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Tag: Kristin Brynteson

STEM Read Summer Institute prepares educators to bring books, curiosity to life

August 5, 2019 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter

Melanie Koss donned a headpiece that gave her deer ears, reclined motionless on a couch in the Gabel Hall Learning Center, closed her eyes and played the role of a deceased doe. And that wasn’t even the strangest sight at July’s NIU

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Learn-IT explores future of teaching tech

May 15, 2019 Mark McGowan enewsletter, ETRA

Science fiction fans call May 4 “Star Wars Day” – as in, “May the Fourth Be With You” – but that particular Saturday this year centered on science reality for 120 regional teachers and instructional technology specialists. NIU’s Department of Educational Technology,

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NIU to improve math content knowledge for teachers from Rockford, Sauk Valley

March 26, 2019 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, ETRA

Northern Illinois University has received a $1.6 million grant from the Illinois State Board of Education to provide professional development in math pedagogy to 160 teachers from Rockford and the Sauk Valley area. Grant dollars also will fund the development of online

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STEM Read Institute sparks educators

August 22, 2018 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter

Macy Gray’s journey as a teacher began at Mayatan Bilingual School, a non-profit in Honduras where she taught sixth-graders. When she returned to Illinois this summer to begin a new job this fall teaching sixth- and seventh-graders at Chicago’s Altus Academy, the

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STEM Read Summer Institute to teach educators to transfer books ‘off the page’

July 16, 2018 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter

Bringing books to life – transporting an author’s words and worlds from typewritten pages into physical spaces – marvelously rouses the passion for reading within young readers. Just imagine your excitement if you learned that Tad Lincoln had lost his famous father’s

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LEARN-IT conference exposes educators to instructional tech

June 6, 2017 Mark McGowan enewsletter, ETRA, External and Global Programs

Advances in technology come so quickly and frequently that it’s nearly impossible to stay on top of the latest innovations and applications. Yet for teachers, and for IT professionals who work in schools, the integration of technology to enhance learning carries a

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