OIT Per Session postings now online

Interested in summer / fall Office of Instructional Technology Per Session? The postings are up for all to apply!

PS Vac Circ.#223,School Yr.'08-'09, Instructional Specialists (staff developers)
to serve as instructional technology trainers for NYCDOE employees to include
teachers, coaches and other instructional leaders. Programs include but are not
limited to Mobile Technology (iTeach iLearn) as well as iLead (school leaders),
iTeach (teachers K-12); iLearn (student programs); iCoach (coaches); iSite (portal).
(Up to 90 positions)

PS Vac Circ.#224,School Yr.'08-'09, Instructional Specialists (staff developers)
to serve as instructional technology trainers for NYCDOE employees to include
teachers, coaches and other instructional leaders. Programs include but are not
limited to Mobile Technology (iTeach iLearn) as well as iLead (school leaders),
iTeach (teachers K-12); iLearn (student programs); iCoach (coaches); iSite (portal).
(Up to 90 positions)

Excellent resource -- American Museum of Natural History

Trouble viewing newsletter? Go to http://www.amnh.org/education/newsletter/2008.04.html APRIL 2008 NEW SCIENCE BULLETINS VIDEOS MESSENGER: Mission to Mercury http://sciencebulletins. amnh.org/?sid=a.f.mercury _messenger.20080331 The MESSENGER orbiter’s January 2008 flyby of the planet Mercury was historic. In this Science Bulletins video, you and your students can watch the MESSENGER science team react as the orbiter’s first images of Mercury roll in. Then explore the images in a slide show, and find out more about the mission in the essay, “First Planet Finishes Last." Global Fires 2002-2008 http://sciencebulletins.amnh.org/ ?sid=b.v.fire.20080401 In this Science Bulletins visualization, see how human activity is changing fire patterns around the world. WE NEED YOUR HELP! OLogy Survey http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx? sm=d_2bj89_2fESh55gcLYIiI4APQ_3d_3d Help us out by taking this quick survey about OLogy – the Museum’s science-rich website for kids. TEN ONLINE GRAD COURSES THIS SUMMER Seminars on Science learn.amnh.org Seminars on Science is offering two summer sessions of award-winning online graduate courses in the life, earth and physical sciences. Take our newest course, The Solar System, an addition to our earth science offerings that highlights NASA missions to explore our planetary neighbors! Or join us for one of our summer-only courses: Sharks and Rays or In the Field with Spiders. See how scientists in the field study these unique creatures! All of our most popular courses are also available for the summer, including Earth: Inside and Out; The Ocean System; Genetics, Genomics, Genethics and Evolution. Registration Dates: Summer - Session 1 Courses run June 9 – July 20. Register by May 27 Summer - Session 2 Courses run June 30 – August 10. Register by June 16 Sign up early and receive a $50 discount off the price of each course (see website for details). Please call (800) 649-6715 or learn more online. ANNOUNCING... OLogy 2.0! amnh.org/ology Check out the newly redesigned OLogy – the Museum’s science-rich website for kids! It has a whole new look and is now searchable – giving you easier access to hundreds of cool features. AT THE MUSEUM Education Department amnh.org/education The Museum is a rich resource for field trips, research, and professional development. Find out how to enrich your classroom by using the Museum and our education department to your advantage. Public Programs amnh.org/programs Check out the exciting lectures, performances, field trips, and workshops offered by the Museum. eNotes ga1.org/amnh/join.tcl Receive the latest information about onsite Museum public programs and events via email. Thank you for being a member of the American Museum of Natural History's Educator Mailing List. If you have any questions about this mailing list please e-mail educator-owner@lists.amnh.org. Your privacy is important to us and we will never divulge this information outside of the Museum. Please read our privacy statement. You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed with us online, at one of our events or at a conference. If you wish to unsubscribe, e-mail educator-owner@lists.amnh.org with unsubscribe as the subject line.

May 12th Meeting Agenda

Description: For our last meeting of the year we want to leave you with a tool that you can sink your learning teeth into this summer and use to stay in touch with us and each other. Social Networking is being embraced by educators and businesses across the country as a tool to connect people and create pathways to share. We want to create a social network so we can explore the possibility of using it in our teaching and so we can experience the synergy while we share best practices. Our network will contain a page for each member where best practices, samples of projects, and interests can be posted for your colleagues to see.

Goals:

• Learn about Social Networking
• Explore the National Education Technology Standards for Students
• Work in group to create a project plan based on the new standards
  

Agenda:

• Introduce our Social Network
• Exploring the computer liaison ning's elements
• Create an account for yourself
• Customize your page with a blog entry of a project you did this year
• Learn how to use the Forum feature
• National Education Technology Standards for Students
• Review the standards and the 21st century skills they're built on
• Learn how to edit the NETS-S wiki and review wiki concepts
• Contribute to the NETS-S wiki
• (link to the DOE NETS site from Dia Kuhl)
  
• Project Planning Group
• By popular demand, we will have a small group work session where we create a project plan. Each plan should include the following elements
  
1. Project Title
2. Description
3. Grade levels
4. Subjects covered
   
5. Standards
6. Technologies used
7. Procedures
8. Resources needed
   
• Post projects to your page on Ning.