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Learning Landscape: Kids Monitor Terrain with Tech

Students at this Minnesota elementary school use new technology to study the ancient ecology of a vast prairie wetland. Read the article.

Students at this Minnesota elementary school use new technology to study the ancient ecology of a vast prairie wetland. Read the article.
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Produced and Directed by

  • Karena O’Riordan

Executive Producer:

  • Ken Ellis

Associate Producer:

  • Loren Micalizio

Editor:

  • Karen Sutherland

Camera Crew:

  • Rob Weller
  • Mike Curtiss

Narrator:

  • Michael Pritchard

Original Music:

  • Ed Bogas
  • © 2008
  • The George Lucas Educational Foundation
  • All rights reserved.

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Kids are leaning how to

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Kids are leaning how to monitoring with the landscape techniques which provides the option of teaching all core subjects such as social skills, leadership through game play and fun physical activity.
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Learning Landscape programs

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Learning Landscape programs are seems to be the most effective programs pointing towards the developing note of every children in which they are engage with certain technical work in their study works.
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Especially Learning Landscape

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Especially Learning Landscape is all about simulations games for learning that could be supporting the students to get sufficient knowledge and make better interaction with their studies by proper utilization of such well developed scientifically researched technologies. Such innovative techniques are one of the most effective way to create an excitement in studies among the students. password management

I must say such motivational

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I must say such motivational and research based projects are most effective educational model to teach students easily.For getting most desirable results by adopting this type of Learning Landscape program for monitoring kids in a very exciting way.Through this kids must be acknowledged the basic with new technology also.Escort Melbourne

As per the growing rate of

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As per the growing rate of technology, most of the educational organizations are liable to busy their students in various stages of project works like these types learning landscape programs, where kids are trying to solve the the wetlands problems and getting involved with the fact of environmental issues.
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Proper utilization of

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Proper utilization of advanced technologies and its advantageous and helpful application have that much ability to make and represent a difficult topic in a very understandable and supportive way.I must say that integrating advanced technology in education systems is one of the most excellent way to teach students effectively.wine spa

Its really great to watch out

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Its really great to watch out the kids busy in learning the process of wetland survey technology, I was just wondering about the fact the of the advanced technology, its definitely the revolutionary beginning of the developing stages for the kids.
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I found this video to have

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I found this video to have many components of a good educational experience for kids; it was hands-on, engaging, offered choices, and was real-world. The teacher provided reliable technology and other learning tools. The class and teacher are comfortable being "internet active".
Of much value to this lesson, and no doubt other like it, is that the students are allowed to become self-directed learners, which is a lifelong skill/trait.
Watching the video made me reflect on our own school's exit outcomes, for which we have the acronym LERCH; the kids were allowed to become Lifelong learners, Effective communicators, Responsible citizens, Critical and creative thinkers, and Healthy contributors. As a superintendent, I could support this type of learning experiences by providing resources, encouraging risk taking, and offering choices in educational opportunities. The good thing is we have great teachers who are already expanding experiences for kids. The goal is to have even more engaging learning such as seen in this video.

Daryl Sherman, Superintendent

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The video brings to the forefront the benefits of hands-on learning which is engaging to the students. The teacher made good use of reliable technology tools and access to standards-based lessons. This teacher and her students are comfortable being "internet active". Obvious benefits are that the students are becoming self-directed learners which is a life long skill/trait.
So many parts of this video reminded me of our district's LERCH outcomes, that of being a: Lifelong learner, Effective Communicator, Responsible citizen, Critical, creative thinker, and Healthy contributor. This teacher created experiences for the students to model and/or learn all of those outcomes. As a superintendent, I could see supporting these types of learning experiences for students by providing the resources, encouraging staff to be risk takers, and offering choices for teaching and learning opportunities.

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Several aspects of this video caught my attention in a positive way:
a) The use of technology by elementary students in a "real-life" learning situation was impressive.
b) The collaborative nature of data collection and task assignment, including leadership responsibilities, is certainly in-line with how schools should be teaching collaborative problem solving.
c) The level of student engagement was very good.
d) Using on-line learning resources instead of textbooks is an important paradigm shift for 21st Century learning.

As a superintendent it's important to support these types of learning experiences for all students. This support can take place by allocating fiscal resources for such things as equipment and professional development; by instilling the expectation that all educators (teachers and administrators) will use technology to significantly improve student learning experiences; and by personally modeling effective use of technology.