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 PAECT Student
Technology Showcase |
| The 18th Annual PAECT
(Pennsylvania Association for Educational Communications and Technology)
Student Technology Showcase was held on Monday, May 18, 2009, in the
East Rotunda of the Harrisburg Capitol. PAECT President Sean McDonough
opened the showcase and introduced Representative Mario Scavello who
spoke about the importance of technology and congratulated the students
on their achievements. Showcase Coordinator, Karen Galbraith, welcomed
the participants. PAECT members Jack Day, Chris Champion, Kristin
Hokanson, Christy
Savakinas, Joe Kondisko, Wally Leech and Bill Craig were on hand
to ensure the success of the event.
 This
year, for the first time, the showcase was streamed live and can be
viewed at
http://ccitv.cciu.org/.
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More than two hundred fifty students and advisors from thirty-two
schools participated in the event. Among the 35 projects showcased were:
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Indian Valley Middle School students from
Miffin County School District shared “What will it be at
Indian Valley Middle School? Solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, or
hydro as a supplemental energy source?” Students created the wikis
to convince their principal that their chosen energy source would be
the best for their school. The wikis were researched from internet
sources and embedded with uploaded and/or linked pictures, student
movies, and talking avatars. They can be viewed at:
http://smokesignals6.keystonespa.org
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Third grade students from Buchanan
Elementary School presented a social studies project involving the
research of four Native American tribes. Students researched the
tribes and shared their information via a voice thread movie. The
movie can be viewed at:
http://voicethread.com/#q.b253592.i0.k0
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Middletown Area
High School students broadcasted live from the showcase. Their radio
station, WMSS 91.1, is one of four student-run radio stations in
Pennsylvania.
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Students from the
8th grade Technology Education class at West Snyder and
Middleburg Middle Schools displayed a hydroponics unit which they
use to grow plants without soil. They explained the basic scientific
foundation of plant growth and discussed how technology can be used
to substitute for those natural requirements.
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Sayre High School student, Daran Carlin-Weber,
displayed his Flash animation movie, The Breakfast Bunch, which
placed first in the Animation category at the High School Computer
Fair the next day.
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Roberts Elementary
School in Wayne PA, collaborated with students in a Temple
University media literacy course and colleagues from Arab-speaking
countries who work in both K-12 and higher education. They used
Wikis, databases and a variety of technology tools such as Comic
Life, PowerPoint, and the school streaming digital video program,
RobTV to learn about middle eastern countries, cultural
stereotyping, and to communicate with students a Kuwait University.
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