Transportation unit has begun with a visit to Union station, the UP train to Pearson airport and then a meeting with West Jet
Our first transportation padlet is below
https://padlet.com/StSylvester/beyondtheclassroomtransportationday1
Day 2 was a visit to the Island Airport.
Our day included the fascination of taking the tunnel that was built to increase efficiency to the airport.
Working in the porter learing centre on our learning logs (lights out and the runaway outside the window - pretty cool!)
Posing for some pics.
And wondering how our bus got stuck on the island while we were back on the mainland - life is an experience!
Day 2 Padlet is asking you to comment on your learning and analyze. You should also aim to research something further on your point.
https://padlet.com/StSylvester/beyondtheclasstransportationday2
For example, if it was Day 1, I could write
I learned that Pearson has an operating budget of 36 billion. This is the largest Beyond the Classroom operating budget we've heard of this year. Sick Kids had a $790 Million Budget. I decided to research further about Pearson's budget and I found online that Pearson has revenue of over 1.1 billion and expenses of over 1 billion. Their profit is 7 million. I am going to follow up with Andrew at West Jet to get clarification on the operating budget.
Time to start working on our final artifact. Here's an example and template for you to use.
Transportation Inquiry Question template.pdf
Final artifact has been discussed and we demonstrated a program most students have not used before - Glogster.
Here's how to create your own account.
Go to this link http://edu.glogster.com/signup?type=student
enter code 6GE9EC Create a new student registration
Here are the expectations
Final Artifact – you may choose to complete on bristleboard, brochure or glogster. You need to include the following:
1. An initial wonder or research question and explanation of why you chose that question.
2. A minimum of 5 pieces of new learning (and document WHERE you learned this from – website, book, primary source, etc)
3. Analysis on each of your 5 new learning points. WHY did you choose to include these points and what’s interesting about them. Dig deep!
4. Proof of contact with at least one primary source – email, audio record a phone call or skype session (ask permission of the person first)
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5. Visuals – pictures of your topic from the past, present and future (eg. Pearson in the 1900s, pearson now and your view of pearson in the future). We will learn how to find archived pictures – maybe a visit to the Toronto Archives?
6. One newspaper article or news report about your topic (you will need to print the link out)