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UW-Madison School of Education Online News - December 2007
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Welcome to the UW-Madison School of Education Online News, a monthly update on School and campus news and resources.

IN THIS ISSUE: December 2007

• School Honors its Partners in Education
• Online Marathon Training Back for a Seventh Run
• Dance Newsletter Showcases 80th Anniversary Celebrations
• School Leadership Game Free to Download
• New Book Provides Lessons for No Child Left Behind
• OEO Offers Learning Opportunities in Mentoring
• Early Registration for January Careers Conference Closes Dec. 15
• Proposals Due Jan. 15 for 2008 Distance Education Conference
• High School Art Day Invitational, Jan. 26
• Web Calendar Highlights December Events
• Alumni: Share Your Memories
• Webgem: Kidnetic.com

SCHOOL HONORS ITS PARTNERS IN EDUCATION
Educators from area K-12 schools filled the Memorial Union’s Great Hall with conversation, laughter, and applause during the 2007 Partners in Education Banquet on Tuesday, Nov. 13. The event honored the cooperating teachers and school professionals who have opened their classrooms to School of Education student teachers, with special recognition given to recipients of the Heideman, Nemec, and Rockwell education awards.
Read the article and view the photo gallery

ONLINE MARATHON TRAINING BACK FOR A SEVENTH RUN
The course may be virtual, but the training is real! For the seventh year, kinesiology instructor Ron Carda is offering his popular online marathon-training course to alumni and friends. With plenty of e-mail coaching and feedback from Carda, the program will help runners design and implement a personal training plan. The Wisconsin Alumni Association sponsors the course; online registration is due by Jan. 14.
Read more

DANCE NEWSLETTER SHOWCASES 80TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
The stunning photography, alone, makes the Dance Program’s newsletter – now online – worth viewing. But the current issue of Momentum merits a special look, thanks to coverage of the program’s 80th anniversary activities and the amazing alumni who returned to celebrate the occasion. The issue is available online as a PDF file.
Check it out

SCHOOL LEADERSHIP GAME FREE TO DOWNLOAD
Education professor Richard Halverson has released the first product from the Games, Learning and Society Project. “Teaching Evaluation” is a free, downloadable video game built for aspiring and practicing school leaders, as well as for anyone whoever wanted the experience of sitting in the principal’s chair. The learning game addresses instructional, interpersonal, and symbolic demands of school leadership, as well as the challenge of controlling school resources.
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NEW BOOK PROVIDES LESSONS FOR NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
The No Child Left Behind Act is the latest in more than two decades of federal efforts to raise educational standards. What lessons can educators draw from these earlier efforts in order to help NCLB achieve its goals? In Standards-Based Reform and the Poverty Gap, edited by Adam Gamoran, leading scholars in sociology, economics, psychology, and education policy tackle this critical question. Gamoran is a professor of sociology and educational policy studies and director of the School’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research. The book can be ordered online via the Brookings Institution Press.
Check it out

OEO OFFERS LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN MENTORING
Spring-semester workshops sponsored by the Office of Education Outreach (OEO) focus on mentoring, beginning with a Jan. 9-10 session on Foundations in Mentoring at the Arboretum Centre in Waunakee. The workshops are for experienced teachers (three or more years) who wish to mentor new teachers. Pre-registration is required.
Get the details

EARLY REGISTRATION FOR JANUARY CAREERS CONFERENCE CLOSES DEC. 15
Registering by Dec. 15 guarantees reduced rates for this nationally recognized conference on career development and education for work. The event will be held Jan. 28-30 at the Madison Concourse Hotel. Hosted by the School’s Center on Education and Work, the conference offers more than 150 practitioner sessions, off-site tours to workplaces, hands-on technology sessions, outstanding keynote speakers, and much more.
Get the details

PROPOSALS DUE JAN. 15 FOR 2008 DISTANCE EDUCATION CONFERENCE
The annual summer Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning – the premier event of its kind – draws more than 1,000 participants each year, including educators, trainers, managers, and designers from throughout the world. Proposals, which may be submitted online, should contribute to the ongoing quality of distance education development, delivery, support, assessment, and/or management. The conference will be held August 5-8, 2008.
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HIGH SCHOOL ART DAY INVITATIONAL, JAN. 26
The Department of Art will open its doors to high school students and their parents and teachers during its special Art Day Invitational. Participants will have an opportunity to meet with art faculty and staff, discuss program details with advisors, tour art studios and labs, visit the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, and more. Advance registration is required.
Get the details

WEB CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS DECEMBER EVENTS
Public lectures by art faculty and visiting artists, WISCAPE brown-bag presentations on issues in higher education, a lecture series by newly tenured faculty, a commencement day celebration – these are but a few of the School-sponsored events happening in December.
Check out the calendar

ALUMNI: SHARE YOUR MEMORIES
Do you have fond memories of a favorite professor, a remarkable class, or an unusual experience while you were in the School of Education? If so, please share them with the External Relations Office for a School of Education Memories Booklet (both print and electronic) to be published in May 2008. Simply respond to this e-mail or use the Memories Survey link to share your thoughts.
Memories Survey

WEBGEM: KIDNETIC.COM
Here’s a fun website that promotes healthy eating and active living for kids ages 9-12. “Wet head” games, silly fitness challenges, scavenger hunts, and recipe roundups are just a few of the activities sure to appeal to kids.
Check out the site

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