I created a world today: Imagine 42.
I started with a tree for the air and shade they provide and added a hummingbird and butterfly for their small but important work in plant pollination and beauty. I added a polar bear, hoping they survive.
Then I added science tubes, the brain, math concepts, computers, satellites for learning, research, and sharing. I added pencils and art, including sculpture and painting. The snail snuck in to do its part in the ecosystem. I added play [ play pail ] for a healthy balance, and food [ olives, banana, tea ] for nourishment.
I bounced back to the brain and books for more learning, including “search.” I added architecture of the city and the past [ building and stonehenge ] so we progress in our civilization and remember the past. A labyrinth, puzzle piece, and question mark provide problems to solve, and a group of chairs shows I like to work with others to solve those problems.
Over to the right is justice, holding truth in balance so that we always fight for the underdog, for what is right for the human race and its fellow creatures.
Finally, I added the world in its blue glory, our home in the universe. When analyzed, the World Analyzer confirmed that I am a planet-protecting, problem-solving, culture vulture.
Do you see in my world below how the World Analyzer concluded this? Does it match my choices and reasons as I described above? Mrs Julie Reuter suggested this activity here, and I loved it. How about you? What would you include in your world, and why? How do you think the analyzer would describe you?
Challenge:
- Go to Inspiring Learning: My World
- Read the directions. You can resize, move forward/back in foreground, move sideways, and remove.
- Click on “Create My World.”
- Choose from the images those things that represent your personality, attitude, dreams, goals, hopes, beliefs.
- Be thinking how each item represents you.
- Click on Finalize or Analyze.
- Download the image [ I also took a screenshot].
- Copy the URL and save it.
- Write a post that explains Your World, as I did above.
- Insert your world image.
- Choose #teach2blog category.
- Include tags: #teach2blog, About, My World
- Title it: #teach2blog About Me World [Your Name]
- Publish
- Find other students and look for those in common and those different:
- Read at least six other student About Me World posts
- Comment on three other student blog on this topic
- Write a blog post comparing and contrasting your worlds with those students’ worlds; include links to their posts
- Include a statement about what you discovered — a conclusion about your worlds
- Go back again and comment with a link to your comparison
Enjoy learning about other students in the world — and their “worlds!”
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CCSS
Create My World
Speaking and Listening
8.5 Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest. (8)
Language
678.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. (6 7 8)
6.3 3 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
a. Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/ listener interest, and style.*
b. Maintain consistency in style and tone.* (6)
7.3 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
a. Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.*
Writing
8.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
a. Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what
is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
b. Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
c. Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
e. Establish and maintain a formal style.
f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
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