[hana-flv-player video=”http://www.eschoolnews.com/files/2011/09/shannon_m_9750ef377ec14fc18d7a2043d4ddf858.flv” width=”400″ height=”330″ description=”Shannon Miller, District Teacher Librarian at Van Meter School in Van Meter, IA, talks about the ‘magic’ of Van Meter, with the strong introduction of social media that is a backbone of communication among the school community and also out into the world. They also have a leading edge virtual reality program where students are doing some cutting edge work such as modeling a wind tunnel. The VR program is unique in that it is totally student led and run.” player=”3″ autoload=”true” autoplay=”true” loop=”false” autorewind=”true” /]