First Adventure!

[Kimberly Flack]

Begin by logging into Second Life (SL). If you start on ISTE island, you'll be closer to the location (hint, hint)

CLUE: Remember the Alamo!
Find yourself next to Davy Crockett's coonskin cap at the Virtual Alamo. Count how many flags flew over Texas located in the Convento Courtyard.

Once you find this location in SL, take a snapshot of yourself and save it to your desktop.

Upload your snapshot to your "My Page" in NING and attach as a file to your discussion post if you like.

Then, head to www.pbs.org and www.pbsteachers.org and search for some resources based on the same topic as the location (sim) you found!

Once you have your snapshot and resources, share these as a response to this discussion. Type in the "Reply to This" box below to share your PBS finds. Please make sure to include your SL avatar name.

IMPORTANT: If you DO NOT wish to receive email copies of these discussion replies - please make sure you click the bottom lower right hand corner of your response box DO NOT FOLLOW.

[Kimberly Flack]

Here is a sample post with the steps I took embedded:

1. After finding the location in Second Life, I took a snapshot of myself and saved to my desktop. I then was able to embed the picture in this response using the "Add an Image" toolbar item on this textbox.

2. Then, I searched for related PBS resources at www.pbsteachers.org and found:

American Experience - Remember the Alamo! http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/alamo/tguide/index.html

This is a fantastic website with video resources as well as teaching ideas. (you can choose to make comments if you like)

3. Make sure you save the resources you find on PBS Teachers Connect as well! (It is important to note that PBS Teachers Connect has a feature like del.ici.ous that allows you to save your resources as you find them.)

[bigd Flanagan]

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/alamo/maps/index.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/alamo/sfeature/sf_poll.html

I teach U.S. and World History in an inclusion setting. The first link is a flash drive map which does a nice job of showing the progression of movement in Texas History. The second link I have included is a poll in which the students determine if they would have moved to the Texas frontier. The more interactive elements you incorporate, the better. Students love to see how their opinion falls in line with their peers.

[Fred Delventhal]

OK I started but didn't get too far before striking up a conversation with someone else who had just joined SL.

Can I post HTML here? Will try it out

[Fred Delventhal]

I didn't really find anything for elementary related to the Alamo or even Bowie or Crockett who died there. So I did a search for a level up to Texas and found two that my teachers might use.

The first is a math lesson and is for problem solving

Vacationing in Texas Grade 4 from Math Can Take You Places

and since we have a great art program Harding Black : An American Treasure The classes have a clay unit coming up and artist studies about the medium.