Project+Sketch

**Project Sketch Group 1** **EDIM 502 Project Based Learning**
 * **Group Members:**
 * Megan Gordon
 * Frank Parisi
 * Pat Ruffing
 * Deb Thonus

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 * **The Big Idea**
 * Cultural Awareness
 * ===**The Essential Question**===
 * How can folktales help us to understand cultures?
 * **The Challenge**
 * ====Make cross-cultural connections by sharing folktales. ====
 * **The Guiding Questions**
 * What is culture? - Frank
 * What are folktales? - Deb
 * How can we use folktales to learn about cultures? - Megan
 * How can technology help us to share folktales? - Patti
 * ===The Guiding Activities===
 * Activity 1 - Defining culture (Frank)
 * Activity 2 - Learning about other cultures (Frank)
 * Activity 3 - Discovering and discussing elements found in folktales (Deb)
 * Activity 4 - Identifying folktales by applying elements of folktales (Deb)
 * Activity 5 - Exploring two different versions of a folktale (Megan)
 * Activity 6 - Comparing traditional and Hawaiian versions of folktales (Megan)
 * Activity 7 - Developing awareness of technology tools for sharing folktales (Patti)
 * Activity 8 - Reviewing online safety for sharing and collaborating on folktales (Patti)
 * ** The Guiding Resources **

//** For Activity 1 **//
What is culture: Discovery Education Video Encarta Article on Culture Video on Culture A Higher Level Article on Culture A Life Like Mine: How Children Live Around the World - Grade Level Book

Skype Around The World With 80 Schools.
__Skype__ Survey Monkey Wikispaces Voice Thread

//**For Activity 3 **//
African and African-American Folktales (20 min.) [] All about Folktales: Folktales Then And Now (15 min.)[| http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=30D94639-DC50-4830-BE07-24AF1647A1EE] Discovery Educator Resource from MediaShare: “Learn About Folktales” PowerPoint @http://bit.ly/bC753L (Optional Resource) Discovery Educator Resource from MediaShare: Google Earth Virtual Field Trip “Folktales Around the World” @http://bit.ly/csGdZI

//**<span style="background-position: 100% 50%; border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; padding-right: 10px;">For Activity 4 **//
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Bubbl.us account from @http://bubbl.us/ or kidspiration [] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Discovery Educator Resource from MediaShare: “Learn About Folktales” PowerPoint [] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Wikispaces for class wiki: http://www.wikispaces.com/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Blog site for class use: http://edublogs.org/or @http://classblogmeister.com/

//**<span style="background-position: 100% 50%; border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; padding-right: 10px;">For Activity 5 **//
The Three Little Pigs Video on Discovery [] A Folktale Variation: Appalachian Version of Jack and the Beanstalk on Discovery http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=30d94639-dc50-4830-be07-24af1647a1ee

The Prince and the Li Hing Mui <span class="wiki_link_ext">Takayama, Sandi, and Esther Szegedy. //The Prince and the Li Hing Mui//. Honolulu, HI: Bess, 1998. Print.

//**<span style="background-position: 100% 50%; border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; padding-right: 10px;">For Activity 6 **//
The Musubi Man: Hawai‘i’s Gingerberad Man by Sandi Takayama (Hawaiian Version) Takayama, Sandi, and Pat Hall. //The Musubi Man: Hawaiʻi's Gingerbread Man//. Honolulu: Bess, 1996. Print.

The Prince and the Li Hing Mui by Sandi Takayama (Hawaiian version) Takayama, Sandi, and Esther Szegedy. //The Prince and the Li Hing Mui//. Honolulu, HI: Bess, 1998. Print.

Bubbl.us account from [|www.bubbl.us] Example of a Double Bubble Map:[] Blank Double Bubble Map [] Discovery Video: The Princes and the Pea []

//** For Activity 7 **//
Mixbook website [] Mixbook tutorial 1 [] Mixbook tutorial 2 [] Storybird website [|http://storybird.com] Storybird explanation by Lee Kolbert [] Storybird examples [] Paper Slide Show by Dr. Lodge McCammon [] Paper Slide Show example 1 [] Paper Slide Show example 2 [] Voicethread [] Voicethread example 1 [] Voicethread example 2 [] COPPA [|http://coppa.org]

//**<span style="background-position: 100% 50%; border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; padding-right: 10px;">For Activity 8 **//
<span style="background-position: 100% 50%; border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; padding-right: 10px;">Hector's World [] <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; padding-right: 10px;"> Online Safety Week [] <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; padding-right: 10px;"> Netsmartz Kids [] <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; padding-right: 10px;"> Cybersmart Curriculum [|http://cybersmartcurriculum.org/safetysecurity/] <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; padding-right: 10px;"> Privacy Playground [] <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; padding-right: 10px;"> Discovery Streaming Quiz Builder []