Comments on: THE NET GENERATION EDUCATION PROJECT: No Future Left Behind http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/2009/03/04/139/ A running account of the process of the proposal, acquisition, development and integration of a virtual presence for education at Suffern Middle School, Suffern, New York, USA. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:21:29 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Bit by Bit Podcast: 91 | Bit By Bit http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/2009/03/04/139/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Bit by Bit Podcast: 91 | Bit By Bit Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:21:29 +0000 http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/?p=139#comment-137 [...] No Future Left Behind Video (made by Peggy’s students) [...] [...] No Future Left Behind Video (made by Peggy’s students) [...]

]]> By: Maureen http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/2009/03/04/139/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Maureen Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:28:08 +0000 http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/?p=139#comment-129 Thank you so much for sharing this amazing piece of work. Congratulations to you and your students. In my position, I help teachers integrate technology in their classrooms. Seeing these types of pieces from the children's perspective really puts it all in place for teachers. I will definitely share this with my coworkers. Thank you so much for sharing this amazing piece of work. Congratulations to you and your students. In my position, I help teachers integrate technology in their classrooms. Seeing these types of pieces from the children’s perspective really puts it all in place for teachers. I will definitely share this with my coworkers.

]]> By: Andrew R. Timms http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/2009/03/04/139/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Andrew R. Timms Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:39:40 +0000 http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/?p=139#comment-126 Congratulations to all involved! The piece is memorable and engaging. You are also very kind to provide such an indepth response to my inquiry. Thank you for the time you devoted to answering my question. I remember when I was involved in film and television production that some of the best times were those long, intense days of creativity during post-production. It can be grueling, and it can be fun too. How was it for you? Your club members could not have accomplished all this without other instructors noticing something different about their work. Have you heard any anecdotal stories of how this affected either their classroom participation or studies? What's it like for you and for them to have had such a rousing reception at the conference and on the Internet? Congratulations to all involved! The piece is memorable and engaging.

You are also very kind to provide such an indepth response to my inquiry. Thank you for the time you devoted to answering my question.

I remember when I was involved in film and television production that some of the best times were those long, intense days of creativity during post-production. It can be grueling, and it can be fun too. How was it for you?

Your club members could not have accomplished all this without other instructors noticing something different about their work. Have you heard any anecdotal stories of how this affected either their classroom participation or studies?

What’s it like for you and for them to have had such a rousing reception at the conference and on the Internet?

