Andrea+Gambino+&+Russell+Smith

Question for us as researchers:

How can the use of VoiceThread & TPack strategies enrich student's global awareness of culture in Central Africa (specifically Chad, Cameroon, Congo, and Rwanda)?

[|**http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107403.html**]
 * __Internet Resources for CHAD:__**

[|**http://traveldocs.com/td/index.htm**]

[|**http://www.zambian.com/africa/html/chad-africa.html**]

[|**http://www.tchad.org/research/culture.html**]

[|**http://www.everyculture.com/Bo-Co/Chad.html**]

[|**http://www.culturecrossing.net/basics_business_student.php?id=41**]

YouTube: Everyday Faces of Africa--Natural Beauty []

YouTube: Channel 4 News--Chad Fighting continues [] (posted 2/4/08)

YouTube--CBS Video News: War In Chad [] (posted 2/4/08)

YouTube: Chad--A French War? (part 1) [] (posted 9/15/09) YouTube: Chad--A French War? (part 2) [] (posted 9/15/09)

YouTube: Chad--Rebel Attacks resume [] (posted 9/21/09) _


 * __Internet Resources for CAMEROON:__**

Culture of Cameroon []

Cameroon: History, Geography, Government, and Culture--Infoplease.com []

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Cameroon, West Africa--Culture, Art, & Traditions []

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YouTube: NKANG-TSUM Africa Cultural Dance []

YouTube: Cameroon Culture--Welcome to CPC Bali []

YouTube: A Year in Cameroon []


 * __Internet Resources for CONGO:__**

[|**http://www.traveldocs.com/cg/culture.htm**]

Infoplease.com: []

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Video: Children of Congo--From War to Witches []

YouTube: Congo River Medicine Project []

YouTube: Congo River (Beyond Darkness) [] (in French)

YouTube: Congo: The Broken Heart of Africa, part 1 [] (violent?)


 * __Internet Resources for RWANDA:__**


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Infoplease.com-- []

Culture of Rwanda []

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Tutsi, Hutu, and Hima: Cultural Background in Rwanda []

YouTube--Rwanda: Batwa pygmies--dances, culture, music, part 2 []

YouTube: East Africa August 2007 []

YouTube: Kigali, Rwanda May 30-June 7 []

This project will enrich the learning of students by causing them to generate an interactive application of their prior knowledge, research, and opinions on their respective area of study.

Process of ILP:

Students will explore social issues that are currently happening in Central Africa. They will be responsible for research which will be guided by the teacher to help gain a knowledge base about what's going on through exploration of their textbook, online learning research, multimedia videos & music.

3 Week Process: Week 1: Begin studying Central Africa (show snippet videos each day to get kids thinking about the four areas in Central Africa they have to choose from) Week 2: Break into groups and begin studying and collecting research (end of the week introduce voicethread) submit storyboard (teacher will review and provide feedback), students will revise storyboard Week 3: Continue group work, create voicethread, publish & share with peers

Usage of new literacies:

-multimedia videos about Central Africa global issues (news reports, interviews, etc.)

-class blogsite (lvoicethread), agenda/checklist, daily progress check/participation...individual student is responsible for posting daily work explaining their specific job activities which they engaged in)

Trailfire (linked on class blogsite serving as a jumping off point for guided research on global issues)

End product:

Students will work in small groups with specific jobs research recorder (responsible for citations), script writer/storyboard generator (compiles groups ideas for generating script for PSA video on global issue), tech guru (responsible for being the tech expert and for compiling video using VoiceThread).

-Russell & Andrea