Comments on: Professional Development opportunities for teachers

By: sciencegeekgirl

sciencegeekgirl — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:23:44 +0000

Mr. B., hopefully you’ll let us know how it goes! I’d welcome a guest post on your experiences.

By: Mr. B

Mr. B — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:42:21 +0000

I applied and was accepted to the Northrop Grumman Weightless Flights of Discovery. The flight is in two weeks and it is definitely a once in a lifetime and certainly exciting!!!

By: » More professional development opportunities for teachers » sciencegeekgirl

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:08:52 +0000

[...] available, it never hurts to dip your toes into an enrichment experience, right? See my previous post for other professional development opportunities (most of which are for the summer [...]

By: sciencegeekgirl » More Professional Development Opportunities for Teachers - ONGOING

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:06:16 +0000

[...] available, it never hurts to dip your toes into an enrichment experience, right? See my previous post for other professional development opportunities (most of which are for the summer [...]

By: Shawn

Shawn — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:22:44 +0000

We at EnergyTeachers.org always appreciate the posting of any energy-related workshops for educators. Thanks.
It’s difficult to put my feelings in words, but Idaho National Lab’s announcement reminded me: It’s too bad these workshops are partly about justifying a technology (“We need nuclear energy to get us out of climate mess”) instead of letting teachers, even students, decide for themselves. The science courses should help inform students, or better help them to learn to stay informed, but should not begin to answer sticky social questions without the help of humanities courses etc.
A better way of getting teachers to attend an INL workshop might be to say “Nuclear science technology is interesting, rich in inquiry, and an important topic to study considering the ramifications of our energy choices.”
But why am I posting this here? I should be talking to the folks at INL directly…Just thinking on the keyboard (the action formerly known as thinking out loud).