5th April, 2011

Present at meeting:

Saskia, Vivian, Caleb and  two Year 10 MYP students.

Today's meeting was fun! We got hold of two students from senior school who were on their was to Mozambique to participate in a global conference. Our aim was to to find out how they could contribute to our research. The students asked them many questions and exchange skype amd email addresses so that they could keep in touch if the need arose. We hope the students will come back with a lot of information.

Caleb took a few minutes to teach his team members about  Glogging and every member is supposed to Glog about one inquiry line each. This would be a fromative assessment where we will analyse how their understanding of the line of inquiry is reflected through this visual poster.

29th March, 2011

Students present:
Saskia, Caleb, Vivian

Today's meeting was very interesting. I can clearly see the progress you have made and it is evident that you have reflected upon your lines of inquiry and come up with great lines which are not statement or questions with simplistic answers. Lines of inquiry should be exciting enough to make you want to know more about a topic.

I have attached a link here http://diigo.com/0gba4 where I have highlighted some research skills. There is a lot of information out there on the world wide web! So you would need to
a) keep the central idea in mind
b) skim and scan
in order to retrieve salient information.


I would also like us make sure we stick to the next weeks plan which is:
a) Every one must blog at least twice this week. Remember we are recording the process of our learning. We best learn from mistakes and what better where than to record the development of your lines of inquiry.
b)Caleb to make a Glogster(for more about Glogster check out my website (place cursor on blank spot) nainiatyourdoorstep.weebly.com) about global warming using facts/ statistics/ data
c) Interview Mr Wilkins and find out more about the snow caps on mount Kilimanjaro, Mt Kenya. Find referrals from him of experts who study ice (Caleb calls them Ice men!)
d)Best part: What action are we going to take that could inform people and also that is sustainable:
walk around school observing how people are using electricity in their classrooms. Creating posters fro the junior and senior school advising them how to reduce their carbon footprints.
Write a letter to the principals of junior and senior school requesting them to turn off the AC's for an hour in the library (morning time)

Hug a tree, Man!