Lunar Rover Simulator
November 12th, 2009
Lunar Rover SIM available for free, both PC and Mac versions. Based on data and file footage of NASA’s Constellation Program. Enables user to drive the Lunar Electric Rover (LER) around on the moon.
Tags: Electric, Lunar, Rover, SIM, Simulator, Space
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Greetings
July 9th, 2009
Hello, I’m Paul Jensen, EduTech’s Information Technology Specialist for K12 schools in SE North Dakota. As a science teacher and technology coordinator I was always on the lookout for new ways to engage students in the learning process. Technology, used correctly, can be a great tool to enable engaged learning. Please feel free to contact me for technology training needs in your school district. I look forward to serving southeast North Dakota schools. pj
Tags: engage, learning, training
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1,2,3 Jazz Videoconference Event
May 5th, 2009
Are you looking for awesome summer professional development?
Join leaders in K-12 videoconferencing to learn structures and templates for student projects and collaborations. This class is team taught with VC colleagues in California, New York, Ohio, and across Texas. Guest speakers each day will share additional engaging uses of videoconferencing. Team up with another teacher to create a VC project for next year. Along the way, learn about and use other collaborative technologies such as blogs, wikis, Flickr, Moodle, Google Docs, Google Spreadsheets, Skype, Twitter, FaceBook, Second Life, Blackboard and more!
Details
Dates: July 27-31st, 2009
Time: 8:00 am-3:00 pm
Cost: $300 per teacher plus grad credit
Location: Devils Lake School for Deaf in Devils Lake, ND
Graduate Credit: 2 Hours of Graduate Credit will be available through NDSU ($75 per credit)
Tentative Outline
Monday: What is videoconferencing? Meet your VC colleagues. Learn about VC project possibilities. Exchange Projects (Read Across America, Monster Exchange)
Tuesday: Academic Challenges. Math Marvels. Testimonials from teachers who have used VC. Group project time. Blackboard
Wednesday: MysteryQuest. Problem solving multi-point videoconferences. Racial dialogues. Group project time. Author visit. Create-your-own-content. Global videoconferencing. Blackboard.
Thursday: Literature based videoconferences such as ASK (Author Specialist Knowledge). VC Etiquette. Group project time.
Friday: Group project time. Group presentations.
Want more information? Visit Jazz09.
Registration deadline is June 30th.
Space is limited and we want to fill this workshop. So register ASAP!
Register or receive more information by contacting Tabitha Lang at tabitha.lang@sendit.nodak.edu
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ND Teacher Favorites Survey
April 21st, 2009
Educators are invited to participate in EduTech’s second annual “North Dakota Teacher Favorites” Survey.
This online survey will help EduTech gain valuable feedback for videoconference programs used by K-12 schools during the 2008–2009 school year. Responses given will provide useful information about the various types of programming and content providers schools across the state are using and to improve planning and implementation.
To complete the online survey by Wednesday, May 13th.
Survey results will be shared through EduTech’s website and the various North Dakota education e-mail lists mid May.
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Need Professional Development 4 Free?
February 24th, 2009
FETC has a free online conference April 23rd, 2009. Check out this virtual conference and Expo. The live keynote is Dr. Steven Paine, State Superintendent of West Virginia Department of Education.
Tags: Announcements
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Internet Safety Resources
November 6th, 2007
Sometimes adults feel like they don’t know quite as much as their children do about the Internet. These resources will help concerned parents, guardians, grandparents, teachers, or friends to better understand the opportunities and challenges children face online. It is more beneficial to help build children’s confidence while working online so they are better equipped to respond to dangerous situations than to simply tell them to avoid “strangers” they may meet.
Online Resources:
http://www.isafe.org/
http://www.netsmartz.org/
http://www.safekids.com/
http://safeteens.com/
http://www.staysafeonline.info/index.html
http://onguardonline.gov/index.html
http://www.netlingo.com/index.cfm
http://www.cyberbullying.us/resources.php
http://www.stopcyberbullying.org/index2.html
i-Safe’s online training course http://www.edutech.nodak.edu/training/i-safe_i-learn_online_course_f/
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