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DLC Newsletter: June 2008

One click at a time

Thanks to all of you, the DLC is thriving and growing to meet the constantly changing needs of educators and students, one click at a time. This school year, you clicked through to DLC resources 355,000 times. This marks a 29% increase in use from 2006-2007.

We know that those statistics represent countless achievements by teachers, students, administrators, our school support team, and our service providers. We thank all of you for your commitment to our partnership and to integrating digital resources into your teaching and learning.

If you haven’t yet renewed your membership, we invite you to continue this great work in the coming year. Please join today.

Register for Teacher2Teacher today

We encourage you to apply for Teacher2Teacher(T2T): A Collaborative Project, our year-long professional development program that begins with a three-day retreat held August 13 – 15, 2008. As a teacher leader, you’ll receive this training at no cost to you.

Learn to help other teachers:

  • Plan and implement instructional activities that integrate DLC resources into their curriculum.
  • Collaborate with colleagues to integrate DLC resources into their lesson activities.
  • Use coaching and collaboration skills to promote discussion about instruction.

Course Credit Funds available to more schools

The DLC is pleased to announce that it has secured an additional source of funding that will allow us to allocate Course Credit Funds to MORE eligible DLC member schools in the coming school year. Unsure about your eligibility? Learn more about Course Credit Funds here: http://www.learningcommons.org/join/resources/ccf.php

And the winners are…

Lori Dearmore and Calen Thompson of Naselle-Grays River Valley High School are singing a happy iTune as the winners of our DLC Success Story contest. Each received an iPod Nano for their joint submission about Calen’s experience with learning Mandarin Chinese through a DLC online course. Read about how this choice is opening doors for Calen in and out of the classroom.

DLC support all summer long

There are many ways that we can make your work life easier this summer. Go to Summer Support to find services for summer school students, WASL remediation programs and tools to help teachers integrate resources into their summer school curriculum. Teachers may also earn clock hours this summer. Explore our professional development catalog.

Win an iPod Nano

Take our very brief educator survey and enter to win an iPod Nano. Surveys will be accepted through June 20.