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June_2008

 

 Nortel LearniT Logo          NewsJune 2008
 IN THIS ISSUE
 
  • Learning Across Borders
  • Training Opportunities
  • Guides to Learning
  • Featured Lesson Plan
  • NASA Educator Webchat
    • Summer gives you some extra time to find new projects for your students and to develop new skills for yourself. From discovering how your students can learn through a virtual international exchange project to attending an exciting professional development workshop Nortel LearniT can help. To give you specific ideas, we've got a great new lesson plan to use, you can build your digital skills from one of our guide sheets or you can hear from NASA educators about their newest resources. Talk about summertime fun, here it is!

     

     International Exchange

     

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    21st century learning involves helping students understand the global world we live in. Learning Across Borders is an exciting new project created by volunteer Nortel LearniT Ambassadors that can be easily replicated in your classrooms or informal learning settings.  Consider opening the door to a whole new world for your students.

     

      Professional Development

     

     

    Looking for an exciting way to spend a few days this summer? Consider these two 21st century workshops; Constructing Modern Knowledge will focus on creating computer rich learning adventures for creative educators and Passport to the Future Teacher Workshop will explore eTeaching for STEM subjects.

     

     Tip of the Month

     

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    Summer is here and it's a great time to play with bits and bytes! A fun and easy way to hone your digital skills is through your own hands-on projects. Check out some great ideas and step-by-step instructions to follow for an activity that will be a sure hit with your students back in the classroom come Fall.

     

     Featured Lesson Plan

     

     

    Who Am I? It's a great question to get your students using data like the professionals on CSI do to solve a mystery. This new lesson plan can be used in almost any group and weaves the use of technology into the hands-on investigation your kids will love doing. This activity can be used with a variety of tech tools, none are absolutely required, and can be easily done with the One Laptop Per Child XO device. You'll be amazed at how motivated your students will be.

     

     Listen, Watch and Learn...

     

     

                           Join the educators behind the newest NASA / NIA effort, Discovery Now, which will be highlighted in this month's NIA-Nortel LearniT Web Chat on Thursday June 26 at 4:00 PM EDT. Click to join and enter conference code learnit.
    Missed last months' Web Chat? Visit past Chats at: http://nortellearnit.org/news/Web_Chat_Archive/

     

      Engage. Learn. Inspire.
     
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