Miss Novasack and Mrs. Bruscato’s third grade class worked with Mrs. Monroe in the computer lab to participate in an online collaborative project called, “On the Same Day in March”. The springboard for this project was the children’s book written by Marilyn Singer with the same title, “On the Same Day in March.” This book took the students on a tour to 17 different locations around the world to examine the weather “on the same day in March”. Participating classrooms from around the world observed their weather “on the same day in March,” which also happened to be St. Patrick’s Day. Each class recorded the information and posted the information, as well as any culminating projects, on this website: http://onthesamedayinmarch.wikispaces.com/. From this experience, the students were able to support their learning about geography, map skills and weather. They were also able to seamlessly integrate technology into these activities. The best part was skyping with a 4th grade class from Regina, Saskatchawan, Canada whom also participated in the online project. You can check out our class contributions at: http://onthesamedayinmarch.wikispaces.com/Galloway+Twp%2C+NJ+USA.
On the Same Day in March
Mar 22nd, 2010 by monroek
