Congratulations class - you followed the correct link!I know this is the first class you have ever taken that has been called 'Leadership and Communication' so I completely understand if you are a little perplexed and perhaps curious about what you are going to be doing every Friday in Room 23...
If you hadn't already guessed, a big focus of this class is going to be computers and the internet. But you are going to be using this technology actively - you are not going to be passive readers: you will be
creating internet content and
communicating with people all over the world. Alongside this will be lots of
teamwork and many
class discussions - this is a small class and we need each of you to
participate 100%.
Before we re-group as a class, here is a brief overview for each of you to think about...
What are we doing this term?
As a class, we will select one issue that affects our community (‘community’ could be Taihape Area School, Taihape, Rangitikei, New Zealand…) The most important thing is that the issue is something you feel affects your life personally.
You will work together to create an action plan to do something about this issue. You will research this issue (search engines, interviews, emails, wikis, podcasts, libraries...) and then do something about it...
You will record your personal work on your own blog and as a class we will create and contribute to a class wiki. You will also need to do your own networking to get other people around the world to contribute to this.
Seems like a huge task! - What are we going to do today?
Learning Intentions for Today:
- I will consider our 'class goal' for the term and how this relates to me
- I will learn how to create a blog
- I will learn how to write a post in my blog
- I will participate in class discussions and use the internet to research possible issues that our class will focus on this term.
Success Criteria for Today:
- I can create my own blog and write a post for it
- I can consider our 'class goal' for the term and how this relates to me
- I can participate in class discussions and I can use the internet to research possible issues that our class will focus on this term.
