tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34446327616663441202024-03-05T00:35:16.567-05:00K20 Inter@ctionsHeather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444632761666344120.post-49206773820178253432011-03-22T15:00:00.006-04:002011-03-23T11:34:17.573-04:00Getting Started with VideoconferencingTomorrow, I'll be working with social studies teachers at <a href="http://www.capehenlopenschools.com/education/district/district.php?sectionid=1">Cape Henlopen High School</a> in Delaware. Cape Henlopen just received grant funding to obtain an HD videoconferencing unit, and this is a precursor to the kick-off of that program!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Training Overview</span><br /><ul style="font-weight: bold;"><li style="font-weight: bold;">Welcome/Introductions<br /><br /></li><li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Introduction to Videoconferencing:</span> What is it? How can it change teaching and learning in your classroom?<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">LIVE Connection to <a href="http://globalsummit.monroe.edu/index.html">Elephant Communication & Collaboration</a> </span>from MONROE #1 BOCES in New York (part of the Global Summit Project</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Do Elephants talk? What are they trying to say? Students are joining scientists to learn about these questions. Through the use of information that these High School Junior and Senior students have gathered and partnerships which are forming, they are capturing what might be Elephant communication. By analyzing the sound waves both the scientists and the students are attempting to create an Elephant dictionary. This project uses the resources of Internet2 to share large media files and interact with experts. Students are joining the research community and making a difference. During the this interactive presentation, the students will present their process and then will develop a plan for the work to be done in the coming year. Participating sites will be those locations which are interested in both learning about this phenomenal, authentic scientific project and potential adding to it. Come hear what can be heard and learn more about the Elephant world.</span><br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">LIVE Connection to the </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.puppet.org/edu/dis_programs.shtml">Center for Puppetry Arts</a> in Atlanta, GA<br /><br />The Center for Puppetry Arts offers Distance Learning programs for PreK-12. Students are briefly introduced to different styles of puppets from around the world (1st grade and up). Students participate in learning activities about a topic and create a working puppet of their very own to use in the classroom. A comprehensive study guide and materials list is provided for each program. All puppet materials are easy to find and of little, if any, cost. Middle and High School programs are designed to encourage dialogue between the presenter and participating students. Teacher workshops and demos are also available.<br /><br /></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">What's next?</span> How to find content providers, MAGPI's website, MUSE and more.<br /></li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Helpful Links/Handouts</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.magpi.net/">MAGPI Website</a></li><li><a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B-97Be8BtKXeOGQ0ZDQwZjctOTA1Yi00NDg3LWIwZmUtYzY1N2Q4MWI1Nzc3&hl=en&authkey=CPO4xtYI">Interactive Videoconferencing Pages from MAGPI Getting Started Guide</a></li><li><a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B-97Be8BtKXeNTZhOWMwNDktYzU2NC00Y2NjLWJkOTQtMzdhN2Q4MDc1ZTk2&hl=en&authkey=CPKv3tkK">The MAGPI Education Community (and setting up your account!)</a><br /></li><li><a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B-97Be8BtKXeZWM2YjVhMGItY2ZmNC00NzZjLWFkOGUtM2FhYzdhZjg2NDUw&hl=en&authkey=CKuWg-4D">Elephant Communication and Conversation Pre-Videoconference Email</a></li><li><a href="http://www.cilc.org/">Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://k20.internet2.edu/">MUSE</a></li><li><a href="http://vccontentproviders.org/">VC Content Providers Database</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iste.org/connect/special-interest-groups/sig-directory/sigivc.aspx">ISTE IVC SIG</a></li><li><a href="http://www.iste.org/connect/special-interest-groups/sig-news.aspx">ISTE SIG IVC News</a></li><li><a href="http://www.puppet.org/edu/distance.shtml">Center for Puppetry Arts Distance Learning Program</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.schooltube.com/user/CenterforPuppetryArts">Center for Puppetry Arts SchoolTube Channel</a><br /></li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Presentation</span><br /><div style="width: 425px;" id="__ss_7349464"> <strong style="margin: 12px 0pt 4px; display: block;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/HeatherWeisseWalsh/cape-henlopen-videoconferencing-7349464" title="Cape henlopen videoconferencing">Cape Henlopen Professional Development Event </a></strong> <object id="__sse7349464" width="425" height="355"> <param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=capehenlopen-videoconferencing-110322135603-phpapp02&stripped_title=cape-henlopen-videoconferencing-7349464&userName=HeatherWeisseWalsh"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <embed name="__sse7349464" src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=capehenlopen-videoconferencing-110322135603-phpapp02&stripped_title=cape-henlopen-videoconferencing-7349464&userName=HeatherWeisseWalsh" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed> </object> <div style="padding: 5px 0pt 12px;"> View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/HeatherWeisseWalsh">Heather Weisse Walsh</a><br /><br /></div> </div>Heather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444632761666344120.post-42731932992537247482011-03-10T13:14:00.002-05:002011-03-10T13:19:37.495-05:00Adding the WOW Factor to Your Lessons with Streaming Media and Digital Collections<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Helvetica Neue Light'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Looking for a video snippet to show students during a lesson tomorrow? Need an animation to illustrate a scientific technique? Want to take students live to the Congressional Floor? There are tons of video streaming, virtual media collections and digital learning objects available over advanced networks that you can access instantly from your classroom computer! </span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Helvetica Neue Light'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></b></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Helvetica Neue Light'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">WGBH Teacher's Domain </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">(<a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/">http://www.teachersdomain.org/</a>):</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "> </span></span></b></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">Teachers' Domain</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "> is a free digital media service for educational use from public broadcasting and its partners. You’ll find thousands of media resources, support materials, and tools for classroom lessons, individualized learning programs, and teacher professional learning communities.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Helvetica Neue Light'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><br /></span></span></b></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Helvetica Neue Light'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">The Exploratorium's I2 Gateway </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">(<a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/i2/">http://www.exploratorium.edu/i2/</a>)</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">: <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Th</span></i></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><i>e Exploratorium’s Internet2® gateway,</i> where you’ll find a collection of Web resources that take advantage of cutting-edge Internet2 technology. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">See and hear DVD quality video. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">Listen to high fidelity radio. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">View 3D imagery</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Helvetica Neue Light'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><br /></span></span></b></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Helvetica Neue Light'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">The Library of Congress </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">(</span></span><a href="http://www.loc.gov/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">http://www.loc.gov/index.html</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">): Online a</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">ccess to print, pictorial and audio-visual collections and other digital services. You can chat with librarians LIVE and we love the map collection. Little known fact? If a map you need isn't available, you can contact LOC and have them digitize it for you.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Helvetica Neue Light'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><br /></span></span></b></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Helvetica Neue Light'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">The National Science Digital Library </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">(</span></span><a href="http://nsdl.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">http://nsdl.org</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">/): </span><span style="font-family: Arial; ">NSD</span><span style="font-family: Arial; ">L</span><span style="font-family: Arial; "> is the Nation's online library for education and research in </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Helvetica Neue Light'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; "><br /></span></span></b></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Helvetica Neue Light'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">The CSPAN Archives </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">(</span></span><a href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">/): </span><span style="font-family: Arial; ">C-SPAN has digitized its entire holdings from 1998 to the present and allows educators and researchers to access this collection via the Internet2 Network. </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">The video library is searchable using a extensive number of fields such as topic, speaker, organization, committee, keywords and has an optimized word searching tool that includes abstracts and closed captioning text. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">The Flash Player permits clipping and posting of clips taken from longer programs. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">Text searching is available for many programs. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">The House and Senate are indexed in detail by speaker, bill, and time allowing one to find any speaker on the House and Senate floor, play that speech, and to read the text in the Congressional Record that accompanies the speech. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">Internet2 provides the highest access speed for faculty, students, and researchers at participating institutions to search and play video clips for teaching and research. Installing high-speed connectivity to the Internet2 access point. Upgrading the last mile of connectivity and expanding our server capability.</span></p></span>Heather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444632761666344120.post-30841559292072180492011-01-13T07:18:00.004-05:002011-01-13T07:30:25.342-05:00Planning Interactive CollaborationsYesterday, I had the great pleasure of speaking with several Bucks County educators via Elluminate about planning interactive videoconference collaborations - - despite schools being closed because of the snowstorm. The lucky participants have all received LifeSize videoconference gear through a grant initiative at their IU, and are looking forward to breaking it out of the box to provide meaningful exchanges for their students.<br /><br />Not only did these educators ask some wonderful, thought-provoking questions about using interactive videoconferencing in the classroom, they started brainstorming some very exciting projects! I'm looking forward to seeing some virtual stock market game exchanges and others.<br /><br />Here are a few links that we discussed yesterday:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.magpi.net">MAGPI Website</a></li><li><a href="http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/MAGPI-Partnership-Program-CLEO-Schools-UK">MAGPI/CLEO Partnership Project</a></li><li><a href="http://www.magpi.net/News/MAGPI-Announces-2011-Fellows-Program">MAGPI Fellows Program</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://k20.internet2.edu">MUSE/Internet2 K20 Initiative</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.cilc.org">Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration</a></li><li><a href="http://www.twice.cc/">TWICE</a></li><li><a href="http://projects.twice.cc/">CAPSpace</a></li><li><a href="http://www.megaconferencejr.org/">Megaconference Jr</a>.</li><li><a href="http://www.vide.net/cookbook/cookbook.en/list_page.php?topic=11&url=K12/K12Links.htm&level=1&sequence=7&name=Links+to+K-12+and+Classroom+Resources">ViDe Cookbook for K12</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://vcoutonalim.org/">Janine Lim's Out On A Lim VC Blog</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.iste.org/connect/special-interest-groups/sig-directory/sigivc.aspx">ISTE SIG IVC</a></li></ul>And here's the power point presentation I put together. Hope it's helpful!