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1)   GLP Home “I’ve Been There

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(2) South America

(3) Europe

(4) Asia

(5) Africa

ii)    Google Maps

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iii)  Contact information

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My GLP Masterpiece

GLP Proposal

Tim Abbas

Azusa Pacific University

1.     Working Title: Dude, I’ve been there!

2.     Subject: This GLP will be a database creation focusing on reoccurring themes about geography through out the standards.

3.     Type of participants: The main focus of the GLP will be 6^th and 7^th grade students but will be open to anyone that wants to emphasize geography.  My attention is that this GLP will be broad enough for teachers of multiple grades to be able to implement this into their social science curriculum.

4.     Timeframe: indefinite   (My hope is that it can be an ongoing creation)

5.     Rationale: Geography is an area that most students struggle in.  It is also a need in a world that is constantly shrinking.

6.     Synopsis:   Dude, I’ve been there is a GLP that emphasizes on strengthening geography skills while letting students show off where they have been or live.   Students will post pictures of places they have been, locate and mark their place on a Google map, and write about what it was like.   Afterwards students can connect with each other through shared experiences all while strengthening their geography skills.

7.     Learning Outcomes: Students will focus on strengthening geography skills found in reoccurring social studies standards. 

8.     Cross-cultural connections: My hope is that students will be able to share about where they live as well as where they have been.  Students will be able to bond over similarities and celebrate about what makes their homes different.    

9.     Assessment: Students will be graded on their written descriptions, posted picture, and comments on other participants.

10.  Purposed Websites: Google Maps, Wix.com, and a forum such as Nabble

11. Planned Advertisement: I plan on submitting it to iEARN, globalschool.net, or try finding a teacher to connect with through teachers connecting.

12.  Collaboration: Teachers will connect through email while students in the same class and abroad will connect in the forum.   Students will post independently but will interact through commenting on each other’s posts.  It will be left open to teachers on how much commenting will be required and how to use it to fit into their classroom.  I’m envisioning having my students comment on at least three other people’s posts from other classes.  

13.  Activities: Students will post pictures of themselves in certain places around the world, locate their place on a custom goggle map, and describe where they went.  The description will include what the climate was like there, what natural disasters occur there, was it crowded, or whatever else might have stood out to them.

14.  Constraints: The biggest stress I have right now is finding participants.   Will my idea spur participants or will I end up begging a teacher friend to do the GLP to get credit for my project.