"My 5th & 6th graders from Milfay r interviewing a 94 yr old WWII vet this Thurs. who served as nurse behind enemy lines. Upload 2 follow."
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Whitney Allen posted a status"Plans to pay a visit to Hank Thompson this afternoon. Prayers for Hank who just had surgery yesterday. A fighter if I ever saw one"
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- Hometown: (where you grew up)
- Morrison, Oklahoma
- Current home: (where you live now)
- Asher, Oklahoma
- About Me:
- Digital learning, you bet! I attended Dana Owens and Wesley Fryer's first cov workshop. What an authentic learning experience for me and now my students. I applaude digital champions like Dana and Wesley for their efforts. Stephen Covey in his book, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People", says one must continually reinvent themselves. Education plays a vital role in the economy. I highly suggest reading the book, "Tough Choices or Tough Times" written by The National Center on Education and the Economy. Education must reinvent itself to meet the ever changing demands of the global economy. According to "Tough Choices or Tough Times", the standard of living in the United States will erode away if we, as a nation, do not change. Another book I suggest reading is "Technopoly" by Neil Postman. Technology represents what the stirrup did for man. In medieval times, the stirrup revolutionized war; man could now fight on horseback. Teachers, I encourage you to stir up with your stirrup! Look out Encyclomedia, I feel a "break out" session brewing! As Garage Band says, "Soldier on!"
- School / Organization I'm Affiliated with:
- Asher Public School
- Website: (professional educator site)
- http://whit.edublogs.org/
- Website: (school / organization website)
- http://asher.k12.ok.us
- Select all that apply:
- I teach elementary, I teach middle school, I teach high school, I'm a librarian, I'm a lifetime learner
- Main interests in the Celebrate Oklahoma Voices Project:
- WWII - Celebrate Oklahoma Voices
Whitney Allen's Videos
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Perennial Passion
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Hank Thompson
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A Vet's Story
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Whitney Allen's Blog
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"We should use technology to create whole new schools. Technology needs to be like oxygen - ubiquitous, necessary, and invisible." Chris Lehmann, Principal, SLA (from Flickr PhotoStream)
Posted on January 12, 2010 at 8:48am
Hartshorne COV Workshop
I am excited to be co-facilitating the COV workshop in Hartshorne this week! I always enjoy promoting the use of technology in the classroom. Students need 21st century skills!!
Posted on October 11, 2009 at 8:09pm
Comment Wall (22 comments)
- At 1:59pm on February 23, 2008,
Wesley Fryer said… - Welcome to our Ning, Whitney! Can you please upload your Asher student video interviews with veterans here? We used this space for our video uploads this week at UCO and it worked great. Eventually we will also upload these to our video server that is being purchased, but for now uploading here is our plan. If you have questions please let me know! :-)
- At 8:12am on February 26, 2008,
Dominique said… - Thanks Mrs. Whitney for all of your encouragment!
- At 2:04pm on March 26, 2008,
dianna said… - hey mrs,whitney i love this and i am sorry for giving you s omuch adittude i know understand that yuo only want the best for me
- At 1:57pm on April 2, 2008, dianna said…
- hey mrs.whitney thanks fpr the last comment i now understand y u are so strict with us and i now appricate all the hard work u have done for us and thank u for encouraging be to carry on my parents relly appreciate all the effort to and they told me to tell u hi
- At 2:05pm on April 2, 2008,
Jerri Dawn said… - Hi Mrs. Whitney I've made an account !!very confused!!! got any tips? Talk to ya later.
- At 1:35pm on April 9, 2008, dianna said…
- thank u so much i love what i am learning what to do this. i love it.
- At 2:33pm on April 14, 2008,
clifford williams said… - I must be the first veteran to have a blog on your page. I served
in the Navy approximately 20 mos.during and after ww11. To get
a history of the transport ship i sailed to Okinawa on go to ASK
search engine and type in usslagrange apa124 and take a look at
it.
clifford williams
- At 7:56pm on April 14, 2008, clifford williams said…
- we anchored at enowetoc only a couple of days and arrived
at Okinawa 29th of july. we remained anchored in the bay for
a week for some reason. We were under kamikaze alert quiet
often during that time. Aug. 5th about 60 of us in my outfit went
on shore and set up tents because i remember the next day
aug.6 was when the 1st atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima,
Aug. 13 was when the ship came under attack so I had been off
the ship about a week,these dates i do remember. The dates and
wording in the one chapter is not exactly right. My ww2 experiences
was not much compared to most of the soldiers,sailers and marines,
but i'll share with you what i have.
clifford
- At 1:38pm on April 16, 2008, Dominique said…
- Thanks for the comment Mrs. Whitney. I'm glad uou liked my blog.
- At 1:30pm on May 14, 2008,
carmitao'bryant said… - hey i love the cov
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