To celebrate Veterans Day today, we have 4 sessions with panels of our World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Students from MI and TX are interviewing our local veterans. Here are some of the questions students asked today:
Where did you sleep when you were in active duty?
Have you ever been back to where you fought?
What [...]
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Today we have a panel of Vietnam veterans answering students’ questions. Students prepared using the ASK process. They read the book, The Wall, then journaled and wrote questions, then picked their best questions.
Last week we had high school students for the Lest We Forget program. The veterans commented this morning that middle school students haven’t [...]
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Today’s the first day of Read Around the Planet. I had 9 RAP connections and didn’t get to see any of them! They did all work, except for one that will be rescheduled due to circumstances at the partner schol.
I’ve been monitoring/watching our ASK programs with author Eric Walters on his book Trapped in Ice. [...]
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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 one or more of his books, and prepared questions based on their reading and scientific study. Some students prepared questions on the new movie Gifted Hands. The program was coordinated and sponsored [...]
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Today we’re trying out a new author for an ASK program on her book When Donkeys Fly. We have a variety of 1st-3rd grade classes from Macomb and Berrien areas participating. Ginger Hodge lives in South Carolina, and we found a site for her to videoconference from at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Here’s [...]
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Today we had a very special treat: an interview with Tuskegee Airman, Alexander Jefferson, and author of Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free. This program was made possible because of coordination by Gail Desler, hosting by Wayne RESA, and bridging and facilitation by Berrien RESA. Thanks Gail, for sharing this opportunity with us!
Here is a [...]
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Yesterday we began this little journey of examining results from a little survey I did last May. Review the previous post for more information on the survey.
Today, let’s look at the companion question:
Please identify three to five negative things about using videoconferencing in your classroom.
What words jump out at you this time? TIME! What ways [...]
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Last May (2008), I asked twenty of my teachers who used VC most often to complete a little survey. This is the beginning of sharing the results. Each teacher had used videoconferencing at least 6 times in the school year, and the teacher using it the most had done 12 videoconferences in the 2007-2008 school [...]
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We have a panel of veterans coming in on November 11 from 9:00-10:00. We’ll be using the interview format, with each class getting an opportunity to ask questions of the veterans.
I need some more interactive classes! If you can join us, please sign up online here, and then email me to let me know you [...]
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Last year, a teacher from one of my poorer and more urban districts took the Planning Interactive Curriculum Connections class and got really excited about videoconferencing! They weren’t included in our recent RUS grant due to their high population, and so last spring she took the kids over to the high school to access videoconferencing [...]
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