Piedmont School District Team Contact Information
Robin Ludmer, Teacher/Librarian rludmer@piedmont.k12.ca.us
Stephanie Griffin, Technology Coordinator sgriffin@piedmont.k12.ca.us
Heidi Sawicki, Fourth Grade Teacher, hsawicki@piedmont.k12.ca.us
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Treasure Hunt Activity Results
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Content:
Hand drawn map
Written in Spanish
Compass Rose
San Fernando Valley
Orchard
Lake
Mountains are one natural border
River is another natural border
Scale of one league
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Citation
Title:
[Diseño del Rancho San José de Buenos Ayres : Calif.]
Creator/Contributor:
United States. District Court (California : Southern District). Land case. 305
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000;
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Context:
Missions have collapsed
Mexico is in charge
Land is divided up and owned by ranch owners
Mexican culture blossoms
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Connections:
A map
Carries an importance of Ranch owners wealth
Another Power change from land being in hands of Native Californians to the hands of the Ranch owners
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Communication
If it's drawn, you own it
It's a business drawing, not a geographical drawing
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Conclusions:
Helps to clarify how land was divided
Used natural features as boundaries
Gives a look into the introduction of private property, capitalism, switch from land being in the hands of others and into the ranchos hands.
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Cross Team Sharing - using Calisphere resources
These are some ideas to get you thinking about the informal sharing with other Calisphere teams.
Use this wiki space to jot down notes for each team member.
Use the questions as a guideline and be prepared to BRIEFLY share your answers to one or two questions ONLY (time limit of 3 minutes)
- What did you explore or experiment with?
A: images provided at last session 1 mission image with people
B: Cesar Chavez images of real farmworkers to supplement book w pretty illustratons
- How did it work?
Student engagement at all levels
made it real, made it concrete
- What is something cool you found on your own?
images of commeratorative stamps for a classroom project
images I took from an aquarium
- What were the challenges you encountered?
finding what you need on Calisphere
syncing with multiple folders, managing media
- What is something you still want to do?
ranchos- making it real since it is so abstract, using music
visual literacy interjected into curriculum more
having kids use calisphere, the ipods, share ipod with others
- What advice do you have for others...
more practice/instruction for media management
team stuff is key! It works
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District Team Sharing - This is our Game Plan!
- Topics we will cover when we share with others
- Who is your intended/desired audience - grade level. school, district--present at an elementary staff meeting, put information on district wiki in curriculum section, share at district tech meetings, make ipods available to check out at library, purchase second set of cables and charger to facilitate checkout, share ideas in a district tech newsletter
- Strategies to work together = Whole team presents at staff meeting and district tech meeting
- Possible Challenges-- time
- When do you want this to happen-- spring
- Action Items for this team-- re meetings: contact principal and assistant superintendent
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