Pictures from our secondary Minecraft world

Reflections on Participating in #CraftReconciliation by Vickie Morgado

Vickie and her class were leaders throughout our collaboration this year. Check out her reflections on the project at her blog!

You can also find Vickie on Twitter - @vickiemorgado1

http://globalconnections2014.edublogs.org/2016/06/07/reflections-on-craftreconciliation/

We challenge all teachers, students, classes who participated to share and reflect on the project. You can blog here on this blog, or on your own blog like Vickie did.

Check out Student Work!

Wow.

What a great collaboration. Since February participating classes have;

• joined in 12 Google Hangouts on Air with each other over 4 months
• participated in a Google Hangout on Air with Waubgeshig Rice 
• wrote, read and responded to over 700 posts in our D2L online discussion forum
• created video, images and audio to introduce themselves and share about their communities with each other 
• defended what they felt to be 'the most important' Call to Action from the TRC and compared these with each other 
• challenged each other to learn new lingo and understand what terms like 'unceded' means
• read books along the theme reconciliation and shared reviews online using GoodReads
• worked together in two separate MineCraft worlds to build their collective vision of reconciliation
• Elementary (link to video overview of world coming soon!)
• Secondary (link to video overview of world coming soon!)
• posted an image, video, text or audio reflection in either our closed D2L online discussion or public galleries
• Elementary Gallery
• Secondary Gallery
• posted thought and ideas on twitter using the tag #craftreconciliation 
• created images with sayings to help break down stereotypes and shared these on twitter or our public gallery 
• annotated reading material online using collaborative annotation tools - all around the them of reconciliation 
• created murals combining both Indigenous and non-indigenous artistic styles to show working together 
• designed and build dioramas to show the relationship between Indigenous and non-indigenous in the past, present and future 
• wrote letters 
• wrote news report to be turned into an eBook

One thing for sure can be said about our work together - the students owned this.

Thank you to the participating classes. I invite you all to post reflections and learning here on our blog at anytime. I've learned so much from all of you!

Wikwemikong Board of Education

Wikwemikong High School 

Grade 11 and 12 English - Julie Balen

Grade 10, 11 and 12 English - Caroline Black

Grade 10 Native Studies - Jessica Fellin

Wasse Abin Pontiac School

Grade 5-8 CoCurricular - Sue Griffen and Cathy Harley

Simcoe County District School Board

Orillia Secondary School 

Grade 11 Native Beliefs and Values - Sheena Penfold 

Nantyr Shores Secondary School 

Grade 10 History - Penny Chaiko

Midland Secondary School

Grade 10 History - Leslie Beckley

Grade 9 Geography - Scott Blake 

Twin Lakes Secondary School

Grade 10 History - Barry McCann

Penetanguishene Secondary School

Grade 9 English - Stacy Robitaille

Grade 9 Art and Grade 10 History - Shalleen Riley

Codrington Public School

Grade 7 - Todd Casselman

Upper Grand District School Board

Orangeville District Secondary School

Grade 11 Native Studies - Susie Chamberlain

Chippewas of Rama First Nation

Mnjikaning Kendaaswin Elementary School

Grade 7 - Jeff Cosco

Rainy River District School Board

Mine Centre Elementary School

Grade 6 - 8 - Jessica Sweigard

Peel Catholic District School Board

Grade 3 - Vickie Morgado

York Catholic District School board

Christ the King

Grade 6 - Robert Cannone

Peel District School Board

Grade 5 - Kerri Evershed

Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board 

St. Faustina Elementary School 

Grade 3 and 4 - Sylvia Vanaselja

Our Secondary Gallery

Our Elementary Gallery

An image of our closed, rich online discussion forum.