Building bridges for the future through collaborative projects
21st C Literacy Ave Advocate! Will you join me?
Profile Information
- Hometown:
- Altoona, Iowa
- Your school and country
- Southeast Polk Community Schools, USA
- Your Role in Flat Classroom
- advisor
- About Me:
- I have been a K-12 teacher librarian in the Southeast Polk Community Schools for fourteen years, with the past six years in the high school. The job is rewarding and challenging. I work with 1700 students of all abilities and interests.
Being a teacher in the high school is rewarding as I watch students grow over four years. They blossom from being questioning freshmen into being mature seniors, ready to graduate and move on to adulthood. In the library, interested teens excel in student leadership skills related to library management and technology! I often urge them to pursue a career in library services and half jokingly tell them I'm reserving their spot to take my position, six to eight years or so down the road, after their college training!
My job is challenging as literacy skills demand greater and greater knowledge of new technologies, emerging daily. Watching the rapid growth of the Internet since the introduction of WWW around 1995 has been fascinating. Each year offers new opportunities for global use and value to our world.
In the classroom, I enjoy the potential and challenge of using Web 2.0 tools personally and with students! I try to keep an even balance of promoting reading and books and encouraging students and staff to experiment with blogs, wikis and podcasting!
It is with great joy that I am participating in the Flat Classroom Project 2008 as an international judge! I am learning right along with the teachers and students! I enjoy teaching learners how to effectively travel down Literacy Avenue in the WWW! Hop on board. Keyword search Flat Classroom Project 2008 and enjoy the reading, thinking, and problem solving!
Carol VanHook
School Media Specialist
librariesrock -- flickr
vanhookc -- twitter, plurk, tumblr
- Website:
- http://booktalk.pbwiki.com/
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Hi Betsye,
I just received a response from Julie Lindsay, telling me to go to
http:flatclassroomproject.ning.com and join the educators site (on left hand side, the link for Primary). I just joined and am waiting to be approved. I posted a comment...
Hi Betsye,
Awesome! I have no idea how to begin, but I'd love to collaborate with your class! I have sent messages to several people asking for info, but haven't heard anything yet.
Where are you located?
We are in a small town called Spindale, in...
Hi Mary,
I am new to this site as well, but think my 5th graders would be interested in participating in a flat classroom project and collaborating with your class. Any idea how we would begin?
Betsye Sargent
Hi!
I am from North Carolina, USA and am new to the project. My students connected with a classroom in Belize last year via ePals.com. I'm not sure how the Flat Classroom works, but would like for my students to collaborate with yours if you're in...
Hi Mary
Thanks for making contact. Can I suggest you also join the educators Ning at http://flatclassrooms.ning.com/ where you can hook up with teachers of the same levels etc.
We currently do not run a project at the Grade 5 level, however we are...
Hi Julie!
My name is Mary Freeman and I teach 5th grade in a small town in western North Carolina, USA. Last year, we collaborated with 7th & 8th graders in Belize on an ePals.com project. It was an awesome experience and helped my students view t...
Welcome, Sandy! I just joined today. I'd like for my students to participate in a project next year. Do you know how to join a project? I've posted a discussion and tried to chat w/an online member, but she didn't respond. Please share what you kn...
Hi! I teach 5th grade and would like for my students to participate in a flat classroom project. I read that projects are recommended for middle and high school students.
My students collaborated with 7th and 8th graders in Belize this past year. ...
hey Maha..Congrates you got the first position in our group..=)..well done..=)
hello..
flick
Hi
How are you>>>?
A whont to going to your frinds>>?
sorry about my English
see you
Hi Flick
It has been good working with you too. If u ever want to say hi my email is candy_khaingmar@live.com.au
Bye
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I enjoyed judging with all of you. I'm not sure where to find our collective results. Could you share the URL with me?
Thanks,
Barbara
Don't be surprised if we don't have to re-look at one or two videos again because some are being uploaded again due to various technical reasons. 2.B.3 Kathryn C is one such example. Her outsourced video arrived to her the same day it was due so we can give her some flexibility according to Julie L. I'll let you know if we have to have a second look. Steve
When I review a video, I make notes in Notepad. I then synthesise them to make comments about the video on the Ning and to enter into the google document. I use the rubric when trying to assign marks.
I am not saying you have to do it this way, it just is the mad way that I do it.
I have not made successful contact with Barbara Peskin who is the other Judge.
Steve