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Paradise Valley Unified School District is reaching beyond the classroom walls making global connections using 21st Century tools... Real Experiences Advancing Childhood Humanities.
MediaFest REACH Movie Awards - April 28, 2009, Kickoff January 23.
MediaFest showcase this year will be the REACH Awards, presented by the PVUSD to recognize outstanding student movie achievements for the school year. This year's theme is:
"REACH: Youth for Positive Change"
MediaFest REACH Movie Awards page.
"REACH: Youth for Positive Change"
MediaFest REACH Movie Awards page.
Share with Us Your Examples of REACH
Teachers and students are REACH'ing outside the walls to discover the joy of learning, to and from the world. Space and time barriers are being removed throughout K-12, as activities and projects appear; across the hall, with homes, with other schools, across the state, country and throughout the world. Using 21st century tools such as pvLearners, pTUNES, pCHAT, and Distancia. Students and teachers are now able to create, communicate and collaborate in ways never before possible.
Share with us your examples of classroom REACH practices.
Please contribute using the below Grade Level Showcast Blog.
Share with us your examples of classroom REACH practices.
Please contribute using the below Grade Level Showcast Blog.
"If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow." - John Dewey
3 Steps for 21st Century Learning-by Jackie Halaw
- 1. Transform Your Classroom into a Creative Learning Space.
- 2. Teach Students the Skills of Competition, Cooperation and Collaboration.
- 3. Introduce Your Students to Their Global Peers and Provide an Opportunity for them to Collaborate.
Want to Make a Global Connection?
- 25 Days to Make a Difference
- CIESE Collaborative Projects
- Connect With Our Troops
- Do Something!
- Flat Classroom
- Global Project-Based Learning Resource List
- Global Schoolnet Registry
- Go North! Explore the Artic
- iEARN
- OZ Projects
- Roots & Shoots
- TakingITGlobal
- UNICEF Lesson Ideas
- United Nations: Global Schoolbus
- U.S. Dept. of Ed, Teacher's Guide to International Collaboration on the Internet
pvLearners-The Collaborative Tool to Use!
pvLearners is our district online communication and collaborative tool for teachers and students.
Please use pvLearner accounts when participating in global exchanges.
Please use pvLearner accounts when participating in global exchanges.
61 comments:
World Without Wall-How to Teach When Learning is Everywhere.
It truly summarizes our purpose for REACH
http://www.edutopia.org/collaboration-age-technology-will-richardson
I agree with the power of technology opening up our global world for children. The challenge is not all children have access to a computer.
I teack K so students really aren't able to use the computers as easily however, I am finding that making movies and voiceover for activities is really benefiting my curriculum!
I am working with students after school to help them create an iMovie for REACH.
I think technology is really crucial to our students' learning, but it is very difficult to incorporate into an already full schedule.
I think technology is really crucial to our students' learning, but it is very difficult to incorporate into an already full schedule.
I am technologically challenged, but I am learning new and exciting things everyday that will be useful in the classroom.
Nancy and Marilyn have gotten in! Using technology is certainly the way our children are living. Some of us however need to be pulled kicking and screaming into this new world.
Marilyn said, "If I wanted to know what you are thinking I would ask you."
I currently use my computer to show my students a visual representation of something that comes up in therapy that they don't understand. I would love to use my computer for individual therapy but in order to do that I need more computers and the appropriate software. This is necessary because each of my students therapy programs are individualized.
I like to use the computer to capture the attention of some of my more challenged students. We find movie clips, games, and photos to add to any presentation.
I have used web sites to share information on content that we are learning. Short video clips reinforce concepts using a visual approach.
I use my laptop to show streaming videos or websites related to topics we are studying. They really love the Brainpop site, but unfortunately I can't afford a subscription and we are limited to the free movies.
We have visited author sites to help us think like an author when reading stories and publishing our own books.
We network with other student authors. Sharing the journey outside our school walls gives us a new perspective and accelerates the learning of everyone.
I agree that technology is the future in education.
It becomes a challenge as more and more is required of both students and teachers.
I use technology as a resource in my classroom. As an elementary math specialist there are many websites to use for math vocabulary and examples. I also like to use math websites and games to reinforce our skills.
Our first and six grade teams have coordinated the first graders working with their six grade buddies to create Keynote presentations for specific content areas.
I am a kindergarten teacher and I use the computers in my classroom everyday during literacy centers. I have created a movie about rocks and germination. I would love to learn more.
We made a keynote presentation as a conclusion to our study of animals. Each child produced a picture in Kidpix We then recorded their voices to coincide with their text.
In my structured Autism classroom, my students benefit from visual learning. Using technology, I am able to incorporate short videos and slide shows to enhance my students understanding. The students are also intrigued by the opportunities to create their own keynotes to showcase their newly acquired skills.
