Award Winner - South Huntington School District
 Congratulations to the South
Huntington School District from Huntington, New York, for being selected to
receive the eBoards of Excellence Award for their creative and innovative
use of eBoard!
"eBoard brings excitement and vigor to the communication process
in the South Huntington School District. It is used extensively as a 24/7
conduit of information between teachers, students, parents and
administrators. Showcasing student projects, listing assignments and posting
learning materials on eBoard provides an opportunity to share a student’s
day with their family. We are presently expanding our use of eBoard to
explore new horizons such as posting podcasts of students reading their
original stories and poetry, teachers recording spelling words in English
and in Spanish for our Dual Language classes, and posting sound clips of
musical rehearsals to enhance home learning opportunities."
Sharon Fellner,
Director of Technology
Janine Colagiovanni, Third
Grade Intermediate School Teacher
www.jcolagiovanni.shufsd.site.eboard.com
My eBoard provides my students with an educational opportunity that is
interactive and fun and engages all of my students whether they are in
class, or they are at home. It does not matter what level my students are at
because there is always a link or activity for everyone. According to one of
my students, “The best part of eBoard is that there are educational games
and lots of different facts.” My eBoard is also used as an instructional
tool for my colleagues to gather ideas and sites that they would like to
use. Finally, it is a powerful communication tool between school and home to
allow my parents to view daily homework, see class events, have fun with
question of the day, view happening hundreds, and take a peek at some
projects we are doing in class.
Maureen
Damm, High School Mathematics Teacher
http://www.mdamm.shufsd.site.eboard.com
I teach Pre Calculus and College Calculus. My eBoard makes a difficult
subject a bit more user friendly with welcoming and informative postings. My
eBoard is used as a daily tool where students can see assignments,
deadlines, extra help availability and locate study skill resources.
Students cannot use the excuse that they didn’t know the homework assignment
or when a test will be administered in my classroom.
Keith Gunsel, Middle School Social Studies
Teacher
http://www.kgunsel.shufsd.site.eboard.com
The eBoard I have created is like an online companion to my 7th
an 8th grade social studies classes. It has links to a short bio
of me and my interests outside of work that was created to give the students
and their parents an idea of who I am and what to expect in the coming year.
My eBoard also contains many of the handouts that were used in both the
current unit and in previous units, cutting down on missing assignments due
to absenteeism.
Janet Holly, Intermediate School Music Teacher
http://www.Jholly.shufsd.site.eboard.com
I use my eBoard to provide opportunities for students to practice their band
music, scales, and NYSSMA solos. There are links to an online metronome,
weekly music journal topics, and instrumental fingering charts.
Doug Moore, High School World Language Teacher
http://www.dmoore.shufsd.site.eboard.com
My eBoard has something for everyone including links to club events, Spanish
music videos, homework assignments, grading criteria, and a monthly
technology newsletter for my fellow colleagues.
Alice Macner, Second Grade Primary School Teacher
http://www.Amacner.shufsd.site.eboard.com
I enjoy maintaining and updating my classroom e-board because I believe that
it shares with parents their children’s creativity and the fun that students
have as they learn new things during their school day. Parents can find
information on the latest class field trips, pictures of classroom projects
and even information on various units being studied in class. Children who
are absent can find their spelling words and homework assignments so that
they don’t fall behind in their schoolwork due to illness. I also maintain a
useful set of educational websites for students and parents to access from
home.
Steve Scharpf, Middle School Physical Science Teacher
http://www.sscharpf.shufsd.site.eboard.com
My eBoard has proved to be a valuable tool for my students. I use it to post
documents with information that students gathered during science labs for
follow up activities in the computer lab, class notes (PowerPoint) before
exams, links to study guides from our textbook publisher and past tests and
quizzes. We have links to lots of current event sites and research sites to
help with our Science project. I include in my eBoard links to free
Microsoft and Adobe downloads so that students can view at home the various
types of documents that I post. In addition, there are lots of links to
games and other topics of interests such as space programs and the Hubble
telescope.
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