IGS In Partnership with and Continuing Ed. Options North Dakota State University th Now in Our 44 Year! INSTRUCTOR Jerry Gottstein, M.A. ■ (763) 509-9630 [email protected] Continuing to offer his popular summer classes for License Renewal Hours and Lane Changes * * * WE LISTEN TO YOU * * * WE HAVE LOWERED THE COST OF TUITION BY $100 !!! Courses are: Practical Teacher Friendly Tailored to Your Busy Schedules Meet Other Educators for Maximum Interaction and Learning Learn how to share the information with your students (P-12) experientially. Exploring the History of Communication, Art and Travel: Past and Present Teaching and Living Green: An Action Plan for the 21st Century Historical, Cultural and Scientific Treasures of Our Community Creating Higher Achievement Through Better Educational Practices – “On the Move” CREDIT 3 Graduate Education Credits awarded by the Prestigious Silver Lake College TUITION $595ºº (Plus Cost of Course Materials and Entrance Facility Fees as applicable) All Courses: $595.00, Less $25.00 Rebate and an Additional $25.00 for Each Colleague You Recruit. Recruits Also Get a $25.00 Discount! The first morning of each course will be an introduction and students will receive maps with locations of each site to be visited. Each visitation will be led by education directors and/or experts in the field. Students will have an opportunity to find carpools with other course participants. Extra course fees will be collected from students on the first day of class. Your Instructor will let you know the amount before the course begins * * * 5 days of unforgettable learning locations led by experts in the field and/or education directors * * * EDU 589.523 - Exploring the History of Communication, Art and Travel: Past and Present June 16 - 20, 2014 9:00 am – 6:00 pm – First day at the Hopkins Pavilion – 11000 Excelsior Blvd. Hopkins Sites include: Russian Art Museum, KSTP, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Heritage Plant, Bell Museum, Walker Art Center and Sculpture Gardens, MNDOT, MN State Capitol, Historic Fort Snelling Course Description The Twin Cities is fortunate to have outstanding organizations and institutions willing to share their facilities, information and talents with the community. This course is designed to broaden the scope and understanding of the effects of communication, art and travel on the behavior and growth of our culture. While participating in this class you will tour a number of organizations throughout the area and have an opportunity to meet with education directors and receive extensive tours of their facilities. Education directors at the various facilities will explain how teachers can bring these experiences into the classroom so that your students can benefit. You will experience the Walker Art Center and Sculpture Gardens. You will tour The Hubbard Broadcasting Company (KSTP TV and radio), the Star Tribune and the Heritage Plant. You will tour the various facilities of MNDOT and see the communication and technology systems that are involved in monitoring and maintaining our roadways. On the University of MN campus you will tour the Bell Museum of Natural History where children and adults can explore wolves, loons, moose and other Minnesota wildlife. In St. Paul you will be given a tour of the State Capitol, meet with staff (and elected officials, if they are available) and see government come alive. Finally, the past will be tied with the present when you visit Historic Fort Snelling. Participants will meet the first day to learn about the class structure, content, and requirements and receive maps for the daily visitation sites. You will have the opportunity to organize into carpools for the remainder of the week. Extra course expenses beyond the cost of tuition (materials and entrance/facility fees) will be collected on the first day of class. This course is only offered during the Summer Semester. Enrollment is limited. Register early! EDU 589.189 - Teaching and Living Green: An Action Plan for the 21st Century June 23-27, 2014 9:00 am – 6:00 pm - First day at the MN Landscape Arboretum – 3675 Arboretum Blvd., Chaska Sites include: MN Landscape Arboretum, with naturalist Jim Gilbert, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, Hennepin County Recycling Center, Hennepin County Department of Environmental Services, Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakota Life, Minnesota Zoo, Blue Lake (Waste) Treatment Plant. Course Description This course is a must for all K-12 classroom teachers! You will discover how easy it is to integrate “Going Green” into your existing math, science, social studies and language arts curriculum. Pulitzer Prize winner, Thomas Friedman, has pointed out that we should strive towards a “green America”, committed to preserving our environment. He has a compelling rationale and a long list of suggestions for each of us and for American policy makers. Slowing the growth of environmental damage is only one aspect of the solution. We have to make fundamental changes towards a systemic green strategy. You will learn about the “3 Rs”: