China in 2014

This article might tell us what we'll be talking about when we get back from break.

Great article on China's smog

This article provides some great information on how bad the smog issue in China is and what people there are doing about it.

Your metaphor project...

Grades are posted. Have a great vacation everyone.

China lands rover on the Moon

China becomes the third country to land on the moon.

Check out our vines

The first class is done. Head to our twitter feed @rabymodchina to see what we did.

Our next classes

I discovered that I made an error in scheduling the laptops and we have them tomorrow and Tuesday as opposed to Wednesday and Thursday. Because of that, we will be working on the Metaphor project on Monday and Tuesday and then we will make our Vines on Wednesday and Thursday. My apologies for that. See you tomorrow or Tuesday in class.

The start of the journey...

It's 5:20 AM, still Eastern time, and Mrs. Dater and I are about to get on our first flight, the easy one. Just to start all of you off, here's an image of the Beijing Airport. Unfortunately, we won't get to see it at night.

For those of you looking for more help with the trading cards and paper...

the first half of this video from Khan Academy should help you out.

Check out this resource for our next project

We will be using this resource for our next project. Take some time to familiarize yourself with it before you start using it.

If they fought a war over it...

You might as well learn what it is. Click here for more information on opium.

Thanks to those of you who attended Meet the Faculty Night

And now a message from our President... our Kid President.

Meaning of the Chinese flag

Check out this page as well as this page to get idea of what is represented on the Chinese flag. This may help you as you design your own.

More Thinglink resources

Check out this page from Mrs. Doyle, our Technology Integration Specialist, on Thinglink. It will give you a much better idea of what a good Thinglink looks like and what a bad one looks like.

Thinglink

For those of you looking to start experimenting with Thinglink, now you've got the link. I'll be posting more resources later.

Since we were talking about pollution

No, that's not a painting. It's a picture from Taiwan of a polluted river. Click here to learn more. Thanks to Mr. Arenstam for sharing.

Have a good weekend

You've earned it after our first full week of school. Just to update all of you, I'll be posting more resources, especially about our first project, to the website over the weekend as well as sharing the folders on Google Drive that contain all of our notes from class. If you want to check out the website you will be using to create our flags, click here.

A head start for those of you paying attention to the blog

You will be receiving your first project tomorrow. Start thinking about this image...

A way to start learning where all the provinces are

It may be an elementary school game but it's a great way to start learning where the territories in China are. http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/China-puzzle.html

Pronouncing all those places in China

One of our biggest struggles this semester will be making sure that we pronounce the names of places and people correctly. This map will help you out.

What happened to China?

As a preview for our lesson on Wednesday and Thursday, in which we'll be looking at all sorts of maps of China, take a look at this one. What is it trying to tell us?

Welcome Back Everyone!

Thanks to all of my classes for a great first few days back. I'm really looking forward to the adventure we are going to share learning about China. Looking forward to learning about all of you more when I see your artifacts on Monday and Tuesday.