SeaTrek Distance Learning

SeaTrek Distance Learning has opened select times during April 12th - 23rd, 2010.

Please consult our online calendar to check availability before requesting your program, http://www.seatrek.org/vidcon.htm.

Thank you for bearing with us during the 2009-2010 school year as we improve our program line-up for you!

May the fastest fish get the best time slot!

FREE Grades 9-12: Can government prohibit citizens from owing handguns?

by National Constitution Center

High School students from schools across the country will discuss whether or not state and local governments can prohibit handgun ownership. MTV’s SuChin Pak will host and Second Amendment scholar, Dr. Joyce Lee Malcolm will moderate.

Jason Allen
jallen@constitutioncenter.org
525 Arch Street
Independence Mall
Philadelphia, PA 19106
United States
Phone:
Fax: (215) 409-6650

May 27 from 12:30 - 2:00
Registration deadline: 5/14/10

Grades 7-12: Goretti’s Story: Empowering Women through Microloans

After years of gender discrimination, Goretti Nyabenda, featured in the New York Times bestseller Half the Sky, defied cultural norms by taking out a $2 microloan to buy fertilizer. Goretti then worked with CARE Burundi and the women of her community to start a village savings and loan association, which they called Twitwararikane (''to take care of each other''). With no outside capital, these women used their pooled savings to create a loan fund, which they would be able to borrow from during times of need and replenish when there was excess. Goretti is now an entrepreneur with livestock and a small shop. She is able to provide for her family and is well-respected at home and within her community. Goretti now sends her children to school and is able to provide them with the education that so many individuals in her village still do not have access to. Hear her story and learn how you can take action to support microfinance programs that are paving the way for women to climb out of poverty.
In this special session, students will have the opportunity to speak with Goretti and learn first-hand how microfinancing has changed her life and those in her community. Contact Paul Hieronymus to register for the program at hieronymus@esclc.org.

Thursday, May 13, 11:00-12:00 AM EDT

Grades 5-12: Travel to KURDISTAN in Northern IRAQ (April 15) and HAITI (April 28) at Vanderbilt Virtual School

Travel to KURDISTAN in Northern IRAQ (April 15) and HAITI (April 28) at Vanderbilt Virtual School.
Each presenter will discuss his/her particular country and share the geographic location, the landmarks, government, culture, homes, food, and transportation of that country. The worldview of your students will expand as they learn more about different cultures.
Lesson plans and/or descriptions are available online for each topic!

REGISTER online for videoconferences: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool/registration.htm

Target audience: students in grades 5 -12
Times: 9:00 - 9:45 and 10:00 - 10:45 AM (CENTRAL time zone)
Format: 45-minutes formatted into 30-minute presentation, and then
15-20 minute Q & A
Cost: $75 per site
Questions: Chandra Allison, at (615) 322-6511 or email chandra.allison@vanderbilt.edu


1) THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010 – KURDISTAN in Northern IRAQ
Presenter: Charmaine Jamieson

The people of Iraqi-Kurdistan invite you to discover their peaceful region, a place that has practiced democracy for over a decade, a place where the universities, markets, cafes and fair grounds buzz with progress and prosperity, and where the people are sowing the seeds of a brighter future. With a population of nearly 5 million, the three governorates of Duhok, Erbil and Suleimani cover four times the area of Lebanon and larger than that of The Netherlands.

Nashville, TN boasts a huge immigrant population, and many of these are political refugees. One particularly significant group, especially considering the current Iraq War, is the local Kurdish population. Many Kurds come to Nashville to escape persecution in the Middle East. The best-known example of this dates to 1988, when Saddam Hussein waged genocide against Iraqi Kurds. Thousands of Kurds were killed by chemical warfare and mass destruction, and even more simply disappeared. This, however, was only the culmination of past persecution and violence against the Kurds in Iraq and elsewhere.


4) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2010 - “HAITI”
Presenters: Colin Dayan and Jane Landers
Presenter Jane Landers will discuss how French Saint Domingue (HAITI) became the richest sugar colony in the world and how its oppressed slaves accomplished the revolt that led to Haitian independence.
Presenter Colin Dayan will discuss current events in Haiti and discuss what is needed to provide real help to Haiti. On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti and devastated the capital city, Port-au-Prince. Colin says the best aid for the earthquake-ravaged nation of HAITI is to empower the Haitian people.
Haiti, in the West Indies, occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. About the size of Maryland, Haiti is two-thirds mountainous, with the rest of the country marked by great valleys, extensive plateaus, and small plains.
Haiti was the first independent nation in Latin America and the first independent black-led republic in the world when it gained independence as part of a successful slave rebellion in 1804. Despite having common cultural links with its Hispano-Caribbean neighbors, Haiti is the only predominantly French-speaking independent nation in the Americas. Haiti is the poorest country in the Americas.

