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Nominate Your Squad for MOUSE Squad of the Year 2010
On March 18th, 2010 JB Says
Each year, MOUSE searches for the MOUSE Squad that has gone above and beyond, demonstrating excellence within their school, their community and the Global MOUSE Squad Network. This squad becomes the MOUSE Squad of the Year.
The MOUSE Squad of the Year will be presented with an award for the school. They will also be highlighted on the national MOUSE Squad Wire newsletter and are invited to represent the program at the following year's annual International Society for Technology in Education Conference; this year it's in Denver, Colorado. Oh yeah, AND your Squad gets a $250 Visa Gift Card and Pizza Party!
How do we win?
Good Question! Many factors are taken into consideration when choosing the MOUSE Squad of the Year. Each year, MOUSE searches for a Single Squad within the Global MOUSE Network who have demonstrated significant growth, efficiency, creativity, and participation within their school and community, and among fellow Squads (online or in-person) during the school year.
If you have a story about your squad and something you have done that you think we should know about, WRITE A PUBLIC BLOG POST and share your story!
Tell us about your Squad!
To let us know about your squad's accomplishments, share a story on the Squad Blog Just click "Create Blog Post" in your toolkit menu on the left sidebar. (don't forget to make it public!) There's no limit to the number of stories you submit - so get started!
Your stories should have:
- Your School's Name, City and State
- A story about a specific project or achievement this year
- Answer: how it has your squad made a difference in your life, at your school or in your community?
(Also, we love photos if you have them!)
Good Luck and may the best squad win!
San Francisco MOUSE Squad Meet-Up 2010 (for Elementary and Middle School)
On March 17th, 2010 iclyne Says
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Its Here! San Francisco Summit 2010
Logistics:
Date: Monday, April 26, 2010
Time: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: Zeum Children’s Museum,, 221 4th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Who can attend: Approximately 100 students from San Francisco Middle and Elementary School MOUSE Squads (first come, first served)
Lunch will be provided
Agenda:
10:00 - 10:30 – Meet and Greet; ice breaker
10:30 - 11:30 – MOUSE Squad sharing activities
11:30 - 12:00 – Lunch (Box lunch provided)
12:00 - 2:00 – Zeum Workshop – students choose 1 of the 4 workshops
- Claymation Workshop - student groups will create a short animated film highlighting MOUSE Squad at their site*
- Music Video Workshop - student groups will create a short music video highlighting MOUSE Squad at their site*
- Newscast/Storytelling Workshop- student groups will create a short story or newscast highlighting MOUSE Squad at their site*
- Scratch Workshop – students design an interactive game that highlights concepts learned from MOUSE Squad
* Students will prepare scripts/lyrics and media and send to Zeum to maximize project outcomes.
MOUSE Squads confirm your attendance by emailing
Iris Clyne, Program Coordinator
MOUSE Squad of CA (MSCA)
iclyne@ca.mousesquad.org
415.250.2662
Iris Clyne, Program Coordinator
MOUSE Squad of CA (MSCA)
iclyne@ca.mousesquad.org
415.250.2662
Rewind: Digital Storytelling with Tekserve
On March 10th, 2010 JB Says
On March 2nd, MOUSE teamed up with Tekserve to host a Digital Storytelling workshop. Participants gained an understanding of the key elements of storytelling and learned the basics of pre-production, story boarding and scripting.
Forming teams, they set out to create stories around one of the following concepts:
- Apathy to Compassion - a person recognizes a wrong they have unintentionally done and makes things right
- Conflict to Resolution - a person at odds with a person or situation solves the issue
- Anger to Acceptance - a person comes to terms with another who has wronged them.
- Fear to Courage - a person faces a painful situation with fortitude.
Using standard Nikon and Canon point-and-shoot cameras, students filmed compelling stories throughout the halls of International High School. With the footage captured, they used a combination of Apple's iMovie and Garageband to build their final masterpiece.
In total, four original short films were created from the following schools:
- Manhattan School for Career Development
- Access High School
- International High School
Thanks to John Chadwell, Education Professional Services Manager for leading the Digital Storytelling workshop and to International High School for hosting the event.
Take a look at the workshop photos here!
