using the Dan Pink in FCP (see below).
Finally, if there is any time remaining, we'll play a game to review for Monday's test.
Homework:
- Saturday, September 28 - FCP topic preferences due on GoogleSpreadsheet by 8:00 pm
- Monday, September 30 - Unit 2 Test (study guide on Moodle)
- Tuesday, October 1 - FCP Ning personalization, "greeting" blog post, & handshake video due by 3:30 (see Moodle for checklist/rubric; email Mrs. Friday if you would like an Animoto account)
- Tuesday, October 1 - Unit 2 Regional Study Extensions (news posts in NoodleTools) due by 3:00 pm
- Wednesday, October 2 - Whole New Mind summary posted to VoiceThread by 3:30 (5 bonus points for audio or video post)
- Wednesday, October 2 - Unit 3 Map due
- Thursday, October 3 - Chronology & Connections packet due in class
- Thursday, October 3 - Part I of Regional Study due in class
- Friday, October 4 - "Roots of Muslim Rage" reading quiz
- Friday, October 4 - Whole New Mind reflections posted to last page of VoiceThread
- Monday, October 7 - Perspectives in History charts due
- Monday, October 7 - Part IV of Regional Study due in class
- Monday, October 7 - Rwanda extra credit due by 3:00
- Tuesday, October 8 - Unit 3 Map Quiz (includes blank Africa map)
- Wednesday, October 9 - G&D chapter 10 reading quiz (reading notes may be used)
- Thursday, October 10 - Parts II & III of Regional Study due in class
- Friday, October 11 - Unit 3 Test
- Friday, October 18 - Field Trip to Museum of Jewish Heritage
- Wednesday, October 30 - Mid-Term Exam
Dan Pink Assignment:
The Flat Classroom Project "mashes" the 10 "flatteners" presented by Friedman in The World is Flat and six senses of the conceptual age from Dan Pink's A Whole New Mind. We've already examined the flatteners, now we need to look at the six senses. Thus, you've been assigned an excerpt from A Whole New Mind. Read this excerpt, identify the main argument/thesis and evidence used to support this argument. Post your summary on the VoiceThread.
Directions for VoiceThread:
- If prompted to create an account, create a FREE account using your SVHS e-mail address.
- Create an "identity" by replacing the iron with the same image that you used as your profile picture on the FCP Ning.
- Press "play." Listen to the directions in the title slide and go to the slide that corresponds with the "sense" that you read about.
- Press "comment" on your slide to post an audio or video summary of your section.
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