Project Innovate

Overview:

Cellcom is excited to announce the nine high Fox Cities schools that will be participating in the 2011 Project Innovate community voting program. The top vote-getter in Project Innovate will receive $30,000 from Cellcom, exclusively for the purchase of technology. Second place will receive $15,000 for technology and third place will take away $5,000. The remaining six schools will each receive a Motorola Xoom™ tablet.

Participating Schools:

·         Appleton East High School

·         Appleton North High School ·         Appleton West High School

·         Kimberly High School ·         Little Chute High School

·         Neenah High School

·         St. Mary Central High School ·         Wisconsin Connections Academy

·         Xavier High School

Voting Period:

Project Innovate voting begins at 8:00 a.m. (CDT) on October 24, 2011 and ends at 11:59 p.m. (CDT) on November 22, 2011.

Casting a Vote:

To vote, go to Cellcom.com, click on ‘Project Innovate,’ enter your email address and vote for Kimberly High School

Tips for Mobilizing Supporters:

Have each class vote whenever you use a computer lab/COW.

Encourage students to "Share" this using social media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube...)

Museum Box

About museumbox..
If you could put a number of items into a box that described your life, what would you include? What do you think would be included if you were a Victorian Servant or Queen Elizabeth I. If you lived during the English Civil War, what items would you include to make a case for, or against, the parliamentarians? And what if you were an abolitionist and wanted to show that slavery was wrong and unnecessary, how would you create your evidence.  

So what does museumbox do?
Museum box provides the tools for you to do just this. It allows you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view the museum boxes submitted by other people and comment on the contents.

Can I see examples?
Click HERE to see examples created by KHS students.

Below is a tutorial video?

 

PowerTeacher Mobile

PowerTeacherMobile

With PowerTeacher Mobile, teachers are no longer constrained to their desk or laptop when using the gradebook. 

Now you can record student scores, add new assignments and make observations about student progress from nearly anywhere in the world.

NOTE:  When you download the app it will ask you to "sign in" to PowerTeacher.  Use your regular username and password.  However, instead of having it search for your school you need to complete the following steps:

1. Click on the "Settings" button in the upper right-hand corner.
2. Click on the "Server" button on the left side of your screen.
3. Delete the current "Port Number" and enter 80.
4. Go back to the main screen and you should be all set to find Kimberly High School.

Horizon Report

The internationally recognized series of Horizon Reports is part of a research project established in 2002 that identifies and describes emerging technologies likely to have a large impact over the next five years.

I thought you might find it interesting to see what is predicted to be the "next big thing."


Time-to-Adopt:  One Year or Less

• Electronic Books
• Mobile Devices

 Time-to-Adopt:  Two to Three Years

• Augmented Reality
• Game-Based Learning

Time-to-Adopt:  Four to Five Years

• Gesture-Based Computing
• Learning Analytics