Video Conferencing Opportunities
2007-2008
This school year Haverford School District was the beneficiary of an Act 183 Grant written by the DCIU. This grant awarded Haverford School District video conferencing equipment to be used throughout the district. Below are some opportunities that you and your class may be interested in. These are outstanding opportunities for your students and will be posted as I receive them from the IU. Please call Jane Greenspun (x5520) if you are intersted in participating/ I look forward to working with you and your students!
In this installment:
• Get your class involved in the mystery geography game! Check out the Where in Pennsylvania? project! Grade 5
• Have your students star as famous people in American history/contemporary culture... join a Famous Americans videoconference project.
Where in Pennsylvania?
Dates and Times:
December 11, 2007; 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. ET
December 11, 2007; 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
May 20, 2008; 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. ET
May 20, 2008; 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
Target Grade Levels: Grades 5
Cost: Free!
Requirements for participation: Must be a MAGPI member and have H.323 (IP) Videoconferencing capabilities
Description:
This project is designed for 5 th grade students studying Pennsylvania geography and history. Through video conference technology, students are able to meet other students while learning about different parts of the state! Prior to the video conference each classroom will create a presentation with clues about their city or town. The other classrooms, using maps, the Internet, textbooks, and other resources, will try to discover the location of each participating classroom..
This MAGPI program is based on and uses the curricular materials and format developed by the Berrien County ISD’s “Where in Michigan?” project.
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Famous Americans
Program Dates/Times
Tuesday, December 4, 2007; 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. EST (Grades 2-3)
Tuesday, December 4, 2007; 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. EST (Grades 4-5)
Description
Have your students explore American History as they research and portray famous Americans as part of this engaging, interactive videoconference! Each participating class will give three "60 second" presentations about three different famous Americans. Snapshots should include pertinent facts about the famous American - - and the student representing the famous American should be dressed like the person they are portraying. After the presentations, there will be a 5 minute "reflection period" where teachers can facilitate classroom discussion and students can deduce which famous Americans were being portrayed.
Each school will get a turn to present. After schools select which three Americans they will research, presentations will be grouped by category. For example, three different schools might present as part of the "Famous American Women" category and those same schools might also have a presentation as part of the "American Explorers" category. Categories will be determined at least one week prior to the videoconference event.
This project is adaptable for whatever content area you are covering as part of your social studies curriculum. If there is a famous American that you would like your students to investigate - - and he or she is not already on the list - - we'd be happy to add that person!
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