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This 3 minute speech will provide the steering committee with the opportunity to learn more about me before determining the category "winner." This speech must tell the National Selection Committee and fellow Honorees about my creative teaching strategies. Can't repeat what I wrote about in my written application.(http://www2.hawaii.edu/~kyschun/DisApplication.html)

The selection committee has already thoroughly read my application, so the time must verbally paint a picture of what makes me and my practices different and distinct from others who teach.

3 min. presentation is important:

This is the opportunity to tell the selection committee more about something we wanted to put in the application but didn't have space or weren't even asked. This is an opportunity to tell the other Honorees as well as the selection committee about my beliefs and philosophies, views on education.

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New Version:

Nov. 9

I am honored to be a 1999 Disney's American Teacher Awards Honoree and I would like to thank and express my appreciation to my family, my principal Ele Fujioka, the staff, parents and students of Nu`uanu Elementary School.

As a teacher, I firmly believe that the future lies in multimedia literacy. This new literacy dominates our lives today and will dominate the careers of tomorrow. My mission is to stimulate my students' learning experiences using this technology and to prepare them for the next century.

Many future job opportunities do not exist today. Author and futurist Alvin Toffler predicted that "the illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." I agree with Toffler because our students need to make the necessary adjustments in their skills and knowledge to successfully learn.

Currently, at Nu`uanu Elementary School, every child is continually engaged in learning about the latest technologies. They create their own personalized electronic portfolios. This hands-on exposure to technology also promotes creativity and self-exploration; these are all important skills that will serve the students well throughout their lives. These portfolios become an intersection of BOTH instruction, AND assessment.

Our students develop electronic portfolios with audio, video, pictures, and animation and share them through web pages, video tape, and files on a pressed cd-rom. Students are combining elements of telecommunication, multimedia, and video production to support their learning. At the end of the year, students reflect on their year's progress, and save their most valuable and memorable files. Portfolios can capture growth over time and can help our students when planning for their future career choices, or when pursuing higher education.

As the knowledge of utilizing technology spreads throughout the school culture, learning becomes exciting and more self-motivating. Our students gather data, analyze and evaluate information, and communicate locally, nationally, and internationally in a technology enriched environment with people of all ages. It is my vision that they will learn and team together as part of our Nuuanu School community of learners and become our trainers and our leaders. Let us prepare our students for a successful and fulfilling future.

Thank you again for this honor.

Nov. 8

As a teacher, I firmly believe that the future lies in media literacy. This new literacy dominates our lives today and will dominate the careers of tomorrow. My mission is to stimulate my students' learning experiences using this technology and to prepare them for the next century.

Many future job opportunities do not exist today. Author and futurist Alvin Toffler predicted that "the illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." Therefore, as Toffler postulates, our students need to demonstrate the necessary skills and knowledge to make the necessary adjustments to successfully learn in the future.

Our students develop electronic portfolios with audio, video, pictures, and animation and share them through web pages, video tape, and files on a pressed cd-rom. Students are combining elements of telecommunication, multimedia, and video production to support their learning. At the end of the year, students reflect on their year's progress, and save their most valuable and memorable files for posterity. Portfolios can capture growth over time and can help our students when planning for their future career choices, or when pursuing higher education.

As the knowledge of utilizing technology spreads throughout the school culture, learning becomes simpler and more self-motivating. Our students gather data, analyze and evaluate information, and communicate locally, nationally, and internationally in a technology enriched environment with people of all ages. It is my vision that they will learn and team together as part of our Nuuanu School community of learners and become our trainers and our leaders. Let us prepare our students for a successful and fulfilling future.

Thank you again for this honor.

Nov. 6

I am honored to be a 1999 Disney's American Teacher Awards Honoree and I would like to thank and express my appreciation to my principal Ele Fujioka, my family, the staff, parents and students of Nu`uanu Elementary School.

Many future job opportunities do not exist today. Author and futurist Alvin Toffler predicted that "the illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." Our students need to demonstrate the necessary skills and knowledge to make the necessary adjustments to successfully live in the future.

Look at our environment. Note the tremendous changes of the past twenty years. Are our students planning for the careers of the future? I am concerned that our elementary students aren't concerned about archiving their learning experiences and retaining what they learn from one year to the next. They live in the here and now and do not know how to prepare for their future on their own.

