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Volume 3 Number 3
The Scanner
In this Issue:
Professional
Development
SIGMS provides a support network to school library media specialists and oth-ers in leadership positions who are work-ing to promote the use of instructional technologies to enhance student learn-ing. It provides a forum where we can consider and explore ways in which we can best use existing and emerging tech-nologies to improve and enhance teach-ing and instruction, student learning and management, helping students and teachers become competent, critical and ethical users of information.
What is SIGMS?
Page 2
Our Organization
Page 3
Message from the
Chair: Ready...Set...Go!
Page 4
ISTE 2012 Web Link
Pages 5-7
ISTE 2012 SIGMS Picks
Page 8
SIGMS Events
Page 9
Come Play with Us!
Pages 10-11
Register to Win at
SIGMS Playground!
Pages 12-13
Hollywood Squares: A
Brain-Bending Game
Show
Pages 14-17
Professional Develop-
ment Opportunities
with the National Park
Service
http://www.isteconference.org/2012/
Our Organization
QR Code for SIGMS Wiki
http://sigms.iste.wikispaces.net/
Executive Committee
Maureen Sanders-Brunner
Chair
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana
Tiffany Whitehead
Vice Chair
Central Community Schools
Baton Rouge, Louisana
Laurie Conzemius
Communications Chair
Pine Meadow Elementary School
Jennifer Hanson
Professional Development Chair
Montgomery County Public
Schools
Annette Lamb, Ph.D.
Member-at-Large
School of Library and Infor-
mation Science
Indiana University
Committee Chairs
Advocacy
Kathy Sanders
Taylor Prairie IMC Director
kathy_sanders@mgschools.
net
International Librarianship
Lesley Farmer
California State University
Long Beach
Newsletter
Carolyn Starkey
Buckhorn High School
Webinar
Jennifer Gossman
Holy Redeemer
Andrea Christman
Rosa Parks Middle School
An-
drea_L_christman@mcpsmd
.org
Technology Innovation
Award
Tim Staal
MAME
Second Life
From the SIGMS Chair: Ready...Set...Go! Welcome to the Pre-Conference edition of the SIGMS Scanner! Your SIGMS Leadership team and scores of volunteers have been working hard for the last several months (if not longer) to make sure this will be one of the most memorable confer-ences ever for our member-ship. We hope you are all get-ting ready for the California sun, sand, waves, and… oh yeah!, many days of the best fellowship and professional development available for high tech educators!
While we are staying with a traditional schedule and for-mat to our best-loved SIGMS events, we have included a lot of new and exiting informa-tional and social activities during each event. On Sun-day, we will kick off with our conference at the SIG Open House. Laurie Conzemius, your current SIGMS Commu-nications Chair, has invited several SIGMS Superstars to this event. Come and intro-duce yourself and get your photo with those School Li-brary and Media professionals you read about and learn from all year.
On Monday, we will host the 21st Century Playground. We hope you stop by anytime during the day to play with us! You will find more details on the playground in the “Come Play With Us” article in this edition. Also, on Mon-day evening, leave room on your schedule for a special invitation from ProQuest. ProQuest will be hosting a reception including an open bar and heavy hors d'oeuvres and they hope to fill the room with SIGMS members. More information on the ProQuest reception will be available at the SIGMS Open House and Playground. Please be sure to give your current SIGMS Vice Chair, Tiffany Whitehead a high-five for communicating with ProQuest about this fun and FREE event!
Tuesday the SIGMS Forum will take place and is a free-ticketed event. If you have not registered yet for this event, do so quickly as seats are filling up. This year, Lisa Perez, former SIGMS Chair, has planned an exciting event that will allow us to explore the ways in which social me-
Our Organization dia is effectively used in our schools and media centers.
And finally, on Wednesday morning, we have our annual hot breakfast, SIGMS business meeting, and a keynote by Alan November. Alan key-note is titled Who Owns the Learning? Alan will talk about how “placing easy to use digital tools in the hands of our students can lead them to build very creative solu-tions such as tutorials to help classmates learn” (see event details). Also at the annual breakfast meeting, we will in-troduce our new SIGMS offic-ers and officially recognize the winners of the SIGMS Technology Innovation Award.
I know I speak for the entire SIGMS Leadership team when I express how excited we are to again see or finally meet many of you at ISTE 2012 in San Diego! We have worked hard to organize events that will make this the best confer-ence you have ever attended. Please feel free to find us at these events, introduce your-self, and let us know how we are doing. Safe travels and see you soon!
