This morning Brandywine High School connected to the for their program on Gerald Ford MuseumThe Pardon of Richard Nixon. (It’s free!) The preparation materials includes primary source documents and information for the students to read to prepare for the videoconference. Students are divided into 5 groups for the program and each group focuses on a [...]
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This morning a third grade class from E. P. Clarke Elementary connected to the for their Intrepid Sea.Air.Space MuseumGeography program. The museum is actually an aircraft crarrier and the presentation comes from inside the ship. The program started with an overview of how the aircraft carrier happens and an introduction to geography. Then students start [...]
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Today we have another MysteryQuest International session. The class from Canada had a very creative presentation. They presented from a tour bus including driver, running commentary on the site, and Q&A about the country. Creative presentations are harder to take notes on, but they are much more fun to listen to! In yesterday's session the [...]
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This afternoon we have 6 classes from around the US participating in MysteryQuest USA. This program is very popular and usually fills up within a day or two of setting dates. It is always a delight to have a class from Alaska participating. And so I’m sharing here my favorite clue from their presentation! This [...]
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Today we have a very special event, a MysteryQuest International session with 3 countries represented (Canada, the US and Pakistan). I was a bit concerned about the various accents represented in the session, but with PowerPoints and visual clues and time to repeat the clues, everyone was able to get the clues written down. We [...]
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Today 5 classes from around Michigan, including a class from Upton Middle School, St. Joseph, are interviewing Gary D. Schmidt, author of Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. Students have many carefully thought out questions that they prepared using the ASK process. Here is a sampling of their questions. Why is it important for the [...]
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This afternoon I had a conversation with a local media specialist regarding a teacher’s expectations for a videoconference with the zoo. I realizd that many teachers have unrealistic expectations for what they will see when they connect to the zoo. Their ideas are based on their own visits of the zoo – walking around and [...]
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Today & tomorrow three middle school classes from Bridgman Middle School are connecting to the Bronx Zoo for their Awesome Adaptations program. The science classes have been studying adaptations and this program fits nicely into the curriculum. In the session, students are learning about various types of adaptations and related scientific names such as plantigrade, [...]
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Today Village Adventist Elementary School is doing my all time favorite videoconference: Magnificent Manatees from the Columbus Zoo. I love this program because of all the hands-on activities students do during the videoconference. The class measures a paper cutout of the manatee (mailed ahead of time to the class) to help them understand the full [...]
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Note: This event happened April 4. I waited to post it, hoping I’d get some pictures from the class. Here it is without the pictures. Snow. Snow. Everywhere. White snow covered trees. This afternoon a group of students from Niles Adventist School are connected to Kiglauit Adventures participating in the Mushing Alaska program. We almost [...]
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