DPI Instructional Services: Information Skills

Lois Lenski Covey Foundation Grants

Lois Lenski, the 1946 Newbery medalist for Strawberry Girl, had a life-long concern that good books be available to all children. The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation annually awards grants to both rural and urban public and school libraries for purchasing books for at-risk children, and gives priority to applications from libraries with limited book budgets. The application deadline is September 15....

http://www.loislenskicovey.org/

Gerry Solomon, School Library Media Consultant
Instructional Technology Section
K-12 Curriculum, Instruction and Technology Division
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
6364 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
Raleigh, NC 27699-6364
(v) 919/807-3286
(fax) 919/807-3290
http://www.ncwiseowl.org/Impact/div_it/

The Verizon Foundation Accepts Proposals for Literacy

The Verizon Foundation is now accepting proposals from
eligible institutions for literacy grants. All 501(c)3
institutions, including public and private elementary and
secondary schools that are registered with the National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES), are eligible to
apply. The deadline to apply is November 1, 2008.

For more information visit:
http://foundation.verizon.com/grant/guidelines.shtml

Gerry Solomon, School Library Media Consultant
Instructional Technology Section
K-12 Curriculum, Instruction and Technology Division
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
6364 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
Raleigh, NC 27699-6364
(v) 919/807-3286
(fax) 919/807-3290
http://www.ncwiseowl.org/Impact/div_it/

Mini-grant Program for Public Schools and Public Libraries

The Ezra Jack Keats Mini-grant Program for Public Schools and
Public Libraries supports educators, parents, and children
in their efforts to spread literacy and love of learning.
To be eligible, the public schools and libraries must be
anywhere in the U.S. or its protectorates. The maximum
award amount is $500, and the deadline to apply is
September 15, 2008.

For more information on the mini-grants visit:
http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/programs/minigrant.html
...from AASL Hotlinks - July 2008:

Gerry Solomon, School Library Media Consultant
Instructional Technology Section
K-12 Curriculum, Instruction and Technology Division
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
6364 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
Raleigh, NC 27699-6364
(v) 919/807-3286
(fax) 919/807-3290
http://www.ncwiseowl.org/Impact/div_it/

Links to Fun Global Games From World View

Global Updates From World View
June 2008

Keep your mind sharp and thinking globally this summer by challenging
yourself to a quiz, game, or other online activity. The following
/Global Update/ is a combination of game and quiz sites recommended by
My Wonderful World, as well as games produced by National Geographic,
the United Nations, the European Union, and more. Fun for all ages!

**/ Recommendations from My Wonderful World:/* *www.mywonderfulworld.org

]]> *Africa** for Kids*
Follow Femi from Nigeria and play a thumb piano, make a mask, hear a
Swahili folktale, and more in this PBS site. pbskids.org/africa/

* Chimp Challenge*
Can you learn the social reactions needed to survive in a troop of
chimps?
www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/mammals/challenges/flash/chimp_challenge.shtml

* **Fin, Fur, and Feather Bureau of Investigation *
Join animal agents and take part in interactive spy stories. Plus, try
your hand at a world trivia game, listen to radio dramas, and more.
www.fffbi.com/

* GeoBee Challenge *
Think you have what it takes to be a geography whiz? Test yourself with
questions from the National Geographic Bee. Come back every day for five
new questions and another chance to beat the Bee!
www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee
**

* GeoNet
* Choose a map, then answer questions to make your way across the world.
www.eduplace.com/geonet/

* GeoSpy Game*
How many countries can you pinpoint on a map? How about continents?
You've got just a few seconds to find as many places as you can.
www.nationalgeographic.com/geospy

* Global Groove*
Global Groove is a / Sesame Street/ jukebox with musical styles,
rhythms, instruments and heritages from around the world.
www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/music/zone/groove/

* Global Grover Grooves*
Choose dance steps for /Sesame Street/'s Grover and watch him shake his
caboose to music from around the world.
pbskids.org/sesame/grover/index.html

* Greetings from Grover
* Travel with Grover to foreign countries and send a postcard home.
www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/games/flash.php?contentId=8473866
**

* Maps.com*
Help aliens reach their global destinations, race to name U.S. state
capitals, try your hand at a geography crossword puzzle, and more.
www.maps.com/games

