Microsoft, Michigan Department of Education and Michigan Virtual University
offer CareerForward to help students prepare for a 21st-century workplace.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/dec08/12-02CareerForwardPR.msp
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Free Online Career Development Course Now Available to 16 Million Students Nationwide
Thanks to Larry for this information!
Friday, December 12, 2008
FW: [RETAzens Blog] [NMSUWebinars] Spring Webinar Schedule
The last notice had an error, here it is again:
Dear Educator,
RETA would like to invite you to visit our website, http://webinars.nmsu.edu, to
view our recently updated Spring Webinar schedule under the K-12 Educators section!
We are very excited to inform you that we NOW have two different Webinar Strands.
RETA Webinar Series: Increasing Interaction with Audio/Video Tools will
take place on Mondays at 6:00pm MST.
RETA Webinar Series: eLearning with Emerging Technologies will take place
on Thursdays at 6:00pm MST.
The RETA team has prepared these two great series of professional
development webinars to help you learn practical and effective technology
skills to engage your 21st century learners. We continue to be committed
to providing you with "free", innovative webinars that fit into your busy
schedule. Let us support you as you begin implementing technology tools
and techniques in your 21st century classroom.
Have a cup of coffee, invite a colleague, and raise your eQ with us.
RETA (Regional Educational Technology Assistance)
College of Extended Learning
New Mexico State University
MSC 3WEC, P.O. Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
(575) 646-6143, fax: (575) 646-2004
Dear Educator,
RETA would like to invite you to visit our website, http://webinars.nmsu.edu, to
view our recently updated Spring Webinar schedule under the K-12 Educators section!
We are very excited to inform you that we NOW have two different Webinar Strands.
RETA Webinar Series: Increasing Interaction with Audio/Video Tools will
take place on Mondays at 6:00pm MST.
RETA Webinar Series: eLearning with Emerging Technologies will take place
on Thursdays at 6:00pm MST.
The RETA team has prepared these two great series of professional
development webinars to help you learn practical and effective technology
skills to engage your 21st century learners. We continue to be committed
to providing you with "free", innovative webinars that fit into your busy
schedule. Let us support you as you begin implementing technology tools
and techniques in your 21st century classroom.
Have a cup of coffee, invite a colleague, and raise your eQ with us.
RETA (Regional Educational Technology Assistance)
College of Extended Learning
New Mexico State University
MSC 3WEC, P.O. Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
(575) 646-6143, fax: (575) 646-2004
[NMSUWebinars] Spring Webinar Schedule
Dear Educator,
RETA would like to invite you to visit our website, webinars@nmsu.edu, to
view our recently updated Spring Webinar schedule! We are very excited to
inform you that we NOW have two different Webinar Strands.
RETA Webinar Series: Increasing Interaction with Audio/Video Tools will
take place on Mondays at 6:00pm MST.
RETA Webinar Series: eLearning with Emerging Technologies will take place
on Thursdays at 6:00pm MST.
The RETA team has prepared these two great series of professional
development webinars to help you learn practical and effective technology
skills to engage your 21st century learners. We continue to be committed
to providing you with "free", innovative webinars that fit into your busy
schedule. Let us support you as you begin implementing technology tools
and techniques in your 21st century classroom.
Have a cup of coffee, invite a colleague, and raise your eQ with us.
RETA (Regional Educational Technology Assistance)
College of Extended Learning
New Mexico State University
MSC 3WEC, P.O. Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
(575) 646-6143, fax: (575) 646-2004
Monday, December 8, 2008
What's a wordle?
From Susie :)
Have some fun!
Wordle is a toy for generating ³word clouds² from text that you provide. The
clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the
source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and
color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however
you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to
share with your friends.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Copyright for Educators III - Town Hall, 12/1/08, 6:00pm MST
Dear Educator:
RETA would like to remind you about TONIGHT's professional development
Webinar.
RETA Webinar Series: eLearning with Emerging Technologies
Webinar Event: Copyright for Educators III Town Hall
Date: Monday, December 1, 2008
Time: 6:00-7:00 pm MST
Description:
Whether you joined us for Blogging I or not, this session will surely help
any educator take their blogs to a heightened level. Here we will go more
in depth with the other options in managing and adding features to your
blogs (RSS feeds, widgets, polls, images, slideshows, etc.) as well as
discussing ideas on how to keep your curriculum continually evolving
eLearning-style
TO ATTEND:
Please use the following link to attend the webinar:
http://nmsu.na3.acrobat.com/copyed3fa08/
*Plan to join us 15-20 minutes prior to the start time to configure your
computer. To participate, speakers are required. A simple computer
microphone and/or a headset is ideal for interaction. A webcam is
optional.