<br /><div style="width: 425px;" id="__ss_6534722"><div style="text-align: left;"><strong style="margin: 12px 0pt 4px; display: block;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/HeatherWeisseWalsh/increasing-interactivity-planning-videoconference-collaborations" title="Increasing Interactivity - Planning Videoconference Collaborations">Increasing Interactivity - Planning Videoconference Collaborations</a><br /></strong><object id="__sse6534722" height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=increasinginteractivity-planningcollaborations-110112153957-phpapp02&stripped_title=increasing-interactivity-planning-videoconference-collaborations&userName=HeatherWeisseWalsh"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed name="__sse6534722" src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=increasinginteractivity-planningcollaborations-110112153957-phpapp02&stripped_title=increasing-interactivity-planning-videoconference-collaborations&userName=HeatherWeisseWalsh" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="355" width="425"></embed></object></div><div style="padding: 5px 0pt 12px;">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/HeatherWeisseWalsh">Heather Weisse Walsh</a>.</div></div>Heather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444632761666344120.post-28116873392302964392010-10-20T21:10:00.007-04:002010-10-21T15:31:04.731-04:00Resources for Berks County Innovation Workshop<span style="font-size:100%;">A collection of resources and links for the Berks County Innovation Workshop participants. Thanks for having MAGPI visit!<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong style="display: block; margin: 12px 0pt 4px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Links/Resources<br /></span></strong></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.magpi.net/">MAGPI Website</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://k20.internet2.edu/">Internet2 K20 Initiative</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.wecantakeyouthere.com/">Virtual Reality Development Lab</a> </span></li><li><a href="http://augmentedrealitydevelopmentlab.com/">Augmented Reality Development Lab</a></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&pli=1&formkey=dDdxdkZHSjZRTGFnbkxIZHU5Mld1Mmc6MQ#gid=0">Increasing Interactivity Web Hunt</a> </span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://ultravnc.com/">Ultra VNC </a>(networked interactive whiteboards)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://smarttech.com/us/Support/Browse+Support/Download+Software/Software/LinQ+Software/LinQ+Software/LinQ+Software+1_3+for+Windows">Linq for SmartBoard</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.polleverywhere.com/free_text_polls/MTIwNTE3MDU2NA/web">Poll Everywhere Question</a><br /></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong style="display: block; margin: 12px 0pt 4px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sled Dog Virtual Field Trip Resources<br /></span></strong></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.kigluaitadventures.com/files/prepost/adoptsleddogprepost612sm.pdf">Teacher Packet</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.kigluaitadventures.com/socialnet">Flash Kennel Site</a></span></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Power Point Presentations</span><br />MAGPI/Internet2 Applications Virtual Tour PPT<br /><div id="__ss_5509416" style="width: 425px;"><strong style="display: block; margin: 12px 0pt 4px;"></strong><object id="__sse5509416" height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=berksiuinnovationworkshop-applicationsvirtualtour-101020201420-phpapp02&stripped_title=berks-iu-innovation-workshop-applications-virtual-tour&userName=HeatherWeisseWalsh"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed name="__sse5509416" src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=berksiuinnovationworkshop-applicationsvirtualtour-101020201420-phpapp02&stripped_title=berks-iu-innovation-workshop-applications-virtual-tour&userName=HeatherWeisseWalsh" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><div style="padding: 5px 0pt 12px;"><strong style="display: block; 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margin: 12px 0pt 4px;"></strong><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong style="display: block; margin: 12px 0pt 4px;"><a title="Innovation workshop increasing interactivity" href="http://www.slideshare.net/HeatherWeisseWalsh/innovation-workshop-increasing-interactivity">Innovation workshop increasing interactivity</a><br /></strong></span></div></div>Heather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444632761666344120.post-15225377871164736412010-10-12T07:38:00.002-04:002010-10-12T07:40:11.351-04:00Seeking Schools for IVC Collaborative Veteran's Oral History Project<span style="font-size:85%;">INFOhio, OARnet and MAGPI are seeking 5 Ohio Schools and 2 MAGPI Member Schools for this exciting month-long What Does Freedom Mean to You? A Veterans’ Oral History Project, kicking off on November 8th. The project is being developed in cooperation with eTech Ohio, The Library of Congress and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.<br /><br />Interested but not a school in those areas? We’ll be webstreaming the final videoconference so that everyone can get involved! (So mark your calendars!)<br /><br />Please see more information below.</span><br /><br />_ _ _<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >What Does Freedom Mean to You? A Veterans’ Oral History Project<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Target Audience:</span> Students in Grades 10-12, particularly those in American History or Video Production Classes. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cost</span>: FREE! <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Requirements for Participation: </span><br />Each participating school needs H.323 videoconference gear plus equipment to create a multimedia oral history project (i.e. video camera, microphone, computer with editing software). Each school will need to identify a veteran in their community that is willing to be profiled as part of this program. We also ask that the veteran be present during the live student interactive videoconference event on 12/10/2010. Participation in the project is contingent upon the teacher’s ability to attend the professional development event, being present at the dress rehearsal and students’ participation in the final videoconference event. There are 2 spaces available for MAGPI Members in this program and 5 spaces available for Ohio Schools.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Project Dates/Timeline:</span><br /><ul><li>Teacher Professional Development Event: Monday, November 8th from 3-5 PM EST</li><li>Student Collaborative Oral History Project Work: November 9th - December 4th </li><li>Deadline to Upload Video Project: December 5th </li><li>Videoconference Dress Rehearsal: Date/Time TBD </li><li>What Does Freedom Mean to You LIVE Videoconference and Webcast: December 10th from 10-11 AM EST</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Project Description:</span><br />How do YOU define freedom? Through exploration of veterans’ stories, students from up to eight high schools will compile original multimedia productions that answer this question.<br /><br />This unique, collaborative project provides an authentic venue for students to explore the concept of freedom through oral history. Teachers involved in the program will participate in an innovative professional development session created by the Library of Congress, which will help them focus their students’ questions and research as they gather veterans’ stories from their own community. Following the professional development videoconference, teachers and students will work together to profile one or more veterans from their community in a 3-5 minute multimedia production that explores the question: What does freedom mean to YOU?<br /><br />The month-long project wraps with a live, interactive videoconference where students from each school will have an opportunity to share their 3-5 minute video projects and virtually meet the veterans that inspired them.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">MORE INFORMATION/REGISTRATION</span>: <a href="http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/What-Does-Freedom-Mean-You-Veterans-Oral-History-Project">http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/What-Does-Freedom-Mean-You-Veterans-Oral-History-Project</a><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/What-Does-Freedom-Mean-You-Veterans-Oral-History-Project"></a></span></span>Heather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444632761666344120.post-5344149300238308552010-09-20T22:25:00.007-04:002010-09-20T22:39:50.633-04:00Open Submissions for Kids Creating Community Content Contest 2011<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Are you familiar with the <a href="http://kc3.cilc.org/">Kids Creating Community (KC3) Competition</a>? It's a fantastic (needless to say authentic) opportunity for your students to develop compelling material to teach their peers via videoconference. Brought to you by my colleagues at the <a href="http://www.cilc.org/">Center for Interactive Learning</a> and <a href="http://www.tandberg.com/">Tandberg</a>.</span><div style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">The call for proposals just went out - - and I wanted to be sure you were aware of it! Please see the announcement below.</span></div><div style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">_ _ _</span></div><div style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3aDZXLFKCOWYfHMQzdqadgDgvawqWiZ7_2VfIkjG_9yWETaQZao66All-_5CCYEQY2aD-Vp3dHjMSIDHROrrc7KIjcpTsz7rl_U0IIlkDGyoOJoWk_pES51Y5erAYaKlp55JgpOgs6dQ/s1600/images.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3aDZXLFKCOWYfHMQzdqadgDgvawqWiZ7_2VfIkjG_9yWETaQZao66All-_5CCYEQY2aD-Vp3dHjMSIDHROrrc7KIjcpTsz7rl_U0IIlkDGyoOJoWk_pES51Y5erAYaKlp55JgpOgs6dQ/s400/images.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519190426349982978" border="0" /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">You’re Invited to highlight your community, your students, and your school by participating in a free contest opportunity utilizing videoconferencing technology.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 16px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://kc3.cilc.org/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span">Kids Creating Community Content (KC3</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">) provides students with real world experience working on a project team while building research and presentation skills that support 21</span><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">st</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"> Century Learning as they use a variety of technologies. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">If you have access to videoconferencing and want to engage your students in a technology rich research project that connects them with students around the globe we encourage you to explore the Kids Creating Community Content opportunity. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 16px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">Now in it’s fourth year, KC3 connects middle and high school students in the United States and International schools as they work on similar projects. Community landmarks, cultural activities and regional historical sites or resources are some of the many integrated curricular programs created by student teams. Your students will have the opportunity to share their program at a national or international level. Research, organization, standards based learning, communication and presentation are all part of their work. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 16px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">Encourage your educators to involve their teens in using technology to communicate and share meaningful information with their peers and fellow students. Use digital media and technology environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 16px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">We look forward to seeing your students on air! Proposals are due on November 15, 2010.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 16px;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:arial;font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">Don't want to create this year, but still want to get in on the action? </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://kc3.cilc.org/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span">Pre-register to be an audience site</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">!</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:arial;font-size:14px;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Photo credit: <a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTNwRgQt7CIB7-bBC8mXKLWmEHHU5deiQlt8miyftY2TxkG5jg&t=1&usg=__F79W91pnsghk89Vgv9e_KNNu-jk=">gStatic.com</a></span><br /></span></p></div>Heather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444632761666344120.post-30357421138235473872010-09-20T10:58:00.005-04:002010-09-20T11:08:58.834-04:00Great Videoconference Opportunity with Literary Legend Lois Lowery<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRUA8JjzxU-ErF9pDTBWa5B9SEQlJeDUuan5BnCo4CIgqwyJdFwY8_TM7l3-gzH5YwsQCSx_nsmzPKpYFaJTiLIR7RHgvKNuxbDCAOpFN4feq79WQ811r14fth_aOZ_tLn5nbrpkv2NWI/s1600/4323-lois-lowry.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 208px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRUA8JjzxU-ErF9pDTBWa5B9SEQlJeDUuan5BnCo4CIgqwyJdFwY8_TM7l3-gzH5YwsQCSx_nsmzPKpYFaJTiLIR7RHgvKNuxbDCAOpFN4feq79WQ811r14fth_aOZ_tLn5nbrpkv2NWI/s320/4323-lois-lowry.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519012375933964962" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">As a children's literacy specialist (yes -- that is my graduate training!), I have a particular affinity for fabulous writing aimed toward children and teens. Quite often, those books resonate with adults as well. My colleagues at <a href="http://www.hectv.org/">HEC-TV</a> in St. Louis have put together a wonderful series of programs with one of my favorite children's literature authors: Lois Lowry. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Author of <i>The Giver</i>, Ms. Lowry has penned more than 20 novels and won the Newbery Medal twice. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lois Lowry told Contemporary Authors that she measures her success as an author by her ability to "help adolescents answer their own questions about life, identity and human relationships."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The series kicks off on October 7th, with the event 'airing' from 11:00 AM ET to 12:00 PM ET. Hope you and your students can take part in this fantastic event!