Free gr 6-7 Deadly Writing: Exploring the Process of Writing Historical FIction with Author Julie Chibbaro!!

Julie Chibbaro, author of Deadly, will talk about the writing process, and how she writes historical fiction. She will tell how her idea for her latest novel was born, and the challenges of using real science and real people in her work.

Deadly Writing: Exploring the Process of Writing Historical FIction with Author Julie Chibbaro!!
Tuesday October 18, 2011

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM EDT 

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT 

Targeted for students in grades 6-7

In this presentation, students will be taken back to New York City in 1906, where they will follow an epidemic of typhoid fever. Through the diary of 16-year-old Prudence Galewski, they’ll find out how one girl helped solve one of the greatest medical mysteries of the twentieth century and learn the story of the infamous ‘Typhoid Mary.’ Using photos and writing prompts, Julie will show students how to write their own diaries, and how to think about history as a living story that will one day become theirs. Students will even have a chance to get a jumpstart on their own diairies through an interactive writing exercise! Discussion and a question and answer session will round out this exciting interactive author event!

MAGPI is pleased to partner with JKS Communications to bring our members this exciting event.

Videoconference Outline

• Welcome to all sites (5 minutes)
• Introduction to the Author (5 minutes)
• About Deadly and The Diary Form (10 minutes)
• Diary Writing Quick Write (5 minutes)
• Read Alouds from Students with Feedback (10 mins)
• The Historical Fiction Novel Process (10 mins)
• Question and Answer (13 minutes)
• Wrap-Up (2 mins)

Pre-Videoconference Activities

• Pre-Reading: Students will have a fuller and more meaningful experience if they read Deadly before the event. Deadly can be ordered at a 40% discount from http://teach.simonandschuster.net/Plan-an-Author-Appearance/How-To/Ordering-Books
• Optional Pre-Writing Activity: History as Memory Exercise Prompt: “How many of you think you have a great memory? Let’s see!” Play the memory game – and see how history can change depending on who is telling it. (This game is similar to the telephone game). Break class into groups of six students. Have everybody think about one thing from their past. First person whispers it to the next, next repeats it, adds something, third repeats the two things, adds another, fourth goes, fifth, until the sixth person must write down all six facts (with no help from the others!). See how accurate your memory is. Using this experiment, have students write a short paragraph about the best thing that ever happened to them, and then how that experience might look to other people involved (for example, the day you got your first kitten, what it was like, etc. Then, from your mother’s perspective – she started sneezing and couldn’t stop all day!)
  
  

About Julie Chibbaro

Julie Chibbaro is the author of Deadly (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster 2011), a medical mystery about the hunt for Typhoid Mary. Deadly, Chibbaro’s second novel, has received excellent reviews from such journals as The New York Times, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Booklist, Historical Novels Review, The New York Journal of Books, Examiner.com, and Teenreads.com.

FREE: View Only Live Surgery from the Cleveland Clinic

The Cleveland Clinic Office of Civic Education Initiatives is pleased to present the distance learning schedule for school year 2011/12 formiddle and high school students.  A few highlights are noted below.   

Your students will be able to observe live surgical broadcasts that will be featured as part of the 2011 Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovations Summit – the state of the art interventional techniques in cardiovascular surgery:

1.  Tuesday, October 4, 2011 – 7 to 8 am

2.   Wednesday, October 5, 2011 – 7:30 to 8:30 am

Both of these sessions will be moderated by the world-renowned heart surgeons.

Due to the large number of Summit attendees, it is not possible for these sessions to be interactive, and we appreciate your understanding. 

In collaboration with the Cleveland Council on World Affairs, Bridges to the World, students can learn about the European/Hungarian economy from Dr. György Szapáry, the Hungarian Ambassador to the United States on Tuesday, October 18^th- please see attached information.

Two introductory anatomy courses – one on the chest and one on the abdomen – will be offered this year in collaboration with Lerner College of Medicine.

The Bioethics Course will also be offered this school year.

Here is the registration link for ALL programs:

http://survey.clevelandclinic.org/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=8l0M5o85

The bridging connection for ALL distance learning programs will be handled through eTECH Ohio.  

Thank you for your interest in our distance learning programs and the opportunity to enrich the classroom learning experiences for you and your students.

Best,

Rosalind

FREE: Reptile Awareness Day

Join the Fort Worth Zoo in discussing “Reptile Awareness Day” which takes place on October 21. What can you do to aid in conservation of these amazing creatures? We will learn about the difference between reptiles and amphibians, different types of native Texas reptiles, what leads to reptiles becoming threatened or endangered, and why exotic reptiles and amphibians don’t make good pets! Our fantastic Wild Wonders team will bring in a special LIVE animal guest for learning and discussion.

Title: Reptile Awareness Day

Target Audience: K-12

Date: Friday, October 7

Time: 9:00-9:45 CST

Cost: FREE

Register:  http://www.connect2texas.net/Connect2Texas_pages/register_begin.asp?eventID=8167

To find out more about Connect2Texas and our providers offering content enhancement and professional development programs visit www.Connect2Texas.net.

Lori Hamm-NeckarDistance Learning Technician
Region Eleven Telecommunications Network (RETN)
O: (817) 740-7516 | C: (817) 291-3748 | lhamm@esc11.net

Gr. K-4 The Cycling Wangdoos Author: Kelly Pulley

The Cycling Wangdoos is an imaginative and fun rhyming tale of an unlikely cycling team and their off-track lesson in teamwork. It will take you on a thrills and spills fun-filled ride from the first page to the surprise ending. This is a great lesson about team work, disguised within a fun story line, with even more-fun illustrations. Where else are you going to get a 6-saddled bicycle with a yak on the back? And rhyming will keep anyone entertained. No matter how small one contributes to the group as a whole-the group is only as strong as its weakest member. Kids will appreciate the careful, fun illustrations. When one is part of a team, one has to do one's part no matter what. The rhyming text will surely hold the attention of children and is perfect for reading out loud. This book is perfect for children up to the age of eight.