Maureen Sanders-
Brunner
ISTE 2012 SIGMS Picks Heading to San Diego for the
ISTE Conference? Wondering
which sessions will make the
best use of your time? The lead-
ership in SIGMS has perused the
conference program and has se-
lected the sessions of most inter-
est to school librarians. Here are
the SIGMS “SIG Picks” for ISTE
2012!
I highly suggest that you go
through the planner prior to the
conference and select sessions of
interest to you. Using the plan-
ner you may add sessions to your
schedule so you can see at a
glance where to go every minute
of the day! (My tip is to select all
sessions that interest you to put
in your planner. Then add addi-
tional notes regarding each.
While at ISTE, if one session is
filled, or does not interest you
that day, you have alternative
plans.)
Beyond E-Books: Transmedia
Books Link Digital and Physi-
cal Worlds
Tuesday, 6/26/2012, 2:00pm–
3:00pm, SDCC 25C
Digital-Age Teaching & Learn-
ing : Innovative Learning Tech-
nologies
Jonathan Cohen, University of
Virginia with Glen Bull, Gabriella
DuCamp and Peggy Stearns
Discover Transmedia books, or T
-books, which support students’
exploration of content through
the transformation of digital rep-
resentations into physical ob-
jects and back again.
Book Blogs: Interactive Re-
sponse Journals for Literature
Circles
Wednesday, 6/27/2012, 8:00am–
10:00am, SDCC Halls DE Lobby ,
Table: 28
Digital-Age Teaching & Learn-
ing : Early Childhood/
Elementary
Matt Hardy, Eden Prairie Schools
with Dan Flies
Motivate students in grades 2-8
to actively communicate within
literature circles using blogs.
Provide an authentic, engaging
publishing platform for your stu-
dents with book blogs!
Broadband and Digital Inclu-
sion
Tuesday, 6/26/2012, 12:15pm–
1:15pm, SDCC 25C
School Improvement : Equity
Issues
Emil Ahangarzadeh, San Diego
County Office of Education
How can we provide off-campus,
high-speed connectivity and dig-
ital devices to all students? Hear
how one agency is getting the
job done.
Designing Brick-and-Mortar
Libraries in the Digital Age
Monday, 6/25/2012, 2:30pm–
3:30pm, SDCC 5
Technology Infrastructure : Li-
brary/Media Centers
Douglas Johnson, Mankato
(Minnesota) Area Public Schools
Why does a school need a library
when seemingly all resources
can be found online? How can
libraries be redesigned for great-
er educational impact?
Digital Age Media Center
Monday, 6/25/2012, 8:00am–
4:00pm, SDCC Sails Pavilion
Technology Infrastructure : Li-
brary/Media Centers
Maureen Sanders-Brunner, Ball
State University
Connect with school librarians
and teachers while learning
about innovative technologies
and resources that support stu-
dent development of infor-
mation literacy skills. Hosted by
ISTE's SIGMS.
Free Online Professional De-
velopment from the Library of
Congress
Tuesday, 6/26/2012, 4:00pm–
6:00pm, SDCC Halls DE Lobby ,
Table: 22
Laurie Conzemius
Communications Chair
Professional Learning : Online
Professional Development
Anne Savage, Library Of Con-
gress with Kathleen McGuigan
On your own for professional
development? Discover multi-
media-rich, interactive self-
paced modules from the Library
of Congress, which include cer-
tificates of completion.
Fusing Library and Technolo-
gy: A Literary Approach to
Digital Citizenship
Tuesday, 6/26/2012, 10:30am–
11:30am, SDCC 25B
Digital-Age Teaching & Learn-
ing : Digital Citizenship
Jennifer Voorhees, Sidwell Friends
School with Angela Smith
Learn how to teach digital citi-
zenship using current youth fic-
tion that provides launching
points for self-reflection and
critical thinking while encourag-
ing empathy in the reader.
Got Books? Promote Reading
and YA Literature Using Tech-
nology
Monday, 6/25/2012, 8:00am–
10:00am, SDCC Halls DE Lobby ,
Table: 8
Technology Infrastructure : Li-
brary/Media Centers
Colette Cassinelli, La Salle Catho-
lic College Preparatory
ISTE 2012 SIGMS Picks
Reach your upper elementary
and teen audiences with creative
ways that promote reading and
young adult literature using free
or open source technology
tools.
