Brandywine Online is offering a variety of online courses and workshops to educators across the state. Offerings will include: PDE approved CPE courses for 1-3 credits; Act 48 eligible workshops for 3-6 hours or one-time events offered using Elluminate or Videconferencing. Courses represent a wide array of topics including: Bullying Prevention; Foundations for Teaching in an Online Environment; Effective Teaching
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Teens onQ is a comprehensive video and activities project from WQED Multimedia. It is a teen hosted program and outreach initiative that introduce adolescence to career education. It is designed to appeal to young and older teens from all ethnicity and all socioeconomic backgrounds. Teens on Q is made in a TV-Magazine format, delivering excellent production value with accompanying lesson
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The Keystone Catalog online education portal is a tool to connect educators, parents and students to courses and programs offered over PAIUnet. It places courses and programs in one easy to use site. Interested parties can search for appropriate resources, school administrators can place orders and IU representatives handle the registrations and invoicing. http://keystonecatalog.paiunet.org
The Veterans National Education Program (VNEP) aims to ensure students have the opportunity to learn about not only WWII but also Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other U.S. conflicts. Through professionally produced videos, teachers and students have access to modern history through the understanding of the humanistic and cultural aspects of America’s military conflicts and how they have influenced the
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PAIUnet, your statewide, high-speed educational network, has partnered with i-SAFE, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to educate and empower students, teachers and parents to safely, responsibly and productively use Information and Communications Technology (ICT). This partnership enables educators throughout Pennsylvania to gain access to world-class e-Safety lesson plans, unique videos and valuable resources to utilize in their classrooms. Beginning
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A PDE Podcast on the Education portion of Governor Corbett’s proposed budget, featuring Acting Secretary of Education, Ron Tomalis, is now available via PAIUnet. Go to PAIUnet’s Keystone on Demand website: http://video.paiunet.org/ In the drop-down box, choose PDE Podcasts. Choose PDE Podcast 07
PAIU now offers an option for paperless meetings, with AgendaManager an online meeting management solution. AgendaManager is an intuitive and flexible way to manage the multitude of meetings held at an organization. Important meeting information such as agendas, minutes and related documents can be shared easily with the appropriate audience, based on security roles and groups. Secure users and the
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Childrens Author, Illustrator, Musician and Storyteller Mike Artell (November 18, 2010 – 9-10 AM) Mike Artell shared information about where he lives (New Orleans), a little about his family and how he got started writing and illustrating books. He also shared some cool and creepy science facts from his books Backyard Bloodsuckers, StarrySkies, Weather Whys and Pee-Yew! After that, he
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PAIUnet has partnered with Wikispaces to bring Wikispaces Private Label to Pennsylvania. Now all Pennsylvania schools and districts have access to discounted pricing, simplified purchasing, special training webinars, and local support. Wikispaces Private Label is a wiki platform designed for schools and districts that gives you unlimited wikis with simple editing tools and powerful central administration. Classroom wikis, e-portfolios, professional
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The PA Association of Intermediate Units (PAIU), PAIUnet, and the International Reading Association (IRA) have teamed to provide an unprecedented professional development opportunity for educators in Pennsylvania for the 2010-2011 school year. The Essential Reading Series, presented by leading researchers, will help teachers increase their knowledge of critical topics in the field of reading instruction.View the IRA Essential Reading Series Brochure
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