Register quickly! These will fill up fast!
Patsy

Patsy Partin, M.Ed
Director, Virtual School
Vanderbilt University
2007 Terrace Place
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 322-6384
www.vanderbilt.edu/virtualschool

Grades 7-12: Nuclear Energy and Climate Change: A Green solution or Global Catastrophe

The International Video Conference on

Nuclear Energy and Climate Change: A Green solution or Global Catastrophe

April 30th – 10:30-12:10 (MDT, GMT-7)

Join Dr. Debra Davidson, Director of the Environmental Research and Studies Centre, and Associate Professor at the University of Alberta, LIVE through video conferencing, as we examine the many questions surrounding Nuclear Energy and Global Warming: Is nuclear power a global warming solution? How dangerous is Nuclear Energy? How has the technology changed over the last 60 years?

Students will network globally, posting their thoughts and research online through an interactive webpage while being mentored by graduate students and researchers from around the world starting April 26th, culminating in a LIVE video conference/webcast on April 30th, 10:30-12:10 (GMT-7, MDT).

For more information, contact Terry Godwaldt, terry.godwaldt@epsb.ca

Grades 7-12: Jerry Greenfield: An Evening of Social Responsibility, Radical Business Philosophy and Free Ice Cream

Your School is Invited to Participate in a Videoconference with Kent State Stark’s Featured Speaker!

Jerry Greenfield

“An Evening of Social Responsibility, Radical Business Philosophy and Free Ice Cream”

The video conference will take place on Tuesday, April 20 at 1 p.m.


Expose your students to international experts in exciting areas that shape the world in which we live. Your students will be able to ask Jerry Greenfield questions through a live video and audio feed.


To allow your students to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime experience, please contact Jim Vincent, Stark/Portage Area Computer Consortium at 330-492-8136 or Jim.vincent@email.sparcc.org.


Jerry Greenfield met his best friend, Ben Cohen, in junior high school while growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y. Following Greenfield’s graduation from Ohio’s Oberlin College as a pre-med student and several unsuccessful applications to medical schools, he and Cohen decided to fulfill their mutual dream of running a business together. Research and a $5 correspondence course in ice cream making led them to open a small parlor in Vermont in 1978. Today, Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc. is a $300 million ice cream empire and a model for American business success. Greenfield and Cohen have been recognized for fostering their company's commitment to social responsibility and creative management with several national honors, including the Corporate Giving Award by the Council on Economic Priorities and the U.S. Small Business Persons of the Year Award. In 1997, the partners co-authored a guide entitled Ben & Jerry’s Double-Dip: Lead with Your Values and Make Money, Too. The best-seller addresses the promises and pitfalls of values-led business and serves as an inspiration for the growing influence of socially conscience corporations.

This is entirely a question and answer, interview program where students take the lead in asking Jerry Greenfield questions about his life and his company. The first 6 respondents will be interactive. Additional sites will be registered as “view only.” Please provide your video conferencing site name and IP address with your registration information. Make sure to include the technical support’s name and contact information.

For more information about the Kent State University Stark Campus Featured Speakers Series, call 330-244-3223 or visit http://www.stark.kent.edu/.

Grades K-12: NASA Makes Earth a Greener Planet

Do you know that NASA scientists are studying our earth? Are you aware of the new green technologies that are being invented to help improve our earth?

During this event you will hear from three NASA scientists from Ames Research Center, Goddard Space Flight Center, and Kennedy Space Center as they talk about different technologies and projects they are involved in to help make earth a "greener" planet. They will answer discuss several themes relating to Earth Day and then take questions from participating schools and the webcast audience.

Event Information:
Date: Wednesday, April 21 (day before Earth Day!)
Time: 1:00 EDT (10:00 PDT)
Duration: 45 minutes
Cost: Free

Registration: Please email Greg Pitzer (gregory.e.pitzer@nasa.gov ) with the following information: School Name/ address, Grade level, Contact phone #, and # of students.

Webcast: If you are watching via webcast, no registration is required, you can go to the webpage at: http://dln.nasa.gov/dln/content/webcast/dlnstreaming.jsp

Speaker Information:
Dr. Jonathan Trent - NASA Ames Research Center
NASA bags algae, wastewater in bid for aviation fuel http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/05/12/12greenwire-nasa-bags-algae-wastewater-in-bid-for-aviation-12208.htm

Barry Green - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA Relies on Energy from Landfill Gas to Explore Heavens http://www.environmentalistseveryday.org/solid-waste-management/green-waste-industry-professionals/NASA-renewable-energy-landfill-gas.php

Kennedy Space Center
Solar PV Plant Nearing Completion at Kennedy Space Center in Florida http://sunpluggers.com/states/florida/2010/01/kennedy-space-center-solar-plant-near-completion-in-florida.php

Greg Pitzer
Digital Learning Network Coordinator
NASA Ames Research Center
Greg Pitzer/Mail Stop 253-2
Bldg. 253, Rm. 100
P.O. Box 1
Moffett Field, CA 94035-0001

Voice: 650-604-3292
FAX: 650-604-3445