EVERYBODY HAS A DREAM
Special Notice: This ONE HOUR videoconference is ONLY for students in 5th and 6th grades. Register online at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/registration.htm
Series: HOT TOPICS
Target Audience: Students in 5th and 6th grades ONLY
Time: two ONE HOUR sessions, 9:00 and 10:15 AM (CENTRAL time zone)
Format: highly interactive for the full hour
Cost: $75 per site
Registration: Register online at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/registration.htm
Questions: Chandra Allison, at (615) 322-6511 or email Chandra at chandra.allison@vanderbilt.edu
This videoconference will be a conduit to:
* Increase students' self-esteem and self-responsibility
* Inspire students to stay in school and develop a lifetime enthusiasm for learning
* Develop students' positive attitudes
* Develop students' critical thinking and decision-making skills
* Empower students to take charge of themselves and the future of the planet
Please register early for this videoconference so your students can ACTIVELY participate.
These are the Pre-Activities:
1) Students will make a STAR (template will be emailed to teacher) so students can write their dreams.
2) Teacher will provide a box to be a "Dream Chest" to hold the stars.
3) Teacher will provide a one-page goal sheet for each student.
4) Teacher will provide copied sheets for interactive reading by students during the videoconference. (attachment will be emailed to teacher)
5) Teacher will provide "club of dreamers" page to color (emailed to teacher)
6) Students will make a "What Is My Dream" Bookmark to remind them of their dream and goals (template will be emailed to teacher)
This videoconference is about the journey of life, with its hopes and dreams. The book, Dream, written in beautiful rhyming verse, is all about the inspiration, majesty, beauty, and incredible thoughts that can spring from dreams. From fabulous inventions, to the strength of inner beliefs, to learning how to overcome the challenges of growing up, dreams offer an important contribution to growing as a person, and Dream celebrates their role in pursuing a fulfilled life.
"Dreams grow like seeds. They need to take root, then stretch toward the sun.
They grow slowly. They must be tended to. And sometimes a gray day gives them just the rain they need."
The middle years are the best time to give students time to think about and make plans concerning their lives. This videoconference will be highly interactive and will give students motivation to achieve their personal best in life by giving students a new perspective of themselves. This videoconference will provide opportunities for students to find connections to self, to parents and grandparents, to the world, and to the circle of life.
Register online at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/registration.htm
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Videotaping of Virtual School videoconferences is not allowed due to legal issues such as informed consent, jurisdiction, confidentiality, standards of practice, and supervision.
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Patsy Partin, M.Ed
Director, Virtual School
Vanderbilt University
2007 Terrace Place
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 322-6384
Email: patsy.partin@vanderbilt.edu
Web: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool