Online professional development that meets your needs!

Schedule for Fall 2010 Session of OPEN NH courses

Fall 2010 Courses

Online Course Session Dates:  October 5 – November 23

Registration is open.  Last date to register is 9/29.  After this date,please call Stan at 271-5132.
Notification of low enrollment will be posted on this blog posting on or before September 30.

New Orientation Meetings for Fall 2010 session.

Chester
Chester Academy www.chesteracademy.org/
22 Murphy Drive, Chester, NH 03036                  603.887.3621
Susan Kessler           SusanK at chesteracademy.org          
Fall 2010: Tuesday, October 5, 2010 from 4:00 to 5:30  Rescheduled from yesterday,  Sorry!

Rochester
Spaulding High School www.rochesterschools.com/shs
130 Wakefield Street, Rochester, NH 03867                  603.332.0757
Gale Cossette           Gale at cesne.net      
Fall 2010: Tuesday, October 5, 2010 from 4:00 to 6:00

Courses Offered  UPDATE: Tuesday, October 5, 2010

There are three additional courses that will be running in a special session beginning on October 13 and continuing through  November 30th.

You can sign up or switch into any of these, but they are on a delayed session schedule.

MA-07  Algebraic Thinking in the Elementary School
MA-08 Promoting Mathematical Discourse in Grades K-4
BP-14  Universal Design: Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century

These courses will be RUNNING this session:

*BP-01 Creating and Using Meaningful Rubrics that Assess Student Work
*BP-10 Facilitating an OPEN NH Online Professional Development Course
*BP-04 Using Differentiated Instruction Effectively in the Classroom
CE-01 Designing a Virtual Field Trip for the Elementary Classroom
SE-03 Special Students in Regular Classrooms: Technology, Teaching, and Universal Design

These courses have been CANCELED  for this session:

*BP-05 Understanding the Follow the Child Philosophy
*BP-15 Becoming an Actively Engaged Mentee
*CE-02 Engaging K-12 Students with Digital Portfolios
EC-01 Creating a Language-Rich Environment
EC-02 Early Childhood Book Reading Practices New!
LA-03 Differentiating Instruction to Accommodate Learning Styles in Language Arts
LA-08 Strategies and Tools for Teaching the Writing Process
MA-01 Getting Ready for Algebra by Using Virtual Manipulatives
*HE-01 Teaching HIV/Aids in the 21st Century Classroom
*LT-05 Accommodating ESOL/ESL Students in the Classroom
LT-03 Supporting Literacy Development in Upper Elementary Classrooms
MA-07 Algebraic Models for Teaching in the Elementary School
MA-08 Proportional Reasoning
SC-03 Transforming the Classroom with Project Based Learning in Science
SS-01 Transforming the Classroom with Project Based Learning in Social Studies
*SC-05 Matter and Energy: Basic Concepts of Science Literacy 1
*SS-05 Teaching American History Using Primary Sources and Internet Resources

Next Generation Learning Challenges Webinar Series

iNACOL announces a new webinar series in September-October for the Next Generation Learning Challenges initiative this fall.

Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) is a new effort to identify and scale technology-enabled approaches that dramatically improve college readiness and completion. With funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the initiative will be led by EDUCAUSE, in partnership with the League for Innovation in the Community Colleges, the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL), and the Council of Chief State School Officers. NGLC will provide grant funding, build evidence, and develop an active community committed to addressing how learning technologies can scale to overcome these persistent educational challenges.

To prepare for the launch of the grant program this fall, iNACOL invites you to participate in a “Back to Campus” series of webinars focusing on the underlying challenges in college readiness and completion and the role of technology as an enabler of change.

The Webinar Series will provide background discussions on topics relevant to the upcoming Next Generation Learning Challenges grant program, so interested parties may get different perspectives framing these important issues in learning technologies that span across K-20.

Topic: Benefitting From Scale in Education Innovation
Speaker: Bror Saxberg, Chief Learning Officer, Kaplan
Date: September 10, 2010
Time: 12:00 noon ET

Topic: Scaling Blended Learning
Speakers: Joel Hartman, Vice Provost and CIO, and Charles Dzuiban, Director, Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness, University of Central Florida
Date: September 14, 2010
Time: 4:00 p.m. ET

Topic: Deeper Learning and Engagement
Speakers: Bryan Alexander, Director of Research, National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE)
Date: September 21, 2010
Time: 2:00 p.m. ET

Topic: Open Educational Resources
Speakers: David Wiley, Associate Professor, Instructional Psychology and Technology, Brigham Young University
Date: October 6, 2010
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET

Topic: The Future of Assessment and Learning

Speaker: Valerie Shute, Associate Professor, Educational Psychology and Learning Systems, Florida State University

Date: October 1, 2010

Time: 3:00 p.m. ET (2:00 p.m. CT, 1:00 p.m. MT, 12:00 noon PT)

How to Join the Webinars

Each webcast will be hosted by Educause inside an Adobe Connect webconferencing room at http://educause.acrobat.com/nglc. To join, simply enter the URL and select “Enter as a Guest,” type in your name and affiliation (e.g., John Doe, University of Idaho), and click “Enter Room.”

Once inside the room, audio will be provided through your computer speakers and presentation slides will advance on your screen. You can interact with fellow attendees and presenters using the chat feature inside the room.

Each web seminar is free and open to all, but virtual seats are limited. Attendance is first come, first served. Each session will be recorded and archived for later viewing.

Technical Requirements

Whether you’ve participated in an NGLC online event before or you’re joining us for the first time, please run the Adobe Acrobat Connect Connection Test before the event. View the Adobe Connect technical requirements.

Note: If you experience difficulties during the web seminar, you can listen to the audio via a toll-free conference call line at 877-944-2300, access code 99269#.

For more information, please visit: http://nextgenlearning.com/news/upcoming-events/articles/upcoming-events.