DigiFlash

Now EVERYONE in section 03 knows how to make digital flashcards and post them to their blog. Tonight, post five more flashcards (see Saturday's blog for details) if you didn't get them done this weekend.

how to create and post digital flashcards

Just click here and watch a presentation on the mechanics of creating and posting digital flashcards.

If you prefer, here is the link: http://screencast.com/t/Mjg1NThhMjEt

There is more information on what to include in your digital flashcards, plus some examples, on Thursday's blog.

ASSIGNMENT:

Sections 01 & 05: post five more flashcards. You may choose from the following:

• Pericles
• Parthenon
• Aspasia
• Battle of Salamis
• Age of Pericles
• Delian League
• War between Athens and Sparta (began in 431 BC)

Section 03: make six flashcards. Choose from the following:

• Important figures such as Cleisthenes, Pheidippides, Themistocles, Darius, and Xerxes.
• Important concepts like aristocracy and democracy.
• Key terms including hoplite and the trireme.
• Key locations like Athens, Sparta, Marathon, and the Persian Empire, as they pertain to the 400s and 500s BC.

here it goes!

digital flashcards

What you see above are some examples of digital flashcards. Most of you have used traditional flashcards - an index card with a subject on one side and a description of the term on the other side. But as with many things digital, we are now able to greatly improve on this concept. We are not limited to words written on paper; we can include pictures, links, and video. In class today we looked at these examples and learned how to make our own flashcards using Google Docs. We also learned how to post these flashcards onto our blogs.

For homework tonight, make 6 more flashcards based on the video Crucible of Civilization:

Important figures such as Cleisthenes, Pheidippides, Themistocles, Darius, and Xerxes.

Important concepts like aristocracy and democracy.

Key terms including hoplite and the trireme.

Key locations like Athens, Sparta, Marathon, and the Persian Empire, as they pertain to the 400s and 500s BC.

Please refer to my flashcards for further guidance.

This assignment only pertains to Sections 01 and 05.

Section 03 will be introduced to digital flashcards tomorrow.

Crucible of Civilization

Today all three sections began watching a great PBS video on the Ancient Greeks. We're going to use this to tie in all of the information YOU provided to your classes when you did your Webquests.

We began in 508 BC: the first time in recorded history that people turned on their rulers and seized power for themselves.

• Important figures (so far) are Cleisthenes, Pheidippides, Themistocles, Darius, and Xerxes.
• Important concepts are aristocracy and, of course, democracy.
• Key terms include hoplites and the trireme.
• Key locations would be Athens, Sparta, Marathon, and the Persian Empire (pictured above).

We left off just as a Persian army rumored at 2,000,000 was bearing down on Athens.

What's next?!

Find out tomorrow in class...

more presentations

Section 03 has nearly finished their webquests. I expect that everyone in every section will have presented by the end of class tomorrow.