<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[West Des Moines Community Schools Technology]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://wdmtech.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Brian Abeling]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://wdmtech.wordpress.com/author/wdmtech/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Congratulations to VHS DigiTools&nbsp;Class]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_3917" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/flatclassroom.png"><img loading="lazy" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3917" data-attachment-id="3917" data-permalink="https://wdmtech.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/digitools-awards/flatclassroom-2/" data-orig-file="https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/flatclassroom.png" data-orig-size="723,481" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="flatclassroom" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Skylar M&#8217;s project titled &#8220;How Sina Weibo Saved Lives&#8221; took 1st place in the category of Wireless Connectivity&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/flatclassroom.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/flatclassroom.png?w=723" class="size-medium wp-image-3917" alt="Skylar M's project titled &quot;How Sina Weibo Saved Lives&quot; took 1st place in the category of Wireless Connectivity" src="https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/flatclassroom.png?w=300&#038;h=199" width="300" height="199" srcset="https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/flatclassroom.png?w=300&amp;h=199 300w, https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/flatclassroom.png?w=598&amp;h=398 598w, https://wdmtech.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/flatclassroom.png?w=150&amp;h=100 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-3917" class="wp-caption-text">Skylar M&#8217;s project titled &#8220;<a href="http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/video/how-sina-weibo-saved-lives">How Sina Weibo Saved Lives</a>&#8221; took 1st place in the category of Wireless Connectivity</p></div>
<p>Congratulations to the Valley High School  DigiTools class taught by Sarah Bird, as they recently presented online to a world-wide audience through the <a href="http://fcp11-3.flatclassroomproject.org/">Flat Classroom Project</a>.</p>
<p>As students presented their projects on-line, judges used the following <a href="http://fcp13-1.flatclassroomproject.org/rubrics">rubrics </a>to rate their multimedia works.   There were 11 major categories and within each category, the judges awarded 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place, and Honorable Mention.</p>
<p>Multimedia Awards from Valley High School included&#8230;</p>
<p id="toc22" style="padding-left:30px;"><strong>1st Place</strong>: <a href="http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/profile/SkylarMVHS" rel="nofollow">Skylar M from Valley High School</a>, for the project &#8220;<a href="http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/video/how-sina-weibo-saved-lives" rel="nofollow">How Sina Weibo Saved Lives</a>&#8221; in the Wireless Connectivity category.</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;"><strong> 2nd Place</strong> to <a href="http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/profile/PeterNVHS" rel="nofollow">Peter N from_Valley High </a> for the project &#8220;<a href="http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/video/invisible-communication" rel="nofollow">Invisible Communication</a>&#8221;  in the Virtual Communication category.</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;"><strong>2nd Place</strong> to <a href="http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/profile/KellyRVHS" rel="nofollow">Kelly R from_Valley High </a> for the project  &#8220;<a href="http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/video/google-blast-from-the-past" rel="nofollow">Google Blast from the past</a>&#8221; in the Google category</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;"><strong style="line-height:1.714285714;font-size:1rem;">2nd Place</strong><span style="line-height:1.714285714;font-size:1rem;">: </span><a style="line-height:1.714285714;font-size:1rem;" href="http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/profile/GabbieRVHS" rel="nofollow">Gabbie R_from Valley High</a><span style="line-height:1.714285714;font-size:1rem;"> for the project &#8220;</span><a style="line-height:1.714285714;font-size:1rem;" href="http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/video/social-entrepreneurship-for-the-greater-good" rel="nofollow">For The Greater Good</a><span style="line-height:1.714285714;font-size:1rem;">&#8221; in the World Wide Web category. </span></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;"><strong>2nd place</strong>: <a href="http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/profile/KatelundSVHS" rel="nofollow">Katelund S_from Valley High</a> for the project &#8220;<a href="http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/video/fcp-movie" rel="nofollow">The waitress, the autistic girl, and the &#8216;broken&#8217; burger</a>&#8221; in the Connecting the World Online category.</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;"><strong>Honorable Mention</strong>: <a href="http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/profile/SandeepDVHS" rel="nofollow">Sandeep D from Valley High</a>  for the project &#8220;<a href="http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/video/the-future-of-web-2-0-web-3-0?xg_source=activity" rel="nofollow">The Future of Web 2.0 is Web 3.0</a> in the Web 2.0 category.</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;"><strong>Honorable Mention</strong>: <a href="http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/profile/BryceSVHS" rel="nofollow">Bryce S from_Valley High</a> for the project  &#8220;<a href="http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/video/flat-video" rel="nofollow">Workflow Video&#8221;</a> in the Workflow software category.</p>
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