Category: history
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A superintendent for whom I’d like to work
I’ve shared a new post titled “A superintendent enthused about digital storytelling” on the TechLearning blog, about Doug Taylor of Gage Public Schools in western Oklahoma. Our collective efforts to “Celebrate Oklahoma Voices” continue! Find more videos like this on Celebrate Oklahoma Voices! Technorati Tags: oklahoma, cov, cov08, digitalstorytelling, gage, dustbowl, history, oralhistory, education, school
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Why Celebrate Oklahoma Voices Matters
Today was day one of our first Celebrate Oklahoma Voices 3 day workshop for educators in 2008. The project team is facilitating five of these workshops during spring and summer 2008 at different five locations in our state. Of all the topics I have addressed in professional development workshops over the past two years, digital…
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Hatred, Racism, the 9th Governor of Oklahoma, WikiPedia, and “approved textbook history”
2007 was Oklahoma’s Centennial year. Celebrations on November 16, 2007, focused on the 100th anniversary of Oklahoma’s inaugural day of statehood in the United States of America. One of the many reasons I am enthused to help facilitate and lead our statewide digital storytelling project, Celebrate Oklahoma voices, is that historically the “voices” included in…
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Podcast226: Celebrate Oklahoma Voices (A statewide digital storytelling project)
This podcast is a recording of a session which I co-presented with Dr. Dana Owens, Dr. Don Wilson, and Whitney Allen at the 2008 Oklahoma Technology Association’s annual conference on February 6, 2008 in Oklahoma City. The program description was: The Celebrate Oklahoma Voices Project seeks to equip and empower Oklahomans to record and share…
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Hank Thompson WWII Interview
Tomorrow I’ll be sharing about our statewide “Celebrate Oklahoma Voices” digital storytelling project at the OTA 2008 conference in Oklahoma City along with Dr. Dana Owens (Univ of Central Oklahoma), Dr. Don Wilson (Mid-Del Public Schools) and Whitney Allen (Asher Public Schools). Today Whitney shared the following interview video (21 min, 15 sec) which high…
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Calling all Oklahoma Digital Storytellers!
If you are a current PK-20 educator in Oklahoma, you are eligible to apply for a 3 day workshop on digital storytelling offered as part of our statewide “Celebrate Oklahoma Voices” project. Workshops for spring and summer 2008 are scheduled for the following dates and locations: 20-22 Feb 2008 @ UCO College of Education, Edmond…
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Podcast224: An Interview with Patrick Henry
This podcast is a recorded interview with Richard Schumann of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, who was the keynote speaker at the Oklahoma State Department of Education’s annual Social Studies and Fine Arts conference on February 2, 2008. The title of the conference was Revolutionary Matters: “The Virginia Firebrand of the American Revolution.” Schumann portrays Patrick…
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A Matter Called Revolution: Abigail Adams and Recreating History for the Young Child Through Storytelling
These are my notes from a presentation titled “A Matter Called Revolution: Abigail Adams and Recreating History for the Young Child Through Storytelling” on February 2, 2008, at the Oklahoma 2008 State Superintendent’s Social Studies and Fine Arts Conference. The theme of this year’s conference is, “Revolutionary Matters.” This presentation by Sheri Admire, a teacher…
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We Are The Revolutionaries
These are my notes from a presentation titled “We Are The Revolutionaries” on February 2, 2008, at the Oklahoma 2008 State Superintendent’s Social Studies and Fine Arts Conference. The theme of this year’s conference is, “Revolutionary Matters.” This presentation by Beth Howard and her students from Mark Twain Elementary School in Tulsa Public Schools has…
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Fond memories of Fred McPherson
It’s not often you hear about someone in the United States living to the ripe age of 96 and never having to go into a nursing home. I have not had the privilege of meeting many people who are over ninety years old, ever. Fred McPherson was a wonderful, kind, generous and loving man who…