News from CILC
NEW PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MARKET PLACE PROVIDERS
Christine Rush
Christine’s passion is reading comprehension on all levels. She enjoys working with classroom teachers to hone their skills with tips, hints, and best practice applications that bring reading comprehension and reading skills to life for all students.
She is a classroom teacher with a secondary education degree, a masters in education and expertise in analyzing reading comprehension on all levels---including elementary and secondary. Along with being a classroom teacher, Christine has been a consultant with the Indiana Department of Education, specifically in the area of Title I and early reading intervention and reading indicators as well as a literacy coach.
View her first program to be offered in the PD Marketplace:
Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center
It is the mission of the Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center (MVESC) to make connections to create services that contribute to learning.
PD offerings include:
View their first program to be offered in the Marketplace:
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Founded in 1944 and one of the nation's top ten science museums, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry is a world-class tourist attraction and educational resource that puts the WOW! in science for the kid in each of us. "In addition to enjoying one of the featured exhibits at temporary display at OMSI, you can touch a tornado, uncover
a fossil, surf the internet, enter the world of virtual reality, experience an earthquake, or simply experiment on your own in one of our many hands-on labs. OMSI also offers a variety of camps and classes as well as the largest outreach program in the nation.
View their new PD Offerings here!
- Expedition Northwest
- No Hassle Messy Science with a WOW!- K-8 Chemistry
School Improvement Network
With its focus on long-term improvement, sustainability, and greater internal capacity, the School Improvement Network helps its clients close achievement gaps, meet high standards, improve educator practice, and, most importantly, increase student learning and achievement.
As the home of The Video Journal of Education, PD 360, and the Leadership and Learning Framework, School Improvement Network resources focus on the most relevant topics, feature the top experts, and show educators how to put theory into practice.
The School Improvement Network was founded in 1991 for teachers by teachers and is the leading provider of comprehensive, research-based professional development anytime, anywhere. The School Improvement Network currently works with thousands of schools and districts in every state and around the world. The quality, depth, and practicality of School Improvement Network products has created many lifelong clients who continue to buy each new resource as it is released.
- Applied Differentiation: Making it Work in the Classroom
- Courageous Conversations about Race: Closing the Achievement Gap
- All Means All – What Is It About Me You Can’t Teach?
- Using Data to Close the Achievement Gap
- No Excuses! How to Increase Minority Student Achievement
- Webinar: How to Increase Minority Student Achievement with the Equity Framework
- Webinar: Equitable School Culture
- Authentic Equity Leadership Webinar
New Programs posted in the PD Marketplace since June 2009 include…
- Meeting the Educational Needs of Learners with Chronic Health Conditions – by Living Through Learning Foundation
- Using Moodle in the Classroom – by Tuscarawas Carroll Harrison ESC
- Powerful Ingredients for Blended Learning (Part 2 or 2) - by Wesley Fryer
- History of Photography – by Amon Carter Museum
- Virtual Museum – by Amon Carter Museum
- Introduction to Artful Reading – by Collaborative for Teaching and Learning
- Mental Health in Children: Superheroes & Princesses – by Cooperating Schools Districts New Links to New Learning
- Mental Health in Children: You Did What? – by Cooperating Schools Districts New Links to New Learning
- Creating Personal Learning Networks for Teachers – by NORT2H
DID YOU KNOW…
On-line and Printable Customized Catalog
How helpful would it be to have a catalog of student programs customized to reflect a particular discipline and/or grade level?
At www.cilc.org it’s as easy as 1, 2, 3! Go to http://www.cilc.org/custom_catalog.aspx
1. Enter your initial search criteria.
2. Select options you would like to see in your catalog.
3. Look for a special URL where you can visit your catalog anytime OR
Click the Create Custom Catalog for Printing button.
Suggestion: While you have the option to search for any date range, you might choose just one or two months at a time, as new programs are continually being added to the database.
Note: You can also access the Custom Catalog feature on www.cilc.org
Go to the homepage
Click on Custom Catalog in the uppermost menu bar: see below:
We hope you’ll find it helpful to have an up-to-date catalog—whenever you need it—containing only the information you want.
