RETA Webinars Featured on Women of Web 2.0

Rumor has it that RETA Webinars will be discussed on EdTechTalk's Women of Web 2.0 talk show, tonight at 7pm MST - http://edtechtalk.com/live

NMSU RETA Webinars Thursday, March 5th - New URL

Dear Educators,

There has been a URL change to Thursday's Webinar: Intro to Tech Funding
Strategies. The new url is: http://nmsu.na3.acrobat.com/techfund2sp09/
Please use this URL to attend the Thursday, March 5th Webinar! Thank you,

RETA Webinar Staff

Looking for Presenters

Dear Educators,

RETA is looking for individuals who would like to share how they are using
technology in their classrooms. If you have attended one or more of our
webinars and are using one of the Web 2.0 tools we have presented to you,
we would like you to hear from you. We would also love to have you share
with our audience during a one hour webinar on April 2, 2009 at 6pm.

SO - let us know how you are using technology to enrich the lives of your
students! The structure of the webinar is to have three or four
presenters share with our audience members.

Thank you for your participation in our webinars and for your continued
support of RETA Webinars!

RETA (Regional Educational Technology Assistance)
College of Extended Learning
New Mexico State University
MSC 3WEC, P.O. Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
(575) 646-6143
webinars [at] nmsu [dot] edu

Our Friend, Dr. Michael DeMers on NPR!

Geographer to be on NPR

   Michael DeMers and his geography 481 (Fundamentals of GIS) were joined by Jason Sparks of National Public Radio last week. Several days later DeMers and one of his students, Anna Patterson, were interviewed by NPR reporter Scott Simon on a portion of Aggie Island, a parcel of virtual land inside Second Life, owned by NMSU and designed for educational activities.  
  
   Their interactions and discussion of the utility of using Second Life as a means of delivering online course content will be aired on NPR’s “Weekend Edition with Scott Simon” sometime between 8 and 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 28 on KRWG radio.
 
   For more information call 646-3509.

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday Link:
http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=7

The Innovative Educator

The Innovative Educator blog at:

http://snipurl.com/innovativeeducator [theinnovativeeducator_blogspot_com]

Has useful information about free tech resources and 21st century teaching
and learning.

Susie B. =;->

AND, Innovative Educator Twitter at http://twitter.com/InnovativeEdu

--
Larry

FW: Become a Common Sense School

Partner with parents to raise media-smart kids

http://snipurl.com/partnerwparents  [www_commonsensemedia_org]

Become a Common Sense School
With information on everything from cyberbullying to cell phones, this free parent media education program gives schools everything necessary to help parents raise smart, responsible kids.

• Customizable materials organized by grade
• Interactive workshops and videos to engage parents
• Advice from a community of educators like you

Something special for music teachers

If you teach singing, then check out http://www.cyberbass.com/ ! It¹s a
nice piece of online software that will let your students practice their
parts.

Thanks to Bethany for this tip!