RJ Stangherlin

Keystone Technology Integrator and STAR Discovery Educator

This site is for Mrs. Stangherlin's classes at Salisbury High School.

MEGACONFERENCE, JR. 2007

Megaconference Jr. is just that: a twelve-hour videoconference “for and by students of the world.” Our Period 4 class collaborated with students from Lakeview High School in Battle Creek, MI in a joint service project presentation.  We “met” through an earlier videoconference with Gerda Weissman Klein.  Through MAGPIs coordinator, Heather Weiss, we made the connection to work together, showing the world our two projects to “help make the world a better place,” as Mrs. Klein had asked.  Our class made a wiki, Teens Helping Teens--In Different Scenes to help teens deal with the issues they face.  The class believed that often teens are reluctant to speak to adults, but they might reach out and search the Internet.  We wanted to be there to help. 

As luck of the weather would have it, once again we had only two days to practice for the big event.  But what a group they are.  Because Megaconference is a K-12 event, we decided to present Grades and Homework, since that is an issue all students experience.  With only two classes to practice, the team was fantastic.  You can view their archived presentation here.