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Janet Moore of Illinois State University recently lead a workshop in Classroom Intelligent Adventure (CIA) Missions at College of DuPage for a group of local STEM teachers. The missions challenge your students to complete a series of puzzles in order to crack the code to unlock the box and save the day. Working as CIA agents, students use classroom concepts based in the STEM disciplines, along with teamwork and problem-solving skills, to complete their mission successfully. The CIA workshop provided teachers experience with several examples of STEM-focused CIA Mission puzzles and instruction on designing their own CIA Mission puzzle
CTU President Karen Lewis and AFT President Randi Weingarten join teachers at Martin Luther King, Jr. College Preparatory Academy November 22, 2011.
Elia Saikaly is a Canadian social entrepreneur whose award-winning films, global adventures and dynamic public engagement initiatives inspire others to FIND their most meaningful LIFE and spark positive change.
Whether he’s traveling with a nomadic tribe in the Sahara, climbing the world’s highest peaks, (4 Everest Expeditions + Cho Oyu and 5 of the Seven Summits) or communing with polar bears in the Far North—Elia has proven himself to have the determination, stamina, skill, resourcefulness and vision required to meet the greatest of challenges.
As an adventure filmmaker, he has successfully broadcast back webisodes to networks such as CTV, NBC, CBC and RDS from some of the most inhospitable environments on the planet including Mt. Everest where he successfully shot, edited and broadcast a web series from the top of the world to over 20 000 Canadian students.
When not behind the camera, as an inspirational speaker, Elia brings his intense passion for filmmaking and adventure to the stage bringing the audience to the most beautiful and treacherous places in the world. Targeted for youth, public and corporate audiences, each presentation is rich with extraordinary humanity, inspiring messages, practical wisdom and jaw-dropping personal accounts.
Once an actor, model, musician and muchmusic reporter, Elia is no stranger to being in front of the camera. He was recently featured as the adventurer in a new television adventure series featuring Canada’s 15 UNESCO World Heritage Sites called « La part du monde ». He can be seen on the Non-Profit Webchannel called WIGUP (While I grow Up), the Media Mentor for Kids as well as on www.findinglife.ca
Elia spends a lot of his time working with charitable organizations like the Ottawa Friends of Tibet, Childhaven International and Moving Mountains Trust. He recently led an initiative with FindingLife and The Moving Mountains Trust to build classrooms for a disadvantaged community in Kenya.
CTU President Karen Lewis and AFT President Randi Weingarten join teachers at Martin Luther King, Jr. College Preparatory Academy November 22, 2011.
This is the summary of the way that individuals are supporting learner pathways (or a culture of ongoing development) at the NSW E-learning 11 Conference in Sydney on 8 December 2011
Several employees from across the College were recognized for their contributions to the institution as part of the Fall 2014 I Am COD Awards.
ICC Mediation Week includes the ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition and ICC Mediation Roundtable. This edition ran from 6-12 February 2020 in Paris, France.
CTU President Karen Lewis and AFT President Randi Weingarten join teachers at Martin Luther King, Jr. College Preparatory Academy November 22, 2011.
Five simple rules for creating vocabulary centers - Northside Consulting -- Sunset Ridge Academy, East Hartford, CT 2012
Janet Moore of Illinois State University recently lead a workshop in Classroom Intelligent Adventure (CIA) Missions at College of DuPage for a group of local STEM teachers. The missions challenge your students to complete a series of puzzles in order to crack the code to unlock the box and save the day. Working as CIA agents, students use classroom concepts based in the STEM disciplines, along with teamwork and problem-solving skills, to complete their mission successfully. The CIA workshop provided teachers experience with several examples of STEM-focused CIA Mission puzzles and instruction on designing their own CIA Mission puzzle
Summary of a brainstorm of 'what is a 'learner pathway'? discussion at the NSW E-learning 11 Conference on 7 December 2011
The beaches at Pattaya are some of the worst in the country, but I still thought it was pretty cool.
The 2014-2015 TAI Seminar kicked off with a three-day retreat at the Radisson at Cross Keys in September. More than 40 teachers and artists learned how to integrate the arts into the classroom while aligning with the curriculum. Each artist will work with a teacher partner during the coming months to co-create an arts residency and field-test the program with students.