2006 SIGtel Online Learning Award Winners
The Online Learning Award competition recognizes creative teachers worldwide for their pioneering use of telecommunication networks to provide innovative learning opportunities for school-age students K–16. Awards will be presented at the National Education Computing Conference (NECC) in San Diego, July 5–7, 2006.
ISTE SIGtel is pleased to announce the 2006 Online Learning winning projects.
2006
Winners:
- (First Place) Jodi Prazak, Piitoayis Family School, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA; and Jennifer George, Prince of Wales School, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA, Galileo Educational Network, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA and Stampede School, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA for "Calgary Stampede and Treaty 7 First Nations: A Historical Perspective" (http://galileo.org/stampedeschool/)
SUMMARY: The relationship between Treaty 7 First Nations and the Calgary Stampede is a unique and important relationship that has helped preserve and foster First Nations cultural traditions. There is no record of this relationship available on line and few written accounts. Grade 4 First Nations Students from Piitoayis Family School worked with Grade 1/2 students from Prince of Wales School to conduct research on this traditional relationship. The historical research took the form of group on- site visits to the Calgary Stampede School to look at artifacts, experience traditions, and video record elders. Students also researched using on-line resources, such as the Calgary Stampede Archives. They used email and print mail to connect with other experts and one another. The student research, student original art work, student videos, and student digital photos and collages make up the web resource that was created with cultural advice from Treaty 7 Elders and Calgary Stampede Representatives. This web resource was deliberately created to give voice to the First Nations and European point of view and the design reflects both an oral and print culture.
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(Second Place) Susan Groenke, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, USA, Joellen Maples, Teacher, South Doyle Middle School, Knoxville, TN, USA, "Web Pen Pals Project" ( http://web.utk.edu/~sgroenke/webpenpals/)
SUMMARY: The Web Pen Pals project was created to provide a space where 8th grade struggling readers could "chat" about the young adult novels they are reading with college-level students (training to be English teachers) who are reading the same novels. The telecollaborative project focuses on ways to use instant messenger chat technology to support a mode of discourse--exploratory, conversational talk about literature--not often found in the classroom, in the middle school environment. We see the need for increased opportunities for students to engage in talk as a collaborative meaning-making tool, as such opportunities are often shoved out of the curriculum when high-stakes test preparation takes curricular priority.
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(Third Place) Jennifer Wagner, Crossroads Christian Schools, Corona, CA, USA, "TechnoSpud Projects" ( http://www.technospudprojects.com/)
SUMMARY: Winning teacher, Jennifer Wagner, describes herself as a “cheerleader for teachers to use nline projects to expand their curriculum.” According to Wagner, “The goal of my Technospud website is to help teachers utilize technology in a non-frightening and easy way. But, Wagner is probably most famous for helping her primary students improve their math and science skills by using Oreo cookies as manipulatives. They count, stack, graph, and share their cookie results with other kids around the world. The success of the Oreo project inspired Wagner to develop other original online collaborative projects, including Dear Soldier, DC Ducks, The Great Egg Roll, and “adopting” schools affected by hurricane Katrina.
Highly Commended:
- April Chamberlain, Paine Intermediate School, Trussville, Alabama, USA, "Can You Hear Me Now?" (http://riskwatchatpaine.blogspot.com/)
- Steve Feld, John F. Kennedy High School, New York, NY, USA
Lynette Ardis, Thomas Hepburn Community School, ENGLAND, "Newton's Castle and Ten Best Foods/Ten Worst Foods" (http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC051308/index.htm)
- Kristin Hokanson, Upper Merion Area School District, King of Prussia, PA, USA
Michael Baker, South Side School District, Hookstown, PA, USA
Tracey McGrath, Philadelphia School District, PA, USA, "Hands Across Pennsylvania" (http://www.umasd.org/projects/studentprojects.htm#PAPROJ)
- Darren Kuropatwa, Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute, Manitoba, CANADA, "Using Web Logs and Online Resources as Assessment for Learning Tools" (http://pc20s.blogspot.com/)
- Julie Lindsay, International School Dhaka, Dhaka, BANGLADESH
John Turner, Presbyterian Ladies' College, Burwood, Victoria, AUSTRALIA, "Bangladesh to Australia: Cross Cultural Learning via Online Collaboration" ( http://www.isdweblogs.org/isdtoplc/)
- Al P. Mizell, Nova Southeastern University, North Miami Beach, Florida, USA, "SAXophone (Students Around the World eXchanging over the Phone)" (http://www.fgse.nova.edu/saxophone)
- Walter McKenzie, Public Schools of Northborough and Southborough Amesbury, MA, USA, "Electric Iditarod Project" (http://surfaquarium.com/eIDITAROD/)
- Michelle Speight, Calgary Board of Education, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA, (Plus, numerous partners and contributors), "The Many Faces of the Homeless" (http://projects.cbe.ab.ca/ict/2learn/mmspeight/homeless)
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