Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998
From: JGold: JGold@edc.org
Subject: Announcing Online Science Workshop
The National Center to Improve Practice (NCIP) and the Urban Special Education Collaborative will co-sponsor an online workshop: SCIENCE FOR ALL: INCLUDING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY April 3 to May 5, 1998.
Designed for K-8 teachers, science specialists, and special education teachers, workshop participants will learn:
The workshop will be hosted by Doug Zook, Ph.D., Associate Professor at Boston University; with Patricia Williams, Assistant Superintendent for Special Services, Kalamazoo, MI; Margo Mastropieri, Professor, Purdue University; Alan Field, Special Education Technology Coordinator; and staff from Project ASSIST (All Students in Supported Inquiry-based Science with Technology).
Cost for this workshop is $125.00 until March 10 and $150.00 from March 11 to March 25. Registrants will receive NCIP's new video, "Successful Science" and the book, "Inner Space Journeys to Life on Earth," by Doug Zook.
You must have access to the Web in order to participate. For a registration form or more information visit the NCIP Web site at http://www.edc.org/FSC/NCIP/ Science or contact NCIP at ncip@edc.org
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The National Center to Improve Practice is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs to promote the effective use of technology to enhance educational outcomes for students with sensory, cognitive, physical, and social emotional disabilities.The Urban Special Education Leadership Collaborative, sponsored by Education Development Center, Inc. is a network of special education leaders from the nation's urban school districts. For more information about the Collaborative, visit their Web site at: http://www.edc.org/collaborative