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Where in Washington project
is supported by Educational Technology Support Centers in the State of Washington.
This interactive, collaborative project features classrooms presenting, researching, and communicating about geographic locations within Washington State. Classrooms are connected through their school districts to the state K-20 video conferencing system in Washington. Olympia School District's Jefferson Middle School's
Diane Persky’s seventh grade students collaborated with Rich Bakala’s Channel J news kids for the event. At Hansen Elementary, Michael Watters’ fifth grade class participated at the elementary level using
large state maps and netbook computers to determine the other schools' locations.
Ron Morsette, Ed Tech Director for Olympia School District commented that
the Where in Washington project was a perfect example of a 21st Century
learning activity. It included research, communications, collaboration,
and presentation. It engaged kids in a hands-on project that was relevant
and innovative and our kids loved it. The teachers took the risk to enter
into this project and found that it was very rewarding.
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The ESD 113 Regional Institutional Technical Unit (RITU) is the K-20 Network point of contact for problem identification (Data and Video) for the 44 districts within the ESD. The RITU assists in assessing problems within a district as well as working with KOCO (K-20 Operations Co-operative) to determine if the problem is within the K-20 network.
Services
Problem isolation and resolution with the K-20 Network and related equipment
On-site video conference training for districts
One-on-one KORRS (K-20 Online Resource Reservation System) training
8:00 - 5:00 Help desk assistance for K-20 data and video
VC Contact
Carrie Sherman
csherman@esd113.k12.wa.us
Ph: 360.464.6792 {Polycom 7000}
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