* Maps Games*
Pick your level and see how much you know!
sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm

*National Geographic Kids*
Cartoons, interactive adventures, funny fill-ins, and much more
www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/

* Ocean Games*
Explore the deep in a sub, travel aboard an icebreaker, and head to sea
as a fish in these rich games from BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet/games.shtml

* Snuffy's Safari*
Travel with Snuffy to the jungle, the ocean, and the Arctic .
www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/games/flash.php?contentId=11944623

* SuperVolcano**
* As the newly appointed chief of the Emergency Management Agency for
Bluebear County , it's your job to handle an eruption of the fictional
Mount Spur . Are you up to it?
www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/supervolcano/game.shtml

* Survey of Geographic Literacy: Test Your Global IQ
*A recent survey of young Americans showed that many are missing the
basics of geography. How do you measure up? Test your Global IQ by
answering sample questions from the National Geographic-Roper poll.
www.nationalgeographic.com/roper2006/

* Survival Zone*
Can you survive in different habitats? You've got only your foxy wiles
to help you.
www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/mammals/challenges/flash/grassland.shtml

* **What on Earth?*
A game of Earth trivia from NASA.
gaia.hq.nasa.gov/quiz/quiz_start-template.cfm

* **/From the European Union's EuropaGO:/**
*europa.eu/europago/welcome.jsp

Explore Europe and the European Union through the EU's site for kids,
EuropaGO. Play these games and take quizzes to learn about the people,
cultures, languages, the countryside and cities, flags, and music and
much more of European countries and their history over time. EuropaGO
has also introduced a new /Euro Kids' Corner
/
for students to learn more about the euro.** Games include:

* **Coins and countries**
* Which country does each euro-coin design come from? Think fast, react
quickly.

* **Banknote puzzle**
* Put together the pieces of each euro banknote.

* **Dive and count**
* Can you add up? And are you a great diver?

* **Euro quiz**
* Test your knowledge of the euro. Can you make it to the EUR500 question?

* **Time Traveller**
*You've ended up in the Stone Age! Travel through the perilous ages and
collect the right currencies to warp back to the present.

*/From the UN's CyberSchoolBus:/* www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/

* Against All Odds*
This interactive online game was created by UNHCR
to increase
students' awareness and knowledge about refugee situations by putting
players in the position of a refugee. www.playagainstallodds.com/

*Child Soldiers WebQuest
*There are more than 250,000 children in armed conflict - some are as
young as 7 years old! Go on the WebQuest, and help answer its big
question: What should be done about child soldiers?
cyberschoolbus.un.org/childsoldiers/webquest/

*Flag Tag*
Do you know lots of flags? Tag the right one! Test yourself.
www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/flagtag

*Food Force *
Play this popular video game on world hunger. Six different missions.
www.food-force.com/

* **Health Game *
An interactive and entertaining way to learn about your health. A fun
quiz for use with CyberSchoolBus' Health Teaching Unit.
www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/qui.html

* **Quick Questions *
A set of geography questions and answers for classroom use. These are
based on Country at a Glance
, which
can be used by students to find the correct answer.
www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/quick/index.asp

*Stop Disasters*
Learn how to respond to different disasters in this new simulation video
game from UN/ISDR . www.stopdisastersgame.org/

* **Urban Fact Game*
A creative, colorful, and highly interactive on-line quiz. What do you
know about cities and population? Find out.
www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/qui.html

*Water Quiz*
Discover fascinating facts about everyone's favorite liquid.
www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/waterquiz/waterquiz4/index.asp

*/Other Great Sites:/*

* Africa** Puzzle*
Test your knowledge of African geography. Africa puzzle map with choice
of difficulty level. www.schoolnet.na/games/map/africa.html
**

* **Holidays around the World Quiz, from World View
*Volume 1: www.unc.edu/world/Global%20Updates%202005/Nov_Dec/Dec05.htm
Volume
2:
www.unc.edu/world/Global_Updates_2007/November_December/December_07.htm

* **Panwapa from ** Sesame Street*
Panwapa World features an interactive globe that children explore to
meet and visit Panwapa Kids from around the world. Activities include:
creating your own Panwapa Kid, Home, and Flags; collecting Panwapa
Cards; searching for Panwapa Kids based on similarities and differences;
and playing Treasure Hunt games. www.panwapa.org

*Peace Corps Challenge
*Become a "virtual" Peace Corps Volunteer working in the fictional
village of Wanzuzu . www.peacecorps.gov/kids/?cid=wwsgame

*Quizzes, Crosswords, and other Games : Test Your Geography Genius
* Be a geography genius! Check your knowledge with our most intriguing
geography quizzes, and crosswords.
www.factmonster.com/spot/99geography1.html#quiz

Do you have information to share?