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Here's the 411 from HEC-TV:</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">In this first of a series of four HEC-TV Live! programs focusing on Lois Lowry’s Newberry Medal winning young adult novel, “The Giver,” students will have the unique opportunity to hear directly from the author herself. Join students from the St. Louis metropolitan area as they ask the author questions about her background and writing style as well as questions about the plot, characters, setting, themes and language of the novel itself. Discussion of “The Giver” will form the core of the program. We recommend students joining us for the program either have already read the novel or be in the process of doing so. Elements of the story including important moments of the plot as well as themes and concepts will be revealed during the program. If you don’t want students to know the entire story before reading it for themselves, you may choose to watch the archive of the program which will be available on our website, </span><a href="http://www.hectv.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">http://www.hectv.org</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This series of programs is being produced in conjunction with Washington University in St. Louis and Metro Theater Company of St. Louis as they prepare and present a stage adaptation of the novel to be presented at Edison Theatre on the campus of Washington University in January. </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Other programs in the series include: </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">November 16—Issues and Themes of “The Giver”</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">December 9—Performing the Play: Bringing Characters to Life</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">January 5—Producing the Play: Bringing the Story to the Stage</span></span></li></ul><p></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">These programs will also be available for enrollment through </span><a href="http://www.cilc.org/search/content-provider-program.aspx?id=3468"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">CILC</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Special Note</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">: This October 7 program is available via videoconference and webcast nationwide as a “View Only” opportunity. Students viewing via videoconference or webcast will be able to e-mail questions to the author during the program but will not interact face to face. All other programs in the series will be available as BOTH interactive and view only.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Photo Credit: Image from </span><a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.gradesaver.com/file/novelAuthorImages/4323-lois-lowry&imgrefurl=http://www.gradesaver.com/author/lois-lowry/&usg=__-ExXNB8kuqLxzVjWiE96lfVv7Oc=&h=266&w=208&sz=11&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=5TyvHlFjFJIO0M:&tbnh=166&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlois%2Blowry%2Bphoto%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Den%26biw%3D1114%26bih%3D731%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=150&vpy=188&dur=1129&hovh=212&hovw=166&tx=85&ty=70&ei=UniXTJapHMK88ga0l-yMDA&oei=UniXTJapHMK88ga0l-yMDA&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">GrAde Saver</span></a></span></p></div>Heather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444632761666344120.post-44688140113444931092010-05-25T14:58:00.002-04:002010-05-25T15:00:29.323-04:00Participate in ISTE 2010 from MAGPI's Remote Site!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.magpi.net/sites/default/files/pictures/21stcenturyedwordle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 171px;" src="http://www.magpi.net/sites/default/files/pictures/21stcenturyedwordle.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Can't travel to the ISTE Conference (formerly NECC Conference) in Denver this summer? Are you a MAGPI member? You can still catch a session with Alan November and a google workshop with Howie DiBlasi by participating at the MAGPI ISTE remote site on June 29th!<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span>We're sponsoring 20 teachers/tech facilitators virtual attendance at the conference on June 29th from our studio at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Participants will hear the conference keynote speaker, participate in an interactive workshop, virtually tour the conference areas via video, and participate in two concurrent conference sessions. Winners MUST provide their own laptop and take care of their own travel costs. We will be providing breakfast and lunch - - and you'll have ample time to pick the brains of MAGPI staffers about using technology in your classroom!<br /><div><br />Here's what we're planning for the day:<br /><br /><table width="100%" align="center" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"><tbody><tr><td>9:00 AM</td><td><b>Welcome and Introductions</b></td></tr><tr><td>9:15 AM</td><td><b>Interactive Technology Demos with MAGPI Staff<br /></b>Interested in videoconferencing? What about virtual reality? Virtual worlds? We'll be setting up mini hands-on educational technology stations so you can experiment with and discuss with MAGPI staff members.</td></tr><tr><td>10:30 AM</td><td><b>ISTE Conference Keynote Presentation</b></td></tr><tr><td>11:45 AM</td><td><b>Lunch</b></td></tr><tr><td>12:30 PM</td><td><!--StartFragment--><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Hands-on Workshop: Google Guide: 29 Secrets for Using Google in the Classroom</b><br />Tap into the full potential of Google with some insider tips and tricks for classroom, administrative, and personal use. This fast-paced session offers something for all participants. This interactive workshop will be led by Howie DiBlasi.<br /></span></span></span></td></tr><tr><td>3:30 PM</td><td><b>Break</b></td></tr><tr><td>4:00 PM</td><td><b>Concurrent Session: </b><!--StartFragment--><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Digital Learning Farm: Students as Contributors </b><br />We'll discuss six highly motivating learning jobs: tutorial designers, official scribes, researchers, global communicators, learning documentary producers, and solvers of real problems. This session will be led by Alan November.<br /></span></span></span></td></tr><tr><td>5:00 PM</td><td><b>Wrap-Up!</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Want to attend MAGPI's ISTE Remote Site? Here's how you can nab one of our twenty available spots (there are three different ways -- try all three or pick the one that suits you best!):<br /><ul><li><b>E</b><b>nter the 21st Century Educator Video Contest</b>. Create a 60 second video (flip video, iMovie, iChat vide, you name it!) that addresses the following question: WHO is the 21st Century Educator? Full contest details available at <a href="http://admin.newsweaver.co.uk/notessa/content/content.do?action=getRenderedContentPage&execution=e9s1#">http://www.magpi.net/News/MAGPIs-21st-Century-Educator-Video-Contest-Win-trip-attend-ISTE-2010-our-Remote-Site</a>. Deadline to enter is June 1, 2010!</li></ul><ul><li><b>Enter our Contest Raffle: </b>Just complete the <a href="http://admin.newsweaver.co.uk/notessa/content/content.do?action=getRenderedContentPage&execution=e9s1#">scholarship raffle form</a>. We'll randomly select and notify winners on June 7th!<br /><br /></li><li><b>Be entered in our Twitter Raffle!</b> Just friend @magpik20 and tweet about our 21st Century Educator Contest and/or why you want to attend our ISTE remote site! Remember to use the #magpi hashtag! You'll automatically be entered into the raffle once for friending us, and then as many times as you tweet about us between now and June 6th! We'll notify winners on June 7th!</li></ul>Have any more questions? Please contact Heather Weisse Walsh at hweisse@magpi.net or 215-573-6417. </div>Heather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444632761666344120.post-51103586784500361652010-04-07T17:13:00.002-04:002010-04-07T17:16:49.819-04:00Join us for THE ROAD TO ACTIVISM: MEXICO<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGjwkd-1Q_ZQzIhZg3IsO5yLsnSBBIuC5tVNLtQrLjBIc9u_cYjy9W8z4adEtRLcKS6OUzKBm0L2Z4I2qcmLBFfOeMGINawUUgnvtBU2HA1lJTvbeejfFz771LDoR-P9i6n8YMbsldGE/s1600/orphanage-school-head-image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 94px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGjwkd-1Q_ZQzIhZg3IsO5yLsnSBBIuC5tVNLtQrLjBIc9u_cYjy9W8z4adEtRLcKS6OUzKBm0L2Z4I2qcmLBFfOeMGINawUUgnvtBU2HA1lJTvbeejfFz771LDoR-P9i6n8YMbsldGE/s320/orphanage-school-head-image.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457507440828616818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date: </span>Thursday, April 15, 2010<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Time:</span> 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Target Audience:</span> College and University Students, Students in Grades 9-12 <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cost:</span> FREE <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">More Information/Registration:</span> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/Visit%20http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Road-Activism-Mexico">http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Road-Activism-Mexico </a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Requirements for Participation: </span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Interactive Videoconference Sites </span>(advanced registration required): here are 10 spaces available for MAGPI Members and 5 spaces available for non-MAGPI members that have H.323 capabilities and are connected to their national/state research and education network</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Non-Videoconference sites:</span> View the LIVE webstream at <a href="http://beansidhe.isc-net.upenn.edu:8080/ramgen/encoder/mexico.rm">http://beansidhe.isc-net.upenn.edu:8080/ramgen/encoder/mexico.rm</a>. Please note this link will not be available until 10 minutes before the broadcast. Please visit the program webpage for technical requirements and testing information.</li></ul>Over the past seven years, the road to activism in Mexico offered opportunities for Aldo Magazzeni to create relationships with the community at the Tashirat Orphanage and Ixaya School in Tepoztlan, Morelos, Mexico. The road to Tashirat was guided by his friend, Esther Bissinger, who has been there for almost ten years. Aldo knew her as a child and now, at the age of 30, she is the principal of the school, house mother to four Mexican orphans, and a leader of new programs to help the special needs children. Aldo's work has included helping the school lunch program as well as designing and planning a water catchments system and showers for the school students. Along the road, the need to help the most vulnerable children - - those with special needs - -became a priority. Today, Traveling Mercies has coordinated a relationship with special education professionals in New Jersey to assist the school to develop a Special Education Program and curriculum. The Mexican populations in this country are displaced, unable to travel back home and offer help. So Traveling Mercies has tried to honor this need.<br /><br />Travel this road with Aldo into Morelos, Mexico through the images, stories and video he has captured. See how you can discover your intentions and apply them somewhere in life to help others. Everyone has the ability to travel the road to activism and make this world a better, more equal human experience. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Want to be an interactive videoconference site?</span> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/Visit%20http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Road-Activism-Mexico">Visit http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Road-Activism-Mexico</a> to register. Registration closes on Tuesday, April 13, 2010.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Image from www.tashirat.com</span>Heather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444632761666344120.post-59353206792133726752010-02-10T22:04:00.004-05:002010-02-10T22:09:28.477-05:00Cross Post from Students Helping Haiti Blog<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykMTG6iwF-woKSTqkzUSjSWsnDJoMVAkyMQbBcz124wvHrcpkZTEDVRjv6j1nxGocHDnXdGzjtGcqlcz49B1F2RIuTmDGI23VbccuHy685dx1kotCIzdh907sMCse8ycx3Gah0NzrVpU/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2010-02-09+at+9.27.46+AM.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykMTG6iwF-woKSTqkzUSjSWsnDJoMVAkyMQbBcz124wvHrcpkZTEDVRjv6j1nxGocHDnXdGzjtGcqlcz49B1F2RIuTmDGI23VbccuHy685dx1kotCIzdh907sMCse8ycx3Gah0NzrVpU/s320/Screen+shot+2010-02-09+at+9.27.46+AM.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436816984434740946" border="0" /></a>The "Students Helping Haiti" Blog is now posted at <a href="http://studentshelpinghaiti.blogspot.com/">http://studentshelpinghaiti.blogspot.com </a>and we're looking for student journalists to contribute! This is a cross-post from that blog about the February 19th event and what you can expect!<br /><br /><h3 class="post-title entry-title"> Join the International Webcast Event on February 19th! </h3> On Friday, February 19, 2010, students and educators everywhere will participate in a ground-breaking three-hour virtual event called <span style="font-weight: bold;">“The Crisis in Haiti: What Can YOU Do to Help?”</span> This unique live program features presentation from students around the world via high-speed videoconference, along with scientists and agency representatives from federal and non-profit organizations worldwide all focused on what can still be done to help the victims of the Haiti earthquake.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Crisis-Haiti-What-Can-YOU-Do-Help">“The Crisis in Haiti: What Can YOU Do to Help?”</a> project is made available through MAGPI with support from The World Food Program, National Youth Leadership Council, Oxfam America, Philadelphia Global Water Initiative, Global Nomads, The Exploratorium Science Center, Multicultural Youth Exchange, Florida International University, CIARA, University of Porto, the University of Pennsylvania, and Tandberg.<br /><br />The live student presentations range in format from musical presentations including first grade students in Ponder, Texas singing “Put A Little Love in Your Heart” to student-created digital projects such as the “Sending Love from Taiwan” video created by high school students at National Dali High School in Dali City, Taiwan. Additional student presentations will be given by primary and secondary schools from all corners of the world.