Comments on: Oklahoma videoconferencing in USA Today http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/01/30/oklahoma-videoconferencing-in-usa-today/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:46:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: B Brown http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/01/30/oklahoma-videoconferencing-in-usa-today/#comment-30538 B Brown Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:45:45 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/01/30/oklahoma-videoconferencing-in-usa-today/#comment-30538 Rob and Wesley, I know some of the people at Howe and I can assure you that these activities are not limited to "GT kids". Rob and Wesley, I know some of the people at Howe and I can assure you that these activities are not limited to “GT kids”.

]]> By: Jan Zanetis http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/01/30/oklahoma-videoconferencing-in-usa-today/#comment-30527 Jan Zanetis Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:55:09 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/01/30/oklahoma-videoconferencing-in-usa-today/#comment-30527 Rob and Wesley, If you read the whole article the other two schools mentioned, White Plains and Stamford High School, are not G/T groups. Many, many K-12 schools are taking advantage of Virtual Fieldtrips, with varying groups of students. Here is a link to the full article: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-01-29-virtual-field-trip_x.htm Rob and Wesley, If you read the whole article the other two schools mentioned, White Plains and Stamford High School, are not G/T groups. Many, many K-12 schools are taking advantage of Virtual Fieldtrips, with varying groups of students. Here is a link to the full article:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-01-29-virtual-field-trip_x.htm

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/01/30/oklahoma-videoconferencing-in-usa-today/#comment-30515 Wesley Fryer Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:10:03 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/01/30/oklahoma-videoconferencing-in-usa-today/#comment-30515 I agree we definitely shouldn't relegate these sorts of activities to just the "GT kids." That does happen often. I don't think it is the case in Howe, but I'm not sure. I'll be working more with them in the coming months as we further develop our <a href="http://www.blogpulse.com/trend?query1=www.speedofcreativity.org&operator=" rel="nofollow">Oklahoma Digital Centennial Project</a>, so I'll see what I can learn on this and report back. :-) I agree we definitely shouldn’t relegate these sorts of activities to just the “GT kids.” That does happen often. I don’t think it is the case in Howe, but I’m not sure. I’ll be working more with them in the coming months as we further develop our Oklahoma Digital Centennial Project, so I’ll see what I can learn on this and report back. :-)

]]> By: Rob Sipes http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/01/30/oklahoma-videoconferencing-in-usa-today/#comment-30504 Rob Sipes Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:29:47 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/01/30/oklahoma-videoconferencing-in-usa-today/#comment-30504 This article caught my eye because of the quote from the Oklahoma teacher: "Because we’re taking them everywhere, (students) are becoming little global citizens,” says Jody Kennedy, a teacher in White Plains. “They’re becoming leaders. These are all happy surprises we’ve never expected.” This seems like a great idea and according to them is accomplishing all that the American Democracy Project is aiming for, but at the elementary school level. One problem that I have is that the quote is from the 'gifted and talented' coordinator, which makes me think that 'these' students may be the only one involved in this project. And in a town of only 700 total, that is a very small population of students. I hope this is not another instance of taking the brilliant and pushing them further ahead of everyone else and leaving the 'normal' kids behind. This article caught my eye because of the quote from the Oklahoma teacher:

“Because we’re taking them everywhere, (students) are becoming little global citizens,” says Jody Kennedy, a teacher in White Plains. “They’re becoming leaders. These are all happy surprises we’ve never expected.”

This seems like a great idea and according to them is accomplishing all that the American Democracy Project is aiming for, but at the elementary school level.

One problem that I have is that the quote is from the ‘gifted and talented’ coordinator, which makes me think that ‘these’ students may be the only one involved in this project. And in a town of only 700 total, that is a very small population of students. I hope this is not another instance of taking the brilliant and pushing them further ahead of everyone else and leaving the ‘normal’ kids behind.

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