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Global Communications Course Outline

marteel — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:31:11 CDT

Week	Topic
1	Syllabus; How to Sign In (Novel, Lab); Schoolloop Accounts; Personality Inventories (English)
2	Microsoft Word; MLA formatting; KBAR (English)
3	Microsoft Word; Research--searching; Website evaluation; Copying images; Creative Commons; Bay Area Brochure Project (Health)
4	Citizenship points; Bay Area Brochure; Excel tutorial; Article: The Over-Connecteds
5	Word Practice: My Name (English); Google accounts; Mapmywalk.com accounts
6	PowerPoint; Google Sites (Health teams); Creating team sites
7	Academic Integrity Policy; Blogging; Project time
8	Research locations for team sites; MLA Test; Project time
9	Excel practice; Working with Digital Images; Works Cited; Project time
10	Article: Books and Video Games; Playing with images: Editor, Fireworks, Piknik.com
11	Playing with images; Digital Storytelling: Windows Movie Maker, PhotoStory 3
12	Project time; Autobiographical essay & DST
13	Autobiographical DST; Project time
14	Project time; PSA mini-movies
15	Team sites; PowerPoint: Author Research Project (English)
16	PowerPoint (English)
17	Review for Final
18	Finals

Spring Semester

Week	Topic
1	Digital Citizenship readings/notes; Online Discussions on Schoolloop; Grammar Do-Now PowerPoint (English)
2	Organize your Google Site; Seven Elements of Culture--Nigeria (English & CWS)
3	Seven Elements of Culture: Pages on Google Site; Research
4	"Did You Know?" video; Online discussion; Frontline: Growing Up Online Parts1-2; Digital Citizenship Q & A
5	Cultural Mini-Movie--Seven Elements of Your Culture (CWS); Online discussion
6	Word: Praise Song (English) on Homepage; Ning accounts; Frontline : Growing Up Online Parts 3-4; Comments on Ning
7	Praise Song; Frontline: Growing Up Online Parts 5-6; Comments on Ning
8	Ning discussion--Google News; Citation review (English); AUP; Website evaluation
9	Ning discussion--Google News; Citation review (English); Playing with Sound: CCmixter & Audacity
10	Praise Song MP3; Children's Book (English); Paint, WMM, Audacity
11	Children's Book; Google Earth basics
12	Google Earth: Paths and placemarks; Adding text, links, & images in Google Earth
13	Google Earth: My way to Disneyland
14	Google Docs: Sonnet Translation (English)
15	Google Earth & Docs: Neighborhood Tour of Mexico DF (CWS)
16	Romeo & Juliet and YA novel: Theme Movie
17	R & J Memorization podcast and Soundtrack
18	Finals

Home

marteel — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:04:36 CDT

Global Communications Program

The Global Communications program at Capuchino High School is a collaborative project between the English, Social Science, Physical Education and Technology Arts departments. The goal of the Global Communications program is to make students better consumers of the content they have access to in our online world and expand their circle of influence outside of their local community. In the 21st Century, students will need to be connected, be able to collaborate and become interdependent.

Global Communications Class

Global Communications Course Outline
A Global Comm Year in Pictures

Global Communicatinos Student Skills

Global Communication Units of Study
Tools and Resources

Academic Core Connections

English Course Outline

Health Course Outline

Staff Development

dbigue — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:01:20 CDT

Project Wired- Is a professional learning community of teachers that collaborates around the integration of technology campus.

Site Technology Resources - these are resources for tools specific to our site and district.

District Wiki- these are resouces used by the entire district.

Global Communications Skills

marteel — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:48:17 CDT

Global Communication skills involve students being able to connect to the world outside of the world they can touch and see. Global Communication allows students to expand their personal perspective and integrate it into their lives.

