Here’s a little treat for you. I’ve just added a Printable Content Provider List to our VC Program Database linked on TWICE and Polycom. It pulls directly from the our database, so each time you print it, it’s the most up-to-date information we have at the time. At this moment, it has 219 providers and [...]
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Today Marcellus Elementary is connecting to NASA Langley for their Women in Aviation program. This program ties in learning about famous women pilots, learning about the importance of math and science, and actually creating a kite. Several visuals are used throughout the program, including this picture of a kite one of the presenters made to [...]
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Here’s a really funny story from today. I was doing a test call with a school for Michigan Exchange, and one of the students in the library said, “Is she a robot?” He’d never seen a videoconference before! It’s pretty funny to think what kids expect. It’s the second time I’ve gotten that type of [...]
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Today we had some fun clues. Classroom A, Pennfield Central Elementary, Pennfield, MI, integrated their poetry unit into their MysteryQuest USA presentation. All of our clues are going to rhyme And we’re all going to have a great, great time. Goods are not just imported by train, They are also imported by semi and plane. [...]
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I’ve written before about the importance of educational service agencies providing content for their constituent schools. It doesn’t have to be something that’s as time intensive and complicated as MysteryQuest! It could be as simple as singing to the students! Check out this example from ESC 12 in Texas.
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How do you give a clue about the time zone of your state when it includes the name of your state? By giving a math problem! EST -4; CST – 3, etc. Notice the great background this school created for their clues! Snowshoes and airplanes give clues about the state. Climate clue: Land + midnight [...]
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Today I updated the list of content provider program reviews from my blog (plus a few video clips from 2000) on our Favorite Field Trips page. Just thought you might want to revisit the list if you haven’t been back recently.
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Another MysteryQuest USA session today. We had some rough technology problems at the beginning, but they smoothed out and the kids settled into taking notes. One school presented a news show! I love those. They also included visual clues at the end to make sure everyone got the notes. That’s always important with news shows [...]
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I’m beginning to get into “end of the year” reflection and planning mode. One of the things that’s been simmering in my brain for a while now is why projects failed this year. Yes, I figured you might want to read about what didn’t work, as well as our success stories. Snow Days In February [...]
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Over lunch today I read an article on Overcoming Underachievement in Edutopia. In a nutshell, the study showed that a simple 15 minute writing exercise where minority students wrote about attributes “they value, such as relationships with friends or being good at art” (p.58). This little activity increased the students’ achievement, startling the researchers with [...]
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