Our Classroom 2.0 - The Lenape Regional High School Version - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T15:59:17Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/our-classroom-20-the-lenape?commentId=649749%3AComment%3A399262&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noNow that two months of the s…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-11-01:649749:Comment:3992622009-11-01T00:25:03.673ZTom Tamburellohttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/TomTamburello
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Now that two months of the school year have passed I figured I'd give a brief update on my experience teaching in Classroom 2.0 at Lenape. It has been great watching the students work cooperatively in this classroom. Not only has technology allowed the students to collaborate more (we have been using edmodo.com and sketchcast.com recently along with interwrite tablets), but the design of the room in stations has promoted more discussion about math…
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Now that two months of the school year have passed I figured I'd give a brief update on my experience teaching in Classroom 2.0 at Lenape. It has been great watching the students work cooperatively in this classroom. Not only has technology allowed the students to collaborate more (we have been using edmodo.com and sketchcast.com recently along with interwrite tablets), but the design of the room in stations has promoted more discussion about math than the traditional classroom allows. Students are communicating on mathematics more than ever. Just this past week students used sketchcast.com and the interwrite tablets to create some presentations. Although sketchcast.com provided us with some difficulties (the voice recording was not reliable), using the interwrite tablets with the website allowed students to create some great mini lessons. I have attached a screen shot of a frequency distribution that students created using both of these technologies. Quick project update - everyt…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-10-16:649749:Comment:3929372009-10-16T12:23:53.676ZKeithhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Keith85
Quick project update - everything seems to be going well. We had some initial problems with the Vision software that allows the instructor to "take over" and demo on the 8 computers in the room. We switched to another product and it seems to be working better. Many parents were impressed at Back to School Night according to Mr. Cattani. The students I have talked to in the classroom seem to really like it. Several districts have asked to come in and see it. I am sure that Mr. Tamburello and the…
Quick project update - everything seems to be going well. We had some initial problems with the Vision software that allows the instructor to "take over" and demo on the 8 computers in the room. We switched to another product and it seems to be working better. Many parents were impressed at Back to School Night according to Mr. Cattani. The students I have talked to in the classroom seem to really like it. Several districts have asked to come in and see it. I am sure that Mr. Tamburello and the other teachers in the room feel like fish in a fishbowl at this point so many people are looking in through the windows! I just submitted a request to present our Classroom at NJASA's TECHSPO 2010 in Bally's in Atlantic City January 28-29, 2010. The video is now up on the webpage -- <a href="http://www.lrhsd.org/lenapeclass2">www.lrhsd.org/lenapeclass2</a> I can't wait for the whole di…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-10-16:649749:Comment:3929312009-10-16T12:17:49.472ZKeithhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Keith85
I can't wait for the whole district to see him in January!
I can't wait for the whole district to see him in January! I went to the Alan November p…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-10-16:649749:Comment:3928812009-10-16T02:16:23.631ZTony Cattanihttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/TonyCattani
I went to the Alan November presentation today. It has extremely insightful and thought provoking. I haven't left the computer since I put my kids to bed. To say the least, he hooked me!
I went to the Alan November presentation today. It has extremely insightful and thought provoking. I haven't left the computer since I put my kids to bed. To say the least, he hooked me! Sounds well planned!
I'd go…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-09-13:649749:Comment:3818042009-09-13T07:10:40.085ZDeon Scanlonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/DeonScanlon
Sounds well planned!<br />
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I'd go with speakers, though, as kids wearing headphones become anti-social. It doesn't encourage discussion.<br />
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I'm not a fan of PC labs - prefer mobile learning (laptops, as well as hand-helds), but you've got to work with what you've got!<br />
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I also don't see the point of a DVD player - laptop/PC fulfils that function. Also, I haven't felt the need to use a VCR for a long time, but if you've got some good ones, I guess you've got to cater for that. Are you able to access…
Sounds well planned!<br />
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I'd go with speakers, though, as kids wearing headphones become anti-social. It doesn't encourage discussion.<br />
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I'm not a fan of PC labs - prefer mobile learning (laptops, as well as hand-helds), but you've got to work with what you've got!<br />
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I also don't see the point of a DVD player - laptop/PC fulfils that function. Also, I haven't felt the need to use a VCR for a long time, but if you've got some good ones, I guess you've got to cater for that. Are you able to access Youtube? It's a pretty good substitute for VCRs!<br />
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Will you be posting progress updates in this Ning, or somewhere else? It's an interesting project! Thanks for commenting Deon!…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-28:649749:Comment:3768492009-08-28T00:58:49.732ZKeithhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Keith85
Thanks for commenting Deon!<br />
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We will have an amplified Bose or Calaphone speaker on the wall on the other side of the room (The other side of the room has a larger whiteboard and no student computers across it.) It also has a VCR/DVD player, document camera, etc. It will allow for audio for the VCR/DVD and the teacher computer. We will allow the students to have headphones for their computers (8 computers running sound at the same time is nuts!) We will have a 3.5 mm hub at each station so they…
