Thursday, November 14, 2013

Remixed Canvas

For my remixed canvas I chose a canvas on a unit plan of French traveling. This original unit plan is based on the student's skill of the French language to travel through France and produce a French brochure.  I used this idea of the French culture to produce a unit plan on the earth's weather and climate system pertaining specifically to the climate of France. This unit would normally be applied to the student's current climate so that they could follow the weather as they see it.  However, this unit broadens the student's knowledge of the earth's entire climate system.
As I remixed the canvas I noticed how most of the original content was erased.  I thought this was odd since it took away from the idea of remixing a canvas.  It was more like creating an entire new canvas.  It would have been more beneficial if the content was transferred to the new canvas.  If anything, the major templates, like the main idea of the canvas, the photo gallery, and the video, should have been carried over.  You can find my remixed canvas here.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Unit Plan Canvas


This unit explains how and why earthquakes happen by following the path of earthquakes along plate tectonic boundaries. It explains that plate tectonics are moving and are a cause of earthquakes, tsunamis, and the formation of mountain ranges and oceans.  Creating a map of earthquakes presents evidence of plate tectonic motion.
An introduction to this unit is found on my canvas (URL below).  The canvas was made through playground canvases and includes images and videos that will help illustrate the main idea of the unit.  The canvas also includes additional resources that are helpful in creating a map of current, active earthquakes, and in understanding the concepts of plate tectonics.  


http://www.play.annenberginnovationlab.org/play2.0/challenge.php?idChallenge=2514&mode=view#network6