reducing your consumption, reusing material goods and recycling. You will question, assess and identify personal habits that you can easily change to make your life more eco-friendly and develop a personal plan of action towards greener living. You will learn a new Green Vocabulary for Going Green. You will begin to create a model to guide your students, family, friends and colleagues towards making positive behavioral changes that will lead to greener living. You will tour and experience a variety of Twin Cities facilities and find out about the outstanding resources available to you and your students to learn about energy conservation, environmentally-friendly “waste-to-energy” plants, recycling and much more. You will meet with renown naturalist Jim Gilbert at the MN. Landscape Arboretum, meet with the education director at Gale Woods Farm, tour and learn about the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and learn about the amazing things they are doing to GO GREEN. You will also experience and learn about Blue Lake (Waste) Treatment Plant. The Minnesota Zoo will become a destination for both your students and your family after you learn about the animals and their habitat. You will do a critical analysis of the course text and materials available online, to determine which materials to use and decide how to use them in your classroom. You will learn where to find hands-on activities for your students and how simple changes in your life can make a positive economic and environmental difference for your future and future generations. This course will be offered as an Individualized/Independent Study course during the Spring and Fall Semesters and as a Face-to-Face class during the Summer Semester. You can only take the course once. The independent study course will not be experiential – you will do the course assignments on your own. On the first day of the summer class you will find out about the class content and structure and receive maps for each daily visitation site. You will have the opportunity to organize into carpools for travel during the week’s activities. Extra course expenses beyond the cost of tuition (materials and entrance/facility fees) will be collected on the first day of class. Enrollment is limited. Register early! EDU589.525 – Historical, Cultural and Scientific Treasures of Our Community July 7 – 11, 2014 - 9:00 am – 6:00 pm - First day at the Hopkins Pavilion – 11000 Excelsior Blvd., Hopkins Sites include: The Bakken Library and Museum, MN History Center, J.J. Hill House, Science Museum of MN, Ordway Center for Performing Arts, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Children’s Theatre, Mill City Museum. Course Description Participants will receive guided tours in a multitude of facilities throughout the Twin Cities and will have their creative minds and imagination stimulated. You will meet with educational directors at each site to learn how to incorporate these experiences into your own curriculum and how field trips to these sites can enhance your own program. In St. Paul, we will tour The Science Museum of Minnesota, The Ordway Center for Performing Arts, The Minnesota History Center and the James J. Hill House. In Minneapolis, we will tour the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Children’s Theatre Company, the Bakken Library and Museum to explore the history and uses of electricity, and the Mill City Museum to learn about the history of Minneapolis. Participants will meet on the first day of class to find out about the course content, requirements and structure and have the opportunity to organize into carpools for the remainder of the week. Extra course expenses beyond the cost of tuition (materials and entrance/facility fees) will be collected on the first day of class. This course is only offered during the Summer Semester. Enrollment is limited. Register early! AND Wisconsin’s All-Time Most Favorite Course For 25 Years! Now in Minnesota -- EDU 589.153 – Creating Higher Achievement Through Better Educational Practices - “ON THE MOVE XXVIII” July 21 – 25, 2014 8:45 am – 6:00 pm - First day at the Shriners Hospital for Children – 2025 E. River Parkway, Minneapolis Sites include: Shriners Hospital for Children, General Mills, Vision and Hearing Loss Resources (Deaf and Blind), Courage Center, Hennepin Theatre (Pantages) Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, Hazelden Treatment Center in Center City, MN – and more. Course Description This 3 credit education graduate course will engage participants in the first-hand discovery of knowledge through observation and participation in activities that are field-based settings outside the classroom. The course will cover the theoretical base and underlying principles and concepts. Through these field-based settings, the world becomes the participant’s classroom by analyzing, synthesizing and evaluating all experiences. The foundation for the class is based on the premise that immediate, concrete “learning by doing” experiences become the basis for reflection and eventual integration of knowledge into one’s teaching.