A. Blogging:

1. Audience: Who are the potential readers of the blog.
2. Interests: Themes and organization of blogs.
3. Future Growth – Wiki’s

B. Video

1. Windows Movie Maker
a. Themes
b. Story board / scripting
c. Linear editing skills
2. PhotoStory 3

C. Audio

1. Podcasting
a. Garage Band
b. Audacity
c. iTunes

D. Global Collaboration Skills

1. Google Tools
a. Asynchronous collaboration within the school
b. Problem Solving
2. Nation States – (nationstates.net)
a. Simulated government and nation building
3. Outside My Window – (Outsidemywindow.org)
a. Global perspective
b. Exchange of photographs and post to web site.
4. Taking it Global – (takingitglobal.org)
a. Collaborate with people outside of the local area.
b. Asynchronous collaboration skills.
c. Issues of global concern

Global Communications Course

marteel — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:46:21 CDT

Global Communications Class
Global Communications Course Outline
A Global Comm Year in Pictures
Global Communicatinos Student Skills
Student Personal Skill Building

Academic Core Connections
English Course Outline
Health Course Outline

A Global Comm Year in Pictures

marteel — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:41:43 CDT

Autobiographical Movie	Praise Song from Home Page	Author Research Project
Public Service Announcement (Health Podcast)	Playing with Images	Cultural Collage (CWS)
Using Google Earth	Digital Citizenship	Schoolloop

Student Portfolios

dbigue — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:35:16 CDT

Below are links to student portfolios from the program:

Nick Medina- http://sites.google.com/site/nickmedinaportfolio/

Adam Klick- http://sites.google.com/site/adamklick/Home

Andrew Gibeau- http://sites.google.com/site/andrewgibeau/film-production

Tech Arts and Internships

dbigue — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:15:11 CDT

Global Com serves as a foundation course for other course offerings and internship opportunities that connet student passions to real world applications.

Students Can Choose From the Following Electives: Elective Course Offerings-

Why Global Communications?

dbigue — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:16:52 CDT

Links

dbigue — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:50:50 CDT

Art of Video Course Web Page

Computer Systems Design Web Page

Michelle Power's Mission Library Site

Being Digital - Book Preview

Media Awareness Network

Media Awareness - Diversity and Bias

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting

Propaganda Model of Mass Media

Propaganda Model

Who Owns What

Visual Chart of Media Ownership

Capuchino High School Web Site

wetpaint.com

http://understandingfilm.wetpaint.com

www.acmeanimation.org

room399.blogspot.com

http://hongkongchronicles.blogspot.com/

http://smcropcisco.wetpaint.com/

Health Fall Calendar

dbigue — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:48:09 CDT

Fall
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Week #	Date	Topic
1	8/14-8/17	Intro to Health
2	8/20-8/24	Community building continues Begin Individual Awareness Unit
3	8/27-8/31	Individual Awareness – sleep, being successful
4	9/4-9/7	Individual Awareness – making decisions, setting goals Emotional Management – stress, anger management, defense mechanisms
5	9/10-9/13	Emotional Management – mental health, self-esteem, mental illness, depression, eating disorders, coping skills, forgiveness, respect
6	9/17-9/21	Social Awareness – disabilities, communication
7	9/24-9/28	Social Awareness – relationships, abuse, violence, rape
8	10/1-10/5	Sex Education – correct misinformation throughout this unit! anatomy, abstinence, pregnancy, pregnancy options
9	10/9-10/12	Sex Education – abstinence, pregnancy prevention, safer sex
10	10/15-10/19	Sex Education – abstinence, STIs/STDs, HIV/AIDS
11	10/22-10/26	Alcohol – effects, why people use/not use, dangers of use, drunk driving, binge drinking, people affected, getting help
12	10/29-11/2	Tobacco – dangers of use, various products – smokeless/chew tobacco, cigars, etc.; tobacco industry, marketing, stories – guest speakers; quitting
13	11/5-11/9	Other Drugs Marijuana – dangers, affects on body/brain; other drugs – dangers, overdose/death from bad reaction; getting help
14	11/13-11/16	Nutrition - Variety, Exercise, Moderation; food labels, new food guide pyramid, New American Plate, portion sizes, “Super Size Me”, nutrition/activity log, water, healthy eating
15	11/19-11/21	Physical Fitness - exercise, physical fitness, personal fitness plan; WALKING
16	11/26-11/30	Diseases & Art of Living - lifestyle diseases & infectious diseases, prevention, suicide, death & dying, coping with loss
17	12/3-12/7	Final Projects DUE - presentations
18	12/10-12/14	Wrap-up week – life skills review, refusal skills, environmental health, first aid/CPR
19	12/17-12/20	Last review day 17th; FINALS 18th, 19th, 20th
Congratulations on completing your Health requirement. Remember to take what you’ve learned and apply it to your life.

