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Still Needed - Hurricane Help for Schools The U.S. Department of Education has created a new Web site, Hurricane Help for Schools to connect schools and organizations wanting to help Hurricane Katrina victims. Highlights include: Information on what schools need to service students displaced by the tragedy School supplies you can provide to help Fact Sheet on the scope of the tragedy Additional Resources detailing what the Department of Education and the government are doing to help hurricane victims American Red Cross link for donations Live chat by AliveChat Teacher's Quick Links: K-12 P.E.T. Login Page Vital Web Site Picks The Newsletter Classroom Activities Teacher Resources Teacher's Corner Login Page “Overall this program has the potential to create positive educational growth for students, teachers, and administrators”.... “The P.E.T. Learning Styles Solution scored 448 points on the evaluation, ranking it in the excellent range as a program for educational software." P.E.T. the learningstyles solution receives rating in Independant Software evaluation conducted by Acadia University- Applied Learning And Technology. Click here to view their full report An interview with Dr. Patricia Cranton, co-author of P.E.T: Learning Styles Solution. Learn more about this new learning styles assessment and data management tool for districts, schools and teachers...(Requires QuickTime Plug-in) view interview Vital Educator Award - Do you think one of your fellow teachers made a great class Web site? If you know of a teacher who deserves to be honored for exceptional integration of technology in the classroom, why not nominate him/her for our Vital Educator Award. read more Monthly Newsletter - This month's newsletter looks at resources relevant to events and themes for the current month. read more Monthly Activity - This month’s activity is a fun interactive activity for students to enjoy. view activity FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact:   Heidi Holquist, 704-926-5400 ext 6 heidi.holquist@learningstation.com Media Contact:   Vital Knowledge Nola Chiasson, nola@vitalknowledge.com Strategic Alliance to Focus on Increased Access to Personalized Learning Charlotte, NC LearningStation and Vital Knowledge are launching a strategic alliance with the purpose of expanding access to personalized learning tools and resources. The alliance, announced today, enables the delivery of P.E.T. Learning Style Solutions via the LearningStation Education Desktop, a custom web desktop for teaching and learning. "LearningStation is focused on enabling personalized learning through innovative applications and web-based technologies", according to Jim Kirchner, LearningStation President & CEO. "We are confident that our alliance with Vital Knowledge will serve as a significant advancement in our objective of delivering solutions that will positively impact student achievement by increasing the personalization of learning in schools." Read more... The P.E.T. Certified K-12 Facilitator for K-12 course is now being made available to all teachers in Canada and the US. Similar in scope to the Adult Education P.E.T. Facilitator Certification, but with a focus on the elementary and secondary students/teachers. This innovative and empowering distance course is totally self-paced with one-on-one support. The full certification course (approx. 36 hours) including all materials is $475.00. The course is self paced and uses a distance learning model that provides the participant ample opportunity to interact with and be supported by our team of facilitators. The program is monitored by Dr. Patricia Cranton, one of the key authors of the P.E.T instrument. The key benefits to undertaking this certification, (apart from having the right to display the award shown above your school website) are that: • The school will have the ability to utilize this very sophisticated instrument to its full potential – with training, a certified facilitator can develop in-depth profiles for faculty and students well beyond the assessment of (and strategies for) Learning Styles. • The school will have a certified facilitator on staff, capable of conducting in-service on the instrument and program, as well as, provide professional development workshops on a variety of subjects that the tool supports such as team building, communications, teaching styles, conflict resolution, stress and many more. • As a certified facilitator, you will join a select group of professionals that are able to demonstrate the highest level of competence and skill in the interpretation and use of this instrument. Prerequisites are a Four Year College Degree and a commitment to professionalism. Please contact Michael Cormier mike@vitalknowledge.com with any questions concerning this or to be registered. Keys to Implementation Flexibility is the key to successful implementation of the P.E.T. Learning Styles Solution program within a school. Each school is finding what works best for them based on the numbers of students in the school and the availability of the computer lab. Dakota Hills Middle School in Eagan, Minnesota has taken some innovative steps with the implementation of the P.E.T. Learning Styles Solution program. Faced with managing implementation of over 1300 students, the school’s plan included the use of instruction sheets devised by the school secretary. A mail merge with the student’s name, login and password were printed for each student. (link to student sheet) The school is divided into houses and each house chose their own house leader for implementing P.E.T. Lab time has been scheduled and the classes are being put through. With the help of the instruction sheet there were no delays or questions during the scheduled lab time. The secretary even prepared an instruction sheet for the teachers on how to add the student’s names to build each of their classes. The guide was condensed into 14 simple steps and teachers found this convenient for easy reference. (link to teacher sheet) Principal, Wendy McNamee remarked what an incredible job Debbie Runkle did to help organize the teachers and students. Implementation will continue over the next couple of weeks. Increasing Student Achievement "Education is a national priority, and for the first time federal policies will focus squarely on improving student achievement," Paige said. "For too long, many of our schools did a good job educating some of our children. With this new law, we'll make sure we're providing ALL of our children with access to a high–quality education." - U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige Questions: Is your school looking to identify the individual learning needs of your students to meet the “No Child Left Behind” Requirements? Are you responsible for the academic success of your students, and would like to have an assessment and strategies tool to help incorporate learning styles research? Are you searching for practical ways to motivate the use of technology in the the classroom? YES? More Front Page News Home  Products  Sales  Support  Solutions  Company ©Vital Knowledge Software Inc. 1996-2008. All rights reserved. Privacy Statement   Security Statement