This Week at Westwood: Horizon Evolves, Digiteen Begins
Sometimes I just like to share the things that are happening in my classroom. They may seem old hat to me (and my students) but understanding HOW these things work is tough for some people just learning what is happening. 1) Computer Science (10th) This is the class that is participating in the Horizon Project. We're continuing the four week "handshake" period before the start of the project on April 15th. Why a handshake? We've found that the most difficult part of the project is helping the students meet or "handshake." This is also difficult because we have to help all of the teachers get up to speed AND there are a lot of holidays that happen around this time -- which vary all over the world. So, during the handshake, we: Join all the members to the wiki and Ning. The teachers go through the Getting Started Checklist We hold weekly teachers meetings in Elluminate and record it for those who cannot attend. The teachers have a private google group th...