'A Week in the Life...'
A Flat Classroom®Project for students of age 8-10
Application information. For inquiries please use [email protected]
'A Week in the Life...' New Teacher Guide
NEWS!! APPLICATIONS for the September-December 2013 'A Week in the Life...' Project will be open until September 15.
Inquiries: [email protected]
Application information. For inquiries please use [email protected]
'A Week in the Life...' New Teacher Guide
NEWS!! APPLICATIONS for the September-December 2013 'A Week in the Life...' Project will be open until September 15.
Inquiries: [email protected]
TWO projects will be run each year.
Here are basic outlines for each of the two projects.
AWL 01 - March-June
AWL 02 - September-December
PROJECT DETAILS
'A Week in the Life...' is a Flat Classroom® Project for Elementary School students of approximately ages 8-10. The curriculum focus is Interdisciplinary, how we live, how we communicate, cultural understanding and awareness. The aim of the project is to join Elementary School classrooms globally with a view to exploring what life is like in each country through discussion, sharing and collecting multimedia to create final products together.
Essential Questions Which Will Be Answered:
Students in mixed global classroom teams will:
1. Do some research on a week in the life of children in their school around these topics:
3. Upload their multimedia to the project wiki.
4. View all the group projects and compare and contrast the results.
Tools used:
AWL Educators Blog - Review the experience of being in the 'A Week in the Life...' Project through participant blog posts.
Past and current projects:
Here are basic outlines for each of the two projects.
AWL 01 - March-June
- Application Deadline: February 15
- Online Teacher Information Meeting: before March 1
- Classroom and Student Handshake: March 1-15
- Team Formation and Project Discussions:March 15-April 15
- Multimedia Collection and Sharing: April 15-30
- Media Collation and Product Development: May 1-15
- Celebration, Summits and Reflections: May 15-June 1
AWL 02 - September-December
- Application Deadline: September 1
- Online Teacher Information Meeting: before September 15
- Classroom and Student Handshake: September 15-30
- Team Formation and Project Discussions: October 1-30
- Multimedia Collection and Sharing: November 1-15
- Media Collation and Product Development:November 15-30
- Celebration, Summits and Reflections: November 30-December 15
PROJECT DETAILS
'A Week in the Life...' is a Flat Classroom® Project for Elementary School students of approximately ages 8-10. The curriculum focus is Interdisciplinary, how we live, how we communicate, cultural understanding and awareness. The aim of the project is to join Elementary School classrooms globally with a view to exploring what life is like in each country through discussion, sharing and collecting multimedia to create final products together.
Essential Questions Which Will Be Answered:
- What are the similarities and differences among children around the world?
- How can we connect with each other through our commonalities?
- How does your geography where you live impact your topic?
Students in mixed global classroom teams will:
1. Do some research on a week in the life of children in their school around these topics:
- School time
- Languages & Clothing
- Housing & Transportation
- Leisure time
- Food & Celebrations
- Environment
3. Upload their multimedia to the project wiki.
4. View all the group projects and compare and contrast the results.
Tools used:
- Edmodo
- Wikispaces
- Voicethread
- Other multimedia online tools for sharing and creating artifacts
AWL Educators Blog - Review the experience of being in the 'A Week in the Life...' Project through participant blog posts.
Past and current projects:
