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Interview on WLTX

Chris — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:17:33 +0000

I was recently interviewed on WLTX News 19 about our Life Round Here project.

See the interview embedded below or click through to the WLTX site to see it there.

The text story (written like a transcript) is here. Want to leave a comment?

WVOC Interview

Chris — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:32:41 +0000

I was included as a part of a news story on our local AM station WVOC recently due to being selected as a finalist in the Cable in the Classroom Leaders in Learning National Teacher Awards. So far there is no news on who won.

Anyway, if you’re curious, here is the audio from the news story. It’s just a snippet, but I was glad to participate.

Enjoy.

Life Round Here 2009 Announced!

Chris — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:20:49 +0000

For those of you who remember Life Round Here 2007 you may be excited to know that Life Round Here 2009 is now accepting participants!

What we really want students to do is, “Tell us, what’s it really like to live where you live”.

You can use any of a wide variety of tools to create the story, from Microsoft Photostory to iMovie to Voicethread to anything else you can think of.

The requirements are fairly much the same:

It must involve students from 10 – 13 years old.
Your class/school/group must be able to publish six stories.
The stories must be in English or have subtitles in English.
Stories must be published and “watchable” by March 31, 2009.

I would also appreciate it if you would consider spreading the word. The official tag for this year’s project is liferoundhere09.

Thanks!

Chris

The rest of the Life Round Here Winners

Chris — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:28:26 +0000

I’ve figured out that my announcing the winners here has been less of a desirable thing for my few readers.

I guess since the project was finished in October and I’m finally announcing all of the winners as February draws to a close, folks were long since “over” this.

So for the sake of moving on with things, you can see all of the winners on the completed projects page.

Life Round Here Winner – MICDS

Chris — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:33:55 +0000

Here is the winner from MICDS (Mary Institute and St. Louis County Day School in St. Louis, Missouri).

You can see the rest of their stories here.

The winner is Nikki!

Life Round Here Winner – Swiftwater Intermediate School

Chris — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:33:38 +0000

Here is the winning story from Swiftwater Intermediate School in Swiftwater, PA.

You can see all of their stories here.

The winner is Nick!

Life Round Here Winner – Colegio San Jorge de Miraflores

Chris — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:43:53 +0000

Here is the winner from Colegio San Jorge de Miraflores in Lima, Peru!

You can see the rest of their stories here…

The winners are Almendra and Ann Paula!

Life Round Here Winner – Taradale Intermediate School

Chris — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:05:55 +0000

Here is the winner from Taradale Intermediate School in New Zealand!

You can see the rest of their stories here…

The winner is April!

Life Round Here Winner – Center Elementary

Chris — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:23:13 +0000

Today’s winner annoucement comes from Center Elementary School in Waycross, Georgia, USA.

You can see the rest of their stories here.

The winner is Trey!

Life Round Here Winner – Te Awamutu Intermediate School New Zealand

Chris — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:46:49 +0000

Here is the winner from Te Awamutu Intermediate School in New Zealand.

See all of their stories here.

The winner is Holly!