Newsletter: Connecting Students and Curriculum
Conexiones Students will create a newsletter describing topics from their advanced Geography class and Spanish class.  The newsletter will be published on the web and disbursed on paper.  Students will integrate various forms of technology (scanners, digital camera and video, web page programs, Microsoft Publisher).  The students involved are in the gifted program and some are high achieving students in lower levels. The students will share their newsletter with the Spanish classes and there will be assignments from this sharing.  There is also hope of sharing information with other school districts and having a part of the newsletter be interactive on the internet.
What I'll learn: I want to look at the motivation that sparks these students to go to the next level.  The students involved are high achievers and I want to integrate more critical thinking in the classes.  I hope to see more creativity and an expansion on Spanish vocabulary through a natural writing process.  Finally, I would like to see the students make connections in their classes and note how they all permit interaction.
Kind of learners: The learners are seventh and eight grade students.  The eight grade students are involved in the gifted program and the seventh graders are also gifted but not involved in classes in the program.
Access to those learners: I teach all of these learners and see them daily.