More Muir Tech Tips NSTA 09

More and Muir Tech Tips for Teaching About a Greener Tomorrow Lance Rougeux, Discovery Education

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8 K T H X B Y E : P 20/15 7 L M A O T T F N 20/20 6 U R A N O O B 20/30 5 L 8 R P O S 20/40 4 R O F L 20/50 3 L O L 20/70 2 M G 20/100 1 O 20/200

Data from Kaiser Family Foundation Study, 2005 R U havN trouble rEDN DIS? iz it makin U :-||, ^set, Grr? DIS iz d way kds TLK. CreslE. It iz EZ 4 dem. dey luv it. dey luv it mo wen U spk thR lngwij. @ lEst a ltl bit. Are you having trouble reading this? Is it making you mad, upset, angry? This is the way kids talk. Seriously. It is easy for them. They love it. They love it more when you speak their language. At least a little bit.

3 hrs watching TV 1 hr on the computer (outside of schoolwork) 1 hr 45 min listening to music (radio, CDs, MP3 players) 45 minutes playing video games 6 ½ hrs/day Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-olds (Kaiser Family Foundation)

Change the Way You Search

Change the Way You Search www.blackle.com

Change on Demand www.discoveryeducation.com

Change Your Students’ Views About Writing in Science Class
Create P-essays about the environment

Change Attitudes With Digital Posters
Whales
Global Warming
http://edu.glogster.com

Change Students’ Views of the World http://earth.google.com

Students can create and collaborate via voice, animated doodling and text commenting http://voicethread.com Change the Discussion

Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge
Empower your students to find solutions to environmental problems in their own backyards and have them become true Agents of Change!
www.wecanchange.com

The Challenge is designed to help your students work together to solve an environmental problem in their…
Classroom (K-2)
School (3-5)
Community (6-8)
www.wecanchange.com

Learn About the Challenge
www.wecanchange.com including the prizes…

TEAM PRIZES
an on-site video shoot of the class that will be turned into a commercial and run on one of Discovery's networks
a $5,000 grant for your school
an opportunity to be featured on a jumbotron in Times Square in New York City
a Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge green prize
a banner for your school
TEACHER/MENTOR PRIZES
a chance to be a guest editor on treehugger.com
free registration to the next NSTA National (or Area) Conference
hotel accommodations for three nights at the conference
a pocket video camera
a one-year membership to NSTA
and a 12-month subscription to Discovery Education Science Elementary version
www.wecanchange.com

Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge www.wecanchange.com

Then Get Started
www.wecanchange.com with an abundance of free resources…

Now it’s time to Learn, Plan, Act and Share!

Submitting the application is easy!

So what are you waiting for???
Need more information? Attend a free webinar.
http://links.discoveryeducation.com/wecanchange

www.WeCanChange.com
Check out the Science in Action blog for a copy of the presentation
http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/scienceinaction
Register for a free webinar to learn more
http://links.discoveryeducation.com/wecanchange

More and Muir Tech Tips for Teaching About a Greener Tomorrow Lance Rougeux, Discovery Education [email_address] www.wecanchange.com

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