Tuesday, May 7, 2013

• Intel® Teach Live Webinar: FUNdamentals of Learning, 6-7 p.m.  - Presenters will share online resources and tools that educators might use for Foundation, engaging students through authenticity, life connections, and high interest; Understanding, activating HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills); and Network, students as creators and producers for global audience.  For more information and registration, please click here.

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

• ISTE SIGTE:  Teachers as Curators of Ideas: A New Metaphor for the Digital Age Webinar – Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 4:00PM  - Via Adobe Connect – For more information and registration, please click here.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

• Intel® Teach Live Webinar: Learning to Learn Like Kids Today Do – Anywhere, Anytime, 7:00-8:00 p.m. - Think of a “typical” 8 year old…now a “typical” 13 year old…and finally, a “typical” 17 year old. What do you notice about how they learn? What role do mobile technologies play in this learning? What do you notice about what they learn? How does access to technology influence this? How are these different from how and what you learned at those ages? Let’s explore these questions and more as we did deeply in to how we learn and what we can do to better understand and connect with how many kids today learn.  For more information and registration, please click here.

Saturday, May 11, 2013

• Colorado Council on Economic Education: The Court, the Constitution, and Why We Prosper, 8:30-4:30, Colorado Springs - Can Supreme Court decisions affect the prosperity of the nation? Yes they can! To explore this connection, this class will take a look at the Constitution and the history of the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence. You will learn about the conditions under which an economy can thrive and you will leave the class with a better understanding of how governance can and does affect the prosperity of a society. You will also learn about the landmark cases of Kelo, Lockner, Wickard and more, as we try to figure out the economic consequences of what the Court thinks about police power, interstate commerce, the contract clause, and regulatory takings . . . For more information and registration, please click here.

Be sure to check out the eNetColorado Calendar at http://www.enetcolorado.org/calendar/.  Many of the events in the calendar require pre-registration, so be sure and check ahead for upcoming events.  Also, if you would like to add your events to our calender, feel free to send them to Nancy Glissmann at nglissmann@enetcolorado.org.

Have you signed up for this year’s DMNS Inquiry Academies yet?

DMNS is getting ready for this year’s group of teachers at the 3-5 grade levels and 6-8 grade levels seeking a way to make small, but significant shifts in their teaching by using inquiry approaches. This hybrid course can help you prepare for Next Gen standards or simply allow you to find ways to incorporate more student-directed learning in the classroom. In the welcoming environment of the Museum, you’ll learn how to use these approaches and what DMNS can do to support your students!

To register for these summer academies, please click here.  For additional information or questions, contact Robert Payo, Education and Technology Coordinator, School and Teacher Programs, DMNS by phone at 303.370.6014 or by email at Robert.Payo@dmns.org.

Preliminary TELL Survey data indicate educators feel they are held to a high professional standard for delivering instruction.

Educators that completed the 2013 Teaching, Empowering, Leading & Learning (TELL) Survey, report support and improvement related to both teacher and school leadership. Supporting new teachers remains an issue in Colorado. 

These are a few of the findings in a preliminary report released today by the New Teacher Center, the organization that administers the survey, based on responses from more than 33,000 educators (55 percent) statewide.

This represents an eight-percentage point increase from the 47 percent responding in 2011 and a 19-percentage point increase from the first TELL Survey in 2009.

To view the TELL Colorado results, please go to http://www.tellcolorado.org/.