Don't Stop Believing
BCE Unity Garden
Fourth Grade and Life Skills Students Join Forces to Create a Beautiful Garden and Courtyard at Barton Creek Elementary!
January 2014
January 2014
January 2014
WHAT IS THE UNITY GARDEN?
This semester at Barton Creek fourth graders and Life Skills students will have an opportunity to work together to create, explore and learn - all while designing a garden in the courtyard! Each student will build and maintain a vegetable, herb and flower garden through the use of technology, hands-on learning and creative thinking.
**All pictures and work created by BCE Students**
The Use of Google Glass
Students wanted to use technology to witness "random acts of kindness;" with Google Glass, the students are able to bring their service-learning work outside the classroom walls. Through the use of Google Glass we have been working to figure out the most creative and innovative ways to share our learnings through Glass. As of now, we are creating videos and voice journals and submitting it to Evernote and Tumblr to share with others.
http://googleglassroom.tumblr.com/
How Many Does it Take to Make a Difference?
The Power of Inclusion and Service-Learning
BCE fourth graders are inspiring and teaching the community about differences and challenges among all children. The students are understanding the meaning of inclusion and how segregation can be harmful to a person's self-esteem. Recently, the class read aloud and discussed the book Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper (http://sharondraper.com/bookdetail.asp?id=35). The book is about an eleven-year-old with a photographic memory and quite possibly, the smartest kid in school. If only she could speak up, if only she could tell people what she thinks and knows, but she can't. She can't talk. She can't walk. She can't write. Students had insightful conversations and a-ha moments regarding the book and I believe it fostered a positive, non-judgemental community within our classroom.
Google Glass:
Real Time Service-Learning Moments
