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Horizons-on-the-Hudson Second Grade Students Video Conference with Smithsonian Museum
Lesson Part of International Baccalaureate Program
The second grade classes at Horizons-on-the-Hudson Magnet School in Newburgh participated in an interactive video conference with Washington D.C’s Smithsonian Museum recently as part of the school’s International Baccalaureate program’s lesson on the history of Native Americans.
In this videoconference presenters showed American artwork from the museum’s Native American collection. The presenters engaged students with beautiful paintings followed by questions and discussion. This conference was an added resource to the student’s unit of study. Teachers Maria Valletta, Jaime Corkedale, and Mary Mitchell collaborated with HOH Educational Technology Specialist Joe Catania to make the event possible.
According to HOH teachers Valetta and Corkedale, “This was a great learning experience for our students. It fits perfectly into our IB unit ‘Long Ago and Far Away’. It was a great way for our students to see genuine Native American paintings, to ask questions and to interact with someone extremely knowledgeable about Native Americans and their cultures.”
In this videoconference presenters showed American artwork from the museum’s Native American collection. The presenters engaged students with beautiful paintings followed by questions and discussion. This conference was an added resource to the student’s unit of study. Teachers Maria Valletta, Jaime Corkedale, and Mary Mitchell collaborated with HOH Educational Technology Specialist Joe Catania to make the event possible.
According to HOH teachers Valetta and Corkedale, “This was a great learning experience for our students. It fits perfectly into our IB unit ‘Long Ago and Far Away’. It was a great way for our students to see genuine Native American paintings, to ask questions and to interact with someone extremely knowledgeable about Native Americans and their cultures.”
Recently, the second grade classes at Horizons-on-the-Hudson Magnet School in Newburgh participated in an interactive video conference with Washington D.C’s Smithsonian Museum as part of the school’s International Baccalaureate program’s lesson on the history of Native Americans.
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