July 21 • Day 10

Today in History
This Day in History
1873 At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
1902 Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York
1925 Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100.
2007 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was published, selling 15 million copies in the first 24 hours
2011 NASA’s Space Shuttle program ended with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135

 

Yesterday in Chicago
 
Tech Tips – Pentagonal Tech Tips – Cosmic Cloud
 Storify  Storify

 

Today in Chicago
Today in History
  World of Wonder

  • For TeamAha – STEMraderie
  • For TeamWow – 4x+y=Awesome!
  Readings
  Backward Design Activity 
  Share Cosmos Book 
  iVideo Work Time 
  Thank You Pictures
 Lunch
Tech Tips

  • For TeamAha – STEMraderie
  • For TeamWow – 4x+y=Awesome!
Introduce ImagineIT Phase II
 Conference/Worktime
Deep Play Group
Photo Project 
Reflection Time
Video to End the Day

 

Homework
Complete the following readings and be prepared to discuss in class on Wednesday
Come to class ready to share the experience of understanding something that transformed your thinking (could be in or out of school)
 On Your WebsiteThings you have done so far (add these to your website)

  • Shoot & Tweet (Day 1)
  • Quickfire: Video Story Problem (Day 2)
  • Cosmos Slides (Days 2 and 4)
  • Quickfire: Where does it STEM from? (Day 4)
  • IDEAS photo assignment (Day 4)
  • Creation Station Portrait Mask (Day 5)
  • Quickfire: Meme (Day 5)
  • Ultimate STEM (once complete)

And of course, World of Wonder & Tech Tips

July 20 • Day 9

Today in History
This Day in History
1919 Sir Edmund Hillary, a beekeeper from New Zealand was born. He later became the first man to climb the Mt. Everest along with Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay
1920 American author Cormic McCarthy is born.
1969 Neil Armstrong walks on the moon.
1973 Bruce Lee dies at age 32
1976 Viking 1 lands on Mars

 

 

Friday in Chicago
Tech Tips – Jammin’ Teachers

  • Marianna – CamScanner
  • Kevin – Learning to accept and love Google & Minions game
 Tech Tips – C5

  • Kyle – Google Forms
 Storify  Storify

 

Today in Chicago
Today in History
  World of Wonder

  • For TeamAha – Cosmic Cloud
  • For TeamWow – Pentagonal

 Team Aha

Reading discussion

Quickfire — Nursery Rhyme

 Team Wow

Quickfire — Nursery Rhyme

Reading discussion
advice, advise, crown, easter, grand, hat, king, lord, magic, master, mister, raster, tale, wand, wizard, wong icon Introduction to Adviser Groups 

  • Introduction and Protocol
  • ImagineIT
  • Figure out Deep Play Groups
  • i-Video Worktime
 Lunch
Tech Tips

  • For TeamAha – Cosmic Cloud
  • For TeamWow – Pentagonal
Worktime / Maker Play Flip

Maker Play
Reflection Time
Video to End the Day

 

Homework
Complete the following readings and be prepared to discuss in class on Tuesday
Come to class ready to share the experience of understanding something that transformed your thinking (could be in or out of school)
 On Your WebsiteThings you have done so far (add these to your website)

  • Shoot & Tweet (Day 1)
  • Quickfire: Video Story Problem (Day 2)
  • Cosmos Slides (Days 2 and 4)
  • Quickfire: Where does it STEM from? (Day 4)
  • IDEAS photo assignment (Day 4)
  • Creation Station Portrait Mask (Day 5)
  • Quickfire: Meme (Day 5)
  • Ultimate STEM (once complete)

And of course, World of Wonder & Tech Tips

July 17 • Day 8

Today in History
This Day in History
1912 Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer, passed away (b. 1854)
1920 Happy birthday to American physicist Gordon Gould, inventor of the laser!
1955 Disneyland opened today
1975 The Apollo–Soyuz Test Project successfully linked up an Apollo and a Soyuz into each other in orbit
1989 The B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber flew for the first time

 

 

Yesterday in Chicago
Tech Tips – Heike Crabs & BLT w/ Cheese & Mayo

  • Juven – Prezi
  • Karoline – Element 4D
  • Chris – Google Doc Add-Ons: Gradebook and Flubaroo
  • Bessie – Windows Surface Apps Management
 Tech Tips – BLISK15 & Parkour Monkeys
 Storify  Storify

 

Today in Chicago
Today in History
  World of Wonder

  • For TeamAha – C5
  • For TeamWow – Jammin’ Teachers
 Readings & Discussion
 Conference/Worktime
cosmos Cosmos eBookSlides
Ultimate STEM: The Top 5
Image result for macgyver MacGyver Challenge
camera, image, photo, photography, video icon iVideo — Introduction
Cross-ShareTech Tips

  • For TeamAha – C5
  • For TeamWow – Jammin’ Teachers

World of Wonder
Reflection Time
Video to End the Day

 

Homework
Complete the following readings and be prepared to discuss in class on MondayStories of Aesthetic Understanding:  Come to class ready to share the experience of understanding something that transformed your thinking (could be in or out of school)
 On Your WebsiteThings you have done so far (add these to your website)

  • Shoot & Tweet (Day 1)
  • Quickfire: Video Story Problem (Day 2)
  • Cosmos Slides (Days 2 and 4)
  • Quickfire: Where does it STEM from? (Day 4)
  • IDEAS photo assignment (Day 4)
  • Creation Station Portrait Mask (Day 5)
  • Quickfire: Meme (Day 5)
  • Ultimate STEM (once complete)

And of course, World of Wonder & Tech Tips