Category: Educational Technology
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Big News: High School Newspaper Goes Online
Penn Manor High School‘s student newspaper, Penn Points, made history today as it launched the 1st 2009-2010 “edition” totally online. Students in Mrs. Susan Baldrige’s High School journalism class have been working since the start of school on a 100% digital, print-free news magazine. Their work and dedication has produced a truly outstanding student news…
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Google Street View Finds Penn Manor
Google Earth fans take note: Several Penn Manors streets and roads have been included in Google’s Street View. Although the entire county has not been added, several major Penn Manor routes and portions of Lancaster City have been photographed and added to Street View. Additionally, a number of district school buildings have been snapped and…
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Tech Workshops for Summer 2009
Our Summer ’09 technology in-service workshop schedule is now available in OTS. We are pleased to offer 15 different workshop topics. Here are a few inservice reminders and highlights: Elementary and Manor Middle teachers need to signup for one three-hour MacBook Boot Camp session in August. Laptop distribution will be followed by a morning of…
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2nd Grade Takes the Video Stage
This past week, 2nd graders at Central Manor Elementary collaborated with Penn Manor High School students on a basic geometry and shapes lesson. With guidance from Mrs. Shelly Arment, Mrs. Melissa Przychodzen and student teacher Ashley Kulbacki, 2nd grade students conducted a remote video session via iChat. Mrs. Arment’s students demonstrated their command of complex…
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World Story Telling Day – Live!
On Friday March 20th students in Mrs. Arment’s 2nd grade class celebrated World Story Telling Day with students at the Akshara Library in Bangalore India. Despite the 9 hour time-difference, student from both sides of the world connected live via video conferencing to read books, ask questions and share cultural experiences. Read more about the…