]]> By: Ms. Sheehy http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/2009/03/04/139/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Ms. Sheehy Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:19:27 +0000 http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/?p=139#comment-125 Hello Andrew- There was no formal skills assessment done for this project, as it was an after school, Tech Club endeavor-and it was strictly voluntary to participate. When asked to create the Keynote, I was the one who volunteered my students, assuming that they would relish the opportunity to speak their minds as well as to get their hands on the TV studio. This was our first video, and as such, the learning curve for all of us was pretty steep. Generating the script, although the most familiar portion of the task for me, took took the kids a good chunk of time (about 4 hours across three days.) The filming was really just point and shoot with occasional zoom. The kids liked that! We actually lost a lot of footage because of poor audio and lighting-and therefore some of the lines were lost-- we all were learning together by trial and error. Without the expertise of Marianne Malmstrom (Knowclue), the editing would have taken weeks instead of days, and we just didn't have weeks. The kids had the vision - but Knowclue had the skills - so I was in charge of "dicing & splicing" the rough cuts and she fine tuned everything until we were able to look at it in a cohesive framework and get down to the hard work of putting it all together. Then working with the kids inside Second Life remotely was super fun- and now they are learning how to film their own machimima with her . We are starting with a machinima response to the comments on the You Tube site. Time constraints prohibited us from letting the kids do all of the editing this time...that is one thing I would change. So a project that took two weeks of kids coming in during lunch and after school and two teachers spending an entire three-day weekend holed up in iMovie should probably have taken a few months - and been totally kid produced down to the last cut. That is how I will do it next time. As far as what they learned- they learned some tech skills sure- but more importantly they realized the grave responsibility that comes with having a voice- and the power of media to get that voice heard. that's enough for me! Hello Andrew- There was no formal skills assessment done for this project, as it was an after school, Tech Club endeavor-and it was strictly voluntary to participate. When asked to create the Keynote, I was the one who volunteered my students, assuming that they would relish the opportunity to speak their minds as well as to get their hands on the TV studio. This was our first video, and as such, the learning curve for all of us was pretty steep. Generating the script, although the most familiar portion of the task for me, took took the kids a good chunk of time (about 4 hours across three days.) The filming was really just point and shoot with occasional zoom. The kids liked that! We actually lost a lot of footage because of poor audio and lighting-and therefore some of the lines were lost– we all were learning together by trial and error. Without the expertise of Marianne Malmstrom (Knowclue), the editing would have taken weeks instead of days, and we just didn’t have weeks. The kids had the vision – but Knowclue had the skills – so I was in charge of “dicing & splicing” the rough cuts and she fine tuned everything until we were able to look at it in a cohesive framework and get down to the hard work of putting it all together. Then working with the kids inside Second Life remotely was super fun- and now they are learning how to film their own machimima with her . We are starting with a machinima response to the comments on the You Tube site. Time constraints prohibited us from letting the kids do all of the editing this time…that is one thing I would change. So a project that took two weeks of kids coming in during lunch and after school and two teachers spending an entire three-day weekend holed up in iMovie should probably have taken a few months – and been totally kid produced down to the last cut. That is how I will do it next time. As far as what they learned- they learned some tech skills sure- but more importantly they realized the grave responsibility that comes with having a voice- and the power of media to get that voice heard. that’s enough for me!

]]> By: Andrew R. Timms http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/2009/03/04/139/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Andrew R. Timms Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:13:45 +0000 http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/?p=139#comment-124 Many teachers are wondering how to apply social media in the classroom (http://eduspaces.net/csessums/weblog/608319.html). This production demonstrates an excellent example of how . . . and why . . . it should be done. I'm curious. Was there a skills assessment done after the production? It seems to me that the work done here would meet learning standards with alacrity and effectiveness. I just wonder if any measurement was done and what was the result. Another blog posting for us, perhaps? Many teachers are wondering how to apply social media in the classroom (http://eduspaces.net/csessums/weblog/608319.html). This production demonstrates an excellent example of how . . . and why . . . it should be done.

I’m curious. Was there a skills assessment done after the production? It seems to me that the work done here would meet learning standards with alacrity and effectiveness. I just wonder if any measurement was done and what was the result. Another blog posting for us, perhaps?

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/2009/03/04/139/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Wesley Fryer Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:47:20 +0000 http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/?p=139#comment-123 Great work on the video, please pass along my compliments to your students for their super work! Great work on the video, please pass along my compliments to your students for their super work!

]]> By: Student Voices about technology and creating the future | ISTE’s NECC09 Blog http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/2009/03/04/139/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Student Voices about technology and creating the future | ISTE’s NECC09 Blog Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:25:35 +0000 http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/?p=139#comment-118 [...] past week, thanks to Peggy Sheehy, Jim Gates, and Kim Collazo, I also discovered the “student voice” video “No [...] [...] past week, thanks to Peggy Sheehy, Jim Gates, and Kim Collazo, I also discovered the “student voice” video “No [...]

]]> By: Christa Allan » No Future Left Behind http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/2009/03/04/139/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Christa Allan » No Future Left Behind Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:31:55 +0000 http://ramapoislands.edublogs.org/?p=139#comment-117 [...] more about “No Future Left Behind“, posted with vodpod Thanks to Angela Maiers for the heads up on this amazing video. To learn more about Peggy Sheehy and the Net Generation Education Project, click HERE. [...] [...] more about “No Future Left Behind“, posted with vodpod Thanks to Angela Maiers for the heads up on this amazing video. To learn more about Peggy Sheehy and the Net Generation Education Project, click HERE. [...]

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