Do you have information that you would like to share with other
educators across the state? You are welcome to submit interesting global
education programs that are going on in your schools, announcements
about global education seminars, new resources that others might find
interesting, etc. Please email Julie at jmarante@email.unc.edu
with your "update-worthy" items!

NBC News Launches Free Online Learning Community

NBC has launched a free, collaborative learning community for students ages 13 and up that incorporates gaming, discussion, and video resources in a safe online environment. Created by NBC Learn, the educational arm of NBC News, the site name--iCUE-- stands for Immerse, Connect, Understand, and Excel. Its learning platform uses a patented technology, based on research from the MIT Education Arcade, called the CueCard; its a combination media player, flash card, note-taking tool, and trading card. This "flip-card" technology allows users to warch streaming videos from NBC News and then "flip" the CueCard over for additional information. Users can "snag" CueCards and store them in personal resource libraries or CueCard "stacks"), customize them using the "jot" feature to writer thoughts and opinions, and exchange comments about content with their icue friends. MIT is conducting a study to find out how iCue can help students learn and build critical thinking skills and 21st century communications skills. The websites launch has a politically themed collection of games and activities highlighting the 2008 presidential race. A U.S. History course has been added and is operational. Over the summer U. S. government and politics, and English language and composition will be added. All content is aligned with the education standards for Advanced Placement courses..from June 2008 eSchool News

School Library Collection Grants Adwardees

To see the recipients of this year's School Library Collection Grants, go to the following link:

http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/lsta/Awardslist08-09.htm#SLCD

Gerry Solomon, School Library Media Consultant
Instructional Technology Section
K-12 Curriculum, Instruction and Technology Division
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

Curriculum Pathways Special Offer for NC Educators

We want to let you know how much North Carolina's continued support of Curriculum Pathways is appreciated here at SAS. In recognition of that support, we are offering North Carolina teachers (English, social studies, science, math, and Spanish, grades 8-12) the opportunity to participate in our online professional-development course, beginning October 6 (and ending November 14). We will waive our standard course fee ($300) for all participating teachers (number of seats will be capped at 100).

]]> Curriculum Pathways® OPD (Online Professional Development) is an asynchronous course, conducted online over 6 weeks. It incorporates a variety of assignments: working through resources as students, evaluating instruction, implementing lessons in the classroom, participating in cooperative learning activities and online discussions, and creating portfolio artifacts (capstone project). Teachers completing the course are provided with documentation to facilitate the receipt of renewal credits (3.0 CEUs).
We have found this online professional-development course to have a greater impact on teachers and their instructional practices when:

· there is school-level administrative and technical support for this initiative

· multiple teachers from the same school enroll so they can share experiences in and out of the course

· teachers recognize the course does require an investment of time (approximately 5-6 hours per week)-although asynchronous, completion of assignments and participation in discussions need to occur over designated time periods-these discussions are a critical component of online instruction
Curriculum Pathways® OPD appeals to teachers who desire a program that provides:

learning in context - instructional experiences that relate to their content and student needs

· flexible learning - anytime, anyplace - asynchronous instruction that can be completed at appropriate and convenient times

· peer-to-peer interaction - teachers discuss pedagogy and content, working with-and learning from-each other

· time to try - teachers apply what they are learning to the classroom and get support and feedback along the way

· credit - documentation that can be used to obtain CEUs is awarded for completion of coursework

