The High
School House Project
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When this type
of project began back in the '70s, the kids built a house
that sold for approximately $33,000. Now they build houses
worth $220,000!
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| Video by Gary
Olsen |
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I take off my shoes to tour this new house? Not if you click one
of the buttons below and take a virtual tour of sorts through
the house that high schoolers built. As part of our integrated
vocational curriculum, building an actual house has been on the
agenda for several years with the exception of a few years where
interest rates were through the roof. Now, housing prices may
seem through the roof, but it's all relative to the current state
of the economy, land values, and the cost of similar new house
construction. This home is located in the growing Embassy West
subdivision on Dubuque's western edge off of Radford Road.The
address is essentially the end of Samantha Drive. You can't miss
the signs containing names and logos of those companies who helped
support the project. The house is located on a court where there
will be very little traffic other than that generated by those
who actually live on the street.
 The
house is really spectacular, particulary since it was decorated
by high school students studying under the guidence of Jan Mozena
(Senior). The trades students were under the direction of another
Senior instructor, Larry Cording.
So click
on this nearly 8-minute video clip and enjoy the show. And don't
forget your shoes when you leave. If you have difficulties downloading
and viewing the clip, read the instructions below, or better yet
(this is for DCSD teachers and staff) call your building's media
specialist and ask for help installing the appropriate software
on your machine. Links are listed below.
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Instructions
For Those Outside of Our School Network (The General Public)
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We are now providing a choice of RealPlayer applications for you to download
and install on your computer to enable you to view the video and audio
files. One is RealPlayer8 and the other is RealOne Player, which is an
excellent player with many new features. It's easy to install, so just
follow
the on-screen steps. You will be required to register with Real.com, but
these are free software applications (there are versions you can pay for
if you choose, but they are not necessary for basic viewing and listening).
Which
Player is Best for Me?
Of
the two types of free players available, RealPlayer 8 is the traditional
player that is free and will work beautifully to access Web based multimedia
files from our site. There is also a new player available, which is also
free, called RealONE. Either player will probably work for your operating
system. If your system is older (Windows 95, NT), however, you may want
to use the RealPlayer 8 software. If you are running a newer, faster system
like Windows 98, ME, XP, or 2000, go for the RealOne player.
Macintosh
Owners:
You
can get a RealPlayer for Macintosh, Visit Real.com
to download their free player options. Remember, look for the FREE players.
They are sometimes difficult to find on their Web site.
Oh, and one more
thing... sometimes when you click on a sound or video file in our Web
site with the RealPlayer installed, you get a little commercial window
that pops up on your desktop. It's annoying, but a small price to pay
for the privilege of having the free RealPlayer on your system. Just click
it off, and it will disappear.
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Instructions
For Machines on our School Network (Teachers and Staff)
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recommending (and IT is supporting) RealPlayer8.
This is for ALL computers on our network (in all school and administration
buildings throughout the District). This includes all Windows 2000 machines.
Click here to get the free player from
our network server. If you do not have administrative priveleges,
please call your building media specialist to help you. |
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