October 31st 2008 Newsletter - Issue
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Friday, 31st October 2008 |
 Happy Halloween! Our TREAT for you this week is our next Flash min-workshop, the NCWIT award for young women's participation in Computing, Denise's thoughts on the Global world, and recordings from this week's ExpertLive sessions. |
| The Latest News and Important Dates |
November Mini Workshop for Educators
Invite Your Female Students to Apply for the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing!
The NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing recognizes young women at the high-school level for their computing-related achievements and interests. Awardees are selected for their demonstrated, outstanding aptitude and interest in information technology/computing; solid leadership ability; good academic history; and plans for post-secondary education. Winners will receive $500 in cash, a laptop, an all-expense-paid trip to Charlotte, North Carolina, and more! |
| Featured Blog - Denise's thoughts on "Global World–why we are doing this" |
| Recently our family had a German exchange student. My brother teased him saying, "You are the funniest looking German I have ever seen." My brother is not a mean person and here is the reason for the joke. Yihan was born in Germany to parents who were both Chinese. His main language is German but he also speaks Chinese (he says he can write very little Chinese). So you can imagine he did not have what we would call the "typical" German appearence. We enjoyed his visit and learned a tremendous amount about his country and home town. I just wanted to use this as an example that our students need to be prepared for this world that is no longer "typical."
What do YOU think? Share your thoughts on Denise's Blog: http://helpdeniseteach.blogspot.com/2008/10/global-world-why-we-are-doing-this.html |
| Featured Wiki Page - Clay County High School |
| At Clay HS, there are two groups of students using Globaloria: Game Design 1 students who just started the program this fall and Game Design 2 students who took the course last Spring and have returned to create more advanced games.
Meet both groups and check out their games in progress: http://www.myglife.org/usa/wv/claywiki/index.php/User_Gallery http://www.myglife.org/usa/wv/claywiki/index.php/Game_Gallery |
| Tips and Tricks - ExpertLive Session Recordings Available |
| This week we had TWO ExpertLive sessions - one on Creating Vector Images in Flash and a second on Getting Blog Updates through RSS.
You can access all the ExpertLive and Mini Workshops recordings on the Educators Wiki. Please check the library of recorded sessions share them with your students: http://myglife.org/usa/wvwiki/index.php/WebEx_Archives You can also schedule an ExpertLive session for your class! Contact Maitreyi:maitreyi@worldwideworkshop.org for more info. |
| 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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