<br /><br />In addition to the student presentations, the schedule includes presentations from agency representatives and researchers from global and local organizations including: The Word Food Program on their response to the crisis in Haiti; scientists from the Exploratorium Science Center in San Francisco, California who will be explaining “The Big Picture” on the geology of Haiti that contributed to the catastrophic event; Oxfam representatives on their efforts to rebuild; representatives from Global Nomads will be announcing their new $500,000 challenge grant for students to help rebuild schools in Haiti; a local scientist from the Philadelphia Global Water Initiative on the water and sanitation challenges; a presentation on Political, Social and Infrastructure Issues in Haiti by Florida International University; and The Center for High-Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania offering smart philanthropic ways to help Haiti’s earthquake victims.<br /><br />The Feb. 19th “The Crisis in Haiti: What Can YOU Do to Help?” will be <span style="font-weight: bold;">viewable by the public at large through a live webstream available on the event webpage at </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Crisis-Haiti-What-Can-YOU-Do-Help">http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Crisis-Haiti-What-Can-YOU-Do-Help</a>. Schools and library organizations are also encouraged to broadcast the live webstream in public areas within their communities to further stimulate awareness. Schools and individuals are also invited to communicate via social networking platforms, facilitating interaction between students worldwide in a global youth response to this crisis.<br /><br />You can also view and download the entire presentation line-up through <a href="http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B4_ZA6NiCQcdNTJkZDg2Y2ItNmM0Ni00MWU5LWJhMWMtMTNlZmEzNTdiOGYz&hl=en">Google Docs</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">We're looking forward to having you and your students join us!</span>Heather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444632761666344120.post-82399030632542498482010-02-05T23:19:00.003-05:002010-02-05T23:25:36.621-05:00International Webcast and Call for Student Bloggers/Tweeters!<span style="font-weight: bold;">THE CRISIS IN HAITI: What can YOU do to help?</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Students around the world respond</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date:</span> Friday, February 19, 2010<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Time:</span> 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST (Webstream will be active 10 minutes prior to start of the program)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Audience:</span> K12 Students, University and College Students, Non-Profit and Cultural Institutions<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">More Information/Links of Interest/Program Line-Up</span>: <a href="http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Crisis-Haiti-What-Can-YOU-Do-Help">http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Crisis-Haiti-What-Can-YOU-Do-Help</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Webstream URL</span>: <a href="http://beansidhe.isc-net.upenn.edu:8080/ramgen/encoder/haiti.rm">http://beansidhe.isc-net.upenn.edu:8080/ramgen/encoder/haiti.rm </a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">How to Connect to the Webstream</span>: To view the webstream, you must have Real Player installed on your computer (version 8 or higher). Please see technical requirements and testing information on the program webpage. For technical support, please contact video@isc.upenn.edu.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMqvNG1pjyLQAdmmDBcabQ8ZVb3uI_IPKJ36CzitqSYMY0_CLyeGuhMy0CaCXUgMYLB8KbkE9fwngw1mno0KD6dk_vO3gUaAtOXDN1kM6BCEDVktsgkjmkadz5KiAj-NM3XIFi5Ln0cs/s1600-h/Screen+shot+2010-02-05+at+8.49.27+PM.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMqvNG1pjyLQAdmmDBcabQ8ZVb3uI_IPKJ36CzitqSYMY0_CLyeGuhMy0CaCXUgMYLB8KbkE9fwngw1mno0KD6dk_vO3gUaAtOXDN1kM6BCEDVktsgkjmkadz5KiAj-NM3XIFi5Ln0cs/s320/Screen+shot+2010-02-05+at+8.49.27+PM.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434981747499348098" border="0" /></a>The earthquake in Haiti shattered lives, devastating a country - - and the world responded. Most importantly, youth responded in innovative and amazing ways. Join schools around the world for this groundbreaking international videoconference and webcast to hear what youth are doing to help the victims of the Haiti earthquake. You'll also hear from aid organizations who are continually responding to the tragedy and experts that will help students understand the unique circumstances contributing to the tragedy. For the complete program presentation line-up, please visit: <a href="http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Crisis-Haiti-What-Can-YOU-Do-Help">http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Crisis-Haiti-What-Can-YOU-Do-Help</a>.<br /><br />Join us for this ground breaking event and GET INVOLVED. We encourage you to stream the program in your school, collect change and donations, and donate to one of the aid organizations participating in the program. Or simply just tune in and be inspired by what others are doing - - and then create your own project. If you're already involved in a project, let us know through Twitter®, send us a link to your blog entry or add your photos to our online album. We're looking forward to having you and your students get involved!<br /><br />One person can make an impact. Imagine what we all can do together.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Be a Live Blogger or Tweeter! </span></span><br />Help us get the word out and tell us what you’re doing to help Haiti via Twitter®. All you need is a Twitter® account and a computer with an internet connection! You can get an account at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/">www.twitter.com</a>. Sign on to your account during the webcast,<span style="font-weight: bold;"> follow magpik20</span>, and tweet what you’re going to do to help - - just make sure you end your tweet with <span style="font-weight: bold;">#kidshelphaiti</span>. We will randomly select tweeters to receive some fantastic giveaways from our sponsors. The more you tweet, the better your chances are of being selected for a giveaway!<br /><br />If your school has a blog, we would love for your students to be live bloggers during the event. Simply send an email to hweisse@magpi.net to let us know you're interested in live blogging. We'll post a link to your blog on this site and post brief bio information about all our featured bloggers! (You'll also get mentions and links on Twitter as the event is in progress!). Every live blog entry entitles you to a chance to win a giveaway, too.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Add your photos to our online album! </span><br />We’ve created an album on Google’s Picasa called “Kids Help Haiti.” You can view the album at <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/magpik20/KidsHelpHaiti#">http://picasaweb.google.com/magpik20/KidsHelpHaiti#</a>. If you have photos to contribute (and we’d love to have them!), please email hweisse@magpi.net and asked to be added as an album contributor. You’ll then be able to email your photos to the online, public album. Won’t it be cool to see all of the images emerge on the album map and see what students everywhere are doing to help?Heather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444632761666344120.post-47904114354413250462010-01-30T08:55:00.004-05:002010-01-30T09:31:57.797-05:00International Math Game Challenge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVr37vy5FpDj0SehTwQc_QhhFFO55_bEUmxJ0EgluFGuq36RJy7grgzZmJyc1xyS2yeBAHj9GnM8xiBWepqy7w43wZXHG9I7mcempmXzZwMuGj9nmjKyJOJZxsi-cR2NdelwxIxEKCbuI/s1600-h/2liekgo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVr37vy5FpDj0SehTwQc_QhhFFO55_bEUmxJ0EgluFGuq36RJy7grgzZmJyc1xyS2yeBAHj9GnM8xiBWepqy7w43wZXHG9I7mcempmXzZwMuGj9nmjKyJOJZxsi-cR2NdelwxIxEKCbuI/s320/2liekgo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432532171803689426" border="0" /></a>Registration is now open - - and filling quickly! - - for MAGPI's spring International Math Game Challenge videoconference. We are running three sessions (one for students in grades <a href="http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/International-Math-Challenge-%E2%80%93-Grades-K-2">K-2</a>, one for students in <a href="http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/International-Math-Challenge-%E2%80%93-Grades-3-5">grades 3-5</a> and one for students in <a href="http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/International-Math-Challenge-%E2%80%93-Grades-6-8">grades 6-8</a>) on March 4th to celebrate International Math Day. If there is high demand, we will add additional sessions!<br /><br />Here's the project description:<br /><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote>Learn about math and other cultures by taking on MAGPI’s Math Game Challenge! <em>Have your students take on the role of educator and have them teach their peers about a math game from another country.</em> Each participating school will be tasked with demonstrating a math game or numerical challenge from another country to other schools on the videoconference. Students will be charged with putting together a handout that explains the game, along with a materials list, that can emailed to other participating schools ahead of time. Each school will have 10 minutes to present their game/challenge and lead their peers in the game. You’re welcome to present more than one game during the program - - especially if they are ‘quick’ group games. Once you register your school for the project, you will need to email Heather Weisse Walsh with the game(s) your school wants to present as part of the challenge. This way, we can ensure that the same game is not presented multiple times in the same age category. Your game selections are due on 10 days before the event. Your handouts are due 5 days before the event.</blockquote>U in the News from Dallastown School District recently published a great article about Dallastown Middle School's participation in the Fall International Math Challenge. Congrats to the Tropical Team and main presenter, Danny Godstrey, for a wonderful presentation on Yut! You can view the article on the <a href="http://www.juniordispatch.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3053">U in the News Site</a>, and you can view Danny's handounts on the <a href="http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/International-Math-Challenge-%E2%80%93-Grades-6-8">International Math Challenge - Grades 6-8</a> webpage!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Image of Danny Godstrey and the Tropical Team from Dallastown School District, courtesy of U in the News.</span>Heather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444632761666344120.post-60514372240607501242010-01-15T14:51:00.006-05:002010-01-15T15:02:35.716-05:00Call for Presentations - The Crisis in Haiti: What Can YOU Do to Help?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.wfp.org/sites/default/files/en_haiti_280x280_0.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 280px;" src="http://www.wfp.org/sites/default/files/en_haiti_280x280_0.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Students from around the world respond</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >.</span> <span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br />On Friday, February 19th from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST, MAGPI is sponsoring </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" ><b>an international videoconference and webcast </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >to help raise awareness and financial support for victims of the Haiti earthquake. We’re working to line up some phenomenal speakers, representatives from aid agencies, and student presentations/performances as part of this international event. We want you and your students to get involved!</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Here’s how you can participate:</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" ><b><br /><br />BE A PRESENTER: </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Is your K12 school, university or college planning a project to raise awareness or funds to help earthquake victims? We would love to give your students 5-10 minutes to share their project. Has a student created an artistic work (song, painting, mural, etc) to help raise awareness? We’d love to have him/her perform! If you are interested in performing or presenting, please send a 100 word abstract detailing your proposed presentation/performance to Heather Weisse Walsh at </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><u><a href="http://www.blogger.com/hweisse@magpi.net">hweisse@magpi.net</a></u></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >. </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" ><b>Deadline for proposals is January 30, 2010. </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Presenters can perform/present live via videoconference or submit videos prior to the event. Please indicate your preference on your presentation/performance proposal. Interactive videoconference sites must have H.323 videoconference gear and, preferably, are connected to their national research and education network.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" ><b><br /><br />SHOW THE WEBSTREAM IN YOUR SCHOOL</b></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >. If you’re not a presenting/performing school, don’t worry! Participate by tuning in LIVE to the webstream. We’ll be posting webstream instructions at the beginning of February on the MAGPI website: </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><u><a href="http://www.magpi.net/">http://www.magpi.net</a></u></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >. During the webcast, collect change and donations at your school and donate to one of the aid organizations participating in the program. Or simply just tune in and be inspired by what others are doing - - and then create your own project.