Ubuntu Project Reflections

The two pieces of work below truly reflected on the KIPP experience. Can you tell why these were added to the blog? Win a TQ for adding your comments to the voicethread if you are able.

The Ubuntu Project - Closing Thoughts

Change to H/W  sheet. No Figurative/Sensory Charlotte Doyle writing H/W. That assignment has been cancelled. Therefore no final draft due for this work on Friday either. (we have a music concert to attend)

See a copy of today's winning presentation below.

Everybody was truly a winner today. I am VERY proud of you all. Why would I say that? Comments welcome...

Greatest Leader in history on Prezi

The Ubuntu Project - Session 3

Just to reiterate...
The only  change to the H/W sheet this week was the flipping of days for the two vocabulary tests. Everything else on the H/W is the same.

The Ubuntu Project - Persausive Arguments

Team leaders - You can download and print out this file t ohelp organize the timeline for your persuasive arguments.

Ubuntu Project - Session 2

Congratulations on turning in your State Reports on time. I am very proud of all of you. I know you are relived to have it over. Think of  about the journey through the research process. You have now learned the skills to be successful on any other research project in the future!

See a summary of  Session 2 in the video below.



 

H/W - Due  Thur

• Finish Charlotte Doyle Vocabulary -  Ch 3-5. (Do not read any of the story)
• Work on your portion of the Ubuntu Project
• Start practicing your lines for your BBC theatre scripts

Ububtu Project - Better Sharing Tool

Wow,

I've come across an incredibly simple online sharing tool for you guys to use to share your brainstorms and notes for the next sessions. You can still use Google docs. to store you finished pieces. This requires no sign ups, no passwords just one simple link. It is like a sticky note board for ideas. Groups would just need to copy their URL link into an address bar to get to their specific corkboard.  You would all then use this same link at anytime to get back to the corkboard. This 1 min video expalins how it works. The links below are set for for each of the 12 teams. I think this is FAR easier than google docs for online collaboration, especially during the brainstorming stage.




Team 1 http://corkboard.me/w2fOfq9MZP

Team 2 http://corkboard.me/R97qHea75X

Team 3 http://corkboard.me/xISlwYSaQ7

Team 4 http://corkboard.me/Rc1fQ1pAtm

Team 5 http://corkboard.me/mOLMuW3tOY

Team 6 http://corkboard.me/YajwaBWn7Z

Team 7 http://corkboard.me/R1zeAIemy6

Team 8 http://corkboard.me/S9pI8aexs0

Team 9 http://corkboard.me/iBvaVCQvIV

Team 10 http://corkboard.me/wbSBqnMv0m

Team 11 http://corkboard.me/IRoBA3uaxw

Team 12 http://corkboard.me/hRG7AWxmk0


Ignore what it says about limited support in the Explorer browser, it works fine. You can post images by copying the URL (web address of the image)in a sticky note). Try it out and let me know what you think.

Ubuntu Project - Research Person

This is the feedback  I received from KIPP teachers. 5 out of 6 teams are on the same page. One team  has work to do !!!

Teams


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1.Team D.E.K.A. Princess Diane (theme:All great leaders give back) Mr. and Mrs Bill Gates, Extreme Make Over, Home Edition, ?????, ????

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2.Team Lions Adolf Hitler (theme: Leaders all start with potential but can abuse their power and be evil -twist The worst leaders) Voldermort from Harry Potter, Darth Vadar from Star Wars, ????, ????

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3. Team The Scarificers (relates to team theme) Mother Teresa's Mother (theme:Always a mother behind every great leader) President Obama's mother, Animal mothers, mothers in history, some of team's own mothers)


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4. Team Bursting Stars MLK Jr (theme: optimistic attitude) Demonstrated by : Rosa Parks, People with Diabeties, Hurricane Katrina/Saints NFL team, Abbey's Dad (not giving up when her dad lost his job)


CONFUSION - Team name is Team Determination but they thought they were looking at The Tinman...they do agree on the Role Model part though...
5. (Team no Name yet!) The Penguin (theme: The Role model) Sea Turtles, Parents, Yourself, ???

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6. Team C.U.P.P. Ruby Bridges (theme: Inspired first step) Baby's Firt Step, Women voting, Neil Armstrong, Edmond hilliary

The Ubuntu Project - Session 1

Enjoy highlights below. Please comment on what you learning experiences you gained from the session today, (both students at KIPP and at LATIN).






Use the info. below to access the google doc. accounts for collaboartion. Remember- Everything you write is recorded and teachers from both schools are online each evening checking all the accounts and your interactions. Use polite persuasive ideas to when communicating. Remember KIPP students will be online live Thursday wit hthe ir teachers from 5:45pm- approx. 6:45pm. It is purely optional for you to be online at that time.

The Ubuntu Project - Letters from KIPP

I received the first reply to your letters from KIPP over the weekend. Others to follow.

Dear Breck Stenson and Cady Hammer


My name is Joy Washington and I'm a 5th grader at KIPP charlotte. I'm glad that I'm working with you. The biggest goal at KIPP is to prepare us for college, I found out that is your big goal to.

One of your questions was what big projects do you have this year? Well, so far we will have two projects in history class, one is a slave diary we will make. The second one is we are going to act out the civil war. The amount of home work that we have is about two assignments in each block. Since we have four blocks that's eight assignments altogether. We stay in school from 7:30am to 5pm. When school is over I am VERY tired, but it's worth it because I get the education I need.

I have a few questions for you and they are, what colleges do you want to end up in? What are your activities at school like? What do you do each day to get better? I hope to see you soon!!!

From, Your friend Joy Washington at KIPP

Tomorrow, we will work on 'Conclusion' and refining your ideas for the Ubuntu Project. This is the last week with no H/W sheet. Have you balanced your workload other the course of this project effectively so as to comfortably meet Friday's deadline?

Ubuntu Project - Research Person

How can you personify your ideas in order to come up with a creative choice for your leader?

Ubuntu Project - Examples of Creativity

The Ubuntu Project

By Thursday, bring in your choice for the greatest leader in history.

Rmember the different levels of thinking...

1) The Obvious

2) The Unlikely

3) The Abstract

Who will you nominate?

The Ubuntu Project - Research

Use this link to investigate and learn about  KIPP school.

http://www.kippcharlotte.org/

 Find:

• Five things our schools have in common
• Five things the students have in common
• Prepare three questions that you would like your group leaders to ask when they meet up with the KIPP students.

If you want to understand the true value of an excellent education for those who don't take it for granted, follow this link and watch the video.

http://www.kippcharlotte.org/aboutus.htm

This video below gives a little history about the organization



H/W is due for Tuesday