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Issue 12: September 10, 2016
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Welcome to Eduspire Insights, our new, semi-regular online publication to keep you informed! Insights features news and announcements, events, interesting new course offerings, updates from our software division (Eduspire Solutions), links to our blog posts, instructor highlights, and more!
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This Week's News
Keep reading to learn what's new with Eduspire
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In Case You Missed It: New University Partnership with Wilson College Begins this Fall!
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Eduspire is pleased to announce its new partnership with Wilson College, a Pennsylvania-based university located in Chambersburg, PA. Wilson College offers undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree programs, including a Masters in Education degree.
Beginning this fall, Wilson College is offering Eduspire courses as graduate-level courses. Registration will continue through Eduspire and is now open for many online fall courses. Note that Wilson courses have new course numbers and often new, shorter names, but the content is largely similar to prior courses.
If you aren't sure if you've already taken a course, feel free to use the contact form to check with us.
To view the full announcement that was sent on 7/26 which includes fall course information, click here.
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From the Eduspire Blog: Best Presentation Apps for Back-to-School
Back-to-school season is here, whether or not we're ready for it, and while many teachers are excited to try new things others are feeling less sure of themselves. Explore 15 great iPad apps to enrich your classroom presentations in our post, Best Presentation Apps for Back-to-School.
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The Flipped Classroom I explores the pedagogical structure and philosophy of the flipped classroom. Participants will investigate the tools, content management and classroom management skills necessary to teach in a flipped environment.
This course will engage participants in activities that will ensure their understanding of teaching and learning in a flipped classroom environment. Course-takers will become competent in the use of all technologies needed to support a flipped classroom.
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Online: September 18 — October 15
Please register by September 15
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Eduspire Instructor,
Michelle Krill
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Instructor Spotlight: Michelle Krill
Get to know us better: Eduspire's top-notch instructors combine experience, skill, insight, and a passion for education. This week's interview features Michelle Krill
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click here
to read her instructor spotlight profile and learn her favorite ed-tech app and ice cream flavor!
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Online: September 18 — October 15
Please register by September 14
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Learn how to use Microsoft Office 365 to empower your students with tools used by modern information workers. This course e
xplores the Office 365 tools available to educators for collaborative learning and personalized instruction in both classroom and online settings.
Participants will practice information sharing and collaboration strategies using Outlook, Delve, OneDrive, O365 Video, and Sway. Office Mix interactive learning platforms for formative assessment and personalized learning will also be utilized.
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Eduspire Instructor Matt Bergman Listed in Top 100 Educational Blogs on the Internet
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In addition to being an Eduspire instructor, Matt Bergman is also a Google For Education Certified Trainer, presenter, member of CAST UDL, PBS digital innovator, and blogger extraordinaire. His blog, titled "Learn Lead Grow" is listed in Feedspot's "Top 100 Education Blogs for Educators and Teachers" compilation along with many other great blogs that are worth following! Look for Matt's blog at #98. Great job, Matt!
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Online: Oct. 16 — Nov. 12
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Eduspire instructor Mara Linaberger, who is teaching the courses "The Mindful Classroom" this November and "Inquiry-Based Learning" this October, relates the importance of mindfulness both in and outside of the classroom to the universal tips found in Tammie Prince's blog, Education's Voice. If you're interested in exploring ways to apply mindfulness techniques to your life and teaching, or encouraging your students to take responsibility for directing their own learning pathways, please join us this fall by registering for one (or both) of these eye-opening courses.
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Online: Nov. 13 — Dec. 10
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Eduspire is Looking for Guest Bloggers!
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We want our blog to be a place you visit for interesting, relevant, current, and informative content. In order to help us better cater to our readers and audience of education professionals, we invite you to submit ideas for blog topics that you'd like to see the Eduspire team write about.
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Feel free to submit more than one idea with your response. Topics can range from the latest ed-tech news and developments, to new apps you've begun to use in your classroom, to common experiences faced by educators that you'd like to see your peers weigh in on. We may write about your suggested topic and highlight it in an upcoming newsletter, so keep an eye on your inbox — and our blog!
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Whether you'd like to bring a course to your district, learn about becoming an instructor, make a suggestion, or just let us know how we're doing, we'd love to hear from you!
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Keep your friends informed!
Share this link with any colleagues not already subscribed to our newsletter or course emails,
for the love of ed-tech.
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