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22 | March 15, 2018 | The glenview lantern School<br />
glenviewlantern.com<br />
Outstanding<br />
wins for GBS<br />
art students<br />
Submitted by D225<br />
Two Glenbrook South<br />
art students placed at the<br />
Illinois High School Art<br />
Exhibition show on Feb.<br />
25 in Chicago.<br />
Junior Joan Park won<br />
first place for her pottery<br />
work. Junior Sarah Keaton<br />
won a summer scholarship<br />
program at Savannah College<br />
of Art and Design in<br />
Savannah, Ga., and she<br />
placed third in the painting<br />
category.<br />
The Avoca West second-grade class joins librarian Susan Geidner in a virtual tour of communities around the<br />
world. PHOTOS SUBMITTED<br />
Avoca West students explore virtual communities<br />
Submitted by Avoca West<br />
Glenbrook South junior Sarah Keaton placed third<br />
in the painting category at the Illinois High School<br />
Art Exhibition show on Feb. 25 in Chicago. PHOTOS<br />
SUBMITTED<br />
GBS junior Joan Park won first place for her pottery<br />
work.<br />
The second-grade classes<br />
at Avoca West study<br />
communities as a part of<br />
their regular social studies<br />
curriculum, but this year<br />
teachers tried something<br />
a little different in order to<br />
enhance learning beyond<br />
the walls of the classroom.<br />
Through the use of virtual-reality<br />
devices and the<br />
Google Expeditions topic<br />
World Cities, students<br />
were given the opportunity<br />
to explore cities around the<br />
world without leaving the<br />
cozy rug in the Avoca West<br />
library.<br />
Second-grade students<br />
searched for famous landmarks<br />
and distinguished<br />
the similarities and differences<br />
between cities like<br />
Hong Kong and San Francisco<br />
while noting key elements<br />
that make up a city<br />
community. Throughout<br />
the lesson, their curiosity<br />
was peaked, expressing<br />
their desire to see more<br />
and visit new locations.<br />
Student Dylan Johnson explores all angles of the virtual Tokyo through the Google<br />
Expeditions app.<br />
Using new innovative<br />
technology to enhance curriculum<br />
and optimizing the<br />
resources the district currently<br />
has are key elements<br />
in Avoca’s Technology Innovation<br />
Strategic Plan.<br />
These particular virtual reality<br />
devices are on loan from<br />
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,<br />
a global learning company<br />
in Pre-K through grade 12<br />
educational content and<br />
services, combining digital<br />
innovation and research to<br />
make learning more engaging<br />
and effective.<br />
While the resource is<br />
available, Avoca West librarian<br />
Susan Geidner<br />
has sought to assist teachers<br />
in incorporating them<br />
into their curriculum with<br />
wonderful results. While<br />
a virtual trip may not have<br />
the same impact as actually<br />
traveling to Paris, it<br />
changes the learning environment<br />
and brings the<br />
world into the classroom.<br />
Students are given a tangible<br />
experience to connect<br />
with other curriculum materials<br />
which strengthens<br />
their information retention<br />
and excitement to learn.
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