Graphic Inquiry: Dynamic
Differentiation and Digital
Age Learning
Tuesday, 6/26/2012, 10:30am–
11:30am, SDCC 6A
Digital-Age Teaching & Learn-
ing : Literacies for the Infor-
mation/Creativity Age
Annette Lamb, Indiana University
at Indianapolis
Meet individual learning needs
with technology-enhanced
graphic tools and resources that
combine NETS*S with content-
area standards. Build inquiry-
based learning environments
that nurture digital citizens.
Hollywood Squares: A Brain-
Bending Game Show
Wednesday, 6/27/2012, 1:15pm–
2:15pm, SDCC 6A
Digital-Age Teaching & Learn-
ing : Literacies for the Infor-
mation/Creativity Age
Joyce Valenza, School District of
Springfield Township with Steven
Anderson, Adam Bellow, Steve
Dembo, Timothy Gwynn, Joquet-
ta Johnson, Gwyneth Jones,
Michelle Luhtala, Shannon Miller,
Nicholas Provenzano, Marie Slim,
Kari Stubbs, Tiffany Whitehead
and Matthew Winner
Think research is dry? Not so!
Test your knowledge of current
ed tech research on digital cul-
ture and learning against our
brain-trust of "celebrities" Holly-
wood Squares-style.
Implementing Digital Citizen-
ship: Lessons Learned from
the First Year
Wednesday, 6/27/2012, 1:15pm–
2:15pm, SDCC 10
Digital-Age Teaching & Learn-
ing : Digital Citizenship
Kelly Mendoza, Common Sense
Media
Teachers reflect on the challeng-
es and benefits of implementing
a digital citizenship program in
their classes and identify best
practices for affecting school cli-
mate.
KINECT to the Library: Use
Xbox Games to Promote
Learning
Wednesday, 6/27/2012, 10:15am–
11:15am, SDCC 11
Technology Infrastructure : Li-
brary/Media Centers
Lisa Perez, Chicago Public School
Dept of Libraries
ISTE 2012 SIGMS Picks
ISTE 2012 SIGMS Picks
ISTE 2012 SIGMS Picks Learn about KINECT in the Li-
brary, a program that combines
fun and exercise with Xbox edu-
cational gaming to promote
greater learning in the library.
Librarians on the Loose: Rev-
olutionizing the Library Using
Web Applications
[Workshop: Hands-on] Sold
Out!
Sunday, 6/24/2012, 8:30am–
11:30am, SDCC 28C
Technology Infrastructure : Li-
brary/Media Centers
Jim Holland, Arlington ISD
Learn how to use free and simple
web tools to market, motivate,
integrate, and revolutionize by
creating book walls, posters,
trailers, recommendations, and
more!
Look It Up! Best Tools for Stu-
dent Research
[Concurrent Session:
BYOD] Sold Out!
Tuesday, 6/26/2012, 12:15pm–
1:15pm, SDCC 32AB
Digital-Age Teaching & Learn-
ing : Early Childhood/
Elementary
Boni Hamilton, University of Col-
orado-Denver with Trecie Warn-
er
Tired of losing time on web
searches? Web tools can im-
prove students' research practic-
es by narrowing searches, boost-
ing vocabulary, and reading pag-
es aloud.
Personal and Professional
Growth Using Web 2.0
Monday, 6/25/2012, 11:00am–
12:00pm, SDCC 1
Professional Learning : Profes-
sional Learning Networks/Social
Media for PD
Steve Hargadon, Classroom 2.0
Learn to use web 2.0 to explore
your interests and passions and
to help you build a personal
learning and support network.
SIGMS (Media Specialist)
Breakfast Meeting
[Other Program Events: Meet-
ing/Gathering] Sold Out!
Wednesday, 6/27/2012, 7:30am–
9:30am, SDCC 6A
Technology Infrastructure : Li-
brary/Media Centers
Maureen Sanders-Brunner, Ball
State University with Alan No-
vember
Join ISTE's SIGMS (media spe-
cialists) for an annual update on
activities, recognition of the
SIGMS Technology Innovation
Award winners, plus a presenta-
tion by Alan November. A break-
fast buffet will be served.
SIGMS Forum: Expanded
Learning Opportunities: Us-
ing Social Media in the Li-
brary
[Other Program Events: Forum/
Summit/Symposium] Seats still
available.