· a model - an instructional model that integrates technology and can be used repeatedly in the classroom
Participating teachers should be willing to serve as instructional resources for other teachers at their schools who want to use Curriculum Pathways with their students.
If you (or teachers with whom you work) wish to enroll in the course, please e-mail Deborah.Gray@sas.com at your earliest convenience (but no later than June 30) and provide her with each teacher's name, e-mail address, school name, and subject area. We will select teachers from the list of potential participants based on their location and the disciplines they teach.
Participant selections will be announced after July 1. Selected teachers will receive registration information at that time.
If you have any questions, please contact the professional development coordinator for SAS® Curriculum Pathways®:
Deborah Gray
Deborah.Gray@sas.com
Direct: 919-531-3268
Toll Free: 888-760-2515 x. 13268
Thank you for your consideration of this professional-development opportunity.
Best regards.
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Respectfully,
Amy A. Anderson, M.A.Ed., M.S.
SAS ▪ Education Practice
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"Censorship in Schools and Libraries" Exhibit

"Censorship in Schools and Libraries" exhibit available for Banned Books
Week - September 27 - October 4, 2008.

The Long Island Coalition Against Censorship is an association of 22
educational and community organizations (16 are public libraries and
professional library organizations). The purpose of the Coalition is to
defend challenges to the First Amendment rights of public and school
libraries when there are efforts by individuals or groups to censor
books and other materials

]]> In planning an exhibit for Banned Books Week in the fall or at another
time in 2008-2009, you might wish to consider displaying the new edition
of our exhibit, “Censorship in Schools and Libraries.”

The exhibit presents 32 illustrations of censorship each one
approximately 11" x 14" with accompanying text that is 11" x 14." The
history of censorship in public libraries and schools highlights
incidents of censorship that have occurred nationally during the last
150 years. Included are descriptions of the censorship of Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn, In the Night Kitchen, The Catcher in the Rye, and the
novels of Judy Blume and Chris Crutcher. The censorship of Susan
Patron’s novel, The Higher Power of Lucky, which was awarded the
Newberry Prize in 1997 is in the new edition. U.S. Supreme Court
decisions (including the landmark school case in the Island Trees School
District) and lower court decisions are an integral part of the exhibit.

The 2008 edition includes efforts to censor the popular Harry
Potter’s children's books (Harry Potter books were burned in
Alamogordo, New Mexico). Besides new cases, there is an update of
censorship incidents in libraries and classrooms that have occurred
since 1990. Quality copies have been reproduced which may be readily
presented on posters or bulletin boards in your library or classroom and
then retained by you as a reference source. If your space is limited, we
suggest that you rotate the incidents of censorship during the time the
exhibit is on display. Excerpts from the exhibit are on our web site
www.the-licac.org. Click on Exhibits, "Censorship in Schools and
Libraries" (for a description of the exhibit) and then Selected Cases.
You may order the exhibit by e-mail or sending a purchase order to the
LI Coalition Against Censorship, PO Box 296, Port Washington, N.Y.
11050. The cost of the exhibit including mailing charges is $40.00
postpaid by check. If you need further information our e-mail address is
coalcen1@verizon.net or call (516) 944-9799.

Donald Parker, Co-coordinator, LI Coalition Against Censorship

Gerry Solomon, School Library Media Consultant
Instructional Technology Section
K-12 Curriculum, Instruction and Technology Division
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

Support for AASL Learning Standards

AASL has released an initial draft of its document that is designed to
support the new learning standards released in October 2007. This first
draft addresses only Standard 1 at grades 2, 5, 8, 10 and 12+. The
committee is seeking your reactions to the format and content and will
accept feedback from AASL members. E-mail comments to
StandardsInAction@ala.org, with “Comments” in the subject line,
before June 6, 2008.

http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/standardsinaction/standardsinaction.cfm

Library Practices and Student Acievement Survey

Old Dominion University has received a grant from the Institute of Museum
and Library Services (IMLS) to investigate library practices and student
achievement. We believe that our study will be one of the first of its
kind in the field, since we are looking at student level data. The link
below is to a short survey about some of the elements we think might
contribute to student achievement. We hope that you will take a few
minutes of your time to complete the survey. As you open it, you will
see more information about what we are doing with this research study. I
hope you will be a part of it.

