Friday, January 29, 2010
Collaboration
So, Brenda and I have decided that we will do the collaboration on the Japanese Era and also put a bit of focus on plagarism. But, my only fear/concern is that not many people know anything about Japan/ese, how will a media specialist be able to help me with helping the kids do research on such a subject? Of course, with my help it can be done. But, it just seems that your average History teacher goes up to the school librarian and says, "I'm doing a project on Women's Rights, can you pool some books together for me?" And they get the books and the kids are all set to go. With Japanese, or even any world language, it's not quiet that simple. They generally don't have books that are specific to something like Japanese Era's. Although, I know this will get worked and there always the internet, but I don't want my students to forget that there are real books out there for them to look at and read. That Wikipedia is not all that it's cracked up to be. But, I know with the help of the school librarian, we can do this......successfully.
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Faye,
ReplyDeleteI understand your trepidation about collaborating on a unit with Japanese culture as the focus but I think you have the freedom to create a unit that is unlike anything other teachers could come up with because you've got a whole different cultural advantage as far as subject matter. You should take a look at AASL 21st century standards and come to an agreement with Brenda about what facet you want to focus on as far as 21st century learning and the main areas that are emphasized including: standards, dispositions, responsibilities, and self assessment (see AASL's 21st Century Standards in Action text).
You can use both print and electronic resources related to Japan/ese. If the print collection is outdated, you'll obviously have to find some electronic resources but there should be some free and subscription databases (e.g. MEL, SIRS) that contain foreign language resources).
I'm glad you got the hang of the blog and wiki.
Happy planning!
Prof. K.
Hello Faye,
ReplyDeleteI have started the Early Planning blog on my site. Please see the blog. I have also requested you as a friend on the blog.