A couple more great uses of student Macbooks

Watching their performance in the musical on their home television:

And celebrating birthdays with siblings via videochat:

Real-world publishing by our students gets noticed via youtube

Sophomore Connor Peterson received the following message on his youtube account:

"I would like to show your film to a group of middle school students as a part of our AIDS/HIV lessons. I like that it is a student made production and feel it is age appropriate and speaks to the fear and facts of the syndrome/disease.


Can you send me a copy in a format I can show at school? I promise to use it only for good and will not distribute nor sell it.


I have been looking and looking for the right film for my kids.


Thank you if you can, I know things get complicated, if you can't.
Tracy"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6YOlJHjcXw

This is what it is all about.  Connor's movie was for his English research project and pulls together the facts along with the emotions in a way that a traditional research report could not do.  Congratulations Connor, on a job well done- both for your English class and the classes around the world that are benefiting from your sharing.

CSC Scholastic Contest: Photojournalism Winners

Once again our OHS students' Digital Arts talents are recognized as being exemplary.  Senior Demi Devall wins 1st place in the Chadron State College Photojournalism contest and senior Lorissa Johnson finishes in 8th place overall with their outstanding yearbook photos.  The OHS students have studied photography in their journalism class with Mrs. Katrina Gotschall as well as Digital Design classes with Mr. Mike Peterson and Art classes with Mr. Kevin McNichols.  Added to their coursework is their ability to explore their passion 24/7 with their school-issued MacBook complete with Adobe Photoshop CS3.  Congratulations Demi and Lorissa!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/41832930@N05/4436305782/in/pool-oneillschools


http://www.flickr.com/photos/lorissajohnson/4436303682/in/pool-oneillschools/

Digital Dance Class?

 I found out about an innovative use of 24/7 Learning when I picked up my daughter from her dance class yesterday.  Her dance instructor, Stephanie, is a sophomore at OHS but traveled with the high school scholastic team to the Chadron State Scholastic competition yesterday, and therefore had to be absent from teaching her dance classes.  Steph planned ahead and recorded herself teaching the dances in iMovie and had her younger brother deliver her MacBook to the dance studio in time for her classes.  Each of the classes would watch their instructor doing the steps over and over on the laptop screen in between practicing them for real.  With a dance recital right around the corner and small supply of dance instructor substitutes, Steph's ingenuity, resourcefulness, and access to technology benefited a large number of little girls yesterday!

OS X Blog/Wiki Server + Podcast Producer

This comment came our way today:

I am presenting today on schools that are leveraging wikis, blogs and Podcast Producer in their classrooms.  And after digging around on your server the last couple of days, I am absolutely impressed by what you guys are doing.  You are giving the students a stage (mountain top) to express themselves, and you are giving your teachers such a great avenue to post assignments, capture class, etc. 

My presentation is at 10:30am CST - so I just wanted to let you know that I was going to be showing off your site and also to say what an awesome job you guys are doing in O'Neill.  It is truly amazing what you guys are doing - I know it is a lot of work - but what a difference you guys are making!!!

This is due in large part to the amazing teachers we have at OHS who take advantage of these digital tools to make learning more meaningful for our students.  Thank you!

http://ops.esu8.org

Technology for Coaching OHS Student Athletes

http://ops.esu8.org/users/katiemorrow/weblog/8a13e/

2010 NETA Contest Winners Announced!

Congratulations to several O'Neill Public Schools students and teachers for winning awards in NETA's annual contests.

The OHS Twitter account, and its embedded interactivity with the O'Neill High School webpage, is maintained by Mike Peterson. It was a winner in the "Web 2.0 Tools-Teacher" category.

The above image, by Davita Dick, won 1st place in the Grades 6-8 Digital Imagery Contest.

Tayler Alder was a 2nd place winner in the Grades 6-8 Digital Imagery Contest with her photo entitled "Old Board and Shoe."

In the Grades 9-12 division of the Graphic Imagery contest, Erin Gotschall received an honorable mention award.

Laura Lueninghoener created this video for Mrs. Brown's Spanish Class and was a winner in the Open Category.

The Digital Divas were winners in the Web 2.0 Tools - Student Contest for their website and collaboration in Rock Our World 11: Tolerance

More information can be found here: http://netasite.org/conf2010/awards.html