Tuesday, 6/26/2012, 2:00pm–
3:15pm, SDCC 6A
Technology Infrastructure : Li-
brary/Media Centers
Lisa Perez, Chicago Public School
Dept of Libraries with Jason Ep-
stein, Steve Hargadon, Joquetta
Johnson and Maureen Sanders-
Brunner
Join Steve Hargadon and leading
librarians to discuss how social
media can greatly expand learn-
ing and research opportunities
for students in the library.
Spreading the Word: Eight
Ways to Start Conversations
around Change
Monday, 6/25/2012, 12:45pm–
1:45pm, SDCC 6F
School Improvement : Educa-
tional Visions
Will Richardson, Powerful Learn-
ing Practice with Rob Mancabelli
To make change scale, we need
everyone's voice in the conver-
sation. We'll look at a number
of inclusive ways to get real
change discussions started.
Laurie Conzemius
Communications Chair
SIGMS Events
Jenn Hanson
Professional Development
Chair
Come Play with Us!
SIGMS Events
Come Play with Us! Google tools, audio and video creation and editing, eRead-ing, digital writing, social me-dia, online research, anima-tion tools, tablet apps, and more.
The presenter at each sta-tion has prepared a short 5 to 10 minute workshop that they
will repeat during their sched-uled two-hour session. Every two hours, the presenter, top-ics, and fun will change! There are four two-hour ses-sions for the day starting at 8:00 am and lasting until 4:00 pm. So, yes, we will be play-ing all day long! Think of the
21st Century Media Center Playground as a casual open-air market. You may come and go as you wish, without disturbing anyone. It is loud, fun, exciting, but very, very informative. And you can come back throughout the day to learn more about your
topic or tool of choice. A schedule of presenters and topics is now being compiled on the SIGMS wiki (go to: http://bit.ly/sigms_pg12) so you can start planning you’re Monday at conference.
This year, SIGMS is offering a new incentive to get you up, moving, and playing in the play-ground! We will have an eighth sta-
tion set up where SIGMS members can register to win a new PD library collection spe-cially developed for the high tech school media specialist! Look for information on the drawing, including specific book titles, in this issue of the Scanner.
Maureen Sanders-
Brunner
SIGMS Chair
My first favorite part of go-ing to school was, of course, library time. My second was recess! Come find your inner child and visit us at the 21st Century Media Center Play-ground on Monday during ISTE 2012. We have over 40 SIGMS volunteers working literally around the clock to make this year’s playground a blast! Our SIGMS play-ground will be located in the ISTE Central ar-ea, right next to the newbie lounge (playground A on the confer-ence map.
Like last year, we will have sev-en consecutive stations running at once, all with hands one and casual presentations of new and popular technology tools that are used by real media spe-cialists and their collabora-tive teachers. Our stations include workshops on
Are you a SIGMS Member attending ISTE 2012 in San Diego, California? If so, you could win a 21st Century Me-dia Specialist PD Library! This library contains 11 titles and is valued at $300.00!
Register to win at the SIGMS both at the SIG Open House on Sunday, or the 21st Century Media Center Play-ground on Monday.
The winner will be an-nounced during annual SIGMS Breakfast Meeting on Wednesday morning. More details will be available at the conference.
Media Literacy in the K–12 Classroom (2011) by Frank W. Baker - List Price $38.95
Register to Win at the SIGMS Playground!
Maureen Sanders-
Brunner
SIGMS Chair
Digital-Age Literacy for Teachers: Applying Technolo-gy Standards to Everyday Practice (2007) by Susan Brooks-Young - List Price $42.96
National Educational Tech-nology Standards for Stu-dents, Second Edition, NETS Project with contributions (2007) by Susan Brooks-Young – List Price $13.95
NETS for Students Curriculum Planning Tool (2012) - List Price $7.95
National Educational Technol-ogy Standards for Teachers, Second Edition, (2008), NETS Project – List Price $13.95
Register to Win at the SIGMS Playground!
Register to Win at the SIGMS Playground!
Register to Win at the SIGMS Playground!
