5/2006
|
6th
Grade Students at Timberlane Regional Middle School spoke
with incoming 5th Graders via videoconference, prior to their arrival
on Move-Up Day. Through individual conferences with every
5th grade class in the district, all incoming students
had the opportunity to speak with 6th graders who came from the
school they are currently
attending. This was a massive collaboration effort between the
Transition Committee, the Technology Department, and the 5th and
6th grade teachers. Although the schedule was interrupted by two
rain days, all classes were
still
able to participate in conference sessions. |
5/2006
|
Students
in Mrs. Fowler and Ms. Paladino's 6th grade team at Timberlane
Regional Middle School attended the virtual field trip
"Bridging Forces", presented by the Discovery Center. Students
learned about structures, forces, and gravity while creating
their own structures. |
5/2006 |
Mrs.
Toscano's 2nd graders at Pollard School participated in
a Poetry Collaboration Project with a first grade class at East
Ramapo School District
in Rockland, New York. In addition to poetry, the students also
shared artwork and songs. The program concluded with a question
and answer session where the second graders shared their learning
experiences with the first graders in New York. |
4/2006
|
Mrs.
Robichaud's 5th Graders at Pollard School visited the Mariners'
Museum in Newport News, Virginia, to learn about the "Age
of Exploration". This program was supplemented with student activities
and teacher materials from the museum's website. |
4/2006
|
Students
at Timberlane Regional Middle School attended
a virtual field trip to the Cleveland Institute of Music for a
program titled "Welcome to the Opera". Mr. Clark's
sixth grade students had the opportunity to not only experience
Opera through videos and soundtracks, but also watch a live opera
demonstration. This performance was done by students at the school
in Cleveland. |
4/2006
|
Students
at Timberlane Regional High School made a virtual
visit to the Cleveland Museum of Art. The students got the opportunity
to explore Italian works of Art and ask questions to the museum
staff. |
3/2006
|
Students
at Timberlane Regional High School videoconferenced
with representatives and students from New Hampshire Community
Technical College. Through this multi-point conference,
students were connected with both NHCTC Pease and Manchester Campuses. |
3/2006 |
Students
at Sandown Central and Danville School simultaneously
joined in on a conference with Kamehameha School students
in Hawaii. They were able to exchange questions, performances,
and songs.
A half hour later, Atkinson Academy and Pollard
School students
had their chance to make contact with the students in Hawaii. |
3/2006 |
Danville
School presents a visit from the Cat in the
Hat. This program if first shared with students at Pollard
School,
and then with an elementary school in New York City. Not only can
we receive programming, we can create our own presentations
as well. |
2/2006 |
Students in Mrs. Marvin's and Mrs. Smith's 3rd grade classes at
Pollard School visit the Center for Puppetry
Arts in Atlanta, GA.
The students
learned
about the rainforest while constructing their own puppets. |
11/2005 |
During Pollard
School's annual Enrichment Day, students had the
opportunity to learn about how rockets work. This was done via a
live demonstration provided by the NASA Langley Research
Center in
Virginia. NASA has a wide selection of free videoconference presentations. |
10/2005 |
Mr. Smith's 7th grade students at Timberlane
Regional Middle School showed Mrs. Robichaud's 5th graders at Pollard
School how to design Tesselations with PowerPoint. This presentation
had students learning and utilizing many of the hidden features withing
the application. |
Spring
2005 |
Mrs.
Joyce's students at Sandown Central were
pen-pals with students in Mrs. Robichaud's class at Pollard
School.
Both classes, 5th graders, who have been exchanging letters prior
to the event, were now able to meet their pen-pals and share poetry. |
Spring 2005 |
Mrs. Kennedy's 4/5 class at Pollard School viewed a demonstration on Magnetism. The class was
provided with a package of materials to follow along with the demonstation
they were watching. |