From: Ginny Dexter <dext4700@spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: Electronic pen pals
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 17:19:39 -0600 (CST)
HiI am interested in sharing information via CUseeme. I teach 5/6 grade science but would love to have high school mentors, if yoiu are interested. kWe are studying the same information but at 5/6 grade level. Let me know if you are interested in setting up a time to share info. gin On Sat, 2 Nov 1996 kgh_donelson@K12.MEC.OHIO.GOV wrote: > Hi Janet, > > > On Sat, 2 Nov 1996, Janet K. and James R. Cook wrote: > > > Sounds good to me. I teach 16-21 year olds, but there's probably a few > > who would enjoy sharing thoughts with someone. Let me know if you want > > older kids. If there's another high school teacher out there who wants > > to work together, let me know about that, too. jkc > > > > > I too teach high school ... I teach a course called Space Technology > to 10-12 graders. We have a 90 minute block everyday and team with a > computer/industrial tech component. We have just finished building > twelve 4 inch reflector telescopes and are now moving into a study of the > solar system, with emphasis on exploring Mars robotically. We will be > designing some remotely controlled rovers equipped with cuseeme cams and > pneumatically controlled arms and will be setting up some simulated "mars > scapes" which we will have open for explorations the Tuesday before > Thanksgiving. > > I will post more information later, but we are going to open up the > exploration to anyone with cuseeme capability. What the camera will see > will be the simulated mars scape, and using either microphone or the chat > window, students will be able to remotely send directions to my students, > who will then drive the rover or move the arm to explore the "terrain." > We will have several items there which could be "discovered" as well as > using fans for wind, lights for simulated sunsets, shadow measuring, > etc. > > We hope to have an open registration with time slots next week. More > information will follow. > > We are also thinking about using cuseeme and/or Netmeeting to have a > summary conference a week later where participants could share their > findings with each other and we could post accurate photos and > information on the sites we make up. > > So ... as you can see ... there are some more High Schools out here! We > have just been too busy to get anything written!!! > > Hope you will consider roving with us! > > Fred Donelson > > Project Orion Space Shuttle Simulation Coordinator > Gahanna Lincoln High School > 140 South Hamilton Road > Gahanna, Ohio 43230 > > kgh_donelson@k12.mec.ohio.gov > > ---------- Ginny Dexter Email:dext4700@spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov