VETERANS HISTORY PROJECT

ELCO HIGH SCHOOL

LT. COL J. RAY BICKEL

• WWII Navigator

• 467TH Bomb Group

• 35 Missions

• B-24 Liberator

Slugger Jr. Crew

Second Air division

• Reunions

ACCIDENT

• Hard fall

• Cracked 7 ribs

• Broke Pelvis

• Blood clot

Now or Never• Lucy and my dad

Autobiography• Childhood

• Military Service

• Career

• Video Interview

Planning

• Classrooms for the Future Initiative

• Technology Coaches

• Access to laptop cart

• Researched Veterans History Project website

Coordingating Project• Technology coach Amy Weddle invited

history teacher Donna Delcollo and her class to work on the project.

• Teachers met several times during planning periods to coordinate the project

The Process

• Wikispaces

• Research

• Conducting an Interview

• Veterans Era/Conflict

Planning for the Interview

• More research

• Writing questions

• Practicing

• Video equipment

Camcorder practice

• Video equipment

• Battery charger

• External mic

Conducting the Interview• Polycom Interview

Writing the Transcript• time consuming

• spelling places accurately

Collecting materials

• collecting photos

• memoirs

Burning interviews to DVD• takes more time than you think

Delivering the Projects

Tour of the Library

Tour of the Library of Congress

Veterans give speeches at war memorials

Students create multimedia narrative

Amy thanks veteran for his service

WWII Veteran with his granddaughter

Important tips