Showing posts with label global. Show all posts
Showing posts with label global. Show all posts

Monday, June 11, 2018

Video: America's Landmarks

Although the school year is coming to an end in the northern hemisphere, we made time to create a wonderful global project with our blogging buddy, Mrs. Morris, and her students in Australia.



This project celebrates TEN years of global collaboration with Mrs. Morris!


Each class wanted to share their country's landmarks, so students researched famous landmarks, created a script, located Creative Commons images, and then filmed a fabulous movie. The Do Ink app was used to take each student to the location being shared.



Enjoy America's Landmarks!
















We hope you enjoy visiting these famous American landmarks! 

What questions do you have? 

We will try and answer questions before school gets out this week!


Thursday, October 26, 2017

Learning About Lunches :: Global Project


Mrs. Yollis' students love connecting with other classrooms. Recently, we learned about a lunch project from Wellington, New Zealand. We learned about it from Twitter. 



Students were asked about their lunches! Here is the slideshow from Ms. Stevenson and her students from New Zealand. 





In an effort to be more green, we followed the lead of our new New Zealand Buddies and took a close look at the packaging in our lunches. Some lunches are packed in reusable containers, some leave rubbish behind, and some items can be composted. 
Photo by Mrs. Yollis

This lunch was a great example for us all. Only one piece of trash!

Photo by Mrs. Yollis  

Some lunches had variety but produced a lot of trash. Wrappers, plastic packaging, and ziplock bags are all rubbish. Students are going to look for ways to reduce the waste. Perhaps more reusable containers? 



Here is the data about our lunch packaging. What do you notice about the data?






Today was pizza day at school! Everyone loves this special day and there is a long line, but big smiles. 



Healthy salads are a part of pizza day, too! 




Students grab the fresh fruit or vegetable options. Many students pay cash or type in their pin number to a prepaid account.  





Our school has started a composting project. Here Mr. Jim showed us around Compostville!









How would you evaluate your lunch? Do you produce a lot of trash?

What are some ways you have reduced your waste? 

Please add your lunch information to the slideshow!

What did you learn about composting during your visit to Compostville?


Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Global Play Day ~ 2017

Today, my class participated in Global School Play Day! 








Thank you to the Bedley Brothers and Twitter for introducing me to this project! The power of a Personal Learning Network (PLN) triumphs again!



I was heavily influence to participate in #GSPD after listening to this eye opening presentation: 
The Decline of Play TED Talk from psychologist Peter Gray. 


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On Monday, I emailed parents, shared "The Decline of Play" video, and asked for games to be brought in for our #GSPD event. On Wednesday, we had a full day of play!



The sessions were sensational!





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First, we talked about the rules. 
There would only be ☝, the Golden Rule.








In the morning, we joined our young Journeys buddies for some play! They were having a super hero party! Check out the fabulous Ms. Regina in her super hero outfit! 

Photos by Mrs. Yollis 


There were many powerful super heroes in the room!





Board games were popular! 








The referees call field goal!









Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots was a real crowd pleaser! 














After a great session, we headed back to our 

classroom for more play!





Towers were built, yet needed more engineering! 









Board games brought big smiles! 












 Students played Scrabble! 





Origami was available! 







Many were drawn to the magnets! 













This was a fun game. What was the name of this

 game? What was the object of the game? 








Some students went outside to play! 












What is your opinion of Global School Play Day? 



Would you recommend it? 


Support your opinion with some examples. 



Convince me!
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