Our students develop electronic portfolios with audio, video, pictures, and animation and share them through web pages, video tape, and files on a pressed cd-rom. Students are combining elements of telecommunication, multimedia, and video production to support their learning. At the end of the year, students reflect on their year's progress, and save their most valuable and memorable files for posterity. Portfolios can capture growth over time and can help our students when planning for their future career choices, or when pursuing higher education.

As the knowledge of utilizing technology spreads throughout the school culture, learning becomes simpler and more self-motivating. Our students gather data, analyze and evaluate information, and communicate locally, nationally, and internationally in a technology enriched environment with people of all ages. It is my vision that they will learn and team together and become our trainers, our leaders and be a part of the Nu`uanu School community of learners. Everybody is given an opportunity to learn technology. Let us prepare students for their future.

Thank you again for this honor of being a 1999 Disney's American Teacher Awards Honoree.

Nov. 1

I am honored to be the 1999 Disney's American Teacher Awards Honoree and I would like to thank and express my appreciation to my principal Ele Fujioka, and to the faculty, staff and parents of Nu`uanu Elementary School, and to my family and my students for their tremendous expressions of assistance and support.

Many future job opportunities do not exist today. Author Alvin Toffler predicted that "the illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." Our students need to demonstrate the necessary skills and knowledge to make the necessary adjustments to successfully live in the future.

Our students develop electronic portfolios with audio, video, pictures, and animation and share them through web pages, video tape, and files on a pressed cd-rom. Students are combining elements of telecommunication, multimedia, and video production to support their learning. At the end of the year, students reflect on their year's progress, and save their most valuable and memorable files for posterity. Portfolios can capture growth over time and can help our students when planning for their future career choices, or when pursuing higher education.

As the knowledge of utilizing technology spreads throughout the school culture, learning becomes simpler and more self-motivating. Our students plan, gather data, analyze, evaluate, and communicate in a technology enriched environment with the technology club, high school students, teachers, community members, businesses, and state agencies. It is my vision that they will learn and team together and become our trainers, our leaders and be a part of the Nu`uanu School community of learners. Everybody is given an opportunity to learn technology. Let us prepare students for their future. Thank you again for this honor of being a 1999 Disney's American Teacher Awards Honoree.

10/30

As the technology teacher at Nu'uanu Elementary, I firmly believe that the future lies in technology. Technology dominates our lives today and will dominate the careers of tomorrow. My mission is to stimulate my students' learning experiences and prepare them for the next century. To meet the challenges of the new millennium, our students need to be prepared, but for what careers? Many future job opportunities do not exist today. Author Alvin Toffler predicted that "the illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." Our students need to demonstrate the necessary skills and knowledge to make the necessary adjustments to successfully live in the future.

Our students develop electronic portfolios with audio, video, pictures, and animation and share them through web pages, video tape, and files on a pressed cd-rom. Students are combining elements of telecommunication, multimedia, and video production to support their learning. At the end of the year, students reflect on their year's progress, and save their most valuable and memorable files for posterity. Portfolios can capture growth over time and can help our students when planning for their future career choices, or when pursuing higher education.

Let us prepare students for their future. Thank you again for this honor of being a 1999 Disney's American Teacher Awards Honoree.

10/28

As the technology teacher at Nu'uanu Elementary, I firmly believe that the future lies in technology. Technology dominates our lives today and will influence the careers of tomorrow. My mission is to stimulate my students' learning experiences and prepare them for the next century. To meet the challenges of the new millennium, our students need to be prepared, but for what careers? Many future job opportunities do not exist today. Our students need to demonstrate the necessary skills and knowledge to make the necessary adjustments to successfully live in the future.

Look at our environment. Note the tremendous changes of the past 20 years. Are our students planning their career paths? I am concerned that learning the prerequisites and archiving their learning experiences may not be important to our elementary students. They live in the here and now and do not know how to prepare for their future.

Currently, at Nu`uanu Elementary School, every child is given an opportunity to learn about technology. They learn how to create electronic portfolios. It is an important skill which the student could use in their lives. If carefully assembled, portfolios become an intersection of instruction and assessment: they are not just instruction or just assessment. Our students develop electronic portfolios with audio, video, pictures, and animation and share them through web pages, video tape, and files on a pressed cd-rom. Students are combining elements of telecommunication, multimedia, and video production to support their learning. Each year, students can reflect on their progress and save only their valuable and memorable files. Portfolios can capture growth over time and can help our students when planning for their future career choices, or when pursuing higher education.

As the knowledge of utilizing technology spreads throughout the school culture, learning becomes simpler and motivating. Our Nuuanu School technology club collaborates with students enrolled in a high school directed studies computer class at our school site. It is my vision that they will team and become our trainers, and our leaders who will work together with our students and teachers and be a part of the Nu`uanu School community of learners. Everybody is given an opportunity to learn technology.

Let us prepare students for their future.

Thank you again for this honor of being a 1999 Disney's American Teacher Awards Honoree.

10/21

My mission is to be a teacher that can stimulate all students' learning experiences and prepare them to live in the 21st century. Look at our environment and note the changes in the past 20 years. Technology has dominated our lives and will influence the careers of tomorrow. Are students planning their career paths and learning the prerequisites to meet their goals? Are they archiving their learning experiences to share with their future educational institutions or employers? I believe that all students can attain this standard given the opportunity and time.

Currently, at Nu`uanu Elementary School, every child is given an opportunity to learn technology and create electronic portfolios. If carefully assembled, portfolios become an intersection of instruction and assessment: they are not just instruction or just assessment. Portfolios capture growth over time so that students can become informed and thoughtful assessors of their own histories as learners. Each year, students reflect on their progress and save only their valuable and memorable files. These experiences will train students to develop their personal electronic portfolio to share with their future universities and employers.

Thank you again for this honor of being a 1999 Disneys American Teacher Awards Honoree.

9/30

As the new millennium approaches, we educators face the greater mission and challenge to provide every child with equal opportunities to be successful. I have been teaching math and technology for over 15 years and found my most rewarding experiences in teaching children of all levels, all abilities, all backgrounds and experiences in a constantly changing learning environment. I believe that all students can attain the level of standards given the opportunity and time.

Currently, at Nu`uanu Elementary School, every child is given an opportunity to learn technology and create electronic portfolios. My class size is over 400, which is the whole school community. When I taught at the high school level, students learned programming and problem solving skills. Complex elementary and middle school children attended my high school workshops to learn these concepts. A paradigm shift has occurred and standards have emerged. Concepts that I taught at the high school level are now at the elementary school. Elementary students are now learning telecommunication, multimedia, and video production. Our students develop electronic portfolios with audio, video, pictures, and animation and share them through web pages, video tape, and files on a pressed cd-rom.

Our Nuuanu School technology club collaborates with students enrolled in a high school directed studies computer class at our elementary school site. It is my vision that they will team and become our trainers, and our leaders who will work together with our students and teachers and be a part of the Nu`uanu School community of learners.

As the knowledge of utilizing technology spreads throughout the school culture, learning becomes simpler and motivating. Everybody is given an opportunity to learn technology. Each year, students reflect on their progress and save only their valuable and memorable files. These experiences will train students to develop their personal electronic portfolio to share with their future universities and employers.

As a guide to resources, classes are led to interactive resources through technology and the community. A research internet page is created to assist students in finding appropriate search engines and databases. Efforts to coordinate historical, environmental and scientific aspects of the community are being made with the State Department of Land and Natural Resources.

These technology training models are shared with educators throughout the Department of Education through conferences and workshops. We have come a long way from developing a one page resumé to an electronic portfolio. Learning is an exciting journey... its like moving forward from crayons to technology.

Thank you again for this honor of being a 1999 Disneys American Teacher Awards Honoree.

9/10

As the new millennium approaches, we educators face the greater mission and challenge to provide every child with equal opportunities to be successful. Let's draw a colorful picture and take a magical journey to the Hawaiian Islands, one of the most beautiful places on earth. On Oahu, Nu`uanu School is surrounded by majestic mountains that were created millions of years ago by volcanic activity. Looking south of the school are blue ocean, where the stream flows. In the ocean lies the coral reefs, and ocean life forms. This environment is filled rich with history and facts. Perhaps the most beautiful part of Hawaii is the genuine warmth of our multi-cultural people. We call it the spirit of Aloha. It has allowed a melting pot of cultures from all over the world to find common ground, and a new home, in this most gentle of places.

