I know most of you reading this blog are also involved in Read Around the Planet. Wow, this project has grown this year!! I think we’re all feeling the growing pains. I thought you might be interested in some of the stats on the project. People who made it happen Read Around the Planet would [...]
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Today is the last session of MysteryQuest World Geography of 2007. No more MysteryQuests until MysteryQuest USA in April (still room to sign up if you want!) Today’s MysteryQuest treat is having Grafton Elementary, Ontario, participate in our session on Europe. It did my heart good to see the huge Canadian flag in their introduction. [...]
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Today we have a special videoconference on the book and movie The Ultimate Gift, organized and sponsored by Polycom. Students from California, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Texas interviewed the author, Jim Stovall; the screen writer Cheryl McKay; and the lead actor, Drew Fuller. Macomb ISD provided the bridging and facilitation. Thank you for Jim Wenzloff, [...]
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Here’s a neat visual from today’s MysteryQuest Western Hemisphere. Troy Intermediate, from Avon Lake, OH, used this creative background to reveal their correct answer at the end. Here’s how their background looked during their presentation: And here’s how the background looked after they revealed their answer. Another great example of sharing information visually in a [...]
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Did you miss Marci Powell and Jan Zanetis’s webinar on February 21? I did because I was running a MysteryQuest. Well the archive has been posted online and now you can still watch it. Here’s the full blurb about the webinar. Beyond Virtual Field Trips: Extending Video Communication in the Classroom This presentation will be [...]
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Just received this tip from Bob Dixon via several listservs. CBS did a story on virtual field trips that is nice and concise and features several content providers we’re familiar with. Great student quotes too. The clip also features Jody Kennedy, who has written several articles about videoconferencing. These are the ones I know of. [...]
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This morning Coloma Jr. High, Marcellus Middle School, New Buffalo High School, River Valley High School, Ross Beatty High School, and St. Joseph High School participated in an interview with Congressman Fred Upton. Students had prepared questions ahead of time. The discussion covered a myriad of topics including stem cell research, global warming, illegal immigration [...]
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Today we have a special treat for MysteryQuest Western Hemisphere. We have a class from Nicaragua participating! We are also using the Polycom RSS in a unique way. My local school’s system went on the fritz this week. We don’t know why it quit working and the problem seems to be network related. MysteryQuests are [...]
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If you’re not signed up for Megaconference Jr., then you should try to watch the streaming today as much as possible. This event is amazing and if you don’t know about it, check it out quick before the end of the day!
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Today’s MysteryQuest: Western Hemisphere has two classes from Michigan, one from Missouri, and one from Alaska. Unfortunately we had trouble with the Alaska connection at the beginning, so we brought their class in via speakerphone. Sometimes you go with whatever method you can use to get the students to participate. Another unique thing about today’s [...]
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