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• The Partners in Distance Learning is a non-profit organization founded in 1994
• http://www.partnersdl.org
Partners in Distance Learning
Offer videoconferencing, online learning, and information Web-based protocols.
Partners in Distance Learning
information taken from http://partnersdl.org
Membership: $300 for entire school district To join, go www.partnersdl.org and click onJoin Today on the left-hand side Includes eligibility for all PDL services
Partners in Distance Learning
Offers the following services:1. Updates to Key District Contacts2. Messaging Services3. Travel Adventure Series 4. Beyond the Classroom Series5. International Student Exchanges and
Virtual Field Trips6. Integrated Arts Learning Resources7. Renaissance Series
Partners in Distance Learning
Key Contacts: Technology Coordinator or Curriculum
Coordinator Administrator
Updates to Key Contacts
Key Contacts receive a username and password after registering
They add the desired teachers to PDL, create a district management file with programming information
Key Contacts receive regular updates on sponsored programs
PDL has a service manager available PDL offers technical assistance
Updates to Key Contacts
Free; any enrolled teacher has access Web Watch- Weekly updates and links to free educational
websites Quick Teach -Bimonthly recommendations in using online
resources to create mini lessons (1-4 periods) Artists’ Eye Group Share-Discussion forum about the drawing program,
the Artists’ Eye.
Messaging Service
Free to all teachers One-two week mini vacations to historical
destinations Teachers receive pictures, text, and uncommon
facts about the place Trips Offered November: New England March: The Great Plains May:* Teachers can access materials at any time, but only
have contact with the experts during the scheduled trips.
Travel Adventure Series: Virtual Field Trips (Vacations)
Wolves of Yellowstone The Raptors of Hawk Mountain Colonial Inn Valley Forge: A Soldier’s Account
Beyond the Classroom:
Course Duration
Cost Grade Level
Content Focus
Wolves of Yellowstone
Full Year $50 per class
Middle School
Science/Math/Geography
Raptors of Hawk Mountain
Full Year $50 per class
Elementary Science/Math
Colonial Inn One Semester
$50 per class
High School History/EconomicsConsumer Science
Valley Forge: A Soldier’sAccount
$50 per class
Middle/High School
History/Math
Beyond the Classroom
Course setup: All courses consist of three main
components1. Light (fun) reading 2. Challenge question (requires the use of
scientific inquiry)3. Shared responses to questions
Beyond the Classroom
Grades: 6th – 9th
Curricular Area: Science (Ecology), Geography (Map Skills)
Experts in the Field: Nathan Varley and Linda Thurston, Yellowstone Field Scientists
Most Highly Recommended Course
Beyond the Classroom:Wolves of Yellowstone
How the Project Works: A class is assigned a specific wolf pack
from the wolf directory. Each week, students are given reports
on the pack they are following. Learning materials (and staff training
concepts) are sent.
Beyond the Classroom:Wolves of Yellowstone
Example Activities: Tracking the movements of the wolf pack Solving challenges within the wolf pack Sharing ideas and inquiries with other
classrooms via chat rooms.
Beyond the Classroom:Wolves of Yellowstone
Grades: (K-3) Curricular Area: Math, Science Experts in the Field:
Naturalists/Volunteers from Hawk Mountain
Beyond the Classroom: Raptors of Hawk Mountain
How the Project Works: Fifteen-45 minutes per week with additional
optional activities Can be incorporated into a math or science classExample Activities: Birdwatching/identifying species Recording/tracking weather/climate conditions
associated with migration Develop and create stories about birds
Beyond the Classroom: Raptors of Hawk Mountain
Grades: 9-12Curricular Area: History, Economics,
Consumer ScienceExpert in the Field: Lee Patrick Anderson,
Historian and Program Director at For Mifflin Historic Site, Philadelphia
Beyond the Classroom: Colonial Inn
How the Project Works: Students research 12 historic colonial inns Students discover the significance of inns in
the development of our nationExample Activities: Create and prepare colonial meals using the
cooking appliances of the historic time period Conduct a cost analysis Engage in colonial everyday life
Beyond the Classroom: Colonial Inn
Grades: 6-12Curricular area: Math, History, ScienceExpert in the Field: Lee Patrick Anderson,
Historian and Program Director at For Mifflin Historic Site, Philadelphia
Beyond the Classroom: A Soldier’s Account
How the Project Works: A composite type soldier sends letters to
students sharing his daily life experiences at Valley Forge
All information shared is historically accurate
Example Activities: Letter sharing Picture exchanging
Beyond the Classroom: A Soldier’s Account
PDL works with Empower Peace in Boston and provides opportunities to interact with peers around the world
International Student Exchanges
The International Student Exchange is hosted by Empower Peace.
