Tuesday, November 3, 2009
History of Sparta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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History of Sparta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- However, the nearby archaeological sites of Amyclae and Therapne (Therapnae) before circa 1000 BCE appear to be more important than Sparta; the former is a Minoan ruin a few miles to the south of Sparta, the latter likely the Achaean capital of Laconia and the seat of Menelaus, called the king of Sparta in the annals of the Trojan War, who was Agamemnon's younger brother according to Greek mythology and literature.
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Tomorrow is the day - Milepost 1
Tomorrow is the day for having milepost 1 - the map, your time in Knossos and in Mycenae ready to show to people. It does not have to be perfect, all polished and refined. But you need to show some writing and that you have been there. Some ideas to help you get going.
First what are some things you do when you travel somewhere?
See the sites, attend some sort of event like a sporting event, a festival.
Tour some landmarks - museum, ruins, prominent buildings or places
Try the food - restaurants
So then go to Google and look up Minoan or Mycenaean food, sports, art, architecture, military, trade, and so on. The sites you get should also have photos, drawings, maps, besides the description. So go with it, use it.
Don't make this harder than it is. Just pretend you are touring ancient Greece and do the things a tourist would do. Then write about it in your journal and post the pictures you would take. That simple.
First what are some things you do when you travel somewhere?
See the sites, attend some sort of event like a sporting event, a festival.
Tour some landmarks - museum, ruins, prominent buildings or places
Try the food - restaurants
So then go to Google and look up Minoan or Mycenaean food, sports, art, architecture, military, trade, and so on. The sites you get should also have photos, drawings, maps, besides the description. So go with it, use it.
Don't make this harder than it is. Just pretend you are touring ancient Greece and do the things a tourist would do. Then write about it in your journal and post the pictures you would take. That simple.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
One way of looking at it
I don't know if the diagram will come through but here goes. It is a way of looking at your research for the travel journal to Ancient Greece. Every hotel in the tourist areas has a concierge in the lobby who tells you the places to go, places to see, restaurants to eat at. Why? Because you are new in town and you don't know but the concierge does. They will even make reservations for you. Anyway, they can give you ideas on what to do. Wikipedia and your textbook can do the same thing - give you ideas of what you would want to see in that town.
Here is the diagram:
HOTEL CONCIERGE
(TEXTBOOK,
WIKIPEDIA)
RESTAURANTS MUSEUMS LANDMARKS ACTIVITIES
Food homes castles, ruins sports
Library
Write your journal entry(ies)
There should be arrow from the Concierge to the activities and places in the middle and from the middle to the journal entry level below. Clearly, shapes like arrows do not come over to the blog from Word. I hope this helps.
Here is the diagram:
HOTEL CONCIERGE
(TEXTBOOK,
WIKIPEDIA)
RESTAURANTS MUSEUMS LANDMARKS ACTIVITIES
Food homes castles, ruins sports
Library
Write your journal entry(ies)
There should be arrow from the Concierge to the activities and places in the middle and from the middle to the journal entry level below. Clearly, shapes like arrows do not come over to the blog from Word. I hope this helps.
A Gentle Reminder
Hello, all.
Wednesday the 28th, Day 2 of AIMS re-takes. I don't know if we will have access to the Library or not. And it doesn't look like there is a lab available so getting access to a computer may be somewhat problematic. I know the timing is not good considering that Part I is due Friday. If absolutely necessary, do your Journal entry as a Word document and import it to your Wikispace when you get the chance.
If there were any time when I wish my classes had computers in the room all the time for your exclusive use, this is it. Especially when you consider that 3 of the previous computer labs are now full time classrooms. That means that there is only one mobile lab and two room labs for the entire school of 3000 students and nearly 200 teachers. And this is supposed to be a tech magnet school? To make the problem even more acute, the equipment we do have is unreliable to say the least. How I ask can students do the work when they don't know from one day to the next if they will even be able to log on? Don't even mention the server crashes which bring the whole system down for everyone. Propositions 401 and 402 are supposed to pay for new computers and an upgraded network, if they get approved. We'll see.
In the meantime, we are supposed to be doing 21st century learning with 20th century equipment. On that note, I must go
Take care.
Wednesday the 28th, Day 2 of AIMS re-takes. I don't know if we will have access to the Library or not. And it doesn't look like there is a lab available so getting access to a computer may be somewhat problematic. I know the timing is not good considering that Part I is due Friday. If absolutely necessary, do your Journal entry as a Word document and import it to your Wikispace when you get the chance.
If there were any time when I wish my classes had computers in the room all the time for your exclusive use, this is it. Especially when you consider that 3 of the previous computer labs are now full time classrooms. That means that there is only one mobile lab and two room labs for the entire school of 3000 students and nearly 200 teachers. And this is supposed to be a tech magnet school? To make the problem even more acute, the equipment we do have is unreliable to say the least. How I ask can students do the work when they don't know from one day to the next if they will even be able to log on? Don't even mention the server crashes which bring the whole system down for everyone. Propositions 401 and 402 are supposed to pay for new computers and an upgraded network, if they get approved. We'll see.
In the meantime, we are supposed to be doing 21st century learning with 20th century equipment. On that note, I must go
Take care.
New things, same problems
If you look at the bottom of the page, you can see the upcoming events have been added. I have still not been able to figure out how to move or show the most recent lecture notes. It would seem I will have to upload them to an intermediate site and then import them into the blog. I wish there were another way but there isn't. Simply copying and pasting does not work. Something about the codes. Anyway, things are moving along. 6th period got their wikis started. I am hoping that 1st and 3rd can do the same on Thursday. It seems that everyday I see another feature I can add. And it may take some trial and error but it gets in there. There is no telling where this thing could end up.
Remember Part I of your Travel Journal is due Friday 30 October for discussion and commentary. Do it on your wikis, if you can. I am aiming for this to be a completely paperless project, done online, submitted online, graded online. Wouldn't that be something? If you or anyone else had told me we would be doing this in October, I would have said they were dreaming. The most astounding part of this is how easy it is. So stay tuned.
Remember Part I of your Travel Journal is due Friday 30 October for discussion and commentary. Do it on your wikis, if you can. I am aiming for this to be a completely paperless project, done online, submitted online, graded online. Wouldn't that be something? If you or anyone else had told me we would be doing this in October, I would have said they were dreaming. The most astounding part of this is how easy it is. So stay tuned.
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