Thanks for commenting Deon!<br />
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We will have an amplified Bose or Calaphone speaker on the wall on the other side of the room (The other side of the room has a larger whiteboard and no student computers across it.) It also has a VCR/DVD player, document camera, etc. It will allow for audio for the VCR/DVD and the teacher computer. We will allow the students to have headphones for their computers (8 computers running sound at the same time is nuts!) We will have a 3.5 mm hub at each station so they can hook up to 5 headphones to each computer. Later if we think we need them we can mount a bar speaker under the monitors.<br />
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If the teacher needs a computer lab for the students to create video or audio, there are four of them in our media center there. The teacher would sign up for time in that room. They will be able to make Windows Movie Maker projects and Photo Story 3 projects on the 8 computers. We are mostly a non-Mac district so we don't do a lot of iLife/Garageband stuff. We did install an Xserve to allow for the creation of our own wikis though. It is pretty cool.<br />
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We aren't going to be doing the 1:1 iPods project in this room this year but the teacher is going to VNC with his iPhone into the "master computer" to run presentations and stuff (He'll have a laptop to do that too). He may let the students use their own iPod. We just put a dedicated wireless router in that room too. For our iPod carts we are doing for another project, we do have Mac Books for them to synch the iPods. Each of the computers is connect to a switch in the room with a homerun to the IDF. All of the wiring is neatly placed in that raceway moulding which our electrician, Gerry Clauss, did an excellent job of installing. I have asked him to comment on here as well when he gets some time. This room sure looks interest…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-24:649749:Comment:3758062009-08-24T13:25:18.308ZDeon Scanlonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/DeonScanlon
This room sure looks interesting! I like the multiple uses that are available, but am not so sure about the retro-style furniture!!! I guess it's a kind of cool juxtaposition!<br />
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How do you plan to deal with audio? I can't see any speakers in the photos...<br />
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Is there anywhere adjoining this room where the kids can go to create videos or audio?<br />
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Also, what network infrastructure is there? I assume you have wi-fi if you intend on using iTouches.<br />
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Do you have any Mac computers for syncing…
This room sure looks interesting! I like the multiple uses that are available, but am not so sure about the retro-style furniture!!! I guess it's a kind of cool juxtaposition!<br />
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How do you plan to deal with audio? I can't see any speakers in the photos...<br />
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Is there anywhere adjoining this room where the kids can go to create videos or audio?<br />
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Also, what network infrastructure is there? I assume you have wi-fi if you intend on using iTouches.<br />
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Do you have any Mac computers for syncing iPods?<br />
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This looks like such an amazing project. I can't wait to see and hear how it all pans out!<br />
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Great work! I have to check with Mr. Tamb…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-24:649749:Comment:3757902009-08-24T12:32:33.920ZKeithhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Keith85
I have to check with Mr. Tamburello and Mr. Cattani but we were hoping people would come and see it and give us some feedback! It might be better to wait until later in the fall when he is settled in. Is Clearview considering doing something like this?
I have to check with Mr. Tamburello and Mr. Cattani but we were hoping people would come and see it and give us some feedback! It might be better to wait until later in the fall when he is settled in. Is Clearview considering doing something like this? I am the LAL Supervisor at Cl…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-24:649749:Comment:3757042009-08-24T01:01:47.468ZTracy Matozzohttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/TracyMatozzo
I am the LAL Supervisor at Clearview and I am very interested in how you proceed in the future. Would it be possible to visit Lenape?
I am the LAL Supervisor at Clearview and I am very interested in how you proceed in the future. Would it be possible to visit Lenape? I am one of the teachers who…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-23:649749:Comment:3755372009-08-23T21:21:49.355ZTom Tamburellohttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/TomTamburello
I am one of the teachers who will be teaching in our 2.0 Classroom at Lenape. Throughout the year I look forward to posting the progress that we are seeing with teaching and learning in the classroom. In the mean time I just wanted to add a quick note about the design and construction of this classrom. As you may be able to see in the pictures quite a bit of electrical work needed to be done to accomodate all of the technology in the room. Our district electirician used a modular conduit system…
I am one of the teachers who will be teaching in our 2.0 Classroom at Lenape. Throughout the year I look forward to posting the progress that we are seeing with teaching and learning in the classroom. In the mean time I just wanted to add a quick note about the design and construction of this classrom. As you may be able to see in the pictures quite a bit of electrical work needed to be done to accomodate all of the technology in the room. Our district electirician used a modular conduit system that worked wonderfully. One other quick note-we custom ordered whiteboards that were low glare so they could not only be used as traditional boards, but to display projected images with as little glare as possible. The perspective from any student in the room is clear.