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 AP World History, AP
European History, World
History, Holocaust Studies
 Melbourne Central Catholic
High School
 University of Florida M.Ed.
 Curriculum and Instruction
 Educational Technology

 Sophomore World History
 1:1 iPad classroom
 Limitations?
 The class set challenge.
 Course infrastructure?
 Communication
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Edmodo
 Course Content
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Class Wiki
 Student Submission
 Student Blogs

 My students have access to…
 A communal computer/laptop lab
 A communal tablet lab
 A voluntary BYOD program
 A compulsory BYOD program
 Provided 1:1 laptop access
 Provided 1:1 tablet access

 http://halsedtech.wikispaces.com
 Presentation and handouts
 Other lesson plan ideas
 Course websites

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Constructivist Tools
For a unit I would provide students with:
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Instructions and essential questions
Content Resources
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Teacher recommended websites
A teacher-created Voicethread on the topic
Class set of textbooks
Supplemental videos
Rubric
Instructional support, feedback, critiques, etc
Students would Create, Reflect, Self-
Evaluate, and Submit

 Your goal is to create a concept map in Inspiration that answers the following questions:
 1. What factors catalyze the independence movements in
Latin America? (consider social conditions, the colonial system, global events, previous revolts, etc)
 2. What role does Simon Bolivar play in the Latin American independence movements?
 3. How did Jose de San Martin, Father Miguel Hidalgo,
Toussaint L'Ouverture, Dom Pedro, and Father Jose Morelos each affect the Latin American independence movements?

 Submission and Concluding Questions:
 Submit your work to your blog by sending the image from Inspiration. (do not send it as an Inspiration document). On your blog entry please answer the following two questions:
 a) In your opinion, what was THE greatest factor that caused the Independence movements to occur?
 b) Aside from Bolivar, who do you think was the most important revolutionary figure in Latin America and why?

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“A. The greatest factor is the lack of attention from the government. When people aren't pleased they will always come together and do what they need to do to stand by themselves and become independent. The government always thought about themselves instead of the people that they are trying to lead. Weak government is the key factor to independence movements.”

 B. “In my opinion, besides Bolivar, Toussaint L'Ouverture was one of the most important revolutionary figure in
Latin America. Even though he was only known for leading the slave revolt, his accomplishment had inspired many other revolts against slavery. Latin American revolutions in my definition not only worked to create liberty, but also the nature of one’s freedom. Toussaint L'Ouverture might not have freed any of the South American territory out of the
Spanish rule, yet he had ended slavery in Haiti, freeing the lives of so many innocent people that were exploited for their labor and well-being.”

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Constructing a Timeline:
You will be constructing a timeline on Inspiration that
 a) places the following events in order and concisely explain the significance of each event and how it contributes to the Russian
Revolution:
 Russo-Japanese War, Bloody Sunday, Russia enters World War I, Lenin returns from exile, Protests prompt Nicholas to abdicate, Duma sets up a temporary government, Bolsheviks seize control, Treaty of Brest-
Litovsk, Romanov family is murdered, Russian Civil War, War
Communism, New Economic Policy, Constitution establishes the
Soviet Union, Lenin Dies, Stalin take power, Stalin's Five Year Plans,
Collectivization of the Ukraine, the Great Purge
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 b) arranges the events in a way that shows how they are connected c) incorporates images to represent some or all of these events (for extra points) d) notes which events correspond with which stage of revolution
(you can either add this to your timeline in Inspiration or you can write a paragraph that you post on your blog)

 Concluding Question:
 Of the events you explained in your timeline which three would you consider to be the "turning points" in the progression of the revolution and why? Please thoroughly explain your answer in complete sentences.
 Top answers tended to include
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Lenin’s return from exile
Bolsheviks successfully seizing power
Stalin emerging as the new leader after Lenin’s death

 Smaller scale activity
 Create a graphic organizer that identifies the contributions of the following intellectuals:
Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, Vesalius,
Descartes, Pascal, and Newton, Shakespeare, Dante,
Erasmus, More, and Gutenberg
 Encouraged students to find some way to group them, and they had to label them as scientists, philosophers, writers, etc.

 You will be creating a graphic organizer that addresses the following questions and includes the following topics:
 a) What are the differences between the Roman Catholic and
Eastern Orthodox Church?
 b) How does Moscow become the head of the Eastern
Orthodox Church?
 c) How are Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible important figures in Russian History?
 d) To answer a, b, and c, you must incorporate these terms/people/dates: the Great Schism of 1054, 1453, Kiev, the
Golden Horde, Moscow, Ivan III, and Ivan IV

 You are asking students to…
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Decide how things are/are not connected
Actively connect content
Have ownership and autonomy
Have an outlet for self expression
Not be afraid to rearrange
 Digital concept maps are malleable!
Construct their own understanding
Disseminate which information is/is not important
Communicate in an organized way

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Level of engagement?
 The “hush of concentration!”
Quality of student work?
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Self-evaluative rubrics
Monitoring work as it occurs
Occurrence of higher level thinking?
 Check!
Student perception of learning?
Additional observations
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More time to interact with my students
Which students “thrived”

 Be familiar with the app if possible
 Be able to model basic mechanics at the start of a project
 If you have an honors and regular class blended together…
 Have the honors assignment at the ready
 Encourage students to help each other
 Discuss the problems with just copying and pasting from the internet
 Self-evaluative rubrics – it’s a learning process
 Lower-level students may need help breaking down the task, be ready to give them a more concrete to-do list

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Factors to consider
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Accessibility of tool for students
Ease of use – try it yourself
 Are you frustrated immediately?
How easy is it to export/share a map?
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What format is it in? Jpeg? PDF?
Do your students need to be able to…
 Incorporate images? Hyperlinks?
Juggling an open BYOD policy with laptops, iPads, and android tablets?
 Recommend several apps or websites and let the kids choose!

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