Connecting Learners…Accelerating Results

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What’s New?

• PA Standards aligned application designed to promote effective and relevant connections between STEM classroom content and STEM career pathways

• Includes Videos, Projects, Simulations and Assessments

• These resources and materials allow teachers to connect STEM career awareness to existing lessons and standards-based curriculum

• Offers the flexibility to post meeting agendas with all associated documents online for everyone to see, or exclusively for members of your organization

• Ability to easily add supporting documents as an attachment to agenda items

• Meeting agenda templates for meetings that have the same agenda items

• Group creation so members only see agendas within their own group

PA Online Learning

• Comprehensive course offerings to enhance your curriculum

• Hundreds of choices • Synchronous and asynchronous• Taught by Pennsylvania certified

teachers

• A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that includes images, documents, and videos

• Participants interact through voice, text, audio and video messaging

• VoiceThread creators can share their VoiceThread with just a few or publish it for anyone to view

• VoiceThread requires no additional software

LearntobeHealthy.org

Private Label

• Wikispaces Private Label service is a great alternative to hosting a wiki on your own

• Your site will be ready in seconds• Updates are provided automatically• Wikispaces is maintenance free

PAIUnet Disaster Recovery System

• Vulnerability Assessment and Data Recovery Planning

• Offsite Data Back-up and Server Collocation• Virtual Server Hosting and Stand-by Virtual

Serving Hosting• Consultation Services• Learn more at www.paiunetdr.org

Providing safety, security, and data reliability solutions for 21st century schools

IU 5 Blended Cyber Services

• Live, one-on-one access to highly qualified, state-certified teachers 24 hours a day, 5 days a week

• More than 100 asynchronous courses in all subject areas

• Online courses that meet and exceed the rigor and quality of the Pennsylvania Standards

• Virtual, real-time student orientation with IU5 Blended Cyber Services staff

• 24/7 helpdesk support• District contact training and assistance with real-

time progress reporting

Quarterbacks of Life

• A QBOL is a person that has succeeded in the face of adversity; a person with a never-give-up attitude; a role model; a winner

• Connects students with mentors and role models   

• Teaches students skills they need to tackle the challenges of life   

• Helps to shape the development of America's youth and the leaders of tomorrow  

Student Mentoring Program

Waterfront Learning

• Flexible cyber education program specifically designed for school districts

• Provides a rigorous education at a responsible cost• Districts can use their own content or purchase vendor

created content• Course options are available for full and part-time cyber

students • Courses may be taught by district teachers or

Waterfront Learning educators • Customized professional development is available on a

wide range of topics

Professional Development Collaborative

International Reading Association

• 9/27/10 – Essential Readings on Motivation80 participants at 3 sites representing 30 different LEAs 

• 10/12/10 – Essential Readings on Vocabulary141 participants at 7 sites representing 56 different LEAs

• 1/20/11 – Essential Readings on Fluency204 participants at 10 sites representing 75 different LEAs 

• 2/24/11 – Essential Readings on Struggling Learners171 participants at 7 sites representing 69 different LEAs (current registration)

• Ed Tech Leaders Online (ETLO) is a nationally recognized online professional development program

• Participants receive three Act 48 credits• Course topics range from differentiation and

best practices to subject specific courses

in partnership with

Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit

• Live Educational IPTV• Library of Locally

Produced Videos• Downloadable

Resources• PDE Podcasts &

Informational Videos

• Digital Media Management and Distribution provides K-12 school districts a comprehensive solution for digital media networking and visual instructional needs

• Content provided by such organizations as Disney Educational, National Geographic, and PBS

• Customize and share playlists within districts

• A place where educators and students can learn together

• Integrated social learning site that includes blogs, wikis, social bookmarks and a micro-blogger

• Keystone Commons is being used by IUs, educators, teachers and students throughout PA

• Over 4,000 educators and students have joined

• No Cost to PAIUnet Member Schools

• An immersive virtual learning environment

• Safe and secure environment where students can explore and learn

• Managed and hosted by PA educators

• No Cost to PAIUnet Member Schools

What’s Next?

You Decide

Contact Us

• John Branson, Ed.D.PAIUnet Project Director - johnbr@cciu.org

• David MartinProject Management - dmartin@caiu.org

• Derrick MergenProject Management - derrick@iu28.org

• Larry O’Shea, Ph.D.PAIUnet Council President -

loshea@dciu.org