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Megan Bowen is an Ashworth High School English Instructor.  You can read some of Megan’s blog posts by clicking here and scrolling to the bottom of the page.  As someone who is always thinking of new and dynamic ways to engage her students, it’s no surprise that Megan has begun hosting classroom discussions on the Ashworth Student Forum.  As an English major myself, I’ve personally enjoyed participating in these interactive discussions and have been very impressed by the insightul perspectives students have offered on their latest reading assignments. 

If you’re an Ashworth High School student or a parent of such a student, we encourage you to participate in one of Megan’s classroom discussions.  Our new student forum provides a terrific environment for students, parents, and faculty to interact—so be sure to join our Forum community today if you haven’t already. 

Megan and I hope to see you on the Forum soon!

Here are the links:

Ashworth University Student Forum

Megan’s Bowen Classroom Discussions

Ryan Rode
Interactive Services Manager
Ashworth University 

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The Ashworth University blogging community is a big supporter of contributing blogger Steve Hardagon and his Classroom 2.0 social network for educators.  If you’re a parent of a home school student and care about the future of education, we humbly encourage you to check out Classroom 2.0 for your self.  Steve’s been very generous in sharing his insights with our Ashworth home school community and we’re proud to be associated with any project he’s involved in.  We received the following message from Steve yesterday and I’m passing it on for all of our AU Blogspot readers.  Thanks Steve!

From Steve Hardagon: 

Tomorrow I’m experimenting with a live talk show program by starting a discussion on using Ning in education.  If it goes well, I’d like to consider a regular (weekly) show on Web 2.0 in education.

Here is the link to the first educational “Ning-cast”:  http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/tscmd/tc/12083.  It is scheduled for tomorrow, January 3, at 6pm Pacific / 9pm Eastern.

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So you say you don’t have a school bus to take you on a field trip because you are a homeschool student?  Don’t let that stop you.  Below is a list of some of the most exciting virtual fieldtrips you’ll ever take.  Get your “virtual passports” ready, click on the links below, and hold on!  It’s time for a fieldtrip!  Interested in castles?  Take an upclose and detailed tour of the ruins of Raglan Castle in South Wales.  You really get the feeling that you are there.  Lions and tigers and bears OH MY!  I encourage you to tour some of the most beautiful and amazing wildlife and sites of the Serengeti region.  Behold the amazing feats of nature as you tour the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.   Let your ears take off on an audio fieldtrip.  Here you are able to choose from over 150 different poets and listen to them read their own poems.

Lisa Bryde
Curriculum Manager
Ashworth University High School

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