Exercise Your Mind With PBS KIDS Lab!

Summer is learning time! Children and youth who are engaged with math, reading and writing skills in the summer are ready to learn new things when they return to school. Statistics from the National Association for Summer Learning demonstrate that all children lose math skills during the summer, no matter what their economic income level. Children who don’t participate in math activities in the summer regress a full two months in math skills by the end of the summer. The long term effect of summer learning loss is an increase in the achievement gap.

ideastream’s Education Department is piloting ways to help parents and educators engage kids (ages 2-8) in summer math learning. Funded by a Ready to Learn Grant, ideastream is partnering with the Broadway P-16, Cleveland Public Library Fleet Branch, University Settlement, Girls Scouts, the Broadway Boys and Girls Club, and staff and students in Cleveland Metropolitan Schools Willow and Miles Park to find ways to make MATH MATTER. Center to this pilot: PBS Kids Lab.

Summer learning is the perfect time for FUN activities and PBS Kids Lab has cool new math tools for summer learning fun including:

• Mobile Apps!
• Interactive Games
• Home Activities
• Lessons
• 3D games
• Augmented Reality

Join the team to counteract summer learning loss by helping kids and parents make math part of the summer equation. Here are a few places to begin.

PBS Kids Lab
Includes interactive games, mobile apps, fun ways to learn math while shopping, playing, or cooking.  Be sure to check out the Blog – filled with ideas for educators and Ideas to Go for fun ways to learn math concepts on the go!

Viz Kids
Includes selected games and videos for children. Check out the parent site for free programs and activities all summer long.

WVIZ/PBS & 90.3 WCPN Educator Site
Find the latest news about education and cool learning tools and resources.

For more information contact Linda Williams.

The Education Advisory Council of WVIZ/PBS & 90.3 WCPN ideastream will be holding their annual technology conference on November 15, 2012, at the Idea Center in Cleveland, OH. We invite you to participate in this conference by renting an exhibit space in the Expo Center. We are expecting nearly 200 teachers and administrators to attend this conference.

To help encourage more attendees to visit the exhibits, the conference schedule gives time between each session and allows every attendee a full hour to visit the exhibits and eat lunch. This year we will sponsor an “Exhibitor’s Walk.” Exhibitors will be given stickers to hand out to attendees who visit their display area. These stickers will be placed on a card that the attendees turn in for door prizes. Exhibitor door prizes will be announced during the culminating session held in the Westfield Studio.

Levels of exhibitor participation are available:

Standard $250

• Complimentary Exhibit Table
• Recognition on the ideastream website sponsorship page
• Verbal acknowledgement during opening/closing remarks
• Company logo prominently displayed on all printed materials
• Complimentary lunch for 2 representatives

Sponsor $500

• Complimentary Exhibit Table
• Recognition on the ideastream website sponsorship page
• Verbal acknowledgement during opening/closing remarks
• Company logo prominently displayed on all printed materials
• Complimentary lunch for 2 representatives
• Acknowledgement of sponsorship of one Education Advisory Council meeting: includes signage at the meeting; acknowledgement in pre- and post-meeting materials; distribution of materials during meeting

Upon receipt of your registration form and payment, you will be sent an “Exhibitor’s Packet” which will include instructions and information.  The Idea Center exhibition area will be available for setup from 6:00 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. on Thursday, November15.  The hours for exhibiting will be 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

If you have any questions concerning the exhibits or the conference, please feel free to contact one of the committee members. If you are interested in renting an exhibit space during our annual conference, please complete the online registration form here.

ideastream invites educators from across Northeast Ohio to encourage connecting young children to nature. Please review the following lesson plans and websites highlighting science, technology and nature. These resources have been developed by preschool teachers, kindergarten teachers, primary teachers, librarians and/or technology teachers from across Northeast Ohio.

Information and resources from past education conferences can be found here.

Innovative Technology & Educational Practice Conference Call for Proposals

Seeking proposals in these areas!

• Teaching and Learning with Technology
• Student Success and Support
• Mobile Technology
• Emerging Technology
• Virtual Learning/Flipped Classroom
• E-learning

Proposal deadline: May 4, 2012

Conference Info:

November 15, 2012
Idea Center
1375 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44115

Submit proposal online now.

Conference Committee:

Jeff Butler, Auburn Career Center
Paula Kucinic, Cuyahoga County ESC
Barb Jenkins, University of Akron
Sharon Jones, Parma City Schools
Ted Lysiak, Euclid City Schools
Veronica Motley, S.Euclid/Lyndhurst Schools
Julie Ramos, Geauga County ESC
Jeff Richards, Monarch School
Jeremy Shorr, Mentor City Schools
Deborah Vasenda, North Royalton City Schools

Graduate credit is available for many of the professional learning offerings through either Ashland University or the University of Akron.

ideastream strives to ensure that all professional learning opportunities meet the criteria for of high quality professional development as set by State of Ohio.

ideastream professional learning opportunities are based on Ohio standards.

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