Another great year at NECC - there are so many great sessions this week. For me, it started off even before reaching San Antonio. On my connecting flight from North Carolina (in Atlanta), we were in line with Kathy Schrock - WOW…an honest to goodness techno-star!!!
And then today, I had the pleasure of attending a wonderful exhibitor’s session at NECC focusing on Project K-nect which was implemented in four of our North Carolina high schools (Carver HS from Winston-Salem Forsyth County; Southern HS from Durham, and Dixon HS & Southwest HS from Onslow County).
Project K-nect is designed to create a supplemental resource for secondary at-risk students to focus on increasing their math skills through a common and popular technology – mobile smartphones. Ninth graders in four NC public schools received smartphones during the Spring 2008 semester to access supplemental Algebra I content aligned with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study, as well as their teachers’ lesson plans and course objectives. Students had the opportunity to communicate and collaborate with each other (using blogs, videocasts, instant messaging, etc.) to help them master problem solving skills. The smartphones and cellular service were provided free of charge to the students and their schools due to a grant provided by Qualcomm, as part of its Wireless Reach™ initiative.
For more information on this amazing 21st century project and future implementation - go to http://www.projectknect.org/.
Project Manager, Shawn Gross - Project K-Nect
Microsoft Booth @ NECC 2008 (San Antonio)
So who’s heading to San Antonio?? Any session in particular you want to attend? Maybe you want to hear North Carolina’s very own, David Warlick talk about “Our Students Our World” or Kathy Schrock discuss online communities. You can’t miss Alan November’s session on designing rigorous and globally connected assignments or Tammy Worcester’s integrated technology projects. The list goes on and on…
But…Did you know that Charolotte Mecklenburg School District will be presenting at the conference? Kennan Goodman will be providing a poster session and share how science students in North Carolina used software and Internet technology to enhance their performance in class and in several statewide science competitions. Great Job, Charlotte-Meck - spread the word about the great things happening in our North Carolina schools!
And of course, Discovery Education will have a fabulous booth - stop by booth# 8155 and check out the latest and greatest. And we’ll probably be posting a blog or two while we’re there! Check out more on NECC 2008 at http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2008/.
Add a comment and let us know what sessions you’re excited about attending!
Have you heard?????
This week Discovery Education announced the beginning of an initiative to expand their extensive media library of its premier product: Discovery Education streaming. By the end of 2008, Discovery Education will grow Discovery Education streaming’s digital library, already the largest digital media library available to educators anywhere, to more than 5,000 videos, an increase of 25%.
“At the completion of this project, educators using Discovery Education streaming will have access to more than 50,000 video clips covering all K-12 subject areas,” said Dale Fulton, Chief Curriculum Advisor for Discovery Education. “With content correlated to standards and testing frameworks at the clip level, it makes it quicker than ever before to locate relevant, engaging media that precisely meets learning objectives.”
Among the videos to be added to Discovery Education streaming are When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions, Stuff Happens with Bill Nye, Operation Junkyard, Tutenstein and Extreme Engineering.
For additional information, visit http://www.discoveryeducation.com/aboutus.cfm?pageid=newsArticle&news_id=514.
Thanks, Discovery Education, for giving us more of what we want!!!
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