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Issue 13: September 24, 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: Today's Students Upload
It's undeniable: today's students process information more differently than ever, and the need to adjust to the way they learn is of great importance. Explore some tips for becoming a "leader who uploads" in Eduspire instructor, Dr. Jolene Erlacher's blog post.
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Use Tech as a Tool in Classrooms with ESL/ELL Students!
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Tech with ELL, designed for K-12 teachers of all content and subject areas, provides a general overview of technology tools and instructional strategies to use with ESL students. This course addresses the use of technology as a tool to enhance language acquisition associated with English Language Learners/ing (ELL), while presenting background knowledge of the learner and technology tools to assist in achieving academic and social goals.
Participants will be exposed to a wide variety of strategies used to assess the language proficiency of ESL students at K-12 levels and will examine how to design assessment and adapt activities to match student age and cognitive levels. Abundant approaches to supporting students during instruction will be presented.
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Online: October 9 — November 12
Please register by September 29
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Eduspire Instructor,
Dr. Jolene Erlacher
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Instructor Spotlight: Jolene Erlacher
Get to know us better: Eduspire's top-notch instructors combine experience, skill, insight, and a passion for education. This week's interview features Dr. Jolene Erlacher
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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: October 23 — November 19
Please register by October 15
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This course delves into the powerful societal and technological influences contributing to the development of today's students. As the influences of postmodernism shift our world from rational to experiential problem solving, technology moves us from linear to complex thinking, and collaboration replaces individual responsibility, students are learning in a world that has changed dramatically.
Understanding Today's Students examines the corresponding shift in student behaviors and worldviews from older generations, and explores the opportunities and challenges represented by a new type of student. Strategies are discussed for equipping and empowering today's students for a strong future.
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Subscribe to the Eduspire Solutions Newsletter
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Eduspire Solutions, our sister company which creates innovative software for schools, now has its own ed-tech e-newsletter. You can see the first issue here, and click here to subscribe to our mailing list. In addition to updates about our software products like new releases and features, we'll link to blog posts, relevant ed-tech content from around the web, provide updates on our conference appearances, and more! You may also be interested in following Eduspire Solutions' blog.
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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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