National Educational Tech-nology Standards for Admin-istrators (2009), NETS Project – List Price $13.95
Bookmapping: Lit Trips and Beyond (2011) by Terence W. Cavanaugh and Jerome Burg – List Price $37.95
Safe Practices for Life Online: A Guide for Middle and High School, Second Edition (2012) By Doug Fodeman and Marje Monroe – List Price $19.95
Digital Storytelling Guide for Educators (2010) by Midge Frazel – List Price $31.95
Cell Phones in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for Educa-tors (2011) by Liz Kolb – List Price $37.95
1-to-1 Learning: Laptop Pro-grams That Work, Second Edition (2009) by Pamela Liv-ingston – List Price $40.95
There are so many events
and sessions to look forward
to this year at the ISTE con-
ference in San Diego. SIGMS
in particular is going to rock
the house at the SIGMS Fair,
Digital Age Media Center
Playground, ProQuest Recep-
tion, SIGMS Forum, and
SIGMS Breakfast. Just block-
ing off time for these great
events will get your ISTE Con-
ference Planner (http://
isteconference.org/2012/
planner/planner_home.php)
off to a great start.
Hollywood Squares:
Tiffany Whitehead
SIGMS Vice-Chair
The session that I’m most
looking forward to will take
place Wednesday, June 27th at
1:15 pm -- Hollywood Squares:
A Brain-Bending Game Show. If
you attended (or watched the
recording of) last year’s Learn-
ing Tools Family Feud session,
you’ll be delighted to know
that many of our beloved
teacher-librarians and other Ed
Tech change agents are back
for another round! This year,
the Hollywood Squares panel
will deliver current research in
the realm of educational tech-
nology and deliver it in an ex-
citing and entertaining way.
And, of course, there will be
loads of exciting prizes for au-
dience members!
The Hollywood Squares pan-
el includes host Steve Dembo,
featuring Joyce Valenza, Ste-
ven Anderson, Nick Proven-
zano, Gwyneth Jones, Tiffany
Whitehead, Kari Stubbs, Shan-
non Miller, Joquetta Johnson,
and Matthew Winner, with
friends Adam Bellow, Michelle
Luhtala, and Marie Slim! Hope
to see you there!
Hollywood Squares:
A Brain-Bending Game Show
Professional Development Opportunities
Park Ranger
Tina Miller
Park Ranger? Come on, I know you thought it! Yes, Park Ranger! As an informal educator I am excited to take write about the wonderful ed-ucational opportunities the National Park Service (NPS) and my park, Homestead Na-tional Monument of America (Homestead) in Beatrice, Ne-braska are doing to create pro-fessional development oppor-tunities for educators across the nation.
First a little background. The National Park Service was created in 1916 under the Or-ganic Act to “conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild-life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them un-impaired for the enjoyment of future generations.” It’s a powerful statement and a huge responsibility.
It is with this responsibility in mind that NPS Director Jon Jarvis challenged all of us in the National Park Service with “A Call to Action; Preparing for a Second Century of Stew-ardship and Engage-
With the National Park Service
Park Ranger Tina Miller shown with the buildings of Homestead
National Monument of America in Beatrice, Nebraska.
Professional Development Opportunities
With the National Park Service ment” (www.nps.gov/calltoaction). As Homestead’s Education Coordinator I am constantly seeking to ‘Advance the NPS Education Mission’ which is to: Strengthen the Service as an education institution and parks as places of learning that develop American val-ues, civic en-gagement, and citizen stew-ardship. Use leading-edge technologies and social me-dia to effec-tively com-municate with and capture the interest of the public. Collaborate with partners and education institutions to expand NPS education pro-grams and the use of parks as places of learning.”
Under this challenge are six actions to achieve this mis-
sion, but this article will focus on only one of them-‘Live and Learn’. The direction under ‘Live and Learn’ is: ‘Provide multiple ways for children to learn about the national parks
and what they reveal about nature, the nation’s history, and issues central to our civic life. We will accomplish this by reaching 25 percent of the nation’s K-12 school popula-
tion annually through real and virtual field trips, residen-tial programs, teacher train-ing, classroom teaching mate-rials, online resources, and educational partnerships.’
Homestead recently com-pleted a 10-month project titled “Monumental Learn and Earn” (MLE) that met many of the goals under ‘Live and Learn’. MLE was a 3-stage project designed to coincide with the 150th Anni-versary and commemora-tion of the Homestead Act of 1862 which is the focus of
Homestead’s enabling legisla-tion.
The first stage of MLE was to create lesson plans and plan a professional develop-ment workshop on using pri-
Park Ranger Tina Miller has been with the National Park Service for four
years. She serves as the Education Coordinator at Homestead National Mon-
ument of America in Beatrice, NE. The focuses of her programs are the
Homestead Act of 1862 and westward expansion. Recently completed pro-
jects include a K-12 curriculum guide on an updateable flash drive and a doc-
umentary on the Homestead Act of 1862 filmed in partnership with the Na-
tional Archives and Records Administration. In addition to teaching on-site
she teaches many programs off-site and even more through distance learn-
ing. Please contact her at (402) 223-1713 or via email at [email protected].
