March+20,+2012

3:15-5:15 pm

Anne Marie, Anita, and Cindy met today @ Williams to work on a collaboration project: > //__Writing - Production and Distribution of Writing:__// > 4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. > 5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. > 6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.
 * troubleshoot how to use discussion tool with the project feature in wikispaces; need to send request to wiki-help for answer
 * discussed different ideas on how to design a project that each of our students could collaborate on using an on-line platform that would be safe, secure and user-friendly
 * decided to utilize the Moodle platform since each of our students have access to this collaborative platform via their existing user names & passwords; and, they will learn to use a course platform that will be used by their LHS instructors
 * plan to create an interactive lesson plan on poetry, where each of our students will be required to post their poetry, and post substantive responses to their classmates
 * students will not only be learning about poetry, but also how to communicate effectively in the on-line world of academia
 * **Related Anchor Standards**
 * next meeting for our "Middle School ... Cross-Town Collaboration" poetry project will take place on Mon. 3/26 @ 3-5pm @ Williams