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" ><b><br /><br />LIVE BLOGGERS/TWEETERS: </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >We’re looking for schools to volunteer as live bloggers and tweeters for this event, covering the presentations and helping get word out to the world at large. Interested? Contact Heather Weisse Walsh at </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><u><a href="http://www.blogger.com/hweisse@magpi.net">hweisse@magpi.net</a></u></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">We want your organization to get involved too</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - - the </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.wfp.org/">World Food Programme</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> has already agreed to participate! If your organization is interested in speaking/presenting/participating, please email Heather at hweisse@magpi.net.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br />Image courtesy of the World Food Programme.</span><br /><!--EndFragment-->Heather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444632761666344120.post-59072675559482315522009-12-18T11:44:00.000-05:002009-12-18T11:45:02.608-05:00Brand New Youth News Collaborative Project!<div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"></span>And we're looking for some high schools/middle schools to take the lead!<br /><br /></div> This spring, MAGPI will be launching a brand-new project called "Youth News Collaborative." We'll be looking for schools all across our network to join the project and submit 2-3 minute news segments for a magazine-style news show produced <i>entirely by students</i>. We'll be using videoconferencing to plan and coordinate each program - - and will be webcasting live (and archiving via podcast) so that everyone can see.<br /><br />We are looking for four high schools/middle schools to take the lead and produce/host one program this spring. By taking the lead, a school agrees to:<br /><ul><li>Determine a 'theme' for the program and submit that theme to Heather for posting by January 15, 2010</li><li>Run a pre-production meeting videoconference with students at schools submitting content for the new program two weeks before the live event (pre-production meetings will be held two Fridays before the live event, from 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM)</li><li>Write the script for the 25 minute program that includes videos submitted by 5 other schools</li><li>Participate in a live rehearsal with the MAGPI Tech Team two days befor the live broadcast (time to be agreed on by the school and the MAGPI Tech Team)</li><li>"Go Live!" and be the on camera talent for one program (held the last Friday of the month from 12:00 PM - 12:25 PM)</li></ul>Below, please find the production timeline. If your school would like to take the lead on one of these webcasts, please contact Heather Weisse Walsh at hweisse@magpi.net ASAP. Lead roles are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.<br /><ul><li>FEBRUARY 2010<br />Live Webcast: 2/26/2010 @ 12:00 PM EST<br />Pre-Production Meeting VC: 2/12/2010 @ 11:30 AM EST<br /><br /></li><li>MARCH 2010<br />Live Webcast: 3/26/2010 @ 12:00 PM EST<br />Pre-Production Meeting VC: 2/12/2010 @ 11:30 AM EST<br /><br /></li><li>APRIL 2010<br />Live Webcast: 4/23/2010 @ 12:00 PM EST<br />Pre-Production Meeting VC: 4/9/2010 @ 11:30 AM EST<br /><br /></li><li>MAY 2010<br />Live Webcast: 5/28/2010 @ 12:00 PM EST<br />Pre-Production Meeting VC: 5/14/2010 @ 11:30 AM EST</li></ul>Not interested in taking the lead but want your student journalists to submit content? GREAT! We'll be opening registration for each session January after our lead schools have determined the theme for their production. We will be accepting videos submitted by middle and high school students for this project. And if you don't think you can contribute to the project this spring, start planning to show the webcasts during your school's lunchtime!<br /><br />At this time, this program is only open to MAGPI member schools.<br /><br />Thanks for your consideration! We're looking forward to this collaboration!Heather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444632761666344120.post-84666862497125466432009-12-15T11:00:00.007-05:002009-12-15T12:28:05.270-05:00Virtual Visits to the North Pole<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJV0gMYPeqYexU_Jj2cQJaqjs6oOOO-gXb_nTYA2Q0VRZbrvCXgme-Iekio6qX-DVT8KJV10idEUPp4D0hdxT-z9S7VbOlfMOwy8zyyBKafBkBepxwMcLGlarpVOPfSQI-oUr8x7e9WQ/s1600-h/DSC_2735.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJV0gMYPeqYexU_Jj2cQJaqjs6oOOO-gXb_nTYA2Q0VRZbrvCXgme-Iekio6qX-DVT8KJV10idEUPp4D0hdxT-z9S7VbOlfMOwy8zyyBKafBkBepxwMcLGlarpVOPfSQI-oUr8x7e9WQ/s320/DSC_2735.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415495588863507058" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKh9jVIG19OrykVwvRwbCyCN1yNq07G4SA6jzyAYkbcZfSuA7n_jsSp4_H_aDhd1A9h-UPOeVSWD2fG1qFK0NdScoJ9TNWh28agcXvMKG0ULf5wa7y5YtTBpc-iCTJKq_A2m1CDM_XbuI/s1600-h/DSC_2732.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKh9jVIG19OrykVwvRwbCyCN1yNq07G4SA6jzyAYkbcZfSuA7n_jsSp4_H_aDhd1A9h-UPOeVSWD2fG1qFK0NdScoJ9TNWh28agcXvMKG0ULf5wa7y5YtTBpc-iCTJKq_A2m1CDM_XbuI/s320/DSC_2732.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415495396583779922" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnRec_ZKo46-J7kt97f2B6_yjNYxQsSndxZlQO0ZgyIBKkPhP6LiD8GaIN2dEZ3oyQeOXNl4D9OkZrUQ_CjDvGub5ZkpyjiVBU3VHCPpaceWzD0nYEU_jv4WKBjPlHwE0B-b-pDhAEYc/s1600-h/DSC_2726.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfnRec_ZKo46-J7kt97f2B6_yjNYxQsSndxZlQO0ZgyIBKkPhP6LiD8GaIN2dEZ3oyQeOXNl4D9OkZrUQ_CjDvGub5ZkpyjiVBU3VHCPpaceWzD0nYEU_jv4WKBjPlHwE0B-b-pDhAEYc/s320/DSC_2726.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415495277935818242" border="0" /></a><br />Here are some photos (far end - - so I'm taking images of a screen!) from some of our Virtual Cookies with Santa videoconference programs yesterday. It was so nice to be able to 'visit' the North Pole and so many schools without having to travel! Students got to share their cookie creations with Santa, hear <span style="font-style: italic;">Twas the Night Before Christmas </span>and ask questions. The students at the Kentucky School for the Deaf showed us all how to sign Merry Christmas and we learned the Santa likes to vacation in the southern hemisphere... He also eats sugar cookies for breakfast (although MAGPI does not recommend nor endorse a steady diet of sugar cookie breakfasts). Personally, I was VERY impressed with how many good deeds all of the students were doing, and I know Santa was, too.<br /><br />We'll be scheduling a week of virtual visits to the North Pole next year for MAGPI members ... so start planning now! :0) View the videoconference agenda and projects at <a href="http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Cookies-Santa">http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Cookies-Santa</a>.Heather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444632761666344120.post-45422725052296617042009-11-12T13:33:00.012-05:002009-11-17T12:57:39.826-05:00Give yourself permission to write bad lines or scenes...When talking about how to overcome writer's block, playwright Edgar J. Shockley<span style="font-family:Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></span> <!--EndFragment--> advised 5 classes of high school students to "give yourself permission to write bad lines or scenes ..." He added that when you give yourself permission to do this, you'll never have writer's block.<br /><br />Rewind five hours earlier: I was working with our fellows during a virtual training session to help them design collaborative projects. As a group, we came up with a great list of best practices for designing videoconference collaborations - - but I wish I had been able to quote Ed when chatting with our fellows.<br /><br />We are all still learning how to integrate videoconference project-based collaboration into our classrooms. Collectively, we are generating a framework of advice; but every project is different. Although we may not have an exact blueprint for how to put every project together, we can't stop innovating. We need to give ourselves permission to write bad lines or scenes. And then, of course, learn from them.<br /><br />To me, it's all about iterative design (and if you've participated in one of my training sessions, you might be tired of hearing me say this!). We have to start with the learning objectives, decide what evidences understanding, and then design the learning experiences. But it doesn't end there! During the entire planning and implementation process, we must look critically at what worked well and what didn't work well. And about taking risks.<br /><br />Ironically, looking back at the 3 hour training session I facilitated about developing collaborative projects and the 75-minute session I coordinated on playwriting (all within the same afternoon!), I've discovered striking synergies between advice given during each session.<br /><br />For example, Ed told students that "writing something with a moral is rarely successful; but when we see truth on stage, the truth speaks to us. Great art makes the personal universal and the universal personal." Translation to project development? Don't have "this is the right way to do the project" tunnel vision when planning. Allow space for iteration, organic development and retrospection while designing. When you give yourself space to reflect, the project may be more sucessful.<br /><br />Another theme that emerged during the playwriting session is the idea that in order to be a good playwright, one has to experience (not necessary excel!) all of the different jobs that go into producing a play (i.e. costuming, directing, set design, etc.). Same goes for developing a collaborative project. Educators and students should experience putting together all of the technological pieces that go into a project; technical support and students should assist with the curriculum design; and educators and tech specialist should assume the roles of students at some point. It gives everyone an appreciation of the talents and expertise that goes into designing and partaking in a project - - not that we all need to be experts at each piece!<br /><br />And lastly, the playwrights joked that one of the best things about being a playwright is that you get to sleep in late and your day doesn't really start until 4:00 p.m. Conversely, by 4:00 p.m., my work day is almost done. :0)Heather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444632761666344120.post-51751485645009145892009-11-06T11:24:00.007-05:002009-11-06T11:56:42.405-05:00Kaleidoscope Songs and Breaking In the NEW MCU!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJF8hLE28c3IZlJbymY00XRhMo4E9p2tlWqtfOl9yWtELFFDv1s5zqOMwcLXB06M7vji_bSifo94fHS6qRtRbGhbAAhqCl2BDOIdJ-VrGA_LR-cqmTfiMy5NS_HtTkk849tHhAOAJCy8Y/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 192px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJF8hLE28c3IZlJbymY00XRhMo4E9p2tlWqtfOl9yWtELFFDv1s5zqOMwcLXB06M7vji_bSifo94fHS6qRtRbGhbAAhqCl2BDOIdJ-VrGA_LR-cqmTfiMy5NS_HtTkk849tHhAOAJCy8Y/s320/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401034634066851266" border="0" /></a>Today we had two Kaleidoscope Songs VC sessions (one for <a href="http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Kaleidoscope-Songs-Grades-K-2">grades K-2</a> and one for <a href="http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Kaleidoscope-Songs-Grades-3-5">grades 3-5</a>) with Alex Mitnick. Alex joins us in our studio every few months to make music with lots of students across PA, NJ, DE and KY! You can learn about Alex and the Kaleidoscope Band on their <a href="http://www.kaleidoscopesongs.com/">website</a>.<br /><br />We had seven elementary schools join our K-2 session, and due to some last-minute issues, only one school in our grades 3-5 session. The lucky students at Hopewell Elementary got some one-on-one time with our guest!<br /><br />Although we used the Internet2 Commons for the K-2 session, we tried out our BRAND NEW Codian HD MCU for the Grades 3-5 session. It worked great! We're still working out some logistics concerning the MCU, but will be migrating all of our programs to that piece of equipment over the next few months. Look for information about how to book your own program/event/videoconference through our new MCU service VERY SOON. The service will be available to both MAGPI members and non-MAGPI members.<br /><br />The grade 3-5 event ended with students from Hopewell Elementary and Alex singing "Together." You can listen to Alex sing the song through this mp3 and follow along with the lyrics:<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_standard_gray.swf" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://www.magpi.net/sites/default/files/docs/KaleidoscopeSongsTogether.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" height="52" width="300"></embed><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">Being together<br />And being myself<br />I feel my happiness<br />Go round about<br /><br />When I see all my friends<br />Being happy and free<br />I know that together<br />We all love to be<br /><br />Together, together<br />Learning today<br />Together, together,<br />Freedom is our goal<br />Together, together<br />Finding the way<br />Together, together<br />Together today.<br /><br />Each is a light<br />Each is a spark<br />Each single life<br />A star in the dark<br /><br />Everyoneʼs faces<br />Together is us<br />All of our differences<br />Gives us a plus<br /></div></blockquote></div><br />Alex is coming back in December and we still have some spots available. If you're interested, please go to the <a href="http://www.magpi.net/">www.magpi.net</a>, find the program under "programs and events" and register!Heather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444632761666344120.post-85549683455340271632009-11-05T17:14:00.014-05:002009-11-05T21:42:28.204-05:00Behind the Scenes at The Haunted Poe VideoconferenceToday's <a href="http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Haunted-Poe">Haunted Poe videoconference</a>, a collaboration between MAGPI, <a href="http://bratproductions.org/">Brat Productions</a> and the <a href="http://www.pcah.us/">Pew Center for Arts and Heritage</a>, was a huge success! 12 schools joined us for the program from across Pennsylvania. Here's a brief glimpse 'behind the scenes':
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<br />It's the Philly Poe Guy! Edward Pettit shared historical information about Poe, his life and literary works - - specifically related to his time in Philadelphia. Check out Ed's "Ed and Edgar" <a href="http://bibliothecary.squarespace.com/">blog</a>.
