Wooing Wed Widing Hood Unveiled

Miss Fecko’s 3rd grade class at Avon Heritage South Elementary School had the opportunity to see a preview of Oberlin High School’s Drama Department’s presentation of Wooing Wed Widing Hood Unveiled during their dress rehearsal. The Oberlin students performed selected scenes of their play and asked the Avon students to identify the events and meaning of the scenes and compare them to Folk Tale Little Red Ridding Hood. Next week the Avon Students will follow up this activity by creating fan mail for the performers to share over the videoconferencing system.

Oberlin High Schools Drama Department offers a children’s theater performance every year. Their performance of Wooing Wed Widing Hood will be on January 14th at 2:00pm at Oberlin High School Auditorium. Going by what I saw in the dress rehearsal this looks to be a great performance. The Drama class will also make a visit to the elementary schools in their district.

Thanks again Mrs. Price and the Students of Oberlin High School

Avon HS Art Students learn how to sand cast

Mrs. Petrulis’ High School art students met with their partner class at Amherst Middle School to learn how to sand cast. Being that sand casting is a messing project, takes time to complete and Amherst has carpet in their distance learning lab, the project could not be done online. To help the students of Avon understand the project and to see the steps to completing sand casts Mrs. Morris videotaped her advanced class. The video was edited by their districts video department and was played through the VCR to the students at Avon HS.

This format allowed students to ask questions and get feed back from the Amherst Jr. students on the project. The students enjoyed the interaction and the opportunity to ask someone that had already completed the project. Avon HS Art Students will follow up this activity in a couple of days to show off their projects in a virtual show and tell conference.

Thanks again Miss Morris and her class at Amherst Junior High!

Miss Lavelle’s Class Dreams of Snow with the Columbiana ESC

Miss Lavelle’s second grade class at Avon East Elementary School had the opportunity to share Eric Carle’s story Dream Snow. Using the document camera Mrs. Straub from the UNITE Consortium read the story to the students giving the program a reading rainbow type effect to the story. The students used clues from the story and the shape of the figure to guess which farm animal was coved by snow. Once the guesses were made the students voted on the most likely animal.

After the story Mrs. Straub demonstrated how do make hidden pictures like the images in the story. The students will make the pictures back in their rooms to share with each other. Mrs. Straub did a great job sharing the story and interacting with the students.

Thanks again Columbiana ESC :)

LCDLC Updates and Opportunities for January 9, 2006

Don’t miss out on these GREAT videoconferencing opportunities!!!

1) TOWN HALL SPEAKER SERIES PRESENTS: T.R. REID, THE UNITED STATES OF EUROPE AND THE END OF AMERICAN SUPREMACY
2) HEARTS FOR A SAFE HARBOR, THE PLIGHT OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN NORTHERN UGANDA
3) MYSTERYQUEST WORLD GEOGRAPHY
4) TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX: WHAT IS A BLOG AND HOW CAN THEY HLP IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING
5) GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS
6) FAMILY CONSUMER SCIENCE TEACER MEETINGS OVER IVDL
7) NEW PROGRAMS FROM THE MUSKINGUM VALLEY ESC
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1) TOWN HALL SPEAKER SERIES PRESENTS: T.R. REID, THE UNITED STATES OF EUROPE AND THE END OF AMERICAN SUPREMACY


WVIZ/PBS and NOTA in conjunction with the Town Hall of Cleveland will be presenting an hour with NBC Washington Post columnist T. R. Reid on Monday, January 23 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Plan to have your students meet with the Mr. Reid via the NOTA and/or ATM distance learning networks. Students of the Town Hall Youth Council will host the program.

If you are interested in your students participating in this program contact John Ramicone at 216-739-3940 or jramicone@wviz.org by January 18th to reserve a NOTA or ATM connection slot. Based upon the number of schools participating an email address and/or dial-in phone number/will be available during the program for your students to ask questions of Ms. O’Donnell.



Careers in Criminal Science Investigation 1/12/06
Careers Exploration Program: Careers in Pharmacy 1/26/06

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2) HEARTS FOR A SAFE HARBOR, THE PLIGHT OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN NORTHERN UGANDA

Reminder that Julie Maruskin's Hearts for Safe Harbor presentation is January 19th at 8:30. Julie will share about her time in Gulu, Uganda.

Please let me know if you are interested in either presentation.

Thanks
Katrina

Katrina Dieringer M.Ed.
Distance Learning Consultant
Cell 216.346.2651
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3) MYSTERYQUEST WORLD GEOGRAPHY

