Double Bubble Your "History" Trouble!

 

This was an extremely exciting collaboration among our team (Cori, Jennifer, and Kesha)  and I am passionately pleased with the outcome.  Enjoy! :-)

 

The Final Project:  Double Bubble Your "History" Trouble:  http://youtu.be/d765TJ55lW4

 

The Script: 

The double bubble thinking map is a visual pattern based on fundamental thinking. When this visual pattern is used in the social studies curriculum area, it develops processing tools for life long learning. Current research supports the belief that our ability to learn visually is greater than any of our other senses.

The double bubble map represents the visual process of comparing and contrasting. Use a double bubble map to compare and contrast two or more things like historical people, cultures, events, and time periods. In your classroom, your students can compare and contrast an infinite number of subjects.

Implementing the double bubble map is easy to do when following these steps.

  1.  Distribute a copy of the double bubble map or have students to draw it on their own.

2. Tell students what they are to be comparing and contrasting

3.  Have students identify the similarities or things that in common.

4.  Students should then place those similarities in the bubbles that connect to both of  the subjects.

5.  Identify the differences and place them in the bubbles connecting to the appropriate subject.

6.  You can have students share their finding or even write a summary.

 

Good Luck implementing the double bubble in your history classroom.

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Double Bubble Your History Trouble created by

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Week 5 Web Conference (December 16, 2012)

Based on this conference, I was so enlightened to know that I could review the conferences that I missed and write the summary for a grade (yes!)  My job is an hour from my house and any web conferences that were scheduled before 7pm were next to impossible to attend so this is super exciting to know.  This conference confirmed that there wasn’t anything additional due in Week 4 because my team and I were quite ahead.  It was also confirmed that we would submit our assignments for week 4 to Week 5.  There was a student that admitted to “reading too much into an assignment” and I am extremely guilty of that same disease; which is why I’m so relieved that we have a team for this particular project.  I have a tendency to look past what is being asked of me and create something longer, harder, and more stressful than the actual assignment.  (i.e., like working a math problem LOL!)  This week we were able to see our final project complete and it was amazing! I can’t wait to see the responses of our peers on my blog! 

Week 3 Web Conference (Dec 10th) Happy 39th Birthday to me!

My intentions were to log in today but my family surprised me after we had previously celebrated my birthday the weekend prior, so I couldn't chat with my team this evening--no worries. J  After reading the posts later, it was confirmed that my team and I previously selected a great way to communicate and chat as mentioned on the conference (through Google as well.)   My team and I also chose to Skype via computer (and via cell phone if necessary) which works really well with the type of schedule we all have.  This posted chat was short but it confirmed for me that we actually needed to post 3 summaries as opposed to 2 and that is what I was going to ask my IA.  I really appreciate that way we can go back and review what was discussed because it saves so many unanswered questions that we don’t have to bother our IA about.  I’m hoping that in the future we can work on our sound bites.  I recognized that I was not the only one that could not hear anyone towards the end---but since the chat was literally over, I didn’t bother mentioning it. (which was fine since I was not the only one that experienced that issue)

Week 1 Web Conference (November 19, 2012)

Although I didn’t log into this week conference, my reflection on the notes posted gave me a huge feeling of fear and anxiety of the unknown regarding the first week because the instructor was unable to log back into the session and the people were all selecting teams within groups regarding the first assignment (which I had a ton of questions but was unable to log in).  There were a few students with questions regarding TK20 that I resolved on my own by calling TK20 customer service. Only time will tell if they were unable to actually assist.  There was a brief discussion of why this course appeared twice on the home page because the other course may have been for a LAB portion of the course.  I was already a bit overwhelmed with not knowing exactly what to expect but after having read some of the posts where some students were comfortable with each other and some new students greeted everyone and didn’t really have much to contribute, I was a ok.  It was obvious that there were some technical difficulties with sound because only a couple of people could hear anything.  Once the class realized that the instructor could not come back, they exchanged email addresses for the first assignment and logged off.  I am excited about participating in future conferences with the class now that I have addressed my questions with my IA and he addressed most of my questions and reassured me that I was on the right track.