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<br />Actor Dallas Drummond does a dramatic reading of the Tell Tale Heart.
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<br />Here is the dual screen display that Dallas was looking at while performing. He was able to view all 12 schools simultaneously.
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<br />Michael explains the concept of Haunted Poe and how the production came to be.
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<br />At the end of the videoconference, the whole crew pulled up chairs to answer questions from our 12 connected schools.
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<br />We'll have the podcast of the event up on our iTunes site soon! In the meantime, check out a brief clip of Brat Production's <a href="http://www.smallchangescreenings.com/lime/PoeHouse_web.mov">Haunted Poe Production</a>...
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<br />Many thanks to all! A great time in the studio and learning experience for the schools.
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<br />Heather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444632761666344120.post-61992894755954450562009-10-18T21:04:00.012-04:002009-10-19T00:47:58.164-04:00Innovation Workshop and the Time Sync Question<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://langwitches.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/connected-teacher-e.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 181px;" src="http://langwitches.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/connected-teacher-e.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>This past Friday, the MAGPI team organized our first-ever Innovation Workshop at Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit. Approximately 36 educators and technologists took part in this program, which lasted from 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. - - - seven and a half hours of technology integration!<br /><br />Even though I was facilitating all of my workshop sessions remotely, it was great to get to know the educators and technology specialists who attended. Here's a brief snapshot of some of the things we accomplished that day:<br /><ul><li>MAGPI's Executive Director, Greg Palmer, was onsite and gave a 30 minute overview of <a href="http://www.internet2.edu/">Internet2</a>, the <a href="http://k20.internet2.edu/">K20 Initiative</a> and <a href="http://www.magpi.net/">MAGPI</a>.</li><li>I conferenced in from my Baltimore-area office and talked about the various applications that educators can take advantage of over Internet2, including: interactive video, digital library and media sources, simulations, educational games, remote instrumentation, and more. Take a look at the <a href="http://delicious.com/hlw2/innovationwkshp">innovation workshop link list</a> to learn more about these specific applications.<br /></li><li>We broke the group into teams of four and each team got to spend 15 minutes in each of the following demonstrations: experimenting with the <a href="http://www.wecantakeyouthere.com/">virtual reality development lab</a> equipment, exploring <a href="http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/outreach/">NOAA's island in Second Life</a>, placing/receiving calls on videoconferencing gear, and an online tour of the <a href="http://www.magpi.net/Community/K12-Education">K12 Community on MAGPI's new website</a>.</li><li>After lunch, the educators spent two hours with me taking an indepth look at videoconferencing in the classroom. We took a virtual field trip to <a href="http://www.gemini.edu/">Gemini Observatories in Mauna Kea, HI</a>, and talked about best practices for using videoconferencing in the classroom. During our second hour, we talked about how to plan collaborative projects that use interactive video and brainstormed project ideas. Meanwhile, the technology specialists were spending time with UPenn staff members learning about IPv6, unified communications, troubleshooting H.323 and multicast applications.</li><li>We ended the day with a virtual panel discussion featuring educators who had successfully created collaborative projects. We were joined by Marilyn Puchalski who discussed the <a href="http://www3.bucksiu.org/16701041394849550/blank/browse.asp?a=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c=56321&16701041394849550Nav=%7C&NodeID=2013">We Want the World to Know</a> project, and Allison Carpenter who talked about the <a href="http://murdermysterycase.wikispaces.com/">Murder Mystery Project</a> and <a href="http://4statesofmatter.wikispaces.com/">States of Matter project</a>.</li></ul><br />One of the most exciting things that came from this workshop was the formulation of a potential collaborative project idea for schools along the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The project would involve schools located in the watershed areas and along the bay to collaborate through data collection and videoconferencing, so students in one area can see how the actions of their community affect other communities located 'downstream.' I was also thrilled to hear about a new service-learning course offered in Souther Lehigh School District that will be able to take advantage of the technologies we discussed to enrich students' inquiry and project-based learning.<br /><br />Since I was facilitating all of my workshop segments remotely (and there was a bit of a predicament with the camera set-up in the room - - they were mounted in the back of the room and I was looking at the back of people's heads most of the day), it was tough to gauge participants' reactions to the event. Admittedly, it was a lot of information to digest. Our hope for the workshop was to expose participants to the different applications (specialized uses of the network :0)) available to them and inspire/excite them to want to take on a project. Hopefully, we accomplished that without overwhelming. If you attended, we would love to hear your feedback.<br /><br />At the end of the day, one technology integrator asked me "What would you say to a teacher who said they just didn't have time to try and integrate this technology?" If I'm honest, I'd have to say I don't have a really good answer to that question. As much as we say that integrating technology enhances (and in many cases, can supplement or even substitute for existing learning activities in the classroom), it by no means makes the educator's life easier the first time out. If they are new to the technology, the educator has to learn how it works. After that, they need to think critically about how it makes sense to use the technology to help accomplish their content objectives. It's definitely a time sync when you're learning it. Even if you are an educator lucky enough to have a fantastic technology support network, you're going to need to put some time in. Not to mention that there are so many interactive technologies to choose from; it can certainly be overwhelming to learn about them and become the 'networked teacher.'<br /><br />But the initial time investment pays off - - exponentially. Not only are your students more engaged in technology-rich learning environments, but you have increased opportunity for authentic, inquiry and project-based learning. Interactive technologies flatten classroom walls and allow you to tap into additional knowledge networks, bring leading experts into your classroom and virtually excpose your students to places and things they might have never seen. So no, I don't have a good answer to the time question except to say the more you use technology in the classroom, the less time it will take to plan for using it.<br /><br />Adding to the time crunch issue? We really can't start with the technology when planning classroom activities. We have to use <a href="http://www.ubdexchange.org/">backwards design</a> and start with the learning objectives: what is it that I want my students to walk away with? Then think about how we will <span style="font-weight: bold;">know</span> students have achieved those objectives... and THEN think about the learning experiences and how technology can mediate those experiences. Again, not really a time-saving strategy - - but one that will make sure our integration efforts are effective and meaningful.<br /><br />So, interactive technologies in the classroom have leveled geographic barriers. But we're still figuring out time zones... and time syncs...<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Networked Teacher Image from: <a href="http://langwitches.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/connected-teacher-e.jpg">langwitches.org blog</a></span>Heather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444632761666344120.post-35916324421531196332009-10-05T22:42:00.004-04:002009-10-05T23:27:34.979-04:00Reflections on the Global Creative Economy Convergence Summit 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixurMsd6oTKr58SnZvaxCE9JJDsOI-gpX16ufo7K8nfs2XwG50trObRjAytwmApomurkyvQTGsSROpdbn9qx5oBlZHo0Rybmv-OuTnga54rHUz9N8gENTzI9MmKMIi_ZY6DhK0oxt63nk/s1600-h/Picture+4.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixurMsd6oTKr58SnZvaxCE9JJDsOI-gpX16ufo7K8nfs2XwG50trObRjAytwmApomurkyvQTGsSROpdbn9qx5oBlZHo0Rybmv-OuTnga54rHUz9N8gENTzI9MmKMIi_ZY6DhK0oxt63nk/s320/Picture+4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389323411708000370" border="0" /></a>Today I had the pleasure of attending the <a href="http://www.gcecs2009.com/">Global Creative Economy Convergence Summit 2009</a>. Spending the day with such creative innovators and entrepreneurs was such a treat. Energy pulsed through the conference and it was impossible not to drink the kool aid or take the red pill (as one panelist suggested).<br /><br />According to the website, the Summit is "a two-day conference which promises to embrace the same values it champions: innovation, creativity, collaboration, shared learning, technology and open source thinking." The sessions I attended today focused primarily on alternative workforce development/management, innovation in education, social networking trends and alternative educational models (i.e. internship/mentorship, project-based learning, civic engagement).<br /><br />Although I'm still synthesizing all that I learned, here are some of my favorite take-aways from the conference (expect longer posts on some of them when I have time to expound!):<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.iftf.org/user/46">Jane McGonigal </a>(evening keynote) suggested that <span class="status-body"><span id="msgtxt4640842963" class="msgtxt en">game developers should aspire to win the Nobel Peace Prize in the next 25 years</span></span>.</li><li><a href="http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2006/03/the_freemium_bu.html">The Freemium Business Model</a> (term coined by blogger <a href="http://www.unionsquareventures.com/team/">Fred Wilson</a> of Union Square Ventures and shared by speaker <a href="http://www.beyondfrequency.com/">Paul Wright</a> of <a href="http://www.miccoworld.com/">Micco World</a>.) </li><li>Breaking the Cube Panel Discussion: virtual companies, virtual assistants, co-working and making the office obsolete (Food for thought: how will the future of virtual companies affect how we prepare students for the 'real world?' What implications does the concept of the co-working have on education? What role does interactive video play? How about advanced networks? Check out <a href="http://shift101.com/">Shift101</a> and <a href="http://conjunctured.com/">Conjunctured</a> for more on co-working)</li><li>Redefining the internship model... empowering interns in the work place and making them vital parts of teams... is a virtual intern an extern? How do you manage, mentor and supervise virtual interns? Love the <a href="http://coolcities.com/">cool cities model</a> and had no idea the UPenn participated in <a href="http://www.gointernu.com/">InternU</a>. Need to think about how to succesfully integrate interns into educational program development at MAGPI.