This is for the SIG-TEL online learning awards 2000.
ATTENTION: Gideon Goldstein
TITLE OF PROJECT:
KENNEDY WOWS ISTE-
(WEB OUTREACH WORK STUDY- INTERNATIONAL / INTERNET
SERVICE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY ENDEAVORS)
AUTHOR: Steve Feld
SCHOOL:
JOHN F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL
99 Terrace View Avenue
Bronx, NY 10363
SUMMARY OF PROJECT:
Bronx inner city high school students enrolled in Computer Graphics Fine Art Studio and web design courses utilize their evolving Internet telecommunication skills and online exchanges to develop ongoing international, national, and neighborhood service learning opportunities. Among the highlights of these ongoing opportunities are: an active collaboration between Japan and the Marble Hill, Bronx projects/community neighborhood. The service learning community outreach products of these exchanges and endeavors include but are not limited to:
-Designs and reflections for the Miho Museum
/13681/data/museum/trees.htm
- The Mona Lisa Bridge
/13681/data/learn/bridge.htm
- Student electronic art and portfolio display on Ovation TV
(
International and National Network)
http://www.ovationtv.com/artszone/programs/clarke/kidsmars1.html
- Support for Australian students bearing witness to crime program
- Online research and support for national multigenerational, special needs population investigations and inquiries/reports on Leonardo/ Mona Lisa theme of Learning About Leonardo website
- Curtains Up--Bronx /Marble Hill neighborhood based, online playbill
and JFK High School production in progress outreach
http://home.con2.com/jfkhs/images/invite.htm
OBJECTIVE:
To utilize and nurture student literacy, investigation, and community service proactive citizenship skills through the vehicle of internet research, participant vistor feedback, webpage design, and establishment of links and print creations--
CONTENT PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS
KENNEDY WOWS ISTE is a multitiered, comprehensive, multidisciplinary learning opportunity vehicle for students to utilize telecommunications capacities and to contribute authentically to their neighborhood and international communities. This approach which has evolved naturally as an outcome of John F. Kennedy High School students hometown school page ( http://home.con2.com/jfkhs ). The Learning About Leonardo website (/13681/data/davin2.shtml) has energized classroom web design, telecommunications use, research, investigation, reporting, and literacy skills.
Among the highly original aspects of this project are:
- A student webpage and student art gallery of design concepts and
electronic art focused on their (JFK High Schools) vision of design
for the the Miho Museum and views/exchanges on Japanese culture
versus American values
/13681/data/museum/paradise.htm
- the FAQ and Dispatch Pages of the Learning About Leonardo website which
showcase frequently asked questions and student responses or suggestions
for further research on them --
/13681/data/leonardo.htm
- Learning About Leonardo pages offering contributions from the field as a service to the Learning About Leonardo international crossector visitors
- Actual car journey to upstate New York to photograph the model of
Leonardo's horse as a service to the Learning About Leonardo audience
nationally not able to witness or report onsite about the horse model
/13681/data/links/flash.htm
- Development of disabilities and special subject links to service
local, national, and international educator users of the site and
future teachers
/13681/data/learn/fax2.htm
- Actual site visit to JFK Jr Tribeca Memorial to report on New York City
response to this school namesake's scion's untimely demise--memorial
page as a service to local, national, and international learners to
commemorate JFK Jr's life and his legacy of community service
http://home.con2.com/jfkhs/tribute.htm
- use of the web as a grieving tool
- Curtains Up --use of digital photography and webpages
to photograph a local school community theater productions
and design posters (both online and offline) and an online playbill
publicizing and celebrating the complete community production company
http://home.con2.com/jfkhs/images/invite.htm
These varied burgeoning activities address and are aligned to project design and the objectives in a natural, meaningful, direct way. They literally use Internet capacities to realize the objectives in a concrete comprehensible fashion with products that can be shared with the public and parents.
As a consequence of the geographic diversity of JFK website visitors and Learning About Leonardo visitors (from Mongolia to China to the UK to Africa etc.) international , national and local collaborations flow and result naturally in a dynamic mutually beneficial mix.
Assessment and evaluation are built into the project with site feedback forms /13681/data/fform.htm, visitors log of guestbook, mail from collaborators, requests for additional collaboration, student workshop presentations to international visitors online and at various school and conference sites, student portfolios, student acceptance to summer institutes, course scholarships, winning of Arts Connection scholarships, and student hiring after their graduation as tech support within the JFK community.
KENNEDY WOWS ISTE continues to captivate its student creators and grow to include ongoing international , national , and local community service ideas.