Northeast Region

Sixth graders from Devils Lake and Cavalier connected over interactive video today to discuss the Millennium Goals. They have been communicating about the goals over the moodle interface for three months with students from Ireland. The Millennium Goals are as follows:

1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development

For more information on the Millennium Goals visit:
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals

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Each day Valley Middle School students in Grand Forks turn the morning announcements into podcasts.

Click below to hear the podcasts from Valley Middle School.
http://www.grand-forks.k12.nd.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=16

When I observed this process, the students handled every last detail from reading the announcements live to publishing the podcasts. This is a project that has real life purposes of communicating with parents and giving students the experience of utilizing technology.

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http://www.spart5.k12.sc.us/TechTraining/KidspirationMatrix.htm

http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~elem/kidspiration/collection.html

http://www.globalclassroom.org/together/kidspiration.html

http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/conceptmap/50uses.html

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Cavalier students and teacher showcasing how they use ActivBoartds in the classroom

Rock Lake students and teachers showcasing their use of the Smartboard.

Devils Lake students and teacher communicating about their podcasts and international videoconferencing

Grand Forks students posing with Governor Hoeven

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The following is a description of schools in our region who will be represented in Bismarck at the Legislative Showcase on March 6th. These schools were chosen because of their cutting edge use of technology:

Devils Lake: Podcasts, iSight cameras, international videoconferencing

Cavalier: ActivBoard in the Math Curriculum

Grand Forks: Oral History DVD Projects (iBooks and iMovie)

Rock Lake: Smartboards across the curriculum

Pictures of the event to follow in future postings!

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