*If you have never used Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional, please test
your connection at: Adobe Acrobat Pro Support Center
https://admin.acrobat.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm
For complete information on this and all of our webinars visit us at:
http://webinars.nmsu.edu <http://webinars.nmsu.edu/> or contact us at
webinars@nmsu.edu or call
575.646.6143.
Have a cup of coffee, invite a colleague and raise your eQ (eLearning
Quotient) with us!
RETA (Regional Educational Technology Assistance)
College of Extended Learning
New Mexico State University
MSC 3WEC, P.O. Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
(575) 646-6143, fax: (575) 646-2004
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New Mexico picks Wimba for its collaborative learning platform
Reported at http://www.techlearning.com/content/ednews/index.php#article3
Wimba®, Inc., the education technology company that helps people teach people, today announced that New Mexico's Innovative Digital Education and Learning program (IDEAL-NM) has selected the Wimba Collaboration Suite™, the education industry's leading multi-modal solution for virtual and blended learning, to pilot as its statewide collaborative learning platform. IDEAL-NM will deploy Wimba's comprehensive solution across its statewide network of higher education and K-12 institutions, which includes 89 districts and 22 college campuses, to enhance student engagement and collaboration and increase learning outcomes.
New Mexico was the first state in the nation to create a statewide eLearning system that, from its inception, encompasses all aspects of learning from traditional public and higher education environments to teacher professional development, continuing education and workforce education. This partnership with Wimba will enable IDEAL-NM to offer Wimba's Collaboration Suite across its network of institutions, facilitating the use of online video, voice, instant messaging, content authoring, application sharing and white boarding throughout the state.
"With a scope as large as ours, communication and collaboration are crucial," said Donna Harrington, eLearning Technology Director for IDEAL-NM. "The Wimba Collaboration Suite will enable us to bring our statewide community of users together online, so that we can collaborate, brainstorm, develop, and implement best practices that will help our students to succeed."
The Wimba Collaboration Suite of products, which includes—the Wimba Classroom(TM) virtual learning environment, the Wimba Pronto(TM) instant messenger, the Wimba Voice(TM) audio solution, and the Wimba Create(TM) content authoring tool—enables institutions to bridge the gap between technology and pedagogy by supplementing course management systems with the proven disciplines of in-person learning environments. Designed to work seamlessly within the existing Blackboard online course management system selected by the State of New Mexico, the Wimba Collaboration Suite enables convenient single sign-on and access to Wimba tools directly from the online course environments with which teachers and students are already familiar.
"This partnership with IDEAL-NM is a testament to Wimba's power to engage students and instructors in lifelong learning," said Tommaso Trionfi, CEO of Wimba. "We are very proud of the comprehensive and collaborative learning environments that the Wimba Collaboration Suite fosters, and we look forward to working closely with IDEAL-NM to bring students and faculty together for learning."
Wimba®, Inc., the education technology company that helps people teach people, today announced that New Mexico's Innovative Digital Education and Learning program (IDEAL-NM) has selected the Wimba Collaboration Suite™, the education industry's leading multi-modal solution for virtual and blended learning, to pilot as its statewide collaborative learning platform. IDEAL-NM will deploy Wimba's comprehensive solution across its statewide network of higher education and K-12 institutions, which includes 89 districts and 22 college campuses, to enhance student engagement and collaboration and increase learning outcomes.
New Mexico was the first state in the nation to create a statewide eLearning system that, from its inception, encompasses all aspects of learning from traditional public and higher education environments to teacher professional development, continuing education and workforce education. This partnership with Wimba will enable IDEAL-NM to offer Wimba's Collaboration Suite across its network of institutions, facilitating the use of online video, voice, instant messaging, content authoring, application sharing and white boarding throughout the state.
"With a scope as large as ours, communication and collaboration are crucial," said Donna Harrington, eLearning Technology Director for IDEAL-NM. "The Wimba Collaboration Suite will enable us to bring our statewide community of users together online, so that we can collaborate, brainstorm, develop, and implement best practices that will help our students to succeed."
The Wimba Collaboration Suite of products, which includes—the Wimba Classroom(TM) virtual learning environment, the Wimba Pronto(TM) instant messenger, the Wimba Voice(TM) audio solution, and the Wimba Create(TM) content authoring tool—enables institutions to bridge the gap between technology and pedagogy by supplementing course management systems with the proven disciplines of in-person learning environments. Designed to work seamlessly within the existing Blackboard online course management system selected by the State of New Mexico, the Wimba Collaboration Suite enables convenient single sign-on and access to Wimba tools directly from the online course environments with which teachers and students are already familiar.
"This partnership with IDEAL-NM is a testament to Wimba's power to engage students and instructors in lifelong learning," said Tommaso Trionfi, CEO of Wimba. "We are very proud of the comprehensive and collaborative learning environments that the Wimba Collaboration Suite fosters, and we look forward to working closely with IDEAL-NM to bring students and faculty together for learning."
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