LKSD was awesome enough to buy some days for Apple to come out and train students and teachers on how to use some of those Apple programs.
A couple of weeks ago Tony (a.k.a Apple Tony) met Lee and I in Bethel and we quickly departed to Newtok, AK. This was my second visit to Newtok and I had just as much fun as my first visit there. Upon arrival in Newtok we were immediately put to work and we spent the entire time teaching students and teachers how to use iMovie, Keynote and other Apple Apps as well. I really like Newtok...the teachers are great there and the students are great there too.
One of the teachers in Newtok also had his kids working on a really fun project. Their task was to dismantle a dead copy machine and to create a toy. The class was totally into the project and the room was entirely destroyed. There were little pieces EVERYWHERE and all day long you could hear the kids pounding away on the copy machine! It was so fun. When I went in there to take pictures some of the kids didn't even notice I was in there.
Here are the pics from Newtok!
Apple Tony going over Keynote!
Look how excited the kids are! And they're working together! Ahhhh...technology.
The Repair Shop! I love this quote!
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Dude, best project ever!
Is that guy from a tech ed background? The machine dismantling is a classic middle level tech ed project I always thought would be cool for the right class. I was definitely a Newtok Jaeger fan last year too.
I am just a visitor to this site. Recently we had a Harvest of Talents at our church to raise needed funds for the area people. One of the neat items for sale was a tin can - coffee can -with various nuts, bolts, washers.... and other parts with magnets glues to the back of each that could be eyes, nose, mouth, ears... You can change how it looks each time you play with it. Neat idea. I thought of it when I saw your creations.
Off topic, but I was reminded of this blog when I read this:
Militants blow up (second) Pakistan girls school: officials
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105
/wl_asia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwesteducation
I guess they didn't get their three cups of tea ...
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