English Fall Calendar

dbigue — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:47:59 CDT

9th Grade English Schedule - Fall

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8/14: - Teacher Workday: Meeting 2 hours - Faculty meeting	8/15: - Info card - Syllabus - Materials - Literary Terms - KBAR Intro: Above and below the surface questions. - System of the class - HW: Signature / Materials	8/16: - Go over syllabus - Literary Terms	8/17:	8/18: - Gates Test - HW: Read "Hello My Name is Unique" - Materials - OR reading
8/21: - Go over what KBAR is- kids take notes - Do KBAR with 'Flowers' - Model Talking to the text with the Barn. - Introduce My Name assignment HW: Research Name for paper - KBAR #2: Read 20 pages due Wednesday	8/22: - Summer Reading Tests - Write 'My Name' paper HW: My Name Paper & KBAR #2	8/23: - Finish Flowers With Flowers do a model KBAR with the class. - 4 Themes - Introduce with Flowers- plot, setting, theme, symbol - Go through as a class - Model talking to the text w/ "Women's Work", "Combining", "The Follower" - Plot, setting, theme, symbol. - My Name - Sandra Cisneros - read as a class (assign poems/group show group how talked to?...) HW: watch a favorite show and find plot, setting, theme and symbol. Continue to research Name paper.	8/24:	8/25: - Model talking to the text w/ 'Women's work", "Combining" and "The Follower" - Plot, Setting, Theme, Symbol. - Collect KBAR #2 - Plot graph - Flowers - Grammar Work - review chapter 1 and Mastery Text (p.33)
8/28: Model Poetry Analysis PArtner Project- 15 poems/ transparency in pairs they each analyze poem for the class. Read/ analyze poetry Focus question: What did the author learn/ discover about himself? (plot, setting, theme, symbol) Go over how to analyze a poem- Kids take notes Assign groups H.W. KBAR #4 Collect my Name Paper 6 boxes- food families H.W- KBAR #4	8/29: Work in groups for the poem (30 min) Read I am From 6 boxes food/ families - brainstorming for I am From Poem Collect KBAR# 4	8/30: More time to work on poem analysis (Poetry presentations Assemble and Display " I am From" and "My Name" Posters- pictures/ places from boxes and do the brainstorming (digital portfolio/ Posters exercise on appropriate internet sources) Global Com brainstorm- tell Geoffrey Hindmen H.W KBAR#5 / I AM From Poetry due Friday- typed	8/31: Back to School Night	9/1: Grammar Work- Chap 2 Diagnostic Test (p.37) And or mixed reviews (p.60) Collect KBAR 5 Collect I AM From Poem Typed Minimum Day H.W. KBAR# 6
9/4: - Labor Day: Holiday	9/5: Get organized Return work and explain grades Intro to Schaffer terms Concrete detail, commentry, and topic sentence Use the poems to illustrate what this is. Chunk practice- using the two poems The Flower's and Women's work- identify the sentences collect KBAR#5	9/6: Intro Cornell Notes- cd on the right and left commentary " Brothers and Sisters" chapter 8 of Color of Water Model the Cornell Notes and then they do on their own	9/7: MLA Parenthetical Citations Model chunk practice (three sentence- 1 concrete detail and 2 commentay) from Cornell notes HW: KBAR#6	9/8: "Fury of the Overshoes" Do their own Cornell Notes and do their own Chunk Practice Collect KBAR#6
9/11: Intro Comparison Matrix w/ ""Fury" and "Bro and Sis" Whole class discussion on overhead 3 chunk practice- 11 sentence TS, CD CM CM, 3X and 1 CS H.W KBAR # 7	9/12: Grammar work- diagramming - (9p. 54-57) Mastery test (p.61) plot H.W bring a snapshot of yourself Collect KBAR #7	9/13: "Only Daughter" p.694 Caramelo Excerpt Use Cornell Notes Talk to text paragraphs Photo Reflection: Think Pair Share In Impressions about their own photo- get input from partner Writing: Letter to yourself	9/14: Grammar work- chapter 3 Phrases- prepositional phrases p.66 Appositive p.69 Collect KBAR 8	9/15: Professional Day
