St. Louis WizKids - Advisory Council

The primary audience for this web log is the St. Louis WizKids Advisory Council. However, this is a public web log and anyone is welcome to post comments. This web log will include requests for advice and the advice itself with links to resources. Advisory Council members are experienced in the fields of community technology and education. Advisors are located in different parts of the U.S. and some are in St. Louis. The purpose of the Advisory Council is to bring the best thinking to this project to support the students' success. When updating any St. Louis WizKids blog, be sure to follow Child Safety Guidelines.

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  • Ana Sisnett
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  • Nettrice Gaskins
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  • Tony Streit

Education resources

  • We knew this 10 years ago
  • Edutopia - George Lucas Educational Foundation
  • Fund for the City of New York - Youth development
  • Missouri eMINTS
  • Discovery Channel Lesson Plan Library
  • SafeKids.com
  • Licenses Explained | Creative Commons
  • Intel: Protecting Safety and Privacy
  • Tolerance.org Reading List
  • TypePad Education Weblog Portal

Project Ideas

  • 4-H What is GIS? GPS?
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  • Map Wireless Network
  • Word Games
  • WNYC - Radio Rookies
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  • Scholastic (Inc.) Teachers' Resources
  • Teaching African American History - Academic Info
  • Reading 180 (used at Vashon)
  • Kids' Internet Radio Project

Fairview Elem on TechTV

This morning on TechTV's Call for Help (26 March 2004 episode), Mikael from Ms. Wagner's class at St. Louis' Fairview Elementary was on. I missed the first part of the call but Leo, the host, was talking with the class via Netcam. He was showing his blog on Typepad and talking about Typepad and w.bloggar, a program he uses to edit his blog from his desktop. It was all very cool.

Maybe they'd like to do a call from WizKids once the project gets going; you have to create a question you want answered on the air. You can set it up a few days ahead of time; they have a recently-posted FAQ including a link to an email form for sending in questions. The show will soon be aired 3x /day so that's a lot of exposure all around. I don't know what the chances are of getting on....It is on digital cable so unless you have the necessary tools, viewing and recording your call will take planning.

If you haven't checked it out, TechTV is quite a resource both on the air and online. I use it about as much as I use sites like Wired, C/Net and ZDNet for news, product reviews, tips and other information.

I watch Call for Help, Fresh Gear (the latest bells and whistles), and Screen Savers (all kinds of technology info, not just computers) as my schedule allows. I found out on Screen Savers (19 March 2004) that a woman, Susan Kare, designed the first Mac icons (the smiling (or sad) Mac displayed on startup, the little bomb shown when programs crashed, all that good stuff).

TechTV is big on gaming; Macs get a good share of attention.

Posted by Ana Sisnett on March 29, 2004 at 08:58 AM in Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (1)

Webmonkey For Kids

Ran across a reference to this among my e-mails: Webmonkey For Kids. Provides lessons, projects, a place to play if the young people need a break, a few free to expenssive tools (with comments).

It also comes with an ADULT ONLY(!) space that includes a planning guide for parents or teachers using Webmonkey for Kids as a teaching tool (includes online safety suggestions). What's the coolest is that it doesn't talk down to youth, so far as I could tell.

Posted by Ana Sisnett on December 11, 2003 at 06:18 AM in Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

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