Presentations in the order set at the planning meeting. 
 
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Tyghter 
 
Sterling, Daniel and Jordan - How can one person help to conserve wood? Time: 2:19:20 
Jennifer, Lauren and Melissa - How can one person help to preserve water? Time: 1:38:12 
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Himmel 
Driving Question How can on person make a difference? 
Essential Question How can one person make a difference in the environment? 
 
Projects: 
Title of presenting groups and names of students.  
1. How can conserving water make a difference? (Tamia Mobley, Maria Ospina, Pedro Castillo, Brian Gonzalez)  
2. How can carpooling make a difference in the environment? ( Sebastian Alvarez, Pamela Estupinan, Nicole Malanga) 
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Ibanez 
Driving questions: Women who have made a difference socially, politically and economically in the 20 century. 
 
Projects: 
1- Amanda Diaz, Vania Villegas, Tete Garcia, Jazmin Perez  
Title: Women who made a difference between 1900-1919 
2 - Gabi Colon, Tesha Espinoza, Michelle Marino, Maritza Rey 
Title: Women who made a difference between 1990-1999 
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Luter 
Our essential question is: 
What piece of non-fiction has had the greatest effect on society to date. 
 
1. Presenters: Santiago Marin, Alex Sanchez, Peter Reidy---Project title: Green Eggs and Ham is the Most influential piece of 20th century literature 
2. Presenters: Gabriella Llave, Samantha Casanova, Daniela Concha-Alecchi---Project Title: Romeo and Juliet is the most influential piece of literature ever written 
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Thomas 
Driving Question: How can one person make a difference? 
Essential Question: What can we do to positively impact the lives of others? 
 
Projects: 
1. Homeless - Elissa Andujar, Mona Azaiza, Claribel Laureano, Susette Jean Louis 
 
2. Flight for Life - Adam Murray, Demarco Haynes, Spencer Change, Xzavior Head, Christian Carrasco, Q Floyd 
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Reynolds 
Driving Question How can one person make a difference? 
Essential Question How can one person make a difference to protect Earth's valuable resources? 
 
Projects: 
1. Protecting the Atmosphere: Rebecca, Reggie and Ashley (length ~ 3:40)  
2. Conserving Energy: By Ariana and Dominick (length ~ 1:40) 
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Lostumbo 
Essential Question: How can one person make a difference? (through reading) 
 
Driving Question: What aspects of a novel make it controversial and necessary for young adolescence to read? 
∑ How can we determine that a novel is truly great? 
∑ What criteria makes a novel a “must-read”? 
∑ Are all popular novels considered great works of fiction? 
 
Project: 
1. A CHILD CALLED IT Captain: Amanda Diaz, Gabi Colon, Alex Villeria 
2. Alice in Wonderland Myriam Otermin, Brandon O'Keefe, Solymar Quesada, Michelle Marino 
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Posted by: Steve W. Mosher

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Monday 5/12 Students start to wrap up projects. Steve NOT on site. 
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Tuesday 5/13 Steve on site. 8:45 AM meeting planning celebration in the back of the media center (everybody please be present). Support students with final details of their projects. 
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Wednesday 5/14 Student projects COMPLETED. Steve NOT on site.  
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Thursday 5/15 Teachers collect student projects and review content. Steve NOT on site. 
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Friday 5/16 Teachers prepare iWeb and upload projects. Steve NOT on site. 
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Monday 5/19 Steve and Susannah on site. Steve provides iWeb help. Steve videos students and teachers about the GLIDES process. Teacher selected projects to be presented at the celebration are collected by Steve (this is an absolute deadline in order to prepare the presentation for the dress rehearsal and celebration). 
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Tuesday 5/20 Steve and Susannah on site. Dress rehearsal. Steve and Susannah help with any last minute issues. 
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Wednesday 5/21 Steve and Susannah on site. Celebration!!! 
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Posted by: Steve W. Mosher

Also attached is the daily log Tyghter and I created for the students to use during the "Gather" phase to make sure that every day they are focused and keeping record of what they get accomplished. 
 
Reynolds 

Posted by: Deanne W. Reynolds
Podcast: GLIDES tasks log.doc

All, 
Steve wanted me to post the rubric I am using to keep track of their progress/grades. Feel free to use if you would like. 
 
Reynolds 

Posted by: Deanne W. Reynolds
Podcast: GLIDES grades.xls

Some of you wanted to share other GLIDES projects with your parents to assure them that learning is taking place. Here is the district site with all the GLIDES projects: 
 
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/it/eett/students.htm 
 

Posted by: Steve W. Mosher

Here is a podcast series on how to publish your iWeb site. I'll work with each of you until we get things up and running. 
 
http://blogs.browardschools.com/glides/tteacher/Site/HowToPublish/HowToPublish.html 

Posted by: Steve W. Mosher

Copyright Free content can be found at the following sites (please add others if you know of them):  
 
Video:  
http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Video.shtml (case sensitive - capital T & V)  
http://www.unitedstreaming.com (teacher must log student in)  
 
Photos:  
http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Graphics.shtml (case sensitive - capital T & G)  
 
Music:  
http://www.freeplaymusic.com  

Posted by: Steve W. Mosher

Here is the schedule for tomorrow, 4/15/08. It is the same schedule that I have been using for Tuesdays. 
 