WEDNESDAY, October 5 - “Children’s Books”: 1)Ten Unusual Features of Lulu McDunn and  2)The Cycling Wangdoos   (Children’s Books and Authors  series)

Presenter: Kelly Pulley, Author and Illustrator of Ten Unusual Features of Lulu McDunn  and The Cycling Wangdoos

TARGET AUDIENCE: Students in grades K - 4

LESSON PLAN: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/programs/booksnauthors/lulumcdunn.htm  AND http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/programs/booksnauthors/cyclingwangdoos.htm

TIME: Two sessions: one at 9:00 AM strong>CENTRAL TIME and one at 10:00 AM CENTRAL TIME

Objectives:
Students will:
1. Learn self awareness
2. Increase their self-esteem
3. Celebrate their uniqueness
4. Reflect on the important people in their lives.
5. Follow directions to create their works of art.

Pre-Activity: Making A Cut-Out of Me
Materials:
Butcher paper, crayons or markers, scissors, tissue paper or newspaper, stapler, extra clothes from each child
Procedure:
1. The student lays down on the butcher paper and the teacher traces the child's outline. 
2. The student then colors in the face, eyes, nose, ears, hair, etc. on their own. 
3.  Cut out: If the child is able to cut the outline of them out, if not the teacher does that part.
4. Then repeat #1 and another outline is made .  The two are than stapled together and stuffed with tissue paper or newspaper.
5. This life-size cutout is then dressed in the student's clothes.  This activity may take a few days to do, but the students enjoy seeing their cut-outs in their own clothes.

LESSON:
What do young students like to talk about when they come to school? You probably guessed it. They like talking about themselves! So, why not let them do just that as you can get to know them, too!  Help students celebrate their individuality and learn about likenesses and differences. This lesson builds those important skills and a sense of family in your classroom.

Patsy Partin, M.Ed

Director, Virtual School

Vanderbilt University

2007 Terrace Place

Nashville, TN 37203

(615) 322-6384

www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool

FREE Special WVIZ and U.S. Attorney's Office Town Hall Meeting on "BULLYING"

Recent studies have shown about 1 in every 7 students between kindergarten through
12th grade is either a bully or is a victim of a bully. It’s not happening in the shadows
– more than half of all students have witnessed bullying taking place at their school.
The growth of smart phones and social media has given rise to cyber-bullying,
making it even harder for students to find refuge from torment.

We know the negative impact this has on students, both short-term and long-term.
Students find reasons to avoid school and have trouble focusing while in class. They
are filled with fear, anger and shame. In some cases, kids have been driven to take
their own lives.

On Oct. 20, Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of
Ohio, and Catherine Criswell, Director of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office
of Civil Right in Cleveland, will sponsor a town hall meeting to discuss the social,
legal and psychological impacts of bullying. The session is targeted at students. It will
feature students who have endured and overcome bullying, with a focus on finding
solutions to eliminating this all-too-common problem.

This session will be interactive, allowing viewers and attendees to participate via
e-mail and text messaging. Join us for this FREE program and plan to have your
students participate in what will be a very dynamic and educational presentation.

Date: Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011

Time: 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.


Schools interested in participating in this FREE educational opportunity should contact
John Ramicone at 216-916-6360 or john.ramicone@ideastream.org by October 14th.

Heart of a Hall of Famer Series featuring Jack Youngblood, Pro Football Hall of Fame – Class of 2001

Chat with Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end Jack Youngblood as he is featured in the next installment of the Heart of a Hall of Famer series on Thursday, October 13 at 10:00 AM and 11:30 AM ET.   Learn about the character qualities it took for the Class of 2001 Enshrinee to make it into his sport’s most exclusive club – the Pro Football Hall of Fame.  Students will have the opportunity to learn first-hand what it took beyond athletics for this gridiron legend to achieve greatness and how his character qualities helped him achieve great success on and off the football field.

The program will last approximately 60 minutes with a majority of that time being driven by questions from the student participants. This program is designed for grades 7th-12th. Each videoconference is limited to six sites and is FREE. Interested schools will be selected on a first-come basis. Test connections will take place on Wednesday, October 12.

If your school is interested in one of the sessions being offered, please email the Hall of Fame’s Education Department at EducationalPrograms@ProFootballHOF.com.

Town Hall Speaker Daniel Esty - "Green to Gold"

Our country’s current economic situation is currently being impacted by corporate strategies, trade, competitiveness, globalization, governance and environmental strategies.  Our next Town Hall Speaker, Daniel C. Esty will address these issues with your students on Monday, October 3^rd.

Dr. Esty is the Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at Yale University.  He holds faculty appointments in both Yale’s Environment and Law Schools. He also serves as the Director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the Center for Business & Environment at Yale.  Professor Esty is the author or editor of nine books and numerous articles on environmental policy issues.

His recent prizewinning book, Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage, argues that pollution control and natural resource management have become critical elements of marketplace success and explains how leading-edge companies have folded environmental thinking into their core business strategies. 

Topic: “Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage”

Presenter: Daniel Esty, Environmental Strategy Expert

Date: 

Monday, October 3, 2011

Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m.

Schools interested in participating in this educational opportunity should contact John Ramicone at 216-916-6360 or john.ramicone@ideastream.org by September 28th.

A program fee of $75.00 will be charged to schools not in the NOTA or NORTH2 member districts. Please process a purchase order to WVIZ/PBS Distance Learning, c/o John Ramicone, 1375 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland 44115 and fax a copy or the p. o. number to 216-916-6361.