<br /></li><li>Can't wait to try out <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/172895/five_reasons_to_dive_into_google_wave.html">Google Wave</a> -- sent Google a request but would love to get an invite from someone! :0)</li><li><a href="http://www.myspace.com/myrikalisfire">Myrikal</a> - - what a fabulous story and talented young woman. How can we foster and nurture such creative individuals in an urban public school environment? And how can we build on her story and inspire others? Young Virtual Artist in Residence Program via interactive video? (Any suggestions about funding?)</li><li>Elizabeth Gilbert (author of <a href="http://www.elizabethgilbert.com/eatpraylove.htm">Eat, Pray, Love</a>) suggested that everyone explore their curiousity - - which is a much more friendlier term than passion - - and that will lead to innovative entrepreneurship. </li><li>Still not sure what this crowd sourcing thing is all about - - and a little bummed I missed that session.</li><li><span class="status-body"><span id="msgtxt4637965910" class="msgtxt en">Co-creation and creative participation seem to be key ideas to all kinds of creative initiatives. People like to contribute. (thanks for the tweet @</span></span>spragueKS)<br /></li><li><span class="status-body"><span id="msgtxt4632751071" class="msgtxt en">Pennsylvania is last of the states in terms of new entreprenurial ventures with new entreprenuers according to latest data from the <a href="http://www.kauffman.org/">Kauffman Foundation</a>... Ouch...</span></span></li><li><span class="status-body"><span id="msgtxt4631131932" class="msgtxt en">Work is changing: focus, collaboration, learning and socializing -- virtual and coworking situations need to support all. Again, how does this affect career preparedness and what IS the role of technology in education?</span></span></li><li><span class="status-body"><span id="msgtxt4631131932" class="msgtxt en">Where does global education, preparing 21st century students, global networks and how to build global student-based creative economies play into all of the above? Thinking about Thomas Friedman's "flat" concept... how does it translate?<br /></span></span></li><li><span class="status-body"><span id="msgtxt4631131932" class="msgtxt en">Definitely need to rekindle MAGPI's relationship with <a href="http://www.innovationphiladelphia.com/">Innovation Philadelphia</a>... How do/can advanced networks and educational technology applications affect creative economic development?<br /></span></span></li></ul>Just a little food for thought and some of the things that are going to be on my mind for a while... For other thoughts on the summit, search #gcecs2009 on Twitter.Heather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444632761666344120.post-44537273463988760702009-10-02T16:22:00.006-04:002009-10-02T16:31:55.962-04:00Are your students ready to STAND UP, SPEAK OUT and LEND A HAND against extremism and hunger?Each year, MAGPI partners with several outstanding non-profit organizations to design interactive educational programming. One of my all-time favorite organizations to work with is <a href="http://kleinfoundation.org">The Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation</a>, and I am very pleased to announce our annual collaborative program: The <a href="http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Stand-Speak-Out-Lend-Hand">STAND UP. SPEAK OUT. LEND A HAND!</a> Project.<br /><div style="text-align: left;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.magpi.net/sites/default/files/gerda_klein.jpg?1246460576"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 239px;" src="http://www.magpi.net/sites/default/files/gerda_klein.jpg?1246460576" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;">In the winter of 1945, on the day of her liberation from six years of Nazi rule, Gerda Weissmann clung to life at the end of a 350-mile death march. She weighed 68 pounds, her hair had turned white, and she had not had a bath in three years. She survived with courage, grace and dignity<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Gerda Weissmann Klein, renowned motivational speaker and Holocaust survivor, teaches each one of us about tolerance, understanding and making a difference. Gerda Klein’s spirit helped her survive six years under Nazi rule; through her story, and her unique perspective, she continues to help each one of us to understand the dangers of hate and extremism.</span> <p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Students involved in <a target="_blank" href="http://magpi.newsweaver.co.uk/magpiupdate2/1h0qmwtkxe3tbbotipeluv"><b>STAND UP. SPEAK OUT. LEND A HAND</b></a> will hear from Gerda during a special interactive videoconference event and then embark upon their own service learning projects. Each participating school will be tasked with designing and implementing a service learning project that combats social issues in their community. </span></p> <p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">In order to maintain an on-going dialogue over the course of the project, each class will create a wiki page and posting bi-weekly updates on their projects. Once a month, schools will be assigned a partner class who will review and comment on their wiki page (and vice versa). Students will then reconvene via videoconference to share their service learning projects with the Klein Foundation during a celebratory "Project Collaboration Videoconference" in March. We will break schools into smaller groups for project sharing to encourage dialogue among students!</span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Here are the project dates - - mark them on your calendar:</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>You are the Messengers to a Time I Will Not See:</b><br /> <i><b>A Conversation with Gerda Weissmann Klein Videoconference</b></i><br />December 10, 2009 * 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Supporting Your Students in their Service Learning Projects</b><br /> <i><b>Teacher Workshop Videoconference </b></i><br />January 21, 2010 * 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Student Service Learning Projects</b><br />December – March</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Service Project Celebration</b><br /> <i><b>Student Sharing Videoconference Event</b></i><br />March 24, 2010 * 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.<br />Students/Classes will be assigned to a 50 minute interactive period during this time.</span></li></ul> <p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>It's a three-month service learning challenge. Are your students ready to STAND UP, SPEAK OUT, and LEND A HAND against extremism and hunger?</b><br /></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">To register for this program, please visit the <a href="http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Stand-Speak-Out-Lend-Hand">program website</a>.<br /></span></p>Heather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444632761666344120.post-51080694025685413892009-10-01T11:39:00.006-04:002009-10-01T11:58:03.374-04:00Don't miss out on this year's Digital Flat Stanley Project!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.magpi.net/sites/default/files/flat_stanley.jpg?1246459797"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 275px;" src="http://www.magpi.net/sites/default/files/flat_stanley.jpg?1246459797" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Just wanted to make you aware that registration for the<a href="http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Digital-Flat-Stanley-Project"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 2009-2010 Flat Stanley Project</span></a> is now open (<span style="font-style: italic;">and closes on October 15th!</span>)! We hope that you and your students will participate!
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<br />What happens when a normal boy finds himself flattened by a bulletin board and is sent through the mail to places all across the country? Your students can find out during this fun project, based on the 1964 book written by Jeff Brown! Classes across the country will participate in this project and send their Flat Stanleys around the USA to visit different students. Every journey, one school’s Flat Stanley will visit another partner school. Students will take their new flat friend on different adventures near their school and record the adventures on a wiki page. At the end of each journey, partner schools will meet via videoconference for 30 minutes to greet one another, discuss their hometown and experiences with their flat friends. <span style="font-weight: bold;">At the end of the project, Flat Stanley will have visited 4 places and - - and so will your students! </span>Last year more than 130 classes participated! Make sure your class doesn't miss out! This project is open to students in grades K-3.
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<br />If you participated in the project in the past, <span style="font-weight: bold;">there are some changes this year</span>. Due to increase in postage fees and tight budgets, there is NO scrapbook component to this project (so we'll just be mailing Flat Stanleys in envelopes - - no worries about large packages!) Instead of creating physical scrapbook pages, each class will be creating a wiki page for each of their journeys. Of course, you and your collaborating teacher for a journey may choose to send things to your partner class about your location, but this is not required.
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">We have a new registration system this year as well</span>. In order to register for the Digital Flat Stanley project, you must work with your technology coordinator to get set-up in our new system. Here are the steps:
<br /></span><ol style="font-family:arial;"><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Have your<span style="font-weight: bold;"> videoconference/technology coordinator</span> go to <a href="http://www.magpi.net/">http://www.magpi.net</a>, click on “log in” and then either log in using their existing MUSE username/password (if they have one) or click on “create new account.” When an account is created, it may take up to 24 business hours for it to be approved before you can register.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Your <span style="font-weight: bold;">videoconference/technology coordinator</span> must then go to their account information (click on their username which is displayed on the upper right hand corner of the website when he or she is logged in) and then click on the “sites” tab. Your technology coordinator must create a site for every building that wants to participate in this project. This will keep your technical information on file with MAGPI and teachers don’t need to worry about knowing IP addresses!</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">After your videoconference/technology coordinator has created your sites, <span style="font-weight: bold;">YOU need to create an account for yourself</span> (so we have your class information on file!). Go to <a href="http://www.magpi.net/">http://www.magpi.net</a>, click on “log in” and then log in using your existing MUSE username/password (if you have one) or click on “create new account.” When an account is created, it may take up to 24 business hours for it to be approved before you can register.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Before you can register for a program,<span style="font-weight: bold;"> you must link your account with the appropriate site in our database</span>. To do that, go to your account information (click on your username which is displayed on the upper right hand corner of the website when you are logged in) and then click on the “sites” tab. Click on “other sites,” scroll to find your site and then click “join.” Congrats! You’re now linked to a site!</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">After your account is approved, you’ll see dates, times and “register now” links on all MAGPI program pages when you are logged into the website. Go to the Digital Flat Stanley project webpage, click “Register Now,” accept the terms and YOU’RE REGISTERED!</span></li></ol><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >
<br />I realize that registering for a project the first time using our new system is a bit of a process; however, any time you want to register for a future program – all you will need to do is log in and click “register.”
