Although these two teachers I am going to talk about didn’t win an US award, I am not sure why but anyway both their projects are brilliant and they are just superb teachers and lovely people too. I wanted to profile them and their work as it was one of the things that has left an impression on me from #msftpil.
The first teacher is Robyn Hrivnatz from Houston who is lovely, pictured in the purple dress with her partner in the project.
Here is the extract from her project:
Robyn Hrivnatz and Sarah Bauguss, Katy ISD (Katy, TX)
Project: Growing Knowledge in Math and Science
Middle school students integrate math and science in a real-world setting to plan, design and plant a garden bed using Excel and OneNote for measurement calculations and design, while tracking the status of their seedlings in an OneNote Notebook on their laptop or mobile device. Students then document their observations in the tool of their choice including Movie Maker, Photo Story or Animoto, ultimately sharing their artifacts on the class Edmodo sites enabling classmates to comment, collaborate and learn from each other.
To know more about Robyn and her project you can follow her on twitter as @robynhrivnatz.
The second teacher is Vince Interrante who I have already spoken about in an earlier post http://bit.ly/oibJye who is an awesome dude! In fact we have already created a collaborative project for September.
Vincent Interrante, Mineola Middle School (Mineola, NY)
Project: Weather Investigation: A 21st Century Learning Approach
Mr. Interrante takes 6th grade students through a guided weather study. As a part of a 1:1 computer pilot project his class is able to use of combination of Microsoft Office 2010 with OneNote to collaborate and communicate with peers and adults in this project-based learning activity. The objective of this project is to have the students become adept at using 21st century learning technologies that will produce learners that are engaged while developing individuals that take ownership of their own learning. Consequently, the role of the teacher naturally shifts to the facilitator of learning from the more traditional stand and deliver model.
To hear more about Vince then please follow him on twitter, especially as he has only just signed up since attending the event. He is @teachandengage.
Both Vince and Robyn are lovely people and great teachers, we shall keep in contact and hopefully keep working together.
This is what the #msftpil was all about: