I just finished posting the pictures from Read Across America 2005 to the TWICE website. They are sure fun to see! Notice all the ways that vc rooms are set up around the country and all the creative ways students presented to their partner classes. Check them out and enjoy!
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Just finished up another successful session of Planning Interactive Curriculum Connections. You may be interested in all the new projects created by participants in the final week of the class. You are also invited to join the next class, August 1-26, 2005. You’ll have a wonderful experience connecting and learning with other participants from all [...]
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Today Hollywood Elementary connected to four children in Guatemala. Students on both side shared what they like to do, their age and grade level, and their favorite activities. One student at Hollywood showed his pet guinea pig, Squeaks, which caused many giggles on both sides of the connection! After taking turns introducing themselves, kids at [...]
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One of the premier worldwide events for K12 Videoconferencing is Megaconference Jr. Today’s event was exceptional! The presentations from students around the world were informative, interesting and creative. Student facilitated multipoint videoconferencing was a great learning experience for all involved! Participating in Megaconference Jr. is a great way to learn good VC etiquette, both by [...]
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This morning I’m so excited about the possibilities now that some of our districts are “going mobile” with their Polycoms. Up until April we were using V.35 to connect fixed distance learning rooms at the high schools in our two counties. Now that we have new IP infrastructure installed here at the ISD, we’re converting [...]
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Another set of ASK programs today. These sessions are hosted by Muskegon ISD, coordinated by Diane Zoellmer. Today we had two fourth grade classes from E. P. Clarke Elementary, St. Joseph participate in two sessions with Author Janie Panagopolous, focusing on the book Traders in Time. Tomorrow Three Oaks is focusing on the book Train [...]
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I’m sitting in our distance learning room with the 5th and 6th grade class from Trinity Luthern just across the street from our ISD. They are busily working on a hypothesis for the chattering teeth sent by COSI Columbus for the Gadget Works program. It’s these kids first videoconference and they are awed by the [...]
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Today we had three sessions of ASK videoconferences with local experts in homelessness and domestic violence. Macomb ISD has pioneered the ASK process, and Jim Wenzloff and Arnie Comer have helped us get our own ASK programs going here in the Berrien County. ASK: Monkey Island This was our second year of talking with a [...]
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