Project Title: The Way We Are Glogs (Online Posters)
Submitted by: Dawn Krueger, USA
Partner: Edyta Piatek, Poland
Project Type: collaborative
Student Ages: 12-14
Description: This short project fell within the third
email exchange for the larger ePals The Way We Are project. To see the project overview for The Way We
Are project visit: http://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivID=TheWayWeAre_overview.
This third email exchange deals with the environment that the students live in. Students shared information about the village of Mishicot such as size, jobs, shoppes, schools, recreational activities, etc. The students also described neighboring
cities in regards to size, events, and location. We mentioned Lake Michigan and other geographic landforms near Mishicot. Size of school and location from house, main method of transportation, design and architecture of buildings in Mishicot and like/dislike living in Mishicot which is a rural community compared to a larger city like Radom Poland.
Each student created a Glog which is a creative, online poster. The Glogs are private and
monitored by me. Students were excited to use technology and share their glogs with their ePal in Poland. My students received Glogs from their ePals in Poland and were very excited. Pictures were shared showing architecture, school, fashion, themselves, friends, and events
that are popular in the area.
Objectives:
Students will be able to identify geographic landforms and nearby sites.
Students will be able to accurately describe Mishicot Wisconsin including types of
transportation, weather, businesses, activities and neighboring cities.
Students will be able to compare and contrast life in a rural community (Mishicot, Wisconsin) to life in a larger city (Radom Poland).
Students will create a Glog (an online creative poster) and will exchange Glogs with
their ePals.
Key Project Element(s):
Culminating Activity:
Examples of my students’ Glogs and Glogs from their ePals in Poland http://www.mishicot.k12.wi.us/faculty/dkrueger/poland.cfm
