Thursday, September 27, 2012

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Spanish American War Newscast

Spanish-American War Investigation: Colebrook Undercover We are going undercover to resolve one of the biggest mysteries in U.S. history. Together we are launching an investigation to figure out why the United States invaded Cuba in 1898. Using the information gathered from our detective work we then, as a class, create a video newscast displaying our findings and conclusions. 1. Analyze the documents and evidence 2. Make your hypothesis as to why the United States invaded Spain? 3. Create a storyboard and script for newscast: Colebrook Undercover 4. Collect Pictures, Documents, Video clips that could go into our newscast 5. Record and edit the newscast 6. Reflect and Post Video for the World to See!
Colebrook students analyze primary source documents, represent and source differing sides, and present all perspectives of historical events!

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Create Your own Governments!

Students in World History were put to the test and made tough decisions about the type of government they would create.

Monday, September 3, 2012

Jing Used to Create Parent Schoology Tutorial

Schoology is an online learning management system that is being instituted this year at Colebrook.  Tutorials were created using Jing to show parents how to create their own accounts.  These accounts allow them to view their child's grades, attendance, and assignments.  Here is the letter that was written to parents about Schoology.  Below are the Jing tutorials.