Last year they set up a webcast with Dubai. The webcast was recorded for teachers to view if they were unable to attend the live session.
As long as you have a computer or computers with an internet
connection (high speed or broadband is better) it can be viewed.
Middle eastern countries are involved and a group of students gets together and might do a short presentation about themselves, and then it is all open discussion where anyone viewing the webcast can type in their questions.
International Student Exchanges
Video conferences offered at a reduced rate for members:
Cleveland Institute of Music (50% discount) Challenger Space Center E-Missions American Labor Museum Camden’s Children Garden Pennsbury Manor
Virtual Field Trips
Artists’ Eye Drawing Program - Online drawing program for students - Can be used for all students (special needs and also
gifted) The Gallery and Stage I- Students can post their work online and receive
feedback from artists, teachers, and peers Arts Integrated Web Resources - Over 250 helpful websites Arts Educational Programs- Educational lessons incorporating arts into core
subjects- Lessons vary in length from one day to an entire
semester
Integrated Arts Learning Resources
information taken from http://partnersdl.org
Designed for gifted students in grades 6-8 Online course with two-fold objective:
1. Reinforces/expands a core academic area 2. Fosters creativity in the arts Courses are not all designed the same;
information organized differently. If interested, best to contact PDL during the
summer (most are full year courses).
http://learn.partnersdl.org/login.php
The Renaissance Series
What is Beauty? Composing a Fanfare Patriotism Expressed Through Song Thinking Through Arts Escher’s Waterfall Comes to Life
The Renaissance Series
Math – patterns, ratios, sequencing, formulations, inversions, and equations
Music – reading notes, identifying pitch, creating compositions
Organization – divided into 44 pages
What is Beauty? Course Description:
Example Activity:
What is Beauty?
Click on the line box that represents the c note.
Also titled How to Write a Fanfare Young Composers project dated 2004-2005 Philadelphia Classical Symphony collaborated with PDL Organization: - Divided into the following units: 1. Fanfares 2. Scores 3. Generating Performance 4. Creating New and Original Fanfares 5. Exploring the Historical Backgrounds of Fanfares Students must be able to download resources/links, and
record their work
Composing a Fanfare Course Description:
Activity Title: Understanding Fanfares You are hearing an excerpt from Aaron Copland's
Fanfare for the Common Man. A fanfare is a special kind of composition,
usually written to announce something, or someone, very important. Kings and Queens use fanfares. Sometimes, fanfares are used to celebrate special occasions, like the Olympic Games. Copland wanted to write a composition to celebrate people all over the world. He called his composition Fanfare for the Common Man.
Composing a Fanfare:Example Activity
Title: Patriotism: Expressed in Song (Title changed?)
Students research patriotism and create a song about it.
Reading, history, civics, mathematics, and music
18 periods (45 minutes per period)
Patriotism As Expressed in SymbolsCourse Description:
Some music is creative and inspired while other music is corny and trite. . Using the descriptions on the rubric below as a basis for judgment select the example you think does the best job of creating a sense of originality.
