April 2, 2012 Club Bulletin # 413
Program for April 2, 2012: Mentor a Muskie
April 2 Invocation by: Anna Mack
Rotary Guest: Katie Watson
Student Guests: Kerry Hawkins, MHS Counselor. Sarah Turner, Alec Vogel, Tony Vo, Geoffrey Walker, Emily Smith (outbound), and Cara Hahn (outbound).
Rotary Announcements: Mike commented on the great coverage the Muscatine Rotary Club got in the recent district newsletter. To see pictures of many of our members please read it at the District 6000 website.
Mike also asked everyone who is available to sign up for the District Conference 2012 which is on 4/13/12. It is being held at the Riverside Casino & Golf Resort in Riverside, Ia. The cost is $20 but the club will pay half so the cost to you will only be $10. A signup sheet will be sent around or contact Mike for information.
Happy News: Harvey Albee is happy that Jim Yong Kim is from Muscatine and grew up 2 doors down from Harvey. He helped spearhead the Mighty Muskie Booster Club. Bob Albee wanted to invite everyone to the event Thursday night at the MCC Student Center which will show off future entrepreneurs. Doug Schnoebelen was happy that he has been invited to Georgia - the one between Russia & Turkey- to give talks. Steve Jameson was happy that his daughter and wife recently had birthdays. Tom Ward was happy that he got to enjoy the New Zealand Rotary Friendship exchange and plans to tell us all more about it soon.
Program for Today: Bill Decker introduced the speakers: Shane Williams, district director of elementary education and innovation; Jame Hayes, West Middle School Visual Arts; Kyle Sustich, Franklin 3rd grade teacher; and Scott Comstock.
Shane spoke about the shift in education that challenges assumptions about how students learn. We need to work towards personalization and choice allowing children to help choose a path and have access to learning real time 24 hours a day 7 days a week. There is hope to have funding so that many students in Muscatine will be able to have a macbook available to them to enhance learning.
Jame shared that his visual arts class over the past several years have been working on stop motion technology. He shared videos that the students have produced and the through process behind the learning.
Kyle's 3rd grade class have the advantage of having 1 to 1 use of macbooks. He shared several presentations that the kids have made keeping learning educational, new, and fun. This provides a competitive advantage for the future.