Collegiate_Examples

Here are some examples of teachers using web 2.0 technologies at Collegiate.

[|States' Fair Videocast] Here is an example of a podcast we did for our States' Fair Unit.
 * 2nd Grade Philip Hunnicutt**

For a fall writing study, fourth graders were sent on assignment to a local restaurant to review the food, atmosphere, and service provided. We spent lots of time reading and studying "professionally written" restaurant reviews before embarking upon our own trips. Read our restaurant reviews here. You may even be tempted to try a new place! [|Restaurant Reviews]
 * 4th Grade Kate Featherston**


 * LS Science Karen Hurd and Ellen Clore** - Our 1st graders have taken part in the [|Journey North Project] for a couple years now. We hope it will soon have even more meaning to our students now that we are partners with the [|Carol Baur School]l in [|Mexico City] and [|Queretaro], MX. Their school is very near where the monarch butterflies migrate. We are planning to do some video conferencing sessions with teachers at this school this year.

Jackie's Wild Seattle The Maze
 * MS English Debbie Miller**

Vietnam
 * MS History Shep Lewis**

[|Bledsoe's Biology Pageflake] - I use this page as a class portal to provide the students with their assignments, connections to YouTube videos, Sketchcast tutorials, and science news feeds. High Noon Wiki - Our Biology II class has been developing this Wiki in our study of global issues based on the book "High Noon: 20 Global Problems / 20 Years to Solve Them" by JF Rischard. The class has decided to examine four of the issues outlined in Rischard's book: Biotechnology Rules, Fisheries Depletion, Global Infectious Disease, & Global Warming. [|High Noon MindMeister Map] - This is a collaborative mindmap the class has been developing as a companion to the HighNoon Wiki. [|VIP's of Molecular Biology at xTimeline] - This is an example of the use of xTimeline to produce a companion document to an activity my Biology II class completes. [|Web 2.0 Classroom Wiki] - This is a professional development Wiki I created to provide resources for a workshop for our fall professional development day. It was also a test of the pbWiki site.
 * US Science Jim Bledsoe**

[|Podcasts of French News Broadcasts] [|Apartment Building aka "French Facebook"]
 * US Foreign Language**

http://12seminar.wikispaces.com/ Senior Seminar is a new year-long course; we combined government, ethics, and economics, focusing on what it means to be a responsible citizen in the 21st century. Without a textbook, it was important to have some structure, a place to post readings, comment, and disagree. Our class wiki has proven to be an ideal solution.
 * US Senior Seminar Allen Chamberlain**

[|Arts Overview] I put this series of videos on the website to increase traffic and give a much clearer picture as to what happens in the Fine Arts at Collegiate. I have received many positive responses from faculty, staff and parents who normally do not visit our pages. Hopefully this will serve as a recruiting tool for future students and help them realize how strong the arts are at Collegiate. Most importantly, the fine arts faculty feel well represented and appreciated by the school in this format, inspiring them to set new challenges for their students
 * US Fine Arts - Mike Boyd**

Romeo & Juliet Dramaturgy Page - Ted Shaffner Our production of Romeo & Juliet will take place in April, and so I've been using this as a tool for actor research and design. I put all my ideas up there, we have a rehearsal blog for designers or actors who are not in rehearsal, and we have put up music that we will use in the play, videos of dance and fight rehearsals, and lots of other research. The actors have their own character pages, where they are putting up ideas about costumes they would wear, what their lives are like, and background information we come up with in rehearsal. This in turn influences costume and set design, so that the actors have a direct say not only in what they do onstage, but in the look and feel of the production as a whole.

[|Preparation for the Music Man] This was one of a series of videos that was put up in the fall to promote our musical, //The Music Man//. Every two weeks we put up a video to give a behind the scenes look at the preparation for the show and get the buzz happening around school. I would say it was a success as we had to add a fourth performance, as the three scheduled shows sold out quickly.


 * Independent School Educator's social network**

[|Elizabeth Cogar discusses online student newspapers]

Teachers who have accounts on the network:

[|Frank Becker] [|Jim Bledsoe] [|Jamie Britto] [|Elizabeth Cogar] [|David Colon], [|Karen Hurd] [|Allison Williams] [|Lindy Williams]