Photo by RBSchier. “Coolio.” “Awesome.” That’s what 5th grade students at Roosevelt Elementary said this afternoon just before connecting to Mt. Rusmore, South Dakota for a program on the presidents. None of these students had seen a videoconference before and they were jazzed up and well prepared! We’re connected with six other classes to the [...]
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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…. Students shared essays and sonnets written to their favorite famous love interest in a Three Wishes type celebration of Valentine’s Day today. The two classes from Niles and St. Joseph high schools, had prepared their writing in advance. Students at Niles shared an essay on [...]
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Today we participated in an exciting interview with Dr. Ben Carson, Director of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins. Students read his book, Gifted Hands, and prepared questions based on their reading and scientific study. Six classes were interactive and many others participated via view only and streaming video. The program was coordinated [...]
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Another day of MysteryQuest. 5 classes today from Michigan, Missouri and Ohio. I’m really enjoying the news shows with creative interruptions of “live news”. These classes really make the presentation fun to listen to and take notes on. A follow-up PowerPoint to a creative presentation really helps students take notes on the presentation. Another thing [...]
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This afternoon I have a group of teachers participating in our Math and Science Videoconference Field Trips workshop, or the Virtual Providers Showcase shared with us by the Macomb ISD. Thank you to Arnie Comer for sharing this with us! The first content provider we’re connecting to is Mote Marine in Sarasota, Florida. They have [...]
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Today we’re starting a series of 8 days of MysteryQuest: World Geography. Today’s session features Africa. We have 5 classes connecting from Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey and New York. We had three presentations that featured mainly posters, a news show featuring a kidnapping, and a PowerPoint presentation. Good VC etiquette that I noticed today: Having [...]
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So I got curious today about what type of equipment will be used for the Read Across America connections in March. So I took a break from scheduling programs for my schools and added up the numbers. This is listed by teachers, not buildings. Remember we have 1042 teachers participating in the program. 61% will [...]
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We’re piloting a new program this year with our local World War II, Korea, and Vietnam War Veterans. It’s called Lest We Forget, and is based on a series of videos we made of our local veterans. Students watch the video, read articles and bios, participate in lessons on that particular war, and then prepare [...]
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Here’s an ad I’m sending out on the SBC listserv. But maybe some of you here could help me as well? ***High School Sonnets*** 1. I have two senior classes who have written Shakespearean sonnets. We want a class who would share their sonnets with us for an exchange. We are looking for two classes, [...]
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Many of you reading this blog know that I’ve been coordinating the TWICE Read Across America VC Celebration this year. It’s been busy and crazy! But now, all but three of the 1042 RAA teacher registrations have been emailed their match information, so now it’s back to doing my work and scheduling test calls for [...]
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