ETEC+Brainstorming

We can use this space to brainstorm ideas for TELE Project! : )

One idea that I had for our TELE was inspired by the JASON Project ([|www.jason.org]) that my school participates in each year. It is an integrated science curriculum for grades 5-12, so it would be relevant to a wide audience. This year's theme is monster storms, focusing on Hurricane Katrina and the effects on the environment. There are print and digital components to the program including digital labs where students manipulate factors to create many different results. Students learn a lot from these labs as the possibilities are endless and they are actively making decisions and taking control of their learning, a big theme in my research for the Framing Issues assignment. Perhaps we can design some type of a large scale digital lab where students can test theories and post them to a data base, comparing results from around the world and combine it with web or podcasts that are broadcast to participating classrooms.

Dissapearing Rainforests Hydrothermal Vents Space Colonization ?????

I also like the idea of designing a software program.

What are some topics that you study in the high school level that would be appropriate for this project?

Am I completely off base? : P Meg

Global Warming - I like this idea as it is very relevent to what is popular in media and society today. There are many websites associated with global warming ([|www.climatechange.gc.ca]; [|www.davidsuzuki.org/**Climate**_**Change**]**;** [|www.cbc.ca/news/background/**climatechange**]**;** [|www.epa.gov/**climatechange**]; and with the popularity of videos like [|An Inconvenient Truth] and [|Who Killed the Electric Car] there is a wealth of information to draw from. Creating a video response or report (mini-documentary) would be a good way to communicate the learning.