Fwd: FOR BAY AREA MIDDLE GRADES SCIENCE TEACHERS--LIMITED TIME OFFER

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From: Deb Hunt (dhunt@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Fri Oct 08 2004 - 12:06:34 PDT 

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Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 12:06:34 -0700
From: Deb Hunt <dhunt@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Fwd: FOR BAY AREA MIDDLE GRADES SCIENCE TEACHERS--LIMITED TIME OFFER

>Forwarding from Ted Kahn.

Deb
>***GREAT DEAL FOR BAY AREA MIDDLE GRADES SCIENCE TEACHERS (esp. grades 5-7)
>
>Thanks to a grant from the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, I am able to offer a
>wonderful deal for Bay Area middle grades science teachers. We are offering
>free registration for two online courses related to use of web-based
>museum and other informal science learning resources, as well as online
>collaboration tools or global project-based learning, through the Krause
>Center for Innovation (KCI) this Fall quarter. This opportunity is based
>on the Bay Area Science Education Collaboratory:
>
><http://www.designworlds.com/Hewlett/BA_ScienceCollab/index.html>.
>
>The Collaboratory is major growing web resource that has been co-designed
>by and for Bay Area middle school science teachers to provide easy access and
>complete alignment with CA science standards to the hundreds of millions of
>dollars of resources from several Bay Area science-technology and youth
>museums, all through a very teacher-friendly user interface. The current
>Collaboratory has content for 6th grade science
>
><http://www.designworlds.com/BA_collaboratory>
>
>but we will begin to fine and align content for the 7th grade, as well as
>5th and 8th grades, as well.
>
>SPECIAL DEAL THROUGH FOOTHILL COLLEGE FOR FALL, 2004:
>
>For the first 20 teachers who sign up, we can provide completely free
>registration fees and up to 3 units of CEU (continuing education units)
>for the following online courses offered by the Krasue Center for Innovation:
>
>LINC 228.01 Teaching science using web-based resources of Bay Area museums
>(required; 1 CEU unit)
>and either of the following:
>
>LINC 214.01W (1 unit) or LINC 214.02W (2 units): Using online collaboration
>tools for instructional planning and student projects
>
>OR
>
>LINC 224.01W (2 units): Global Project-Based Learning
>
>All course descriptions may be found at:
><http://www.foothill.edu/kci/linc/> (click on listing of classes)
>
>We will also be providing approximately $50 of free excellent resources
>for science teaching and Project-Based Learning with this special deal
>this Fall.
>
>HOW DO YOU SIGN UP?
>
>This is a limited time offer, as we have to get at least 20 teachers
>enrolled at Foothill and signed up for these courses within the next week,
>i.e., by
>OCTOBER 15.
>
>All you have to do is go to the Foothill web site at:
>
><http://www.foothill.edu>
>
>and register for enrollment...and
>then go to the KCI web site and register for the above courses (max of two
>courses, but you must register for LINC 228.01W) at:
>
><http://www.foothill.edu/kci/linc>...
>
>and then click on info to register for these
>courses. I will be teaching all three of these courses online--and this
>means you can participate when and where you want to. All you need is a
>computer with access to the web and a web browser (a fast connection, such
>as DSL or cable model, is desirable, but not essential).
>
>Please RSVP and let me know if you want to take advantage of this
>wonderful deal.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Ted M. Kahn, Ph.D.
>Adjunct Faculty, Foothill College, Krause Center for Innovation
>ted@designworlds.com
>
>P.S. Please forward to other teachers and colleagues who may be interested!
>
>
>**********************************************************************
>Ted M. Kahn, Ph.D.
>Senior Learning Scientist and
>National Director of Online Learning & Knowledge Management
>The Galef Institute:
>Different Ways of Knowing <http://www.differentways.org>
>ted@differentways.org
>
>President & CEO
>DesignWorlds for Learning, Inc. <http://www.designworlds.com>
>
>1116 Little John Way
>San Jose, CA 95129
>408.252.2285 Cell: 408.569.4875 Fax: 408.516.9920
>ted@designworlds.com
>
>• NMC Fellow: The New Media Consortium http://www.nmc.org
>
>• Founding Director, Bay Area Science Education Collaboratory:
><http://www.designworlds.com/Hewlett/BA_ScienceCollab/index.html>
>

Deborah Hunt
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