April+25,+2012

7:15 - 8:05 am @ Williams Middle School

Anita, Cindy and Anne Marie met this morning @ Williams to work on the "Middle School ... Cross-Town Collaboration" project.
 * Discussed "next steps" with regard to sharing students' "Where I'm From" poems (Session II)
 * Shared our successes, concerns & ideas about our project to date
 * Decided that students need more clarification and guidance when responding to poems in forums
 * Fleshed out details for a "Response Rubric" to assist students in posting more substantive feedback to other students' poems; rubric will also include strategy to ensure that //**__all__**// students receive responses
 * Determined what our third and final session will look like for this collaborative project, i.e. students will be free to select from a variety of ways to transform their written "Where I'm From" poems into a digital poem....format choices to include, but not restricted to:movie, presentation, podcast, digital poster, etc.
 * We may conduct a video-Skype call before school year ends so that our students can openly discuss their experience with this course "real-time"
 * Action Items:
 * Anita to construct the"Response Rubric
 * Anne Marie will continue to design the Moodle for effective interaction among students & teachers, and update Anita & Cindy on how to make these changes to the Moodle Site
 * Cindy will begin to create a report on our "Middle School ... Cross-Town Collaboration" project, which will be used for documentation of our HQTS Activity experience

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