Pinnacle Awards 2008-2009
Pinnacle Awards, awarded annually, are based on teacher evaluations submitted through the CILC website and recognize outstanding performance by providers of content.
Each school year, the scores of ALL program evaluations for each provider are averaged.
The score is derived from seven (7) questions which have numerical value and drive the star rating system on the CILC website.
This is the second year for Pinnacle Awards to Content Providers (student content)
and the FIRST year to Professional Development Providers (content for educators)
This icon 
located next to a provider’s name indicates they are a Pinnacle Award recipient.
View all Content Provider Pinnacle Award recipients.
View all Professional Development Pinnacle Award recipients.
Discounts for Student Programs
Now over 25 Content Providers are offering discounts on student programs for those who have a Premium Service Plan. Discounts average $17 PER program and range in value from $5 to $45.
Who is offering discounts?
View the list of providers who offer discounts or free programs.
Note: Not all programs by these providers are discounted.
How to take advantage of these savings!
1. Purchase a Premium Service Plan, if you don’t have one.
Three programs, at an average of a little over $17 discount PER program,
cover the cost for this service!
2. Search for content
- Use the keyword search to find the topic which meets your curricula needs.
- On the results page, click the ‘Search Premium Service discounted programs’ box.
- Hit search
- Look in the ‘Connection Type(s) Available and Program Fees’ field to view discount.
New Content Providers on www.cilc.org
Alaskan EcoEscape
In Alaska global warming is very real. My family bought a house that’s extremely environmentally friendly. Using nature, it recycles the spring and gray water to reuse and even drink. We compost our waste, from kitchen scraps to toilet waste, by using worms. Cindee Karns is our first content provider that is currently Skype only. She lives in a remote area of Alaska and doesn't have enough bandwidth for H.323.
View her first program posted on cilc.org
- Would you like sugar with your worm tea? All about composting - a 2 part series
Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre
Live Dives take students underwater without leaving the classroom! Join SCUBA diving biologist-instructors for an engaging undersea experience in which students interact directly with divers to explore diverse sub-tidal environments. Let us help you meet your learning outcomes underwater. Live Labs take place in our laboratory studio,
meet your learning expectations, and include pre- and post- conference material for your STUDENTS!
- Back to Base-ics
- Back From the Brink
- Subtidal Safari
- Invertebrate Invasion
Distance Learning Solutions
We bring content for K-12 students from our studios in Jerusalem, Israel and from remote locations throughout Israel. Our primary focus is upon archaeology, history and culture.
In addition, we provide consulting services to empower schools to become independent interactive videoconferencing providers for their students.
View their first program posted on cilc.org
Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center
The Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center is a Title VI National Resource Center dedicated to raising awareness about its target area: namely the Turkic, Iranian, Mongolian, Uralic, and Tibetan cultural spheres. Some countries included are Turkey, Azerbaijan, Hungary, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan.
View their first program on cilc.org
Motivate (UK, Math)
This provider offers mathematically based videoconferences for schools which offer
- enrichment for students and teachers
- cross-curricular topics
- highly interactive live videoconference sessions for all age groups
- How far ...? How old ...? How much bigger ...?
- What have mathematicians done for us?
- How to lie and get away with it: How computers and CDs use error correcting codes
- History of Calculating Machines
- The Golden Section
- Math sessions
- Halloween
The Toledo Zoo
With over 6,000 animals representing over 760 species, The Toledo Zoo, over 100 years old, is one of the world’s most complete zoos—it’s also the region’s top family destination! Let The Toledo Zoo take you from the Arctic tundra to the wilds of Africa, from the tropical rainforest to the Sonoran Desert and all points between.
- Animal Coverings
- Animal Adaptations
- Desert Animals
- ARCTIC: Animals; People and Culture
- Food Chains
- Endangered Species
- Rainforest, Layers of Life
New Free Webinar
Elluminate: Making Collaboration Easy
Have you been looking for a tool to collaborate with another teacher or to train others efficiently? Perhaps Elluminate Live! is just that tool. It enables you to share anything on your desktop while using chat or talking over IP. Learn how to host a session and use the many features available. These 30 minutes may open up a whole new world for you!
Check dates/times and register for this FREE session.
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