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EEC presentations at WSIS2 (UN World Summit on the Information Society)
Helping young people get a head start on careers
EEC Presents at ISTE NECC 2005 Conference
Effective Access: Teachers' Use of Digital Resources in STEM Teaching
Assessment for Teaching and Learning
Two Detroit-Area Students Featured in Ford Education Forum
Assessment for Teaching and Learning
Second Annual EDC/NSF Information Technology Experiences for Teachers and Students (ITEST) Summit
Meeting of the United Nations ICT Task Force: Harnessing the Potential of ICTs for Education
YouthLearn continues training-of-trainers in Democratic Republic of Congo
Cisco Systems, Inc. and The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) launched a campaign to increase awareness of education and career opportunities for girls and women in math, computing and technology.
Date: November 7, 2005
The campaign is designed to address the declining interest of girls and women in information technology careers, a problem that persists despite U.S. Department of Labor predictions that the number of future jobs in the professional technology workforce will outstrip available, qualified candidates by two-to-one. The campaign kicks off with a letter targeting parents, educators, and girls ( http://www.ncwit.org/email.htm), and introduces a comprehensive digital library (http://www.ncwit.org/cisco ) with a variety of resources for encouraging interest in math, computing and technology, including information about careers, local technology clubs, programs, curricula and summer camps. Partnering with Cisco and NCWIT on the initiative are the Educational Development Center, the Information Technology Association of America, the Stanford University Office of Science Outreach and Junior Achievement. A featured resource of the new campaign and website is EEC's FunWorks project (http://www.thefunworks.org).
EEC presentations at WSIS2 (UN World Summit on the Information Society):
- Innovative Approaches to Workforce Development
- Critical and Creative Thinking Skills for Lifelong Employment and Learning
Helping Young People Get A Head Start On Careers
Date: June 2005
Three hundred middle school students from around the country worked on a new website created to link their interests and hobbies to future careers. The new site is offering online resources that cater to ages 11-15, seeking information about careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. Read full article at: http://www.publiceducation.org/NewsBlast/Jun05/jun25.htm
EEC Presents at ISTE NECC 2005 Conference
Date: June 2005
Conference Overview of the 2005 National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) at the Pennsylvania Convention Center - Philadelphia, PA. Read full agenda at: NECC 2005 conference
Effective Access: Teachers' Use of Digital Resources in STEM Teaching
Date: June 2005
What's holding back the digital curriculum? A lot of things: too few classroom computers, poorly conceived professional development, and a lack of time to research and plan--to name three big factors, according to a new report from the nonprofit Education Development Center (EDC). Read full article at: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryts.cfm?ArticleID=5706
Please join us in Costa Rica for the first International Power Users of Information and Communication Technology Symposium
Dates: August 8-10, 2005
Location: San Jose, Costa Rica
Education Development Center, Inc. and United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP) cordially invite you to be a part of this innovative international research initiative that follows the journey of young people we call "Power Users of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)" as they share their technology-based strategies to achieve the United Nations Millennium Goals.
Assessment for Teaching and Learning
On-line course for credit or professional development
July 6th – August 23rd
*FREE* to NE Educators (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI and VT)
All others pay a $25 administrative fee
Improve Student Performance for All Learners!
Work with colleagues throughout New England to create standards-based unit plans with aligned assessments
Course Description
In the current atmosphere of high-stakes testing, standards-based education and a focus on continuous school improvement, teachers need the best possible tools and information to integrate ideas about assessment and accountability into the day to day practice of classroom instruction.
Put a unit plan under the microscope with fellow educators and view it through the lens of assessment. In this six week on-line course, participants will gain resources and tools for refining learning goals, aligning goals with relevant federal, state, and district standards, employing multiple measures to assess student learning, and using assessment data to shape instruction and raise achievement for all students. Attention will be given to both formative and summative assessments. Participants will share strategies from the classroom, give and receive feedback, and revise an existing unit plan to use and share with fellow educators in their school.
This course is ideal for lead teachers, pairs of teachers, or teams from the same school.
*Additional fees apply for graduate or continuing education credit.
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Limited to 25 participants (first come, first serve basis)
Comments from past participants:
"This course has deepened my understanding of aligning learning outcomes to assessments. It has already impacted my day-to-day classroom accountability, and it will continue to impact my school as we develop assessments for our other units of study."
"My own reflection of my teaching methods changed over the course of my participation. I definitely learned some new strategies and picked up several ideas from the other participants in this course."
Call our office at 1-800-332-0226 to request a registration form
or email the facilitator, Jennifer Peace at jpeace@edc.org
Two Detroit-Area Students Featured in Ford Education Forum
Date: Monday June 20, 2005
DETROIT, June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Two local high school students are traveling to San Antonio on June 20 to participate in the 3rd Annual Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies (Ford PAS) conference sponsored by Ford Motor Company Fund. The students, Antoinette Fullmore, Southeastern High School, and Charles LeJeune, Northern High School, will showcase their accomplishments in a unique educational program developed by Ford Motor Company Fund in collaboration with Education Development Center (EDC) and offered by Children's Aid Society, a youth advocacy agency.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050620/dem017.html?.v=13
Assessment for Teaching and Learning
On-line course for credit or professional development
July 6th – August 23rd
*FREE* to NE Educators (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI and VT)
All others pay a $25 administrative fee
Improve Student Performance for All Learners!
