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Professional Development, Online and On-Demand
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Friday, 08 June 2007, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
(GMT -05:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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MOREnet is pleased to host a "mirror site" for popular content provider Annenberg Media's free video-on-demand programs available from www.learner.org. By partnering with this site, MOREnet is able to deliver this free, on-demand educational video programming faster and more reliably to Missouri's teachers, students and library patrons.
Annenberg Media provides access to professional development materials for educators. The resources are free, and include video-on-demand, live streaming video events, and other materials available for purchase. The site also provides access to the Annenberg Channel, a free satellite channel for schools, libraries, colleges, universities, and other public access channels.
Join us for a tour of this amazing resource, led by Dr. Pete Neil from Annenberg Media.
Preparation:
To make sure your computer is ready for this session, at least one day before the session, review the System Requirements and run the System Check.
- Review the Centra System Requirements at http://www.more.net/services/e-conferencing/systemreq.html
- Run System Check at http://150.199.24.201/main/mnet/SystemCheck/LaunchSystemCheck.jhtml?domain=/mnet
- Follow the prompts.
- If you run into difficulties, contact MOREnet Technical Support (800) 509-6673 or (573) 884-8694.
A guided tour of Centra for participants can be found at: http://www.more.net/services/e-conferencing/tours/participant.html
On the day of the session, please log into the session at least 15 minutes before it is scheduled to begin.
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Pete Neal
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Peter M. Neal, EdD
Dr. Neal is the Associate Director of Annenberg Media, a division of the Annenberg Foundation that funds the production of educational multimedia resources. In addition to his responsibilities around overall program management, he oversees the operations and development of the Annenberg Channel and the Annenberg Media web site (www.learner.org).
Prior to joining Annenberg, Dr. Neal was Director of Education at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) where he led the education department in planning and executing national public broadcasting education initiatives. Previously he was an award-winning multimedia producer for the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD).
In the course of his career, Dr. Neal has also taught and trained in a variety of educational settingsfrom a high school in Morocco (as a Peace Corps volunteer), to Arlington (Va.) Public Schools, Northern Virginia Community College, and George Washington University.
In 1999, Dr Neal was a Fulbright Scholar at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia where he helped train faculty and develop materials for a new national distance education program. He holds a doctorate in Education Administration and Instructional Technology from George Washington University, an MS in Linguistics from Georgetown, and undergraduate degrees in English and Economics.
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Denise Tate-Kuhler
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MOREnet Technical Trainer
Denise has been with MOREnet as a Technical Trainer since July 1996. She has worked as a technology trainer of students, teachers and librarians since 1993. As a senior member of the training team, Denise leads our current focus on delivering courses to MOREnet's customers through distance learning.
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