Show-Me Your Movie Monday, November 2, 2009
Posted by Rebecca Morrison in Classroom Technology, Collaboration, VLC Programs, digital storytelling.Tags: Cooperating School Districts, METC, Show Me a Movie
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Show-Me a Movie is a digital storytelling contest for Missouri students to demonstrate their creativity and digital moviemaking skills. Based on curriculum and with a content focus, the videos will showcase what students know, care about, and are able to do. Join us in this fun event!
Contest Timeline
December 14, 2009 Contest Deadline: Entries must be received no later than 5 p.m. Entries received after this deadline will not be considered. E-mailed entries should be sent to: mbogart@csd.org. All mailed entries must be addressed to:
Show-Me a Movie
Cooperating School Districts
1460 Craig Rd.
St. Louis, MO 63146
Winners will be showcased at the Midwest Education Technology Conference (METC) at the St. Charles Convention Center on Tuesday, February 9, 2010.
April Media Literacy VC for K-12 Staff: News Violence & the Effects on Young People Monday, November 2, 2009
Posted by Rebecca Morrison in Distance Learning, Links, Tech PD, VLC Programs, Videoconferencing.Tags: BJC School Outreach and Youth Development, Cooperating School Districts, Flickr Creative Commons, media literacy, Mental Health, New Links to New Learning, News Violence
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NEW DATE! April 14, 2010:
This Just In!: News Violence and the Effects on Young People
Around the clock, breaking news is a staple of our culture. We have more access to up-to-the-minute information now that ever before, and so do young people. So, when an event such at the Virginia Tech attack or the failing economy streams nonstop into the lives of young people, does it have an effect on them and their view of the world? Is it a public health concern? Learn when a bounty of information can become too much information, and the role of adults in building resilience in young people.
This Mental Health series videoconference is free for New Links to New Learning members; non members pay $85 per site. Sara Whitlock of BJC Healthcare will present this one hour distance learning event for K-12 educators from Cooperating School Districts in St. Louis, Missouri. Come and connect with questions! To sign up, phone 314-692-1274.
October 2009: Creating SMARTBoard Lessons to Engage and Motivate Students Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Posted by Rebecca Morrison in Classroom Technology, Collaboration, SMART Board, Tech PD, VLC Programs.Tags: Cooperating School Districts, SMART Board, tele, Virtual Learning Center
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Creating SMARTBoard Lessons to Engage and Motivate Students
October 28 & 29, from 4:00-7:00 pm
$138 CSD member; $214 non-member
(One Grad. Credit Available)
Do you already have a SMART Board and consider yourself a user? This intermediate class is for you! Come learn the advanced features of the SMART Board and create lessons. Become adept at creating recordings of what you do on the SMART Board for future playback! Find out how to use the video player that comes with your SMART Board to annotate videos. Learn how to attach audio files to objects on the SMART Board, and how to save items that you use often and want to share to the My Content folder. We’ll show you how to find hundreds of lessons that have already been created for use on the SMART Board. You’ll be able to create your own usable lesson, either from scratch or by tweaking a downloaded lesson.
There is limited space available- sign up at www.csd.org/tele.
A Spooktacular Good Time! Monday, October 19, 2009
Posted by Rebecca Morrison in Classroom Technology, Distance Learning, VLC Programs, Videoconferencing.Tags: Amy Sklansky, Cooperating School Districts
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Jack o’ lantern,
Jack o’ light.
Jack o’ darkness,
Jack o’ night.
“Thrillsome, shocking, bewitching — Halloween! It’s the only night of the year when a being can truly be . . . itself! But Halloween’s not just for goblins. Read along and see for yourself as bats, witches, daring adventurers, even ordinary kids (especially ordinary kids) come out for tricks and treats. Spooky fun poems and winning hand-beaded illustrations perfectly capture the spirit of this much-loved holiday…”
Today author Amy Sklansky connected with a group of second graders at Castlio Elementary in the Francis Howell School District 
for her videoconference Inside a Poet’s Mind. Today’s program had a Halloween focus, with Amy working exclusively from her book, Skeleton Bones and Goblin Groans (illustrated by Karen Dismukes).
To learn how you can connect your class to one of Amy’s fabulous videoconferences, visit the New Links to New Learning website.
Videoconference Kickoff Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Posted by Rebecca Morrison in Classroom Technology, Collaboration, Distance Learning, Links, Tech PD, VLC Programs, Videoconferencing, Web 2.0.Tags: Cooperating School Districts, Flickr, IDSolutions, New Links to New Learning, Polycom, SMART, Virtual Learning Center, Web 2.0
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Amy Sklansky, Pat McKissack, Lisa Suggs
Today is the Virtual Learning Center’s Videoconference Kickoff celebration!
Taking place- right now!- this all day event features New Links to New Learning content providers (see left), Alan November, plus demos from Polycom, SMART, and IDSolutions.
Educators from all over the St. Louis area are in attendance to take in this great day of professional development. Visit the VLC Flickr page to see photos of the day!
Ask the Author Videoconference with Barri Bumgarner Thursday, October 1, 2009
Posted by Rebecca Morrison in Classroom Technology, Distance Learning, Videoconferencing.Tags: author visit, Cooperating School Districts
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Missouri author Barri Bumgarner conducts videoconferences live from Cooperating School Districts in St. Louis, throughout the school year. Her next visit will be October 29th. Here are the details:
Topic: Ask the Author Videoconference
Date/Times: Thursday, October 29, 2009 | 8:30 a.m. CT for 8-12th grade students and 10 a.m. CT for 4-7th graders
Fee: $200 for New Links members, $250 for nonmembers
What does it mean to be an author? Where do ideas for books come from? Have your students meet with Barri Bumgarner for a question and answer session. Barri is the author of young adult and adult fiction books. We ask participating students take a look at her website to read about her multigenre works prior to the videoconference and come with questions.
To register for this videoconference, contact Rebecca Morrison at CSD before October 26.
Register for METC Starting Tomorrow! Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Posted by Rebecca Morrison in Conferences.Tags: Cooperating School Districts, Deneen Frazier-Brown, Ian Jukes, Midwest Education Technology Conference, Wes Fryer
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Thursday, October 1, 2009 marks the opening for 2010 METC registration! Keynote speakers are Wes Fryer, Deneen Frazier Brown and Ian Jukes.
Held annually at the St. Charles Convention Center, METC attracts educators from across the United States and around the world. This year’s theme is “Reaching Beyond the Cloud.”
To learn more about METC, or to register (starting tomorrow!), visit: http://metcconference.org.
Welcome Karen Vaughan Friday, September 25, 2009
Posted by Rebecca Morrison in Conferences, VLC Programs.Tags: Cooperating School Districts, Virtual Learning Center, Support Staff Academy, Midwest Education Techonology Conference
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Though she’s not a new face at Cooperating School Districts, she is the newest member of the Virtual Learning Center team- welcome, Karen Vaughan.
Karen has stepped into Dorothy White’s position as Conference Coordinator. She’s been working on the Support Staff Academy (SSA) and closely with Nancy George on the Midwest Education Technology Conference.
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