Please stop her to say ‘Hello’ if you see her at ISTE this year!
Dave Rosenbaum, Education Coordinator, National Archives and
Records Administration, presents a class on primary source docu-
ments to teachers attending the Monumental Learn and Earn pro-
fessional development workshop at Homestead National Monu-
ment of America in Beatrice, NE.
Professional Development Opportunities
Park Ranger
Tina Miller
Records Administration in Washington, D.C., to create two documentaries. One about the Homestead Act of 1862 and the other on the dig-itization of homestead records being conducted there. The documentaries are available
on Homestead’s YouTube channel (HomesteadNM) for classroom viewing and were incorporated into the lesson plans used during stage 3 of MLE.
The second stage of MLE
mary source documents in the classroom for educators. In anticipation of Homestead hosting the Homestead Act of 1862 for 33 days in late April and May of 2012, Homestead worked in partnership with the National Archives and
With the National Park Service
A class of fourth graders has their picture taken to become a part of history as one of the classes that visit-
ed the Homestead Act of 1862 while it was on display.
Professional Development Opportunities
With the National Park Service was to conduct a professional development workshop for educators. As the Homestead Act of 1862 is a primary source document, this one-day work-shop focused on the use of primary source documents in the classroom. We conducted 3 days/sessions and had over 175 educators attend the workshop. The workshop’s keynote speaker was Dave Rosenbaum, Education Coor-dinator at the National Ar-chives. Other topics dis-cussed during the workshop were Chronicling America and other media sources such as film, being used as primary sources.
The third stage of MLE was the class field trips. Educators who attended the MLE work-shop could apply for transpor-tation reimbursement funds to bring their students to see the Homestead Act of 1862 while it was on display. New field trip activities were creat-ed to focus on the document. These activities included the documentaries and using homestead land entry case files to research homestead-ers. Over 19 school days we had 4,600+ students view the
Homestead Act of 1862.
Whew! It was a lot of hard work to accomplish all of this in 10 months, but it was all worth it. But just as you thought ‘Park Ranger?!’ earli-er, I’d be surprised if you weren’t thinking, ‘so what?’ right now.
Here’s what Homestead can do for you! It should be obvi-ous by our membership with ISTE that we make technology in education a high priority. On-site field trips are only about 30% of our education program. Homestead con-ducts electronic field trips through ip connections and has recently begun to use Skype and Facetime to con-duct programs from inside the Freeman School and the Palmer-Epard cabin, both of which are located within the park boundaries. Check out the programs we offer at www.cilc.org .
But that’s not all, you may also check out our curriculum resources on our For Teachers page at www.nps.gov/home (listed on the right side of the page). In addition to the K-12 curriculum guide with units
on homesteading, frontier ed-ucation and many others, we are creating travelling trunks that will be available this fall.
And what if you need some-thing other than what Home-stead has to offer? Each NPS site has a For Teachers webpage which lists their ed-ucational resources. Visit www.nps.gov/learn to find parks that meet your curricu-lum goals, there are many that offer electronic field trips.
Finally, I have a challenge for you! I invite you to read the NPS Call to Action, or at least pages 13 and 14 because they deal with the education goals. Then visit www.nps.gov and find a Na-tional Park Service unit near you. Work with their educa-tion coordinator to develop professional development op-portunities in your area. And while you’re reading the Call to Action, check out the ‘Ticket to Ride’ program. The National Park Foundation is awarding transportation grants for school children to visit parks nationwide and one may be right near you!
Park Ranger Tina Miller has been with the National Park Service for four
years. She serves as the Education Coordinator at Homestead National Mon-
ument of America in Beatrice, NE. The focuses of her programs are the
Homestead Act of 1862 and westward expansion. Recently completed pro-
jects include a K-12 curriculum guide on an updateable flash drive and a doc-
umentary on the Homestead Act of 1862 filmed in partnership with the Na-
tional Archives and Records Administration. In addition to teaching on-site
she teaches many programs off-site and even more through distance learn-
ing. Please contact her at (402) 223-1713 or via email at [email protected].
Please stop her to say ‘Hello’ if you see her at ISTE this year!
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