This project examines the theme of injustice through the lens of literature (English and Spanish), Geography and History. Each students is doing research on a historical personal account and using that to create a multi-media art piece. As part of the process, students are using NoodleTools to create an annotated bibliography to research, evaluate and synthesize ideas for developing the project. NoodleTools allows teachers to give quick and effective feedback while in the formative stages of student thinking.
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presented in the auditorium. In addition to the in-class competition, students in 10th grade created videos using meaningful imagery to accompany their recitation. Students were encouraged to use images licensed for re-use and required to cite their sources. Creating the video provided an opportunity to practice and engage with their poems before presenting to the class. Congratulations to all students and teachers who participate in this exciting event.
The ASFG 2016 Science Fair will be held on Thursday, March 3rd, 2016 in the auditorium. Every year, teachers work hard to provide quality resources and guidance for students participating in the science fair. The purpose of the event is to serve as a springboard for students to be able to participate in highly recognized national and international science fairs. This year, the Science Fair website provides access to all the resources students need from links to research topics to a demonstration video for creating a great poster. Through participating in the ASFG Science Fair, students practice important work and life skills such as time management, collaborative work, critical thinking, effective communication, interaction with peers, and citizenship. ASFG Science Fair involves open and guided inquiry, poster making, creation of effective figures and tables, referencing, experimental design, and ability to identify reliable sources of information.
advisory sessions. Students are also using Blogger this year to reflect on their mentoring lessons and share their growth. Recent generation rivalries prompted a post about the idea of houses within the school similar to Hogwarts. Check out Yizel, Ana Paula, Steven or Miguel's blogs to get a better understanding of how 9th grade mentoring is engaging students in the school culture of caring and service.
This reading log helps students achieve the mission of the department, gradually perfecting their language skills in order to be able to communicate effectively and finding a critically sensitive approach to literature. Learn more by investigating Daniel's posts about La muerte de Artemio Cruz, Andrea's about Crónica de una muerte anunciada or Blas's about El llano en llamas.
(note: student Google+ communities are only available to members of the @asfg.edu.mx domain). Seniors in AP English class have recently read the book Grendel by American author John Gardner. It is a retelling of part of the Old English poem Beowulf from the perspective of the antagonist, Grendel. The novel deals with finding meaning in the world, the power of literature and myth, and the nature of good and evil. Students used Glogster to create an interactive poster based on a chapter from the book emphasizing the astrological connections to the characters and themes throughout the book. They identified heroic and philosophical values as well as including sound and video in their posters. See the rubric to learn how this project was assessed or click on the following links to interact with posters from chapter 6 and chapter 2. Students were engaged in learning about analyzing and interpreting text for their interactive posters.
online using the same powerful tools as the desktop version. Learn more about Mexico's independence by reading the news from September 1829 as written by ASFG Juniors. This project motivated students by engaging them in quality research and collaboration.
Students in the new AP Cambridge Capstone Seminar are using various technology to complete this rigorous course, which requires students to use and expand their information literacy skills to engage in rigorous scholarly practice of core academic skills. They are using NowComment to discuss contemporary articles on political, social and economic issues. Students respond individually to each paragraph of the article or to the entire text. This works well for homework assignments to introduce the next day's topic. Students engage with the text, make some analytical judgments and written comments. It facilitates a more in-depth discussion or essay or research assignment in class. See more about NowComment in an earlier post.
in addition to the rigorous AP assessment at the end of the year. Student work is even evaluated by TurnItIn for plagiarism. Students in this class are using truly technology in sophisticated ways to prepare for success in college.
Biology students are using a great deal of technology in the classroom this year. They use Google Classroom for all of the major projects such as lab reports. This allows students to coordinate and collaborate on projects. It also allows their teacher to give them timely feedback on their work. In addition, using videos to illustrate biochemistry helps engage students in understanding microscopic details. The cell membrane video provides an in depth look at something only two molecules thick. Students have also recently completed web quests about Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration. WebQuests use several strategies to increase student motivation. They use a central question that honestly needs answering and provide a variety of resources to help students find the answer. Students can choose to watch videos, read articles, or complete interactive challenges to scaffold student learning.
thousands of users. The interface adapts to the level of the user so that the learner’s time is not wasted by vocabulary items too far above or below his or her abilities. They also vary the context and each question can be dynamically re-calibrated to assess its difficulty and discrimination as it is answered by more and more users.
With Quizlet, teachers create the lists of words and definitions based on their needs for a particular unit or lesson. Vocabulary.com allows you to create new lists of words using their built-in definitions, but it also provides thousands of lists based on literature, speeches, historical documents, and more. Dictionary and thesaurus tools are also available and students can immediately see what words are the most difficult for themselves. Teachers can also use it as a formative assessment in order to review misconceptions before summative evaluations. Both Quizlet and Vocabulary.com engage students in learning vocabulary better than the old 3x5 notecard of the 20th century. Students appreciate the easy access and game-like aspects. If you need help choosing the right vocabulary learning tool for your classes, feel free to contact your technology integration specialist. Screenshots of interface and data from Vocabulary.com |
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