One of my teacher's sent me this link in another class. I thought it was fitting to share it with everyone else. It is a video about using a computer program called " Journey North". Teachers use the program and the Internet to document the migration of the monarch butterfly from Mexico to The US (There are also programs for other migratory animals).
Curriculum also allows a big opportunity for multicultural learning which I noticed many of you were interested in. I really liked the idea in this, of the students sending paper butterflies to others students in Mexico to mimic the butterflies migration.
I added the site to my "Great Ideas" list, so I just wanted to share it with you.
Video was very slow when I first uploaded it, but is smoother the second time through. Hope you find this useful!
http://www.edutopia.org/journey-north
Sounds like an interesting resource. And wouldn't it be interesting for classes in both the U.S. and Mexico to communicate back and forth using Skype for some real time discussion...but lots of other way to connect as well...sharing writing back and forth and so on?
ReplyDeleteThis idea seems really neat. I remember learning about butterflies in elementary school and it's cool to see all the new things you can do with just one topic now that technology is advancing. There is so much more to technology in the classroom than just students having computers and going online, and it's interesting to learn about programs like this.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a great idea!! And as a teacher you could branch off this idea and start with talking about butterflies, then the migration, then doing the journey north...there are several directions you can take. We actually just watch a caterpillar turn into a Monarch butterfly over the summer, kids love it :) Hands-on type learning is amazing!
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