Kids and Baseball: A Perfect Match



Ozzie Smith and the New York Mutuals Compete at Cooperstown (in a Ball State University online vintage ballgame)

by Hank Nuwer

Can a baseball diamond ever take the place of a classroom?  You bet!
    That is exactly what happens each year as Ball State University’s
Insite Distance Learning professionals team up with the National Baseball Hall of Fame to put on exciting live presentations
in North American classrooms for an estimated 15 million students to enjoy and to learn from.
    In the past, students have enjoyed presentations in such areas as math and science beamed into their classrooms directly
from the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. They learned why a curve ball curves when a pitcher throws it, for example.

  




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   The fantastic kids and their teacher: San Diego (Photo by Hank Nuwer)  



Roll 'em: Ball State's virtual classroom includes a spot with Ozzie Smith and the Mutuals Eric Miklich showing
how vintage baseballs were tossed submarine style. Top pix by Hank Nuwer; bottom courtesy Hall of Fame.

Posted by Hank Nuwer (Henry Nuwer)

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