Bering Strait School District will once again be offering schools the opportunity to follow
the Iditarod race through student and teacher created coverage from along the trail. New
student and teacher forums provide a great deal more interaction than in prior years.
Over 8000 students from from 170 schools in 37 states participated in last year's IditaProject.
Special guests included author Gary Paulsen, Iditarod National Historical Trail rangers, and
the official Iditarod Teacher on the Trail. Roughly 47% of the participants last year were
from grades 4-8.
There is no charge for teachers or students. Video conference connection bandwidth and
assistance for all schools involved is being generously donated by GCI's SchoolAccess division.
The annual BSSD IditaProject connects schools and students in the lower 48 with web and video
coverage of the Iditarod. Participants this year will help collaboratively construct thematic
instructional resources online using wiki-based software, and BSSD's hundreds of Open
Content images, video and audio clips from prior races.
There are six (6) thematic video conferences planned, and each is broadcast live twice each
day. Schools sign up for either the morning or afternoon session if they would like to actively
participate, or they can watch online video streams at any time.
2008 IditaProject Broadcast Schedule
Daily Live Updates: Monday, March 3rd => Red Lantern
Times: 9:00 & 3:00 Alaska Time (except when conflicts with schedule below)
Available by QuickTime Stream & Windows Media (GCI's Starbak system)
Thematic Broadcasts - Available by Video Teleconference (VTC) via IP-to-IP
connection, QuickTime stream and Windows Media (GCI's Starbak system)
March 3rd 8:00 AM & 1:00 PM: Centennial & Race Start Coverage
March 6th 8:00 AM & 1:00 PM: History & Culture
March 10th 8:00 AM & 1:00 PM: Mushing Math
March 11th 8:00 AM & 1:00 PM: Veterinary Medicine & Sled Dog Racing
March 12th 8:00 AM & 1:00 PM: Race Statistics & Records
March 13th 8:00 AM & 1:00 PM: Race Finish & Wrap Up
Spaces fill up quickly for the live segments, so interested teachers should sign up at:
IditaProject 2008
http://mushing.bssd.org/
IditaProject 2008 Registration
http://mushing.bssd.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=43
IditaProject Mushing Forums
http://mushing.bssd.org/forum/
BSSD has a student population that is 99% Inupiaq, Yup'ik and Siberian Yup'ik Eskimo. The
school district has more villages with schools along the Iditarod Trail than any other in the
state of Alaska.
BSSD's Student Broadcasting Team will once again produce twice daily 5-minute update
broadcasts starting the Monday after the race start, and continuing until the last musher is
across the finish line. SBT members assist in all broadcast segments. Certified staff
supervise all productions.
SBT students act as news correspondents during the race, and conduct interviews, record
digital video, take pictures, and issue Video podcast, audio, image and blog updates on
happenings along the trail as they take place.
Regards,
JTC--
"No matter where you go, there you are."
Buckaroo Banzai & Confucius
Digital Contacts:
http://www.bssd.org/
jconcilus@bssd.org
Skype VOIP: Johncn2
John Concilus,
Coordinator of Educational TechnologyBering Strait School District2
25 Polar Bear AvenueUnalakleet, AK 99684
the Iditarod race through student and teacher created coverage from along the trail. New
student and teacher forums provide a great deal more interaction than in prior years.
Over 8000 students from from 170 schools in 37 states participated in last year's IditaProject.
Special guests included author Gary Paulsen, Iditarod National Historical Trail rangers, and
the official Iditarod Teacher on the Trail. Roughly 47% of the participants last year were
from grades 4-8.
There is no charge for teachers or students. Video conference connection bandwidth and
assistance for all schools involved is being generously donated by GCI's SchoolAccess division.
The annual BSSD IditaProject connects schools and students in the lower 48 with web and video
coverage of the Iditarod. Participants this year will help collaboratively construct thematic
instructional resources online using wiki-based software, and BSSD's hundreds of Open
Content images, video and audio clips from prior races.
There are six (6) thematic video conferences planned, and each is broadcast live twice each
day. Schools sign up for either the morning or afternoon session if they would like to actively
participate, or they can watch online video streams at any time.
2008 IditaProject Broadcast Schedule
Daily Live Updates: Monday, March 3rd => Red Lantern
Times: 9:00 & 3:00 Alaska Time (except when conflicts with schedule below)
Available by QuickTime Stream & Windows Media (GCI's Starbak system)
Thematic Broadcasts - Available by Video Teleconference (VTC) via IP-to-IP
connection, QuickTime stream and Windows Media (GCI's Starbak system)
March 3rd 8:00 AM & 1:00 PM: Centennial & Race Start Coverage
March 6th 8:00 AM & 1:00 PM: History & Culture
March 10th 8:00 AM & 1:00 PM: Mushing Math
March 11th 8:00 AM & 1:00 PM: Veterinary Medicine & Sled Dog Racing
March 12th 8:00 AM & 1:00 PM: Race Statistics & Records
March 13th 8:00 AM & 1:00 PM: Race Finish & Wrap Up
Spaces fill up quickly for the live segments, so interested teachers should sign up at:
IditaProject 2008
http://mushing.bssd.org/
IditaProject 2008 Registration
http://mushing.bssd.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=43
IditaProject Mushing Forums
http://mushing.bssd.org/forum/
BSSD has a student population that is 99% Inupiaq, Yup'ik and Siberian Yup'ik Eskimo. The
school district has more villages with schools along the Iditarod Trail than any other in the
state of Alaska.
BSSD's Student Broadcasting Team will once again produce twice daily 5-minute update
broadcasts starting the Monday after the race start, and continuing until the last musher is
across the finish line. SBT members assist in all broadcast segments. Certified staff
supervise all productions.
SBT students act as news correspondents during the race, and conduct interviews, record
digital video, take pictures, and issue Video podcast, audio, image and blog updates on
happenings along the trail as they take place.
Regards,
JTC--
"No matter where you go, there you are."
Buckaroo Banzai & Confucius
Digital Contacts:
http://www.bssd.org/
jconcilus@bssd.org
Skype VOIP: Johncn2
John Concilus,
Coordinator of Educational TechnologyBering Strait School District2
25 Polar Bear AvenueUnalakleet, AK 99684
907-624-4237 (Office)
907-624-3283 (Fax)
907-624-3283 (Fax)