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<br />Please note that if you participated last year, your class wiki page from last year’s project has been archived. We will be creating new templates for registered participants next week - - look for information from me after you register for the program. Please don't go in, delete last year's information and update your old page. We'd like to save those as an archival history of the project!
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<br />Thanks! 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id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380208151419615794" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Starting a new school year is always an exciting time and that's especially true for all of us at MAGPI this year. We are thrilled to announce the launch of our </span><b style="font-family: arial;">new logo</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> and </span><b style="font-family: arial;">redesign of all our print and electronic communications</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> to </span><b style="font-family: arial;">better serve you</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> - our </span><b style="font-family: arial;">MAGPI Member Communities</b><span style="font-family: arial;">!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">After many months of conducting user feedback surveys and extensive redesign work with an outside firm everything has been redesigned with a focus on what you, our members, wanted most -- </span><b style="font-family: arial;">easier access to programs</b><span style="font-family: arial;">, </span><b style="font-family: arial;">navigation by community type</b><span style="font-family: arial;">, and a more </span><b style="font-family: arial;">simplified consistent visual design</b><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Many of you may have already noticed our </span><b style="font-family: arial;">new logo last spring</b><span style="font-family: arial;">, and the </span><b style="font-family: arial;"> new website has been up for a few weeks now</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> but we are thrilled to finally annunce the </span><b style="font-family: arial;">final piece in our overhaul which is the new customized MAGPI program and events calendar and registration system</b><span style="font-family: arial;">. Through the new system, you will be able to search and register for programs without having to go to an external site as you did in the past and searching for program events should be much easier overall.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Our </span><b style="font-family: arial;">new MAGPI logo</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> represents the </span><b style="font-family: arial;">connections of networks - both technical and people - </b><span style="font-family: arial;"> that we serve. We feel it is </span><b style="font-family: arial;">strong</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> and </span><b style="font-family: arial;">fresh</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> and conveys a sense of the </span><b style="font-family: arial;">future</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> while retaining a focus on the </span><b style="font-family: arial;">global connections</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> that are so important to us. We hope you like it as much as we do!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The newly re-branded, re-designed website has been created to overall </span><b style="font-family: arial;">help you</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><b style="font-family: arial;">navigate quickly</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> to whatever you are looking for. It has been redesigned to be </span><b style="font-family: arial;">customized for each of the various communities we support</b><span style="font-family: arial;">. You'll notice that you can navigate the site by first choosing a community on the left hand side of the homepage. Once you've entered a particular community you will see an </span><b style="font-family: arial;">About tab</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> that gives you an </span><b style="font-family: arial;">overview of that community</b> including<b style="font-family: arial;"> examples of how it uses advanced networking</b><span style="font-family: arial;">, then you can browse </span><b style="font-family: arial;">Programs</b><span style="font-family: arial;">, </span><b style="font-family: arial;">Applications</b><span style="font-family: arial;">, </span><b style="font-family: arial;">Resources</b><span style="font-family: arial;">, </span><b style="font-family: arial;">Initiatives</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> and </span><b style="font-family: arial;"> Funding</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> that are </span><b style="font-family: arial;">tabbed and sorted</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> for that particular community. The </span><b style="font-family: arial;"> new homepage</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> allows you to </span><b style="font-family: arial;">quickly see featured programs</b><span style="font-family: arial;">, </span><b style="font-family: arial;">current news</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> and our </span><b style="font-family: arial;">program and events calendar</b><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">We are particularly excited about the </span><b style="font-family: arial;">new MAGPI calendar and registration system</b> which has been custom designed for us to allow for exactly the functionality needed for our programs. The <b style="font-family: arial;">new Programs page</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> now allows you to view upcoming programs in either </span><b style="font-family: arial;">calendar view </b><span style="font-family: arial;">or the </span><b style="font-family: arial;">program list</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> view. And, </span><b style="font-family: arial;">you no longer have to leave the MAGPI website to register for any of our programs</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> as it is all built into</span><b style="font-family: arial;"> </b><span style="font-family: arial;">our new custom calendar and regisiration system. You </span><b style="font-family: arial;">must first login to be able to register for any program </b><span style="font-family: arial;">though so</span><b style="font-family: arial;"> be sure to do that as</b><b style="font-family: arial;"> soon as you start browsing the site</b><span style="font-family: arial;">. Finally, you can </span><b style="font-family: arial;">jump right to Muse</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> through the new MAGPI site either by the Program menu or the navigation on the left. As a </span><b style="font-family: arial;">continuation of our work to date with the Muse</b> <b style="font-family: arial;">Development Team</b><span style="font-family: arial;">, MAGPI will be </span><b style="font-family: arial;">further working to integrate our calendar and registration system with Muse</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> to allow for a more seamless integration of the two systems. And, if you are already a member of Muse you do not have to recreate a new login for the MAGPI site, all you need to do is </span><b style="font-family: arial;">login using your Muse username and password</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> and you're ready to go!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">We've </span><b style="font-family: arial;">come a long way in the last ten years</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> and we couldn't have done it without you. We thought it was time our logo and website reflected that journey together. Everything has been </span><b style="font-family: arial;">designed with you -- our MAGPI Member Communities -- in mind</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> and we hope it shows.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Please do take a moment to browse around and tell us what you think. Your </span><b style="font-family: arial;">feedback is invaluable</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> to us and will help us to </span><b style="font-family: arial;">continue to serve you better.</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> Send any comments, questions, or suggestions to "</span><a href="https://mail.exchange.upenn.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=961248b13d4246f7a07ec938045caeab&URL=mailto%3awebmaster%40magpi.net" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: arial;">webmaster@magpi.net</a><span style="font-family: arial;">".</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's to another great year!!</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The MAGPI Team</span></span>Heather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444632761666344120.post-61027110052704751572009-09-10T10:19:00.003-04:002009-09-10T20:24:19.650-04:00Discovery Education announces their 2009-2010 FREE webinarsDiscovery Education announced their free 2009-2010 webinar schedule earlier this week on the Discovery Educator Network blog. While, admittedly, many of these webinars focus on discovery education products, there are some that focus more on integration of technologies into classroom in general. Since MAGPI does not specifically use Discovery Education products (not yet, anyway!), here are some of the seminars I'm looking forward to attending this fall:<br /><ul><li><h3 class="label"><label for="wi-title"></label></h3><div class="data input field-text editable highlight text" onclick="_wi_rewriteOnDemand(this,event)" id="wi-title"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Creating Class Communities</span><br />September 22, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>ET<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>Educators know that learning is a social endeavor and that technology can connect students to powerful learning experiences. Learn how to leverage online tools to create vibrant classroom communities that sustain student engagement and empower students to learn from each other.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">(I'm hoping to learn some new ideas for strenghtening communication/collaboration between students in different geographic locations for specific MAGPI projects).<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div></li><li><div class="data input field-text editable highlight text" onclick="_wi_rewriteOnDemand(this,event)" id="wi-title"><span style="font-weight: bold;">50 Ways to Spin a Digital Story<br /></span>October 13, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m<span style="font-weight: bold;">. </span>ET<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span class="event-details-label"></span><span class="event-description">An in-depth overview of the digital media available in Discovery Education Streaming and 50 different ways to tell digital stories using it. DE Streaming provides your classroom access to thousands of videos, images and audio clips. Learn how to integrate them into cutting edge Web 2.0 sites to make your students' digital stories come alive!</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"> (I've always wanted to cook-up a digital storytelling project and have been in conversation with The Library of Congress about a potential project. Hoping to pick up some tips!)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Learning through the Funnies</span><br />October 20, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. ET<br /><span class="event-details-label"></span><span class="event-description">Learn to use free comic creation programs and websites to enhance your lessons and student projects. These great tools can be used to across all grades and easily integrated into all curricular areas. Learn, Laugh, and Lesson Plan.</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">(One of the most popular projects I work on is <a href="http://www.magpi.net/Community/Programs/Cartooning-Blitz-%E2%80%93-Middle-School">Cartooning with Blitz</a>. This might provide some inspiration for additional collaborations with Bruce or between participating schools!)</span></li></ul>For more information about DEN webinars or to register, visit: <a href="http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2009/09/08/discovery-education-webinars-2009-2010/">http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2009/09/08/discovery-education-webinars-2009-2010/</a>Heather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444632761666344120.post-58537879320446013232009-09-09T09:25:00.005-04:002009-09-09T09:46:08.621-04:00The Student Blogging Challenge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/3574392846_68f6ca215d_m.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 240px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/3574392846_68f6ca215d_m.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">While easing back into things before I'm back full-time on September 21st, I came across the</span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://wyatt67.edublogs.org/2009/08/22/its-about-to-start-the-student-blogging-challenge/"> Student Blogging Challenge</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> announcement in my email from edublogger. I know that a lot of you use edublogger in your classroom, so I thought I'd share the announcement. According to Ms. Wyatt's blog, last year's challenge "had students from 15 countries taking part with either their own blogs or as part of a class blog. In total over 1000 students were writing posts, making conversations through comments and getting to know students and classes around the world." A great way to make some connections!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">This year there are two challenges: one for helping students become better bloggers and one for helping students become better commenters.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">To register, and for more information, visit </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://wyatt67.edublogs.org/2009/08/22/its-about-to-start-the-student-blogging-challenge/">Ms. Wyatt's blog</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. Although the challenge started on September 6th, you can register at any time. If you have your students take part in the challenge, please share your thoughts (especially if you participated last year!). I'm really curious to see how this works, so I've added Ms. Wyatt's blog to my "What I'm Reading." You should, too!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I always like to try and incoporate different web 2.0 technologies into the various programs that MAGPI runs. While reading about Sue Wyatt's annual blog competition, I came across Gail Desler's (@gailhd) blog </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> "</span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://blogwalker.edublogs.org/2009/08/28/five-tips-for-helping-students-become-better-bloggers/">5 Tips for Helping Students Become Better Bloggers</a><span style="font-family: arial;">." Strategies include:</span><br /><ul style="font-family: arial;"><li>Provide students with examples.</li><li>Include reflection and self-evaluation as part of the blogging process.</li><li>Teach students how to hyperlink.</li><li>Invite students to share their strategies for inviting others into their conversations.</li><li>Begin an ongoing conversation about digital citizenship.<br /></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial;">Many thanks to Gail for posting these suggestions! I'm curious what other strategies you might add to this list?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:78%;" >Image from the <a href="http://wyatt67.edublogs.org/2009/08/22/its-about-to-start-the-student-blogging-challenge/">Student Blogging Challenge blog</a> on Sue Wyatt's blog.</span>Heather Weisse Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15632665046593720494noreply@blogger.com1