| Teachers looking for help in connecting with millennial students with high tech-xpectations and with managing the realities of resource reductions flocked in record numbers to Nortel LearniT's recent workshop "Empowering Learners through 21st Century Teaching." |  | The high interest was prompted by the opportunity to learn about Nortel LearniT's free, ready-to-use, educationally sound lesson plans, videos, and resources presented at the Suffolk, NY, County's educational technology conference , March 16, 2009. Participants from New York State's easternmost county comprising 250, 000 students in nearly 350 schools came looking for effective solutions to bridge the educational and economic gaps facing educators worldwide. View all Nortel LearniT Lesson Plans | | The Workshop: an e-presentation for e-teachers |  View the PowerPoint | The Nortel LearniT workshop, "Empowering Learners through 21st Century Teaching", worked well, the participants said, because the session's topic and its delivery style meshed with their needs. Nortel LearniT ambassador Chris Garner, on-site in New York, teamed with Nortel LearniT Chief Academic Officer Michael Connet in Washington, DC, in an e-teaching presentation using the Nortel Multimedia Communication Server (MCS) video and web conferencing tools.
Live linking to the www.NortelLearniT.org web site showcased Nortel LearniT resources that integrate technology with education. View a showcase collection of 21st Century e-Teaching Lesson Plans.
| | What pulled the teachers into this workshop AND impelled them to keep in contact? | |   View Nortel LearniT brochure | The crucial content elements, all accessible via www.nortellearnit.org, are: - Nortel Learn-IT project-based lesson plans, editable in their word processors, with a focus on 21st Century learning. The fact that the plans include assessment tools linked to curriculum standards and that they are organized and are searchable by grade, subject, and technology were winning attributes with the educators.
- Nortel LearniT's free, 24/7 accessible, classroom-ready resources promoting--and enabling-- integration of technology into teaching and learning
| | Nortel LearniT brings it all together for you | |
