Monday, September 29, 2008

Christa McAuliffe conference

As far as I am concerned, two yearly events periodically shake up the educational technology landscape inNew England: the Christa McAuliffe Conference and the Building Learning Communities conference by Allan November. The McAuliffe Conference is coming up in early December, I will be attending the Tuesday sessions, starting with David Walick's keynote. Walick conveys a broad vision of education, redefined by the use of new information tools.

Anybody interested to tag along, let me know. Jude

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Quality Online Professional Development w/graduate credits

Lots of New Hampshire educators have participated in courses offered by the New Hampshire e-Learning for Educators program (otherwise known as OPEN NH). And they usually say, “this is the best deal in town!” because the courses cost only $100 with an option for graduate credits through Plymouth State. In seven weeks you can earn 3 graduate credits and network with other educators all across the state on topics that interest you.
You can still register for courses beginning October 7 and ending November 25. Fall 2008 courses include:
BP-01 Creating and Using Meaningful Rubrics that Assess Student Work
BP-06 School Policies for 21st Century Learning
CE-05 Developing Competencies for High School Courses
LA-03 Differentiating Instruction to Accommodate Learning Styles in Language Arts
LT-03 Supporting Literacy Development in Upper Elementary Classrooms
LT-04 Helping Struggling Readers Improve Comprehension
LT-05 Accommodating ESOL/ESL Students in the Classroom
MA-04 Using Real Data in the Math Classroom
SC-01 Inquiry in the Science Classroom Using Internet Based Data Sources
SC-05 Matter and Energy: Understanding Some Basic Principles of Science Literacy
SC-10 Understanding Force and Motion
SS-04 Differentiating Instruction to Accommodate Learning Styles in Social Studies
(From the NH OET Blog)

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Start the year with a bang...

...By exploring David Warlick' Landmarks for Schools website. This Web site is dedicated to the idea that the very nature of information is changing, practically before our eyes. It is changing in what it looks like, where we find it, what we look at to view it, what we can do with it, and how we communicate it. Here you will find information and tools that redefine literacy for the 21st Century. Jude