A'o like o Nu`uanu or "Learning together at Nu`uanu" is an expression that extends beyond the classroom at Nu`uanu Elementary School. I believe learning should be motivating, stimulating, and fun. To create this atmosphere, I must be that magical educator who will pull all the tricks I have experienced throughout my years of teaching children of various multicultural backgrounds and ages. As the school technology specialist, I must be that guide on the side that appears and reappears in all classrooms providing technology support throughout the curriculum by opening doors to vast informational databases. My students are everyone in the school community.

I believe in crafting that illusion of family or "Ohana." I must magically morph to become the father, brother, friend, magician, entertainer, advisor, counselor, mathematician, kite flier, technician, telecommunication specialist, video editor, and above all educator. I frequently juggle many duties to satisfy all and promptly attend to needs throughout the school environment. This juggling act must be modeled to our students as they learn to manage the numerous activities of the 21st century.

A strategy that I use often is to train multi age collaborative leaders to train new leaders. These leaders must work as a team. To spread the philosophy of "Ohana," a technology club is formed. Selected students from different classes are chosen to be team technology specialists to learn multimedia, telecommunication, video and ethics. They learn to problem solve together. They learn to socialize together. They learn to work in the environment and community together.

This teaming is expanded to include high school students, teachers, staff members, and the community. As the knowledge of utilizing technology spreads throughout the school culture like a virus, learning magically becomes simpler, motivating, stimulating and fun.

Everybody is given an opportunity to learn technology. The excitement builds as everyone adds audio, pictures, and video to their electronic portfolios creating projects shared through print, video, cd-rom, video broadcasts or the internet. These experiences will train students to develop their electronic portfolio to share with their future universities and employers.

Let us prepare our students for their future and not of our past. We are weaving together the critical elements for our children to be successful for the 21st century. Learning is an exciting journey... its like moving forward from crayons to technology.

Thank you again for this honor of being a 1999 Disneys American Teacher Awards Honoree.

9/7

As the new millennium approaches, we educators face the greater mission and challenge to provide every child with equal opportunities to be successful. A'o like o Nu`uanu or "Learning together at Nu`uanu" is an expression that extends beyond the classroom at Nu`uanu Elementary School. I believe learning should be motivating, stimulating, and fun. To create this atmosphere, I must be that magical educator who will pull all the tricks I have experienced throughout my years of teaching children of various multicultural backgrounds and ages. As the school technology specialist, I must be that guide on the side that appears and reappears in all classrooms providing technology support throughout the curriculum by opening doors to vast informational databases.

I believe in crafting that illusion of family or "Ohana." I must magically morph to become the father, brother, friend, magician, entertainer, advisor, counselor, mathematician, kite flier, technician, telecommunication specialist, video editor, and above all educator. I frequently juggle many duties to satisfy all and promptly attend to needs throughout the school environment. I am involved with the faculty by planning for the school's future by guiding the technology, science and mathematics committees. As a teacher, I must educate people of all ages.

A strategy that I use often is to train multi age collaborative leaders to train new leaders. Initially, a technology club is formed. Students from each class (grades 4-6) are chosen to be team technology specialists. They are the experts to assist students and teachers in multimedia, telecommunication, video and ethics.

Another strategy to increase training exponentially is to offer high school students to become learners and trainers at Nuuanu Elementary School. They commute from the high school during their last period of the day to earn high school credit by providing technology support to the classrooms.

As the knowledge of utilizing technology spreads throughout the school culture like a virus, learning becomes simpler, motivating, stimulating and fun.

Everybody is given an opportunity to learn technology. The excitement builds as everyone adds audio, pictures, and video to their electronic portfolios. Each year, students reflect on their progress and save only their valuable and memorable files. These projects can be shared through print, video, cd-rom, video broadcasts or the internet. These experiences will train students to develop their personal electronic portfolio to share with their future universities and employers.

Thank you again for this honor of being a 1999 Disneys American Teacher Awards Honoree.

8/31

As the new millenium approaches, we educators face the greater mission and challenge to provide every child with equal opportunities to be successful. A'o like o Nu`uanu or "Learning together at Nu`uanu" is an expression that extends beyond the classroom at Nu`uanu Elementary School. I believe learning should be motivating, stimulating, and fun. To create this atmosphere, I must be that magical educator that will pull all the tricks I have experienced throughout my years of teaching children of various multicultural backgrounds and ages. As the school technology specialist, I must be that guide on the side that appears and reappears in all classrooms providing technology support throughout the curriculum.