Survey

Gail K. Dickinson, Associate Professor
249-6 Dept of Educational Curriculum and Instruction
Darden College of Education
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529
gdickins@odu.edu
757-683-6683

Gerry Solomon, School Library Media Consultant
NC Department of Public Instruction
Instructional Technology Division

Workshop Opportunities for Teachers

The North Carolina Museum of Art has an upcoming teacher workshop
about young adult literature and art that is of special interest to middle school language arts and visual art teachers. The information appears below. Please let me know if you have any questions. Jill Taylor, Teacher Programs
Identity: Connecting themes from Young Adult Literature and Art

]]> Saturday, April 12 | 9:30 am-noon
$18, $16 Educator members
Partial credit .25 CEU
Register on-line
or
call (919) 664-6748

How are issues of identity and the coming of age experiences of teens
reflected in young adult literature and art? Find possible answers by
comparing works of art with selected passages from young adult novels.
Geared toward art and language arts teachers, grades 5 and up.

Teacher workshops web page:
http://ncartmuseum.org/education/workshop.shtml

Jill Taylor, Educator

Education Department
North Carolina Museum of Art
jtaylor@ncmamail.dcr.state.nc.us

(919) 664-6748

ArtNC www.ncartmuseum.org/artnc
Explore new worlds, break boundaries, and bring creativity into your
classroom!

Opportunity to Promote Your Media Program

AASL is helping you promote your media program with activities, ideas, and PSAs on their Web site. You will find information and links at:

http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslissues/aasladvocacy/schoollibrary.cfm

National Library Week is April 13-19, 2008. More information is available on the ALA site at:

http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/natlibraryweek/nlw.cfm

Gerry Solomon, School Library Media Consultant

2007-08 Career Enrichment Program

The State Library is pleased to announce that applications for Cycle 3 of the 2007-08 Career Enrichment Program are now being accepted. The program, supported by federal Library Service and Technology Act (LSTA) grant funds and endorsed by the LSTA Advisory Committee, provides funds for professional and paraprofessional library staff to attend pre-selected conferences. The conferences are grouped into three cycles (based on how they fall in the calendar year) with separate application deadlines for each cycle.

]]> Cycle 3 includes the following conferences:

Special Libraries Association Annual Conference (SLA), Seattle, WA, 06/15-06/18/08
American Library Association Annual Conference (ALA), Anaheim, CA, 06/26-07/2/08
American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), Portland, OR, 07/12-07/16/08

Grant requests must be at least $300 and may not exceed $1,000, and a 10% match is required. First-time attendees will receive priority for funding. The total amount available for award in 2007-08 is $75,000.

Additional information and the online application form for Cycle 3 are available at http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/lsta/cegrant.htm.

Cycle 3 Timeline: The application deadline is April 2, 2008. All applicants will be notified whether or not they received a grant by April 21, 2008.

Questions? Please contact Jeffrey Hamilton at 919-807-7417 or jeffrey.hamilton@ncmail.net

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Jeffrey Hamilton
e-Learning Consultant
State Library of North Carolina
4640 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-4640
919-807-7417

jeffrey.hamilton@ncmail.net

http://www.nclaonline.org

From AASL Task Force on NCLB:

My name is Ann Ewbank and I am the new chair of the AASL Task Force on
No Child Left Behind. As you may know, the American Library Association
has worked very hard to get a bill to Congress called the SKILLs Act (S.
1699). This bill would require that a state-certified school librarian
serve every public school, as part of No Child Left Behind.

We need North Carolinans’ help to ensure the inclusion of the
Strengthening Kids’ Interest in Learning and Libraries (SKILLs) Act in
the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).

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North Carolina Senator Burr is on the U.S. Senate Health, Education,
Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. The HELP Committee will be
considering reauthorization of NCLB in the next couple of weeks. In
order for the SKILLs Act to be included in NCLB - that is, to place a
state-certified school library media specialist in every school - each
member of the Senate must co-sponsor the SKILLS Act. It is especially
important to have Senator Alexander co-sponsor the SKILLS Act since they
are on the HELP Committee.

We need as many North Carolinans as possible to call or fax the
Senator’s office in the next 3 days and ask her to co-Sponsor the
SKILLs Act (S. 1699). Please send this email out to as many North
Carolinans as possible!

