East Central Region

K-12 teachers are invited to join us this summer in learning about "Real Connections: Delivery Models and Enriched Content with Distance Learning". This two-day workshop will be conducted by videoconference in locations across the state on August 11–12, 2008. Participants have the option to attend one or both days.

The workshop will be conducted by videoconference at the following locations:
Cavalier High School
Berg Elementary, Dickinson
NDSU, Fargo
Minot Extension Center
Registration is on a first come, first serve basis. Workshop cost for both days is $80 or $60 for a single day payable to EduTech. One graduate credit is available upon completion of the two-workshop.Graduate credit cost is $65 payable to North Dakota State University. Lunch is on your own. Participants are encouraged to bring their laptops.

To register, get more information or for special accommodations, contact Kari Sauer at 800.804.8550 or kari.sauer@sendit.nodak.edu. Register through EduTech's online dashboard by August 1. Topics and more is available at Real Connections: Delivery Models & Enriched Content with Distance Learning .

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This online survey will help EduTech gain valuable feedback for videoconference programs used by K-12 schools during the 2007–2008 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 visit http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB227RRV9WVRD. Completion deadline is Wednesday, May 14th.

Survey results will be shared through EduTech's website and the various North Dakota education e-mail lists mid May.

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On Wednesday, April 9, [insert teacher’s name, science teacher and students from school here] was one of six North Dakota classrooms to participate in a live interactive total knee replacement surgery by videoconference with Ohio Surgical Suite at Mount Carmel East Hospital in Columbus. This event was coordinated by EduTech and COSI Science Center of Columbus, Ohio.

 

 

Surgical Suite is a multi-point program that connects up to 5 or 6 schools at one time, including an audience at COSI for groups and individuals. Students from each video location across North Dakota had an opportunity to watch and ask questions of the surgeon and medical personnel during the surgery using a round robin, facilitated format.

Prior to the surgery each teacher received a kit of materials to conduct pre- and post-visit activities, along with booklets for the students to use during the program.

Participating North Dakota Schools included Beulah, Bottineau, Elgin, Glenburn, Jamestown and Tioga High Schools. Schools were selected on a first come, first serve basis. Other out of state participants included Shadyside High School in Ohio, Kempner High School and MacArthur High School in Texas and Picture Butte High School in Alberta, Canada.

Conference technical services and facilitation of the live total knee surgery in North Dakota was provided through the collaborative efforts of the Information Technology Department (ITD) and EduTech Education Technology Services.

For more information on COSI programming visit http://www.cosi.org/ or contact Kari Sauer at EduTech 1.800.804.8550.

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K-12 teachers are invited to join us this summer in learning about "Real Connections: Delivery Models and Enriched Content with Distance Learning". This two-day workshop will be conducted by videoconference in locations across the state on August 11–12, 2008. Participants have the option to attend one or both days.

The workshop will be conducted by videoconference at the following locations:
• Cavalier High School
• Berg Elementary, Dickinson
• NDSU, Fargo
• Minot Extension Center
Registration is on a first come, first serve basis. Workshop cost for both days is $80 or $60 for a single day payable to EduTech. Graduate credit is available upon completion of workshop. Graduate credit cost is $65 payable to North Dakota State University. Lunch is on your own. Participants are encouraged to bring their laptops.

To register, get more information or for special accommodations, contact Kari Sauer at 800.804.8550 or kari.sauer@sendit.nodak.edu. Register through EduTech's online dashboard by August 1. Topics and more is available at Real Connections: Delivery Models & Enriched Content with Distance Learning .

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As teachers are creating more of their own flipcharts, this question often comes up, "When creating flipcharts in ActivStudio, how do I add some of my favorite images from the shared library into my library?"

Here is the process if using a PC:
1. Open the Shared Resource library and drag the image/resource out onto your flipchart area.
2. Open My Resource Library and drag it into the area where the thumbnail would appear. You should now see that image/resource in your library.

For MAC users:
1. Pull a shared image/resource from Shared Images out onto your flipchart area.
2. Open My Images. Click on image and drag on the Hand icon to move it to My Images.

I would recommend setting up folders in your library before moving images/resources to it.

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FIRST - FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The FIRST Robotics Competition challenges teams of young people and their mentors to solve a common problem in a six-week timeframe using a standard "kit of parts" and a common set of rules. Teams build robots from the parts and enter them in a series of competitions designed by a committee of engineers and other professionals. In 1992, the first robotics competition was held in a New Hampshire high school gym, with 28 teams participating in the game, "Maize Craze." Now, the competition involves more than 1,300 teams competing in more than 40 Regional Events, and The Championship held at the Georgia Dome and World Congress Center in Atlanta where more than 8,500 high-school-aged young people participate.
View the web stream on March 27-29 and cheer on our North Dakota teams!

North Dakota schools with teams include:
Hatton-Northwood, Mayville-Portland-CG, Rugby, Cando and Minot

You can view the web stream and find out more about the competition at the Minneapolis Regional site.

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Continue reading "North Dakota's K-12 Participation in Read Around the Planet is on the Rise!" »

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