For periods 2, 3 and 5, I split the times between the classes. If you have adjustments to the changes I made, please let me know. 
 
Jennifer Lostumbo: 2nd period (10:37-11:10) Rm416  
Sarah Luter: 2nd period (11:10-11:45) Rm411  
Deanne Reynolds: 3rd period (11:49-12:15) Rm207  
Danielle Thomas: 3rd period (12:15-12:37) Rm253  
Angine Tyghter: 4th period (1:50-2:30) Rm435  
Amy Ibanez: 5th period (2:34-3:00) Rm415  
Cheryl Himmel: 5th period (3:00-3:22) Rm108  
 
I'll be in the media center from 9:00 to 10:30 if anyone wants to stop by. 

Posted by: Steve W. Mosher

Timeline Check: 
 
First, I'd like to say that everybody is doing a really good job. I think we are well on our way to a successful GLIDES celebration on May 21. 
 
Second, I just want to remind everyone of a few milestones to keep an eye on: 
 
>The research phase should be wrapped up in the next week or so, April 24 at the latest. 
>Then it's on to the build phase which should be completed by May 14. (your students will want to continue working after this date, but please hold firm) 
>This will leave one week to collect, review, and upload projects in preparation for the dress rehearsal on May 20 and the celebration on the 22nd. 
>Remember to assess the students on each of these milestones. 
 
This timeline is very doable. Rest assured that Susannah and I will be there to help you with any issues. 

Posted by: Steve W. Mosher

Based on various emails and communications, I've come up with the following tentative schedule for Wed, 4/9: 
 
8:50 planning with Lustumbo & Ibanez (media center) all others are invited. 
10: 37 Lostumbo & Luter (room 329) intro to iMovie (this class missed out on 3/27) 
11:49 Reynolds & Thomas (room 329) 
1:30 Tyghter (rm 435) 
2:35 Himmel (rm 108) 
3:22 Himmel (planning) (rm 108) 
 
Please let me know if I have made any mistakes or if we need to make any adjustments.  
 
Thanks,  
Susannah 

Posted by: Susannah G. Moran

Team 8D will be on field trip on Tuesday, April 8th, and Friday, April 18th. 

Posted by: Sarah A. Luter

Thursday: 
 
I hope I'm reading the schedule for Thursday correctly. If so, this is what I have for Thursday: 
 
9:45 – 10:33: Per 5: Cheryl & Amy : Media 
10:57 – 11:45: Per 6: Open: 
11:49- 12:37: Per 3: Danielle & Deanna: Media 
1:20 – 2:10: Per 4: Angine: Media 
 
Unfortunately, I don't get to have time with Sarah's & Jennifer's classes.  
 
If anyone wants me to do something in the "open" slot, just let me know. 
 
Also, since we are combining classes, can someone please make sure that we are signed up to use the media center. 
 
Finally, Please let me know if we are meeting after students are released, or if you have other obligations. 
 
Friday: 
 
We discussed using this as a planning/training day. I know some people have expressed interest in learning more skills in iMovie. In addition, here are some suggested topics. Please let me know which ones you are interested in for Friday. 
 
* planning and assessing project based learning 
* Garage Band 
* podcasting overview 
* iWeb  
* uploading to the broward web server 
* comic life 
 
Or if there is anything else you would like me to do, please let me know. 
 
Thank you, 
Susannah 

Posted by: Susannah G. Moran

I spoke to LaCava an he said you now have your external hard drives. The problem is that they may still have content on them from the last teacher. If give them to LaCave this week, he will archive the projects for the last teacher and clean the drives up for you. He said they will be available the week after spring break. 
 
Also, some of you were experiencing slow performance on your teacher laptop (a constant spinning beach ball). I gave LaCava a couple of ideas on what might be causing it. Talk to him about resolving the problem. 

Posted by: Steve W. Mosher

Hi everyone - tomorrow is the first of my visits scheduled every Tuesday from now until the end of the project. I just want to check in to see if there is anything I can help with. I can work with your students if you wish, covering any aspect of the project. 
 
I'd also like to deliver the GLIDES timeline in poster size. It is covered in a laminate that you can use "dry erase" markers on. It should be a helpful aid in keeping your students on track. 
 
So here is the schedule (as posted on the blog) that I'll follow every Tuesday. We can see how it goes tomorrow and if there are any adjustments, just let me know. 
 
Jennifer Lostumbo: 2nd period (10:37-11:45) Rm416 
Sarah Luter: 2nd period (10:37-11:45) Rm411 
Deanne Reynolds: 3rd period (11:49-12:37) Rm207 
Danielle Thomas: 3rd period (11:49-12:37) Rm253  
Angine Tyghter: 4th period (1:50-2:30) Rm435 
Amy Ibanez: 5th period (2:34-3:22) Rm415 
Cheryl Himmel: 5th period (2:34-3:22) Rm108 
 
When I'm not in your rooms, you should be able to find me in the Media Center. 

Posted by: Steve W. Mosher

The following is the proposed schedule of days that Susannah will be at Glades. Please check your calendars and let us know if there are any major conflicts. Thanks 
 
Lead: Susannah Moran 
1.    3/27 
2.    3/28 
3.    4/9 
4.    4/11 
5.    5/5 
6.    5/6 
7.    5/7 
8.    5/19 
9.    5/20 
10. Presentation Date: 5/21 

Posted by: Steve W. Mosher