Dec
18
Written by:
Instructional Technology
12/18/2009 3:28 PM
Last night, the Edublog Awards were announced. This is an international celebration of the best use of blogs and wikis in educational settings. This year, LPS received 7 nominations listed in the table below. Our two award winners are:
- Best Educational Wiki: 1st Runner Up – Soar 2 New Heights – Kathryn Heissenbuttel, 4th grade at Lenski Elementary
- Lifetime Achievement: Winner – The Fischbowl – Karl Fisch, Arapahoe High School
Last night, the Edublog Awards were announced. This is an international celebration of the best use of blogs and wikis in educational settings. This year, LPS received 7 nominations listed in the table below.
Our two award winners are:
- Best Educational Wiki: 1st Runner Up – Soar 2 New Heights – Kathryn Heissenbuttel, 4th grade at Lenski Elementary
- Lifetime Achievement: Winner – The Fischbowl – Karl Fisch, Arapahoe High School
Congratulations, Karl and Katie! And congrats to the nominees and everyone else working in the Web 2.0 space. We are proud of all of you!
What strikes me about these two recipients is how different they are: male/female, secondary/elementary, long time technologist/relative newcomer. What they share though, is a genuine passion for helping students, and a willingness to take risks doing it. Those commonalities show up with in their work, and speak to the strength of our district. Likewise, LPS staff was notified that we have recently had four teachers receive National Board Certification. These are:
- Laura McKone (Twain)
- Crystal Reid (Field)
- Sara Tierney (Franklin)
- Lori Wightman (Franklin)
By the way, these teachers are strong with technology, too. Coincidence?
Have a wonderful, peaceful winter break!