Register for NT101 Today!
We’ve had a great response to our last week’s December Did You Know? e-mail. 19 people have already pre-registered for our NT101 online course. We hope you will make plans now to join us for our first netTrekker d.i. online course on January 21st. Please read the information below.
…pre-registration is now open for the new NT101 online course that begins Jan 21st. Be sure to take advantage of $99 introductory pricing; regular price is $125.
- NT101 is a 20-hour online professional development course for educators. The format is designed for educators who are dedicated to understanding and incorporating netTrekker d.i.’s key features and functions into the context of teaching and learning. Participants will be guided to gain experience and build expertise using a variety of 21st Century learning resources, including Moodle, interactive tutorials, educational blogs, podcasts, electronic surveys, and other web tools. The course provides a collaborative online learning community promoting opportunities for interaction among participants and instructors as they explore netTrekker d.i. content and functionality.
- Upon completion, participants will receive a certificate for 20 contact hours.
- Pre-register now or contact your Customer Relationship Specialist at 877-517-1125 with questions.
Layering Time
High School Globalization netTrekker d.i. Timeline
I just got off the phone with a teacher in Georgia. She’s a science teacher that attended GAETC last week, and when she stopped by the booth, we played around with the Timeline Feature in netTrekker d.i. She didn’t realize that the timeline feature could do layers and was simply amazed. So at 7:30 this morning she called to go through the steps again and make sure she had all the facts.
She’s a high school teacher, so we started by going to the high school tab and clicking on the Timeline link found in the Features box on the right. We decided to use the World History timeline as our base and then selected the Globalization Era (eras are found in the black section) by clicking on the timeline icon next to the era. This pulled up the major general events, art related events, discoveries and innovations, and famous people who lived during this time period.
Next we went to the layering option, found in the right hand corner. You can add up to five layers to a timeline, and the topics range from science to art to literature. Each layer will have a different icon, as identified in the legend. You can collapse or expand sections by clicking on the up and down triangles and save the timeline for students to use in projects. Students love making connections on how one event or discovery might have influenced another.
I can learn more about Seaborgium, a discovery during this time frame for chemistry, by clicking on the
Innovations and Discoveries during the Globalization Era
link in this Timeline. And trust me, I know nothing of Seabogium, so those eleven resources have a lot to teach me!
How do you use the Timeline Feature in your classroom? Share your ideas in the comment box below.
Look Who’s Talking
Georgia is one of three states that earned an A on their technology report card, and after attending some of the great sessions here at GAETC, I can see why! The last session I attended yesterday was by Tony Vincent (who’s not from GA, but definitely an “A” presenter). His “Ten Tools For Teachers” was fun and engaging. I was itching to get back to the hotel to play with one of the tools he showcased, Gizmoz.
I finally got to it this morning. Gizmoz is a tool that lets you animate yourself, or other images. I decided to do a Famous Person Search in netTrekker d.i. for famous males from the 18th Century, that were politicians and American. My results had 127 people and so I selected the most famous, George Washington. I used a Weekly Reader resource to learn more about our first president and then wrote a simple “who am I” type script. I found an image that used as much of Washington’s face in our image search and then headed over to Gizmoz. I loaded the image, added my text, selected a background, and then rendered the video by clicking save. Click here to see my example.
Give Gizmoz a try and let us know how you’re using it!
Danielle Abernethy
Customer Relationship and Training Specialist
Hello World!
This past year netTrekker d.i. Training Specialists have conducted nearly 400 customer trainings. At each of those trainings we see participants experiencing an “a-ha” moments or we gain an insightful tip from them. At a recent training, I shared one of those tips and was asked, “Do you have a place where we can go read other great tips and ideas about how to use netTrekker d.i.?”Our team thought about that question. We have communication mediums, such as our newsletter and “Did You Know” emails, but we did not have a platform to share these tips as they come to us in a timely manner.
Until now.
I’d like to introduce to you the netTrekker d.i. Blog! We hope that our blog will bring you tips and ideas to meet your classroom needs with entries about differentiated learning, inspiration with lesson ideas from some of our great users, and funtastic ideas from our training classes. From our survey of the Opinion Group, we learned that our users are interested in best practices, how to integrate netTrekker d.i. with our partner’s products, technology trends, and 21st Century Skills, along with training and implementation tips and strategies. We plan on sharing what we’ve learned on those topics with you. We want to inspire you in your use of netTrekker d.i.
So help me in welcoming netTrekker d.i. to the blogosphere by leaving a comment telling us what you’re looking forward to most and introducing yourself to the netTrekker d.i. community!
Danielle Abernethy
Customer Relationship and Training Specialist
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