Thanks for getting a jump start on the web evaluations, Melissa. I will be sure to post as soon as I start this portion.
I just wanted to let the group know that my wife is having surgery in Detroit June 1, so I will be out of town for a few days. With that in mind, I am going to try and work ahead a week. I have created a folder in Google Documents and have sent you all invitations. This is for a group assignment due in Mod 4. If anyone could look at the first part of that assignment and let me know what you might like to do, I will get it started for us. We have to come up with an assignment for our project that will demonstrate cultural understanding.
One idea might be to compare gardens from different parts of the world -- i.e., we grow tomatoes and sweet corn in our home garden. What does a home garden look like in London or Madrid? What time of year does gardening take place? How big are the gardens?
Let me know if you have other ideas. I hate to rush the deadline on this one, but if I can get it started for us this week, it won't be a burden to any of you while I'm gone next week.
Thanks for your help in advance.
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I have found information about the cultural significance of gardens in other countries but was hoping to use these to make my digital story. For example, in India there is a national rock garden made completely of recycled materials. At the website, www.thegardenspot.com, there is a listing of the 13 most amazing gardens of the world. The gardens are spectacular really. I planned to include in my movie a narration about the cultural significance of gardens in these other countries. Gardens are a very significant part of Japanese culture as well as Italian culture though it is for completely different purposes and the gardens look completely different too.
ReplyDeleteI really do like the seed exchange project for ePals. Last semester we chose to use different gardening zones within our own country because this afforded students the opportunity to communicate with specific schools (who had established gardens and wanted to collaborate/do seed exchanges). I think this promotes global awareness because most elementary students have no idea what life is like in other parts of the country. Within our own country, there is also no language barrier to overcome. Perhaps there is some other way to address this? I think it would be interesting to find out what gardens are like abroad but how would we find other classes to communicate with?
I know there are many rooftop gardens in New York City because of children's books I have read and this interested me because I know they are a different approach. I was not able to find any way to communicate with students who participate in a school project that involves one though and their weather zone is very similar to ours. I would also like to learn more about the water gardens you mentioned. I was hoping I would come across one in another country so I could touch on each type of garden in the concept map.
I love the seed exchange idea for this assignment. I think it takes into account some very good points, including the language barrier. It will probably also be easier to touch base with other classes in our own country. I think this idea has a lot of merit and I am willing to move forward with it if you think it's something we can use for the Mod 4 assignment
ReplyDeleteI found some pictures and descriptions of some very cool rooftop gardens since I last posted. Perhaps this is a type of garden we can add to the concept map. Turns out rooftop gardens are done in many countries other than the U.S. too. I also found a gardener who does vertical gardens. Basically, plants are grown up the faces of buildings. It is very unique and artistic in a way. It really is amazing how much information is available about gardens. There is a garden called Hidden Lake Gardens in Michigan that caught my interest for a minute though I have no idea how we might use it.
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