Advanced:Originality vs. cliché: The music offers aspects that are unique.The music is highly sophisticated and creative
Proficient:Originality vs. cliché: The music offers aspects that are unusual.The music exhibits an adequate degree of sophistication
Basic:Originality vs. cliché: The music offers aspects that are common.The music is marginal in terms of naiveté` vs. sophistication
Below Basic:Originality vs. cliché: The music offers aspects that are ordinary.The music is limited in terms of naiveté` vs. sophistication
Play Example 4
Play Example 5
Play Example 6
Vote: Example 4
Example 5 Example 6
Patriotism As Expressed in Symbols:Example Activity
Thinking Through Arts is a course that explores aesthetics and the aesthetic response- the ways we react and respond to works of art and the decisions we make about whether works of art are good, bad, worthy, unworthy, exciting or dull.
Focuses on the arts, writing, history Organized into nine lessons with various
activities and assessments
Thinking Through ArtsCourse Description :
Have you ever heard the expression "beauty is in the eye of the beholder?" Each person has a different idea of what is beautiful- a person's heritage, community and experiences all help determine their beliefs about what is beautiful. Our ideas about what is beautiful and our reactions and responses to works in the arts are called aesthetic responses. When you chose a painting you were having an aesthetic response!
What does aesthetic response mean? Take a look at the works of art below. You can click on
any one of them to see a larger version. Pick the painting you like best, then click on the link below to enter your selection.
Thinking Through the ArtsExample Activity:
Explores M.C. Escher’s “Waterfall” print and the creation of a “living” sculpture of MC Escher’s “Waterfall”.
The students work together to make the drawing come to life, move water in a waterfall, and use science and art in this unit.
Organization - well-organized (objectives listed, daily activities include
necessary materials) - lessons make a connection from one day to the next - some pictures unable to be seen
Course Description:Escher’s Waterfall
Example Activity: Materials: Computers; Water, Various scrap hoses, buckets, funnels, pipes,
paper towels, cardboard strips, mops; writing paper , pencils, and a partner. Refer to the posted copy of “Waterfall” and review the parts of the composition. Analyze the sections, its challenges and observations. Focus today on the water. Complete the KWL exercise listed below.
What do we KNOW about water? What do we WANT to know about water? What can we LEARN about Water?
Log the answers in your journal. What direction does the water flow? Discuss the paddlewheel. How important is the paddlewheel? What function does it serve? Then, listen to Music written about water. Watery Music, Dripsody Music, Rosaly in England Take the next 10 minutes to consider the music as part of the art work. Click on both examples. How does the music remind you of water? What instruments are used to create the sound and mood?
Do you feel it is difficult or easy to create music about water? Which music matches the mood of the print? Do words compliment the music?
Next, gather materials for the next lesson or set up an area to experiment with water. Use of scrap hoses, pvc pipes, funnels, buckets/pots, old baby pools, etc. Gather objects from home to experiment with during the next class.
Escher’s Waterfall
Communication Students must share responses and discuss
the content with the teacher and other students.
Mostly done through written communication.
Leadership Must build confidence and leadership
abilities as responses to challenge questions are developed.
Gifted Goals Addressed:
Critical Thinking The content involved requires real-world problems
which are solved in multiple steps.
Creative Thinking Students are allotted time to create unique
responses to questions
Independence Much of the course can be done independently. The
course is designed with steps students need to successfully complete it.
Gifted Goals Addressed: ‘cont
Technology Students will enhance their technology skills by utilizing
an online course format.
Inquiry The courses are designed to foster inquiry skills.
Students collect and gather information in order to solve real world problems.
Forecasting Students must make predictions on future events based
on prior knowledge, and after reflecting on previous results.
Gifted Goals Addressed: ‘cont
Research Students must expand their abilities to locate
information and discern factual information. They must collect, classify, and interpret gathered data to organize responses.
Respect for Self and Others Students must set personal and academic goals
to ensure successful completion of the courses. They must also respect and appreciate others’
solutions to given circumstances.
Gifted Goals Addressed: ‘cont
Mailing Address: The Partners in Distance Learning
938 Fountain StreetAshland, PA 17921
To send a message or make an inquiry, e-mail [email protected] PDL can be contacted during regular business hours via phone.
Dr. Dan Paul, Executive [email protected]
Michelle Butz, Program & Service [email protected]
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