Happy 4th of July

Posted by on Tuesday Jun 30, 2009 Under Podcast

Happy 4th of July from the WCSD Mentoring Program.  We’ve been playing with whiteboard animation. We hope you enjoy our fireworks and our patriotic singing.happy4th

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Three Billy Goats Gruff

Posted by on Monday Jun 1, 2009 Under Podcast

Yeah! School is 3-billy-goats3out. Nothing to do but walk barefoot in the grass and dangle your feet off a small bridge over a small creek. Just watch out for trolls, and if you do meet one — keep your wits about you.

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Shadows

Posted by Judea on Wednesday May 13, 2009 Under Podcast

shadowsSchool is almost out. We are looking forward to the Dixie sun.

Rodrigo and Becca’s Shadows movie reminds us how fun the sun can be!

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Twilight

Posted by on Saturday Apr 18, 2009 Under Podcast

twilightEast elementary recreates a scene from Twilight with Edward, Bella, plenty of wolves and a cameo from Mentor RaeLynn?

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Remember Football Season?

Posted by on Monday Mar 30, 2009 Under Podcast

It’s spring, and it seems like everyone is getting swept up in March Madness or looking forward to the Boys of Summer, but Bennett and Donovan are looking back and reminiscing about football.footballfinals

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Spring has Sprung

Posted by on Thursday Mar 12, 2009 Under Podcast

Spring has sprung and with it the pesky animals in the wetlands. Join Jack Niye the Nature Guy as he takes us on a tour of the wetlands.jack-niye-the-nature-guy_0001

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Happy Valentines

Posted by on Saturday Feb 14, 2009 Under Podcast

What better way to celebrate Valentine’s day than with the love story of Jack and Sally and our very first podcast from Hurricane Elementary.

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Happy Valentine’s Day

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January is National Mentoring Month

Posted by on Tuesday Jan 20, 2009 Under Podcast

January is National Mentoring Month. To celebrate, our students and mentors made a mentoring psa (public service announcement)

National Mentoring Month

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A Very Napoleon Christmas

Posted by on Monday Jan 12, 2009 Under Podcast

The Holidays are over. It is time to get back to business — but not without one look back at the fun Christmas we had! Thanks everyone for the great Christmas Party and the wonderful Holiday Movies each school made. Let’s watch “A Very Napoleon Christmas” one more time for the road!Christmas Video

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Pilgrims and Indians

Posted by on Tuesday Nov 25, 2008 Under Podcast

Some teachers still have not broken the habit of teaching Native American studies only at Thanksgiving time. To help the teachers teaching Native Culture and the students studying Native Culture, the mentor crew has created the following podcast. It’s intent is to demonstrate that culture is not about what a group wears or what color of skin they have. It is about point-of-view.

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What we are thankful for

Posted by on Wednesday Nov 12, 2008 Under Podcast

Esmeralda has an eye for beauty. Her award winning photography helps remind me of all that I am thankful for.

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The Halloween Tree

Posted by on Sunday Oct 12, 2008 Under Podcast
The Halloween Tree frightens trick-or-treaters

PJ wrote a frighteningly epic poem. He and Trista turned that poem into a movie. (With the help of Elmo – the camera and Nemo- the computer)

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La Llorona Perfecta

Posted by on Friday Sep 12, 2008 Under Podcast
La Llorona's broken heart

La Llorona

The ghost story La Llorona is a classic urban legend. Kassandra captures the sadness and ghostliness in her movie La Llorona Perfecta.

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The Frog Prince

Posted by on Monday Aug 25, 2008 Under Podcast

School is back in session. After such an impressive summer, I can’t wait to see what our students will produce this year. We are currently recruiting for new students. And as always, we are looking for interested, committed volunteer mentors. I wanted to post one last summer story before we get busy working on our Red Ribbon Week campaigns and our PTA Reflections entries. Enjoy our cut paper animation of The Frog Prince.The Frog Prince

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Washington County Fair

Posted by on Monday Aug 11, 2008 Under Podcast

This week we went to the Washington County Fair. Our Media Literacy Lab students had over a dozen entries in the Fine Arts and Literary Arts competition. This week’s podcast is one of the winning entries.

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New Design

Posted by on Saturday Aug 9, 2008 Under Podcast

I hope you like the new design for the website. I have archived all the past podcasts and am reposting them.

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July is for Dandelion Stories

Posted by on Friday Jul 11, 2008 Under Podcast

The podcast for July was another Original Digi-tale. This one is animated using photoshop.

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Sheep Go To Heaven

Posted by on Sunday Jun 29, 2008 Under Podcast

June flew by us. One reason was that a few of the mentor coordinators and I spent a week at Snowbird Resort making our very first film, Sheep Go To Heaven.

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Sound Poem Challenge

Posted by on Saturday May 10, 2008 Under Podcast

In May we challenged students to use what they knew in audio and visual technology to illustrate a sound poem. This is an example of what was created.

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Buffalo Wear Bellbottoms

Posted by on Thursday Apr 10, 2008 Under Podcast

In April we studied storytelling and the art of visual storytelling. Buffalo Wear Bellbottoms is the first of our original digitales.

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