About Us
- Online (Ed2Go)
- UA Fort Smith Spring 2008 Arkansas Professional Development Opportunities
- National African-American Parental Involvement Day (NAAPID)
- Teaching Logical Thinking with Alice
- The Life and Times of Traditional Cherokee Women
- Euler Meets Doc Holliday: A Brief History of the Mathematics of Games of Chance
- Bubbles: Simple Questions with Surprisingly Hard Answers
- Bottoms Up: Nanotechnology
- Hidden Jewels, Unusual Lives: The Slime Molds
- "The Big Bear of Arkansas" and Southwestern Humor
- Professional Development Trips
- Contact Information
Online (Ed2Go)
Ed2Go offers six-week online courses. All courses run for six weeks (with a two-week grace period at the end). Students enrolling in an Ed2Go class are allowed access to the online classroom 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with lessons released twice each week.
Courses are project-oriented and include lessons, quizzes, hands-on assignments, discussion areas, supplementary links, and more. There are brief quizzes at the end of each lesson, and a final exam at the end of the course. A completion certificate is available for printing once the final exam has been completed.
You can complete any of these courses entirely from your home or office and at any time of the day or night.
Courses start at $99. Visit the website at www.ed2go.com/uafortsmith to enroll today!
The following courses have been approved by the state of Arkansas for Professional Development learning opportunities through May 2008.
Courses for Teaching Professionals
| Courses for Teaching Professionals | |
| A-Z Grant Writing | Big Ideas in Little Books |
| The Creative Classroom | Teaching Science: Grades 4-6 |
| Ready, Set, Read | The Classroom Computer |
| Solving Classroom Discipline Problems | Leadership |
| Enhancing Language Development | Guiding Kids on the Internet |
| Understanding Adolescents | Get Assertive |
| Differentiated Instruction in the Classroom | |
Digital Photography and Digital Video
| Digital Photography and Digital Video | |
| Introduction to Photoshop CS2 | Introduction to Photoshop CS3 |
| Photoshop CS2 for the Digital Photographer | Making Movies with Windows XP |
WEB Page Design
| WEB Page Design | ||
| Creating Web Pages I | Creating Web Pages II | Designing Effective Websites |
Languages
| Languages | ||
| Speed Spanish I | Speed Spanish II | Speed Spanish III |
Computer Applications
| Computer Applications | ||
| Introduction to Microsoft Word 2003 | Intermediate Microsoft Word 2003 | Microsoft Word 2003 in the Classroom |
| Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2003 | Intermediate Microsoft Excel 2003 | Microsoft Excel 2003 in the Classroom |
| Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 | Intermediate Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 | Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 in the Classroom |
| Introduction to Dreamweaver MX 2004 | Introduction to Microsoft FrontPage 2003 | Introduction to Microsoft Access 2003 |
| Introduction to Microsoft Outlook 2003 | ||
For more information, visit the Ed2Go website at www.ed2go.com/uafortsmith.
UA Fort Smith Spring 2008 Arkansas Professional Development Opportunities
National African-American Parental Involvement Day (NAAPID)
As part of a national call to action, this session will give ideas about how to open dialogue among teachers, parents, and students, which will lead to a more conducive learning environment for African-American students from preschool through college.NAAPID is a national call to action to get parents, particularly those of children of African American descent, more involved in their educational lives. It is expected that this national observation will open up dialogue among teachers, parents, and students, which will lead to a more conducive learning environment for African-American students from kindergarten through college.
CRN Monday, February 11, 2008
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Fee: $30
Location Baldor Techonology Center, Boreham Conference Center (BD 101)
Mark Lloyd, Director of Admