point a to point b » TechYES http://www.pointatopointb.org Technology is transforming learning. All you need is an idea of where you are, and where you need to go. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:56:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Bravo, Ladies! http://www.pointatopointb.org/2008/06/29/bravo-ladies/ http://www.pointatopointb.org/2008/06/29/bravo-ladies/#comments Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:18:32 +0000 Michael http://www.pointatopointb.org/?p=304 Three students from Heim recently won the Generation YES Go Green video contest. In the contest, students were directed to produce a video about how our school is Green and/or how it could be better at it. In the GenYES spirit, all aspects had to be student-driven. I can tell you without a doubt it [...]]]> Three students from Heim recently won the Generation YES Go Green video contest. In the contest, students were directed to produce a video about how our school is Green and/or how it could be better at it. In the GenYES spirit, all aspects had to be student-driven. I can tell you without a doubt it was, and doing so proves how much our students can do given the right resources.

Once Caroline was approached about this contest by Mrs. Merlino, she immediately enlisted Mary and Kelly to join in. The only time I heard from them is when they needed a resource, or some guidance in how to do something. They did it all, and a fine job they did.

See the winning video at the Generation YES site here, along with the other talented student winners from California. Their videos will be featured at the National Educational Computing Conference in San Antonio June 29-July 2. Bravo, Ladies!

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There are many things we need to learn as we try this out – more related to how a full scale roll out would be managed with an entire grade or school – 12 is an easy number to deal with but plenty to start :-) .

I’ve been following and impressed with the GenYES folks for a while, and their work is worth the time to investigate. I’m looking forward to some great projects!

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