Berrien County ISD is offering a middle school geography projectvideoconference to schools around the country. The only costto participate is the line fees for you to dial in. Read on for details.Technical Info: We can connect IP or ISDN.MysteryQuestThis project is designed for middle school students studying worldgeography. Through video conference technology, students are able tomeet other students while learning about cities and countries in the world.The following areas of the world are featured:AfricaWestern HemispherePreparationPrior to the video conference each classroom will create a presentationwith clues about their ONE mystery country and city. The other classrooms,using maps, the Internet, textbooks, and other resources, will try todiscover the mystery location presented by each participating classrooms.Six classrooms connect at a time for this project.WebsiteSee http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/dl/MysteryQuest/ for more details,including an agenda.This project is FREE and best for one classroom per connecting site.We welcome multiple schools/classrooms dialing in on one line!FlyerIf you'd like to print a one page flyer to share with your teachers,visit the web site: http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/dl/MysteryQuest/Topics & Dates:Visit this page for the latest availability...http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/dl/MysteryQuest/classrooms.htmlRegister for the project ASAP!Teachers need to start preparing their presentations!Register online: http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/dl/MysteryQuest/First click on Classrooms & Dates and make sure your preferredtime slot is still open. Then click on Contact & Registration to fill out theonline registration form.Looking forward to a few more schools joining us!Janine LimInstructional Technology ConsultantBerrien County ISD711 St. Joseph Ave.Berrien Springs, MI 49103jlim@remc11.k12.mi.usPh: (269) 471-7725x101Fax: (269) 471-1221Web: http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/dlBlog: http://bcisdvcs.blogspot.com/TWICE Read Across America Coordinator 2006http://www.twice.cc/read/------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4) TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX: WHAT IS A BLOG AND HOW CAN THEY HLP IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING

You have heard the term, seen them in the news, but what is a Blog?

Join Paul Hieronymus and Bridget Ereditario from Avon Heritage South Elementary School on a virtual tour of Blogs. Thursday January 12, at 3:30 on Ohio’s ATM video network Paul and Bridget will share the many ways that Blogs can be used for parent communication, to enhance class projects, to create web based distance learning applications and to enhance written expression. They will walk teachers through the creation of a Blog and how easily they can be maintained. Bridget will show her students Blogs and discuss the advantages they have had on Language Arts Classes. We look forward to seeing you online!

This program is free, but we will limit this program to 10 interactive schools. To sign up for this program contact Paul Hieronymus via email. HieronymusP@avon.k12.oh.us


Paul HieronymusCurriculum Technology CoordinatorAvon Local Schools3075 Stoney Ridge RoadAvon, Ohio 44011Phiero@leeca.org(440) 829-8273ISDN: 614.722.0019IP: 66.144.122.221www.avon.k12.oh.us/distancelearning
Educational ConsultantLorain County Distance Learning Consortium1885 Lake AvenueElyria, Ohio 44035Office: 440.324.5777 ext 104Cell: 440.829.8273ISDN: 614.722.0051IP: 156.63.190.212http://www.lcdlc.org/
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5) GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS

Please open these attachments for some great opportunities for teachers in your district. We are looking for some great high school educators to participate in our Creative Career Series with The WWestern Reserve Historical Society, The Cleveland Museum of Art and The Cleveland Institute of Music.

Our 1945 grant-funded project is also a unique opportunity for teachers to co-develop lessons with our content providers.

Sandy Kreisman, Community Education skreisman@universitycircle.org University Circle Interactive Cleveland 10831 Magnolia Ave. Cleveland, Ohio 44106 (216) 707-5021 office phone(216) 791-3935 fax (330) 221-0421 cell
Learn more about distance learning at http://www.ucicdl.org/

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6) FAMILY CONSUMER SCIENCE TEACER MEETINGS OVER IVDL

The Family and Consumer Science Teachers across the state are starting to schedule some of their state-wide meetings via videoconferencing. In an effort to reach as many FCS folks as they can I have been asked to use our listserv to spread the word. I am requesting that you pass this information along to your district contacts and ask them to distribute to the intended audience on their end. The meeting information is in the attachment.Thanx...LSakemillerFCS Instructors - You may wish to attend the January 31st Inservice. See the web site for locations.FCS Supervisors - Please email out to your teachers as a reminder.


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7) NEW PROGRAMS FROM THE MUSKINGUM VALLEY ESC

Here are 2 new interactive distance learning programs for your districts, as well as a few favorites from the past year which work great with the upcoming winter holidays. If you have anyone interested, let me know as soon as possible to secure your spot. As always, they are available upon request, and are $50.00 per connection. Each session comes with correlations to the Ohio Academic Content Standards as well as extension activities that can be used following the connection.

Leslie Charles
Distance Learning Manager

Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center
205 North 7th Street
Zanesville, Ohio 43701
740.452.4518 ext 133
lcharles@mvesc.k12.oh.us
www.mvesc.k12.oh.us/tap/

Mrs. Meikle’s 5th graders head south on a chilly day in January

The fifth grade science classes from Avon Heritage North Elementary School meet their partner school in Miami Florida to start our gardening project using Earth Boxes. The Students from Miami County Day School shared common facts of Ohio and Florida and the students of Avon use Google Earth to show a birds eye view of our schools and local hot spots. Hearing the local weather forecast for Miami and Avon made us envious while their students were thrilled to hear we had a 30% chance of snow (we didn’t get any). One important comment I over heard as the students left was that “they were just like us”, we hope to hear more comments like that.

In two weeks the students will plant lettuce seeds to start our gardens. Both classes will plant their crops in Earth Boxes purchased from http://www.earthbox.com/. The Avon students will use grow lights and the students in Florida will plant the same crops but will place their earth boxes outside. Throughout the year the students will compare plants and discuss what changes each group should make as they chart their plants progress.

We look forward to working with our new friends at Miami Country Day :)