I'm excited to see the potential of reaching students who live in a very visual, TV and computer-driven world!
In my 2nd grade classroom, technology is an essential component of the curriculum. We use it to research projects, track reading goals and use pictures as writing prompts-to name a few! Students benefit by becoming more independent and creative learners.
I teach K-5 students with Autism and I'm planning on using photo booth to demonstrate different emotions. They love seeing themselves on the screen.
I am a preschool teacher in the district so we are not using computers in the classroom as much as other grades. I do use computers to make movies to show social stories in the classroom. The students are able to watch them whenever it is needed.
Everyone seems so excited and exhausted at the same time thinking about how and to use all the technology we have access to now....
As a second grade teacher I use the computer as often as I can in the classroom.
I enjoy using the following sites.
United Streaming for science and language. Math Mavens from Scholastic for math. My students also enjoy the
site IXL Math for group practice(You can get it free for one month!)
Technology is the future for our students. They need
to learn all that is possible. For example how to correctly use and navigate their way around different aspects of the computer that is not just the learning games. It has been very helpful with the access to ITunes in allowing the students to go on adventures to different places without having to leave the room or their seats.
We have been using Keynote and Photobooth to share with other classrooms. The classroom students who watched my presentation shared the information from it if they saw me on campus. That is a nice assessment!
Working with the Structured class we are working on developing more computer skills.
I like to film students demonstrating musical performances for other students - especially using Orff instruments so other students can hear what a finished performance should sound like when all parts are played correctly. Students like to see what other students can do and are doing.
As the social worker, I use my computer to remain in touch with teachers and thus their students.
I have shown United Streaming to introduce and illustrate new concepts to students. They love it once I have it all plugged in and ready to go! It takes some practice!
I've been using ask.com to support my instruction of "etymological structural analysis." I have a list of Latin stems, I use the internet to find lists of words with these stems.
To daily discourse on virtue, is one of the greatest goods of man, for the unexamine life is not worth living. Socrates (paraphrase)
I use my computer to write reports on the students I evaluate. I also use the POSE system that I access from my computer.
I made a keynote movie about positional words using Hey Diddle, diddle. They loved it!
I used my new computer to create a keynote for one of the family nights at Arrowhead!
I have used the computer to show wild animals and pets to compare and contrast them. Also, to show the famous Martin Luther King speech.
I use my keynote movie to help my students with publishing their writing pieces at the end of each month.
I have used my computer to create key notes for science and language lessons. I also have submitted a grant to purchase iPods for use with my ELL students. I plan to use audio and video to help them learn their sight words and listen to audio books.
Computer = fun, knowledge, hands on....
Key note presentations shared by other teachers. As well as researching topics!
I use my laptop to have my students and myself make videos about what we are learning in the classroom. We also have made a class podcast about a book that we have read. The students love listening to it!
I love using my new computer to make keynote movies that engage my students in learning. I also enjoy watching my students create movies about what they've learned in class.
I use laptops for current events, Scholastic news, and Science.....yee haw We love technology!!!!
I use technology to explore math concepts. I also use technology to have the students practice math facts. There are great movie clips and hands on manipulatives available.
I use computers in my classroom to show videos about various topics that we learning about. For example, showing School House Rock videos on mulitiplication facts really helped my students learn their times tables by visually and orally learning the facts.
I love making and watching key note presentations with my kids!
I love using it to reinforce math facts. There are so many websites that allow fun practice of facts.
The Fredstrom uses the computer for all sorts of things. Having the ability to show students images of foreign concepts is powerful. GO ARROWHEAD!
I use the computer for students to find their grades and assignments.
I use united streaming to show videos that relate to science.
I have shared a Keynote presentation for an Introduction to Human Biology. I am currently using Study Island for both Math and Reading. I have also had students use Keynote to present their essays on their Heroes.
I use my computer to make keynote presentations and imovies. I also display movies from Brain Pop and United Streaming to introduce and reinforce concepts.
I recently used the FOSS kit CD-ROM combined with a heat transfer Science experiment to enhance student engagement.
To utilize Harcourt's Storytown websight with students.
Students watched a Keynote on geometry. Moreover, through my computer I will model how to make a video journal so students can create their own using iMovie.
I have used Keynote to introduce new concepts.
I use it for United Streaming to enhance my kids learning.
Technology is used in my lessons through powerpoint videos. I use the visuals on powerpoint from real life images to make better visual connections for my children. Technology has exposed my children to many great resources.
It is extremely hard to fit time on the computers into our busy schedule, but I do agree it is highly beneficial for them to use. I have noticed that I can use many DVD's or word websites with my struggling readers in order to help them recognize letters and sounds and work with words on something besides paper.
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