Work with colleagues throughout New England to create standards-based unit plans with aligned assessments
Course Description
In the current atmosphere of high-stakes testing, standards-based education and a focus on continuous school improvement, teachers need the best possible tools and information to integrate ideas about assessment and accountability into the day to day practice of classroom instruction.
Put a unit plan under the microscope with fellow educators and view it through the lens of assessment. In this six week on-line course, participants will gain resources and tools for refining learning goals, aligning goals with relevant federal, state, and district standards, employing multiple measures to assess student learning, and using assessment data to shape instruction and raise achievement for all students. Attention will be given to both formative and summative assessments. Participants will share strategies from the classroom, give and receive feedback, and revise an existing unit plan to use and share with fellow educators in their school.
This course is ideal for lead teachers, pairs of teachers, or teams from the same school.
*Additional fees apply for graduate or continuing education credit.
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Limited to 25 participants (first come, first serve basis)
Comments from past participants:
"This course has deepened my understanding of aligning learning outcomes to assessments. It has already impacted my day-to-day classroom accountability, and it will continue to impact my school as we develop assessments for our other units of study."
"My own reflection of my teaching methods changed over the course of my participation. I definitely learned some new strategies and picked up several ideas from the other participants in this course."
Call our office at 1-800-332-0226 to request a registration form
or email the facilitator, Jennifer Peace at jpeace@edc.org
Gender Healthy/Respectful Schools Wins the Catalyst Award for Excellence Bronze Award for its video "Making Schools Work for All Students"
Students and teachers have a lot to say about how gender equity works for them. Hear their voices, see their experiences, and learn about how gender healthy schools can make a difference-engaging students, reducing tensions, increasing academic interest, and building youth leadership. Click here to learn more about the project and to purchase the video.
YouthLearn presents a Project-Based Learning Workshop at the South Carolina Afterschool Alliance Conference
Monica Biswas and Haejung Chung facilitated two training sessions at the
South Carolina Afterschool Alliance Conference on "Project-based Learning:
How-to tools to Get Started." At these sessions on April 19th, 2005, two
groups of local South Carolina afterschool educators and administrators
experienced how to implement fun and engaging project-based learning
activities in their afterschool programs...
http://news.youthlearn.org/archives/000168.html
YouthLearn is pleased to announce the launch of "Afterschool & Technology," a new section of our website
In this new section, we explore how after school programs can promote content-rich learning in fun and creative ways with the aid of various technology tools. The section contains promising after school programming strategies from eight dynamic initiatives around the country. Each has effectively utilized technology to foster academic learning, while still promoting youth-led, project-based methods.
Second Annual EDC/NSF Information Technology Experiences for Teachers and Students (ITEST) Summit
Dates: February 8-10, 2005
Location: Washington, DC
An enthusiastic group of over 130 participants, including current ITEST projects, ITEST Learning Resource Center (LRC) staff, National Science Foundation (NSF) program officers, and directors and invited guests (thought leaders from industry, youth development, formal education, government, and academia) shared their experiences and lessons learned at the second annual summit hosted by EDC’s ITEST LRC and NSF. To learn more, visit the website.
Meeting of the United Nations ICT Task Force: Harnessing the Potential of ICTs for Education
Dates: April 13-15 2005
Location: Dublin, Ireland
At the United Nations (UN) meeting on Harnessing the Potential of ICTs for Education, Joyce Malyn-Smith recommended that the new entity that sustains the momentum of the UN ICT Task Force include in its next steps the development and implementation of a long-term research framework to learn from and with youth who are natives of this digital generation; and that the results of this research be used to inform policy and practice for ICTs in education. Dr. Malyn-Smith also recommended that this new entity should set as one of their goals the generation and sharing of new knowledge that emerges from the collaboration across institutions and nations in the world information society. To learn more, visit the website.
YouthLearn continues training-of-trainers in Democratic Republic of Congo
Monica Biswas, a Research Associate at the YouthLearn Initiative, just returned from a trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where she continued a "training of trainers" on using "active learning" methods. Approximately 60 administrators of primary schools are being trained so that they can return to their schools and train teachers in these methods.
"The administrators who will soon be training teachers were very excited to learn new teaching methods, which include interdisciplinary activities and didactic materials, to help teachers to strengthen basic education. I'm finding that involving the administrators in charge of education in each province will be very important for this project to have a sustainable impact. Getting them excited about the methodologies will make it easier for the teachers to feel supported as they experiment with the new teaching techniques." The project has now expanded to train 720 teachers, in 120 schools and across 3 provinces. Subsequent sessions will cover community exploration, gender equity, collaboration and inquiry-based learning. The project is funded by USAID.
http://news.youthlearn.org/archives/000144.html