9/18: " Everyday Use" Intro Foil Characters- opposite characters Use Cornell Notes Maggie and Dee- (Timeline and significance) Comparison chart or Venn Diagram or three column chart Into to Quilt Project HW: KBAR# 10 "On Being 17" Bright, and unable to read	9/19: "Soulful Stitches"- possible suggest GC- read and respond on a blog Quilt Square Discussion (if need to go , it can go away) GLOBAL COM HW- gather items of Quilt square Collect KBAR #9	9/20: quilt squares and snapshot reflection presentations Present models of Autobiographical essays- See Linda's crate... Linda reads and kids have hard copy- goes in kids refrence tool area- use this to write your own autobiography Interior monologue- reflective and finish with a reflection at the end (by 2nd dem more reflection and less recall of incident	9/21: Autoboigraphical Incident in Mcddougall Latell p.131-135 AHA moment- Julia Alverez meomoir read this aloud the kids annotated hint sign. Descriptive writing: H.W Rough Draft of Autobiographical Essay	9/22: Schaffer Terms Test Collect KBAR #10 H.W Rough Draft of Autoboigraphical Essay
9/25: Autobiographical essay peer editing CAN GLOBAL COM be typed in their class Go over dialogue or active verbs in class... MLA formatting	9/26: " What is Childhood?" and "Luxery" chunk practice Cornell notes Grammar work: chapter 4 kinds of clauses- p.92 Adj-adv- pg 94-97 Collect KBAR #12	9/27: Prepare questions for Socratic Seminar on childhood and luxury Intro to Socratic Seminar Chunk practice Paragraph practice	9/28: "So this is what it means to say Phoenix Arizona" Read and discuss CD music reviews	9/29: Autobiographical essay due CD music reviews Collect KBAR # 13
10/2: CD music reviews Chunk Practice Paragraph practice	10/3: Smoke signals 1 section of questions collect KBAR # 14	10/4: Smoke signals 1 section of questions H.W KBAR and review question for Fridays Socratic Seminar	10/5:	10/6: Collect KBAR # 15 Socratic Seminar
10/9: Essay on short story and not movie How did the trip to Phoenix affect visitors views of his background and self Generate an essay structure as a class and then type up for the class	10/10: Short story essay Collect KBAR # 16	10/11: Short story essay Intro/conclusion	10/12: Short story essay Peer editing	10/13: Essay due: typed double space Collect KBAR # 17
10/16: Of mice and Men Intro Poster Project Table Groups: with a sign on it. Background research Steinback timeline, On the Move- Migrant Farm workers- map of Salinas valley- living in the 1930s-	10/17: Poster presentations Collect KBAR # 18	10/18: Intro thematic groups Cornell notes Read nd discuss chap 1 H.W. CM theme notes	10/19: Chapter two theme cornell notes	10/20: Chapter 3 HW- theme notes Collect KBAR #19
10/23: Chapter 3 finish Chapter 4 begin HW- theme notes	10/24: Finish chapter 4 character poster Collect KBAR #20	10/25: Character poster presentations Hand out author reasearch project	10/26: Chapter 5 and chapter 6 HW theme notes	10/27: Research in library with San Bruno librarian Collect KBAR #21
10/30: OMAM test OMAM movie	10/31: OMAM movie collect KBAR # 20	11/1: OMAM movie Socratic seminar	11/2: Of Mice And Men times writing Schaffer format sheets	11/3: Timed writing Collect KBAR # 23
11/6: Writing Confrences	11/7:	11/8:	11/9:	11/10: Legal Holiday
11/13: Library research for 5 days	11/14:	11/15:	11/16:	11/17:
11/20:	11/21:	11/22:	11/23: Thanksgiving	11/24: Thanksgiving
11/27:	11/28: District Freshman Assesment Multiple Choice test	11/29:	11/30:	12/1:
12/4:	12/5:	12/6:	12/7:	12/8:
12/11:	12/12:	12/13:	12/14:	12/15:
12/18: Finals	12/19: Finals	12/20: Finals	12/21: Christmas	12/22: Christmas

Unit_Pages

dbigue — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:47:14 CDT

These are areas of emphasis for our Global Communication course that are continually reinforces through multiple projects in an attempt to build mastery.

