E.+Team+Meetings

__September 1, 2009__ We met as a team to discuss our project. We discussed the new curriculum for each of our subject areas. __September 8, 2009__ We all met during 7th period to complete our collaboration proposal. __September 10, 2009__ English classes/learning support classes were in the library to review use of Destiny Quest. __September 16, 2009__ We met to discuss the pre-test and post-test for library knowledge __September 23, 2009__ We met to discuss the Western Hemisphere Project. We decided how to incorporate math, geography, special education, and English with this library project. We also set due dates for the project components. __September 28, 2009__ We met with Lisa about our collaborative project. We discussed using a wiki to record our progress, making reflections, creating projects, and gathering examples of student work. __September 28, 2009__ English/learning support classes met in the library for a lesson on plagiarism. Students also completed the library pre-test. __September 29, 2009__ English/learning support classes met in the library to learn how to use Noodletools for the Western Hemisphere Project. __September 30, 2009__ Geography classes met in the library to complete the Western Hemisphere Project. __October 1, 2009__ Geography classes met in the library to complete the Western Hemisphere Project. __October 2, 2009​__ Geography classes met in the library to complete the Western Hemisphere Project. __October 8, 2009​__ Teresa sent the library survey results (via email) for us to review. __October 14 & 15, 2009__ Math classes worked in class to gather population data for their regions. They then created bar graphs for the data. __October 16, 2009__ Western Hemisphere Project due date __October 20, 2009__ We met to discuss the biography storytelling project and also to discuss the wiki page for our collaboration project. We decided how to organize information on the wiki page. __November 2, 2009​__ English/learning support classes were given biography project instructions from the librarians. __November 3, 2009__ English/learning support classes met in the library to find books for the biography/storytelling project. Students used Destiny Quest to find books of interest. We decided to have them return in a month to look up current information for their projects. __November 20, 2009__ We met to make changes for the Africa project. We decided to include Power Library with the Middle East Project and then include picture citations with the Africa Project. These changes were made to stay on track with the new library curriculum. __December 2, 2009__ English/learning support classes met in the library to complete additional research for the biography project. __December 11, 2009__ Learning support classes met in the library for Power Library instruction. We also met to finalize details about the Middle East Project. We decided to have the students create a circle graph of the official languages for the Middle East Project in math class. __December 14, 2009__ English classes met in the library for Power Library instruction. We did an activity on researching holidays in Middle East countries to practice skills learned. We also discussed adding Power Library citations to the Holocaust Project. __December 15, 2009__ Geography classes met in the library for the Middle East Project. __January 4, 2010__ We met to discuss progress with the wiki page. __January 5, 2010__ We met to discuss progress with the wiki page and to combine documents for our upcoming meeting. __January 11, 2010__ Peer Collaboration meeting with Lisa at 7:20 __January 19, 2010__ English/learning support classes met in the library to learn how to find and cite images to use for projects. __January 20 & 21, 2010__ Geography classes met in the library for the Africa Project. __January 25 & 26, 2010​__ Math classes worked in class on the math portion of the Africa Project. __January 22-27, 2010__ Geography classes had wireless labs so students could complete the Africa Project. __January 28, 2010__ All parts of the Africa Project were due (English/learning support, geography, and math). __February 23, 2010​__ We met to discuss a new storytelling poem project to update our original Holocaust Project. Teresa showed us the new program and we discussed requirements for the new project. __February 24, 2010__ We continued our discussion about the new project over email. __March 2 & 3, 2010__ Geography classes met in the library for a short project. __March 4, 2010__ We met to discuss the research involved with the new Holocaust Project. __March 9, 2010__ We met to plan our schedule (library dates, etc.) for the Holocaust Project. __March 10, 2010__ We decided to extend our time for the Holocaust Project by signing out wireless labs for the middle of May. __March 23, 2010__ We finalized scheduling plans for the Holocaust Project (over email). __March 30, 2010__ We spoke about the success Team 4 had with their Holocaust Project. __April 8, 2010__ We met to discuss timing of teaching the Holocaust Unit in classes. __April 9, 2010__ We discussed additional ideas for our Holocaust Units (over email). __April 20, 2010__ We met to discuss the math portion of the Holocaust Project. __May 10, 2010__ Geography classes in the library for lessons on bias/propaganda and Photo Story __May 11-14, 2010__ English/learning support classes in library (with wireless lab) to complete the Photo Story for the Holocaust Project __May 21, 2010__ Holocaust Project Due Date __June 1-7__ Math classes complete math portion of the Holocaust Project