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Connecting our Rural CommunitiesMaking the case for why rural schools need the best technology available
Ginger LewmanDirector, f2f ProgramTurning Point Learning CenterEmporia, Kansas [email protected]
12 miles outside town, population 92
Town burned down 40
years earlier
Who are you?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/russell-higgs/267060301/in/set-72157594379908106/
Why connect our kids?Digital Immigrant and Digital Native?
STEM skills?
Cultural sharing leads to understanding?
Student engagement?
“Discover,” not “cover?”
Other?
Audience Choice
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49024304@N00/47244105/
Tools it is!
Poster Session at NAGC
http://tinyurl.com/ykal8bt
Skype, FlashMeeting, Nings, Gifted Ed 2.0
So you want Projects!
...for Independent Learning?
iTunes U
LiveMocha (learn a language)
More Project ideasavailable for you!
Monster Projects (elem - MS) www.monsterexchange.org
Skype in Schools (elem - HS) http://skypeinschools.pbworks.com
Virtual Life Programs: www.teachingwow.org
Composer Project (elem - HS) http://composerproject.wikispaces.com
Digital Poetry Slam (MS - HS) www.kigluaitadventures.com/poetryslam
ArtSnacks (elem - HS) www.artsnacks.org
DrawSpace www.drawspace.com
Skype an Author wiki: http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com/
Projects requiring H.323
MAGPI (the Mid-Atlantic Gigapop in Philadelphia for Internet2): http://www.magpi.net/
Global Nomads Group: www.gng.org
Collaborations Across the Planet: www.twice.cc/read
Need more ideas?
Get involved in a network, ie www.Plurk.com or www.Twitter.com or www.giftededucation.ning.com and ask around or just pay attention. Folks are asking for collaborations all the time!
Find me on there, GingerTPLC and remind me where we met. I’ll get you started with a great group of educators!
Access is the concern, huh?http://unmaskdigitaltruth.pbworks.com/
Teach them!http://digicitizen.wikispaces.com/
Lost Generation(Click to play video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E2fAWM6rA
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewilhelm/2675826564/in/set-72157605697472653/
Digital Diet
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyberslayer/1308311326/in/photostream/
Be an oasis of learning for your kids!