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- 1. Jennifer Jensen Technology Teacher Clear SkyElementary Castle Rock, Colorado
- 2. In 1985 &1986 I planted 1,500 trees in my habitat areas. Conservation Involvement Since Childhood • 4-H Wildlife – planting habitat areas, formed club for peers, presented state- Planting Mountain Ash & Mrytle wide Beech trees - Otway Fly, Australia 2009. • Student Teaching – formed wildlife club for students • Outdoor Education – serve annually as chaperone for 6th graders • Colorado Blue Bird Project – Share knowledge of environment with currently monitor nesting students. behaviors
- 3. Banana farm -Cairns, Australia. Farming & Ranching • Grew up on Eastern Ooraminna Station Homestead Colorado farm Australia. • Love opportunity to visit farms/ranches around world • Learn about & compare Farmer planting rice - Bali Indonesia. farming practices • Understand & appreciate work & dedication of farmers/ranchers Google Earth view of parent’s farm & my father’s combine.
- 4. Learning ancient traditions inthe shadow of Uluru. Develop Students’ Global Awareness • Provide learning opportunities prior to the trip Learning the global affects of • Continue after the trip – look deforestation. at creating a “sister school” relationship • Utilize Project Based Learning to continue my learning experience with students Project Based Learning allows students to make an impact on the world.
- 5. Children in Bali. Travel, Culture & Turtle in Turks & Caicos. Adventure • Value opportunities to visit other cultures • Learn from the locals Learning from an Anangu gentlemen at • Have responsibilities as a Uluru. member of the global community • Marine life holds a special Giving school supplies place in my heart to students in Roatan, Honduras. • Scuba diving for 10 years • Passion for nature and photography Attending church in Taveuni Fiji.
- 6. Sharing resources with fellowDEN teachers. Collaboration Work with other teachers • Before trip: create resources Interviews, photos, for students to learn about video - collect media to use with Costa Rica students. • During trip: create our own primary resources • Post trip: create resources to use during the year • Find ways to inspire students New connections & • Working with locals in Costa friendships. Rica • New friendships and professional connections
- 7. Students on DSAtrip using Blackberries & laptops. Technology In my computer lab. • Prior to trip: -collaborate with teachers -build background knowledge in students • During trip: -Tweet, blog, Skype Geocaching with fellow DEN teachers. -create primary sources • Post trip: -reconnect with teachers/students in Costa Rica Utilize technology throughout my -share knowledge with experience. students -create awareness within school/local community
- 8. Sunrise over Uluru with students. DSA Newly planted tree – conservation I believe in and appreciate projects. what DSA stands for… • Develop a sense of global awareness • Learn about & appreciate Cleaned & rebuilt wombat other cultures cage. • Service Learning • Students challenge themselves • Hands-on learning • Experience once in a First time in ocean for students - research on the Great Barrier lifetime opportunities Reef.
- 9. Share at state& national DEN events & conferences. Discovery Educator Network • I’m Chair of the Colorado DEN Leadership Council – 2011 DEN Summer have multiple opportunities Institute. to share my Costa Rica experience • Share experience at this year’s DEN Summer Institute in July • Utilize DE resources before Students utilize online and after the trip to DE tools. educate students
- 10. Showing my CSEschool spirit while diving. Why me? My encounter with a • Adventurous grey reef shark. • Dedicated • Participate in service projects • Love of nature & the School supplies & games taken to an orphanage outdoors & school in Roatan. • Life-long learner • Collaborator • Use trip as springboard to organize student travel at I want to share the my school world with my students.