November 14th 2008 Newsletter - Issue
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Friday, 14th November, 2008 |
 Snow is in the forecast...we hope this newsletter finds you and your loved ones staying warm and healthy. This week we bring you the results of YOUR vote on the Progress Report due date, Ingrida's reflections on the real value of Globaloria, a peek at the social issue games being developed by Crittenton students, handy tips for resizing images, and more! |
| The Latest News and Important Dates |
| The votes have been tallied, and you, the educators, have spoken...
December 8 is the due date for your second quarter Learning and Teaching Progress Reports. Please e-mail your report to Lee by December 8. We will begin reviewing them immediately, with the goal of sharing feedback and mailing your checks before the holidays! Principals' Colloquium on November 20th Next Thursday, First Lady Gayle Manchin and Idit Caperton are co-hosting a Colloquium for Globaloria Principals and members of the State Board of Education at the Governor's Mansion. Please make sure your students have uploaded their latest work, and that your blogs are freshly updated, so all the principals can admire what you have been doing in your class! Deadline for NCWIT Award is December 1, 2008 High school teachers, please encourage your female students to apply for the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing by December 1st. This award recognizes young women at the high-school level for computing-related achievements and interests. Winners receive $500 in cash, a laptop, an all-expense-paid trip to North Carolina, and more! For more info please visit - http://www.ncwit.org/award |
| Featured Blog - Ingrida's Globaloria more than just learning Flash |
| "It was so genius of Globaloria to tap into the kids' social habits to enhance their learning. Our students do not think of Globaloria class as a class, really. It's their time to be themselves, in the setting they are comfortable with, doing what they like- learning something new and not being banned to talk to each other, run around the computer lab sharing something new and exciting they know others will love for them to explain."
Read on and share your thoughts on Ingrida's Blog: http://ingridasblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/navigation-is-fun.html |
| Featured Wiki Page - Crittenton |
| Globaloria students at Crittenton are developing games on a range of important social issues including car safety, poverty, global warming, recycling, the environment, crime and teen pregnancy.
Visit each student's Project page to see their developing ideas: |
| Tips and Tricks - Resize Images to avoid broken wikis and games |
| Photos taken with a digital camera are BIG -- usually several MB in size-- to ensure good print quality. But you don't need all those extra pixels for the web! Big image files can break wiki and web pages and make games files bloated and slow.
Make sure your students know how to resize images before uploading them to the Wiki or copying them into their Flash movies! 1. The Wiki supports image size of about 500Kb and 72 dpi. |
| Quick Links |
| Educators Wiki - http://www.myglife.org/usa/wvwiki/index.php/Main_Page
Globaloria WV Blog - http://globaloria-wv.blogspot.com/ Special Projects Coordinator Blog - http://maitreyiglobaloriawv.blogspot.com/ Flash Programing Blog - http://stewarddeering.blogspot.com/ Globaloria Help Desk schedule - globaloriawvhelpdesk@gmail.com Have a great week! Make sure you and your students update your blogs and Wikis often... You might be featured next week! |
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