Planning

We had a chance to share our introductory videos with the Belize students via Youtube right before Spring break. Since then, I've been in contact with our coordinators in Monkey Bay and at the Democracia school in Belize, as well as with Alecia, to plan our collaborative lessons. Scheduling is proving to be a big challenge. We were on Spring break in March, and now Democracia is on Spring Break in April. Democracia also has regular standardized tests that they must perform, which limits their time- so we are working really hard on the collaborative lessons that will begin once they return from Spring break next week. We hope to breifly explore the topic of sound, then develop movies online involving the health topics of managing stress and embracing diversity. Another major topic to follow will be the parts of the eye, light waves, how the eye works, and so on. In May, we hope to explore the topic of our solar system. While planning, we need to keep in mind that Democracia does not have Internet access- access is available through Monkey Bay, so we are working on activities that could be completed offline, then posted or concluded online.