I believe in crafting that illusion of family or "Ohana." I must put on my magical hat to morph my personality to become the father, brother, friend, magician, entertainer, advisor, counselor, mathematician, kite flier, technician, telecommunication specialist, video editor, and educator. I greet everyone with a smile and promises never to vanish when help is needed throughout the school environment. I must juggle the many duties to satisfy all. Everyone knows me from the beginning of the school day to the end because I am one of the JPO advisors. Everyone knows me as the magician/entertainer at the beginning of the year as I perform a fast pacing magical show at the "Welcome Assembly." I am involved with the faculty by planning for the school's future by guiding the technology, science and mathematics committees. As a teacher, I must educate people of all ages from 5 to 55 in technology.

Many people fear technology like a cold machine that will do more harm than good. But I am preparing everyone at Nu`uanu for the 21st century by focusing on the "personality culture." Everyone has a personality that will make them leaders and technology will make them shine.

Every child is given an opportunity to learn technology. Some may take longer than others to learn, but I am patient and understand their needs. Students from K-3 are guided at a slower pace than the upper grades. When doing research, collaborative teaming is a solution to assist in learning. Every student is assigned an electronic portfolio to save their work on. Rarely is a floppy disk used. As a guide for students, a research internet page is created to assist students in finding appropriate resources. The research page consists of user friendly search engines and electronic data bases.

Commitment and communication are important tools in education. Every effort is made to keep the technological resources available for students to utilize. I spend many personal days during the vacation and arrive early in the morning to set-up the technology for the students to use. Successful communication is the key to all positive relationships and involves both effective verbal and listening skills. Success in the classroom begins by speaking at the students' level. Communication through computers is the main link to the world and throughout the school. Students are taught to communicate appropriately over the internet. Through the internet, students access a wealth of information and communicate and share with others through e-mail and web pages. Another way students communicate is with one of Hawaii's first interactive television broadcast using networked computers. Students communicate to the video studio by sending voice/text messages. Every year, the students' projects are archived onto a cd-rom. Many projects are shared at home by watching their videos of what was learned. These experiences will train students to develop their personal electronic portfolio to share with their future universities and employers. We have come a long way from developing a one page resumé to an electronic portfolio. Learning is an exciting journey... its like moving forward from crayons to technology.

Thank you again for this honor of being a 1999 Disneys American Teacher Awards Honoree.

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older version

Good morning! I am educating our children, staff, and community at

Nu`uanu Elementary School for the 21st century with a technology enriched environment

to help them in planning (collaborating), data gathering, analyzing, evaluating,and communicating.

It was my high school learning experiences that prepared

me for my career choice as a teacher and to share the life-long learning

philosophy to students, staff and community. In fact, my computer and math

classes provided elements of what is now called problem-based learning and the

teacher was the facilitator who was the guide on the side and not the sage

on the stage.

Initially, I became a secondary mathematics and computer science teacher

bringing in innovative ideas such as real life problem solving applications of

robotics and architectural designing and simulation from the lowest 7th grade

mathematics to 12th grade pre-calculus and A.P. Computer Science.

I have continued to bring into the classrooms my hobbies of magic,

balloons and kites and sharing the connections with the different curriculum areas. In

Hawaii, the spirit of Aloha is to share. I have shared many of my ideas at

teacher's meetings, workshops, courses and conferences. My skills in magic and

balloons allowed me to donate numerous school and public library performances.

I have been the recipient of the State Cultural Arts and Foundations

Apprenticeship (SCFA) Grant on kite making and flying, which allowed me to

preserve the dying art of Filipino kites by sharing with others.

I have been an administrator at the state office and a technology resource

teacher at the district office. But the greatest satisfaction is to stimulate a

child's learning experiences at the school level. I enjoy working with children

daily making learning fun, challenging and stimulating. At Nuuanu School, every child is given an

opportunity to learn technology. Some may take longer than others to learn, but I am patient and

understand their needs. Students from K-3 are guided at a slower pace than the upper

grades. When doing research, collaborative teaming is a solution to assist in

learning. Every student is assigned an electronic portfolio to save their work

on. Rarely is a floppy disk used. As a guide for students, a research

internet page is created to assist students in finding appropriate resources. The

research page consists of user friendly search engines and electronic data bases.

