I have also used Journey NOrth with my first graders in Newport Town.  THe
butterfly program which involves the fall and spring migration is an
excellent program for integrating life cycles which happens to be a part of
our first grade science curriculum.  Dolly Corkins
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Crowley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: Email Clients


> Journey North is a good place to start with email activities for
classrooms
> and students. The journeys of a dozen migratory species are tracked each
> spring. Students share their own field observations with classrooms across
> the Hemisphere. In addition, students are linked with scientists who
provide
> their expertise directly to the classroom. Several migrations are tracked
by
> satellite telemetry, providing live coverage of individual animals as they
> migrate. As the spring season sweeps across the Hemisphere, students note
> changes in daylight, temperatures, & all living things as the food chain
> comes back to life. We have used it in Montpelier for several years now.
>
> It's worth checking out.
> http://www.learner.org/jnorth/index.html
> Roger Crowley
> Technology Coordinator
> Main Street Middle School
> Montpelier, VT 05602
>
>
>
> On 06/12/2002 10:40 AM, "Marsha Carmichael" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I'd like to hear about some of the email projects you've done with
> > students, especially 3rd-5th.  There's been some resistance here (read
> > Fear) to giving kids email access, and a local precedent might be
helpful.
> >
> >
> > [log in to unmask] writes:
> >> Williston School District (PreK-8th) is using GroupWise as its email
> >> client for all students and staff.  Students usually begin to learn
about
> >> email in the second grade and are using it by the third grade..
GroupWise
> >> provides web based access, therefore email is available to students and
> >> staff anywhere there is Internet access.  GroupWise is also used to
> >> schedule all rooms for meetings and activities.  Student reports for
our
> >> Related Arts program (music, art, physed, etc.) are created and managed
> >> using a cabinet feature in GroupWise for sharing files.
> >> Charlie
> >>
> >> Charles Wilson
> >> Technology Educator
> >> Williston School District
> >> 802-879-5843
> >
>