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 Daily Chief-Union/Alissa Paolella
A new learning tool
Union Middle School seventh grade social studies teacher Russell Hall prepares for a class with new technology called Quizdom, which was purchased through a Martha Jennings Foundation grant. The educational, handheld remotes allow students to answer questions and instantly know if their answers are correct. It also allows for Hall to know whether or not the students understand the lesson.
Union teacher making learning fair and fun with Quizdom
By ALISSA PAOLELLA
Staff writer
Union Middle School teacher Russell Hall is using new technology to engage students in the learning process and make learning fun for his seventh grade social studies classes.
After writing a grant application through the Martha Jennings Foundation, Hall was approved a grant for $2,780 to purchase equipment for Quizdom, an interactive handheld unit that unites the computer, teacher’s remote and students’ remotes and has many features.
Hall said the units make students more intrigued in the learning process.
"Basically, (the students) can do everything but a written response. All other types of questions," Hall said. "I wrote a specific grant for this package and projector. ... That way every student would have the remote each class period.
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Wyandot County Vietnam Traveling Wall Foundation announces plans to place a second monument in Upper
The Wyandot County Vietnam Traveling Wall Foundation recently announced its plans to place a second monument in Bicentennial Park, Upper Sandusky.
This monument will be dedicated to the memory of Wyandot County veterans of the Korean War. To raise funds for the acquisition and placement of this new monument, the Vietnam Traveling Wall Foundation is planning a two-day event on July 26-27.
Activities will be held at Thiel’s Wheels, Upper Sandusky. Owner Marc Ingwersen and marketing director Breann Fredritz are helping with the planning. The activities will kick off at 9 a.m. July 26 with opening ceremonies and the posting of the colors.
Participants and activities throughout the two-day event include the Ohio Motor Pool, all branches of the military, various concessions and raffles for both a Henry 22-caliber lever action golden boy rifle and an Olympus digital camera. Tickets for these items now are on sale.
The Chained Eagles will be bringing in their Ohio Wall and will hold a tribute to MIA’s at 3 p.m. on both days of the event. The Iraq Freedom Wall also will be on location.
A motorcycle ride, with registration beginning at 9 a.m. July 27, will leave Thiel’s Wheels at 10:30 a.m. and return by 2:30 p.m. prior to the Chained Eagles program and the closing program.
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 Daily Chief-Union/Aaron Korte
Twin spin
Jim "Basketball" Jones spun the balls, including this trick using ink pens and the willing participation of Kamryn Huston (left) and Chelsea Hecht, during the message Friday afternoon for students from St. Peter and South schools. Jones told students never to give up.
Jones spins message to students
By AARON KORTE
Editor
While he may have been spinning basketballs for the students Friday morning in the St. Peter School gymnasium, one thing Jim "Basketball" Jones was not doing was spinning yarns.
The Toledo man entertained students from St. Peter and South schools with a number of basketball tricks but underneath it all was a message of encouragement and hope.
Anna Massara, 12, a sixth-grader at St. Peter School, said she learned a lot.
"Life skills are important. You have to be honest and you have to practice to be good at what you’re trying to do," Massara said of what she learned.
Jones said when he was in grade school, his first grade teacher informed him he was learning disabled. As it turns out, he also was dyslexic. He struggled with why his classmates were moving on while he was learning with a different teacher.
He said it was the encouragement of people like his mom that pushed him.
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