Senator Burr Phone: (202) 224-3154
Senator Burr Fax: (202) 228-2981

When contacting the Senator prepare to state why this issue is of
critical importance:

The SKILLs Act (S. 1699)

Requires school districts, to the extent feasible, to ensure that every
school within the district employs at least one state-certified school
library media specialist in each school library;
Establishes as a state goal that there be at least one state-certified
school library media specialist in every public school no later than the
beginning of the 2010-2011 school year;
Broadens the focus of training, professional development, and
recruitment activities to include school library media specialists;
Ensures that funds will serve elementary, middle, and high school
students;
Requires books and materials to be appropriate for and engage the
interest of students in all grade levels and students with special
learning needs, including English language learners.
Talking Points

Multiple studies have affirmed that there is a clear link between
school library media programs that are staffed by a school library media
specialist and student academic achievement. Across the United States,
research has shown that students in schools with good school libraries
learn more, get better grades, and score higher on standardized test
scores than their peers in schools without libraries.
Academic Librarians: School libraries are KEY to ensuring college
readiness.
Public Librarians: School library media specialists give students the
skills they need to utilize your library to its fullest extent.
Long regarded as the cornerstone of the school community, school
libraries are no longer just for books. Instead, they have become
sophisticated 21st century learning environments offering a full range
of print and electronic resources that provide equal learning
opportunities to all students, regardless of the socio-economic or
education levels of the community - but only when they are staffed by
school library media specialists trained to collaborate with teachers
and engage students meaningfully with information that matters to them
both in the classroom and in the real world.
Only about 60 percent of our school libraries have a full-time,
state-certified school library media specialist on staff.
With limited funding and an increased focus on school performance,
administrators are trying to stretch dollars and cut funds across
various programs to ensure that maximum resources are dedicated to
improving student academic achievement.
Because NCLB does not highlight the direct correlation between school
library media specialists and
increased student academic achievement,
library resource budgets are increasingly being used to mitigate the
effects of budgetary constraints.
Thank you,

Ann

Ann Dutton Ewbank, Ph.D.
Education Liaison Librarian
Fletcher Library
Arizona State University at the West campus
P.O. Box 37100
Phoenix, Arizona 85069-7100
602.543.8527
Fax 602.543.6500
Mail Code 0152
http://libguides.asu.edu/education

Gerry Solomon, School Library Media Consultant
NC Department of Public Instruction
Instructional Technology Division
6364 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
Raleigh, NC 27699-6364
(v) 919/807-3286
(fax) 919/807-3290

February 16- April 14, 2008 Distance Learning: Earth/Environmental Science

February 16-April 14, 2008: Distance Learning: Earth/Environmental
Science for Middle and High School Teachers

Pisgah Forest Institute at Brevard College in Brevard, North Carolina
presents: 2008 Distance Learning Workshop for 6-12 Educators. (Both
traditional and non-traditional educators are eligible to participate.)

]]> Pisgah Forest Institute is a non-profit, cooperative, environmental
education effort of the USDA Forest Service, the Cradle of Forestry in
America Interpretive Association, and Brevard College.

NO COST TO PARTICIPANTS! Includes: On line instruction, resource
notebook, and many classroom takeaways!

This on-line distance learning workshop will run for 8 weeks and is
designed for educators of grades 6-12. The workshop will focus on four
general sections of earth and environmental science curriculum: geology,
ecology, hydrology, and atmospheric conditions. Participants will be
provided with background information, classroom presentations, lessons,
and activities in these areas. This workshop will start with an
orientation at Brevard College with the PFI staff. This course is
geared to participants that are unable to travel to our week-long summer
workshops.

Workshop participants are eligible to receive up to 4 Continuing
Education Unit (CEU) credits based on 40 contact hours, as well as
Criteria III credit in the North Carolina Environmental Educator's
(NCEE) Certification Program. Three semester hours of undergraduate
college credit is available through Brevard College. (This is a great
way for lateral entry teachers to receive science credits!)
For more information and to pre-register, go to our website at
www.pisgahforestinstitute.org

Get in touch! pfi@brevard.edu or call us at (828) 884-8229.

Kevin Fischer
Operations Manager - Pisgah Forest Institute
1 Brevard College Drive
Brevard, NC 28712
(828) 884-8229
www.pisgahforestinstitute.org