Skowhegan, Maine, 7th Graders Win Award with iBooks

Here's another award-winning project from the Skowhegan, Maine seventh graders. They won the award from National Semi-Conductor for their Latin America Project. The teacher, Ms. Richter, comments:

"The goal here was to have the students write a clear essay (intro- body- conclusion) on a topic of choice regarding Latin American. Many were able to speak to people who live in these countries and others established an e-mail contact. After research, personal contacts, and lessons in essay writing, students created these webpages. I conducted lessons on the value of secondary as well as primary sources in their research."

This project illustrative of what kids can do under "The Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) [which] is the largest educational technology project in the history of Maine and perhaps the world." [Dana Baggett]