News from CILC

PD Marketplace
CILC is proud to present three (3) New Providers!
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The School Improvement Network
The School Improvement Network is the leading provider of comprehensive, research-based professional development anytime, anywhere. As the home of The Video Journal of Education, PD 360, and the Leadership and Learning Framework, School Improvement Network resources focus on the most relevant topics, feature the top experts, and show educators how to put theory into practice.
Be sure to check out these six opportunities.

Lentz and Associates-Linda Lentz
Over the years, Linda's grant writing experience and expertise have melded with her passion for interactive videoconferencing to create a path of numerous successful grant awards with various Federal agencies and funding sources, including RUS Grant Awards. In addition, Linda is a former National Endowment for the Arts grant review panelist.
She uses her knowledge of the grant writing world and her passion for distance learning as a winning combination when it comes to consultation, and she enjoys working with organizations to expand their reach and their capabilities in both worlds.

Jody H Kennedy Digital Age Learning Inc
Jody Kennedy is a practicing teacher in White Plains, New York who has been using interactive videoconferencing to connect to schools around the world for the past 8 years. Her passion is global programming that promotes youth social entrepreneurship and citizenship. She can offer many creative ideas and helpful hints that will enable schools, classes and clubs to begin integrating global connections and projects that build community locally and globally. She has many contacts globally and partnerships that can help provide schools with the resources they need to begin programming that promotes citizenship in schools.
Be sure to check out her offering: Shaping Global Citizens in the Classroom

Did You Know CILC is offering
A. a new webinar for Site Coordinators?
IVC Site Management: Putting the Pieces Together
Every successful student organization, education program, academic team and athletic team at your school has one thing in common...excellent leadership. Improve the Interactive Videoconferencing initiative at your school with a Site Management Team leadership model. During this CILC webinar we will define the team model, identify team roles, discuss team strategies for managing and promoting the IVC program at your school, and discover why www.cilc.org is a critical site management tool. Why not include your IVC initiative among those successful programs at your school...sign-up for this webinar today to learn how.

B. a FREE content Provider Program with a ½ or full day summer workshop session?
Help your teachers...

• reach beyond traditional classroom walls
• explore a new, dynamic, collaborative environment
• utilize a variety of resources and technologies
• find new strategies to build student learning and motivation
• acquire real audiences for student work

C. archives of all CILC e-Notes?
Each month CILC highlights a site coordinator who also then asks a question which is posted for discussion in the Site Coordinator Community in NING.
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View archived e-Notes

New Content Providers
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame honors and celebrates women, past and present, whose lives exemplify the courage, resilience, and independence that helped shape the American West, and fosters an appreciation of the ideals and spirit of self-reliance they inspire.
Check out their five programs!

Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
Our Museum in downtown Austin, Texas, tells the “Story of Texas” through 3 floors of artifacts. Led by Dr. Source, Primary Investigator, our distance learning programs transform students into history detectives who conduct historical investigations using the richness of Texas history and the exhibits of the Museum. Pre- and post- viewing activities and teacher resources are included.
Their first program is La Belle, The Shipwreck of La Salle's French Ship

AT&T Park, Home of the San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants is a Major League Baseball Team with a long and storied history. Their home, AT&T Park, has been called “baseball’s perfect address”. Since opening in 2000 the ballpark has become known as a landmark in a city of landmarks. It offers a unique and virtually unlimited array of creative options for education.
Their first program is Giants Geometry: The Shape of the Game

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
LACMA offers students, educators, & adults the opportunity to experience the museum's encyclopedic collection of over 100,000 works of art. Topics highlight different areas of the permanent collection from ancient to contemporary and nearly every culture. Classes are aligned with State and National Content Standards