Personal Skill Building

Information Literacy

Digital Citizenship

6-19-08

christyknott — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:33:41 CDT

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Collaboration Meetings

christyknott — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:33:20 CDT

This is the main page for the group meetings for the Global Communications teacher team.

Collaboration Meetings: Agendas and Minutes

FA06/SP07	FA07/SP08
8-18-06	9-05-07
10-5-06	10-1-07
12-7-06	11-07
2-1-07	12-07
9-7-06	1-08
11-8-06	2-7-08
1-8-07	6-19-08

Collaboration Meeting: 2-7-08

Brumbaugh — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:56:53 CST

1. English Projects - Spring Semester

Things Fall Apart
Romeo and Juliet (Italian Connection)

2. Social Science Projects:

Need weekly calendar of topics and curriculum for blogging assignments

3. Global Communications:

10 Flatteners / Blogs / Hinman connection
mini experts at CHS - Wikipedia authorship
Independent Study Expert / Web portfolio

Needs:

planning for semester projects
selection of students for fall 2008.(Encourage current GC students to recruit)
Digital Publications / Journalism / web creation - design
Fall 08 - Review Gates-McGinity Scores for student placement (do not enter students below 5ht grade reading level)
Soph / Junior Level Global Communications class
School within a school concept - (Middle Student) SSP or CPA
Need new Engliish calendar
Day Long Collaboration Meeing - April 2008
Summer Institute: Find funding source to pay teachers 3-5 days.

Collaboration Meeting: 10-1-07

Brumbaugh — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:10:02 CDT

Guest: Geoff Hinman Skyping in from Italy. 8 hours ahead of us in San Bruno

1) Health Classes are working on Emotional Management Podcasts on their wiki.

2) Students in the Global Communications classes are have started their own blogs using Blogger. Martee has created their own private wiki at: http://globcomm.wetpaint.com. Dominic has a blogging rubric that he will pass along to Martee to use.

3) Jen reporting that students in the English classes are working on their personal narrative, which will be used later in the semester as the script/plan for their autobiographical video/slideshow (Picasa/Photostory). Jen and Martee will also be working on a non-fiction reading/writing unit.

4) Martee will be e-mailing writing rubrics to Geoff in Italy for his use and to create a common writing platform for students as we begin to collaborate during the spring semester.

5) Students in the Global Communications courses at Cap and Geoff's Writing students in Italy will be collaborating on a wiki surrounding the 10 Flatteners from Friedman's "The World Is Flat." The goal is to have the students skype with each other once a month and to collaborate weekly during the spring semester using a common wiki.

6) Geoff shared his del.icio.us account information with us.

9-05-07

dbigue — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:12:23 CDT

Agenda-
1. Check in
2. Wiki Revisions
3. Adding Content to the Wiki
4. Screen Casts
5. Up and Coming support and projects....

1. Christy-

Problems with Access- students without access

Problems with posts in discussion... no IM Speak....

choosing topics for discussion that are appropriate for public view.... add comments

2. Martee-

using assigments from English in conjunction with word processsing tutorials
All have new gmail accounts--- novellogin@capuchinohighschool.org
will mail Contact list-
In GC Marty has covered tech basics, login on, ms word, and now google tools---docs- hyperlinks in the code of ethics.... tech vocabulary....Jen will be working with photos, so Marty plans to show them how to save pics, cite pics, and edit images....Picassa---

Topics Discussed:

Discussed Schoolloop Grade Book-
Late work issues-

We talked about using discussion feature in schoolloop
Micheal mentioned mural project and writing assignment in Social Science....

autobio_pics

dbigue — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:48:36 CDT

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Academic Core Connections

dbigue — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:46:57 CDT

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Global Communications - Recently Updated Pages

Global Communications Course Outline

Home

Global Communications Program

Staff Development

Global Communications Skills

Global Communications Course

A Global Comm Year in Pictures

Student Portfolios

Tech Arts and Internships

Why Global Communications?

Links

Health Fall Calendar

English Fall Calendar

9th Grade English Schedule - Fall

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Unit_Pages

6-19-08

Collaboration Meetings

Collaboration Meeting: 2-7-08

Collaboration Meeting: 10-1-07

9-05-07

autobio_pics

Academic Core Connections