Commitment and communication are important tools in education. Every

effort is made to keep the technological resources available for students to

utilize. I spend many personal days during the vacation and arrive early in

the morning to set-up the technology for the students to use. Successful

communication is the key to all positive relationships and involves both

effective verbal and listening skills. Success in the classroom begins by speaking at the students' level.

Communication through computers is the main link to the world and throughout the school. Students are

taught to communicate appropriately over the internet. Through the internet, students access a wealth of

information and communicate and share with others through e-mail and web

pages. Another way students communicate is with one of Hawaiis first

interactive television broadcast using networked computers. Students

communicate to the video studio by sending voice/text messages. Every year,

the students projects are archived on to a cd-rom. Learning is an exciting journey... its like moving

forward from crayons to technology to the community. As the new millenium approaches, we educators

face the greater mission and challenge to provide every child with

opportunities to be successful.

Thank you again for this honor of being a 1999 Disneys American

Teacher Awards Honoree.

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Version 2

Good morning! Are we educating our children for the 21st century or are we

preparing them for the jobs of the past? I recalled when I was five years

old, preparing them for the jobs of the past? I recalled when I was five years

old, my first introduction to public school education was a nightmare. I had an

elementary teacher who would teach by fear and punish all the children in my

class on a daily basis with constant negative reprimands for misbehavior. My

curiosities were not stimulated but actually stifled; learning was through rote

memory drills. In fact, in intermediate school, the paddle was the tool to

punish students for misbehavior. Despite the experiences that still haunt me

today, it was my high school learning experiences that prepared me for my

career choice as a teacher. In fact, my computer and math classes provided elements

of what is now called problem-based learning and the teacher was the facilitator

who was the guide on the side and not the ?sage on the stage. I was

challenged and spent many hours trying to solve difficult problems.

As a technology teacher, I believe that learning should be fun and

endless. I am a facilitator to guide students to technology resources. Once these

students become experts, they should train others. I believe in the trainer

of trainer philosophy. I train students to be life-long learners just as I have

throughout my teaching profession.

I have provided guidance to many schools in the areas of mathematics and

technology at the state, district and school levels. My most gratifying

experience is to see change at the school level by developing innovative

programs to support student learning. For example, at Waialae and Nuuanu

School, I developed an interactive television broadcast for students to share

weekly news and curriculum lessons learned in the classrooms. Students in the

classes watch the broadcast and could send a voice message via their network

computer in response to a question. Students also create their own electronic

portfolios and access their portfolios through any computer in the school.

Technology is truly integrated and used to support learning.

At Nu`uanu School, students are offered learning opportunities to prepare

for the 21st century. Let?s draw a colorful picture and take a magical journey

by tearing down these walls and flying to the Hawaiian Islands. On Oahu,

Nu`uanu School is surrounded by majestic mountains, blue ocean, coral reefs,

plants and many life forms. This environment is filled rich with history and

facts. Perhaps the most beautiful part of Hawaii is the genuine warmth of our

multi-cultural people. We call it the spirit of Aloha. It has allowed a melting

pot of cultures from all over the world to find common ground. Students study

and develop an understanding about how Nu`uanu has successfully adapted from a

rural to suburban community and, through video and multimedia presentations,

students will preserve the past, share the present and plan for the future of

Nu`uanu. Ao like o Nu`uanu or Learning together at Nu`uanu is an expression

that extends beyond the classroom. Students explore and research facts andinformation about the

community and use technology to help them in planning

(collaborating), data gathering, analyzing, evaluating, and communicating. As

the new millenium approaches, we educators face the greater mission and

challenge to provide every child with opportunities to be successful.

Students rarely carry a disk. They can go to any classroom in the school

to retrieve their work from their electronic portfolios. Their projects are

archived on cd-roms and published on web pages for other students to view and

learn. Learning is an exciting journey... its like moving forward from crayons

to technology to the community. As the new millenium approaches, we educators

face the greater mission and challenge to provide every child with

opportunities

to be successful.

Thank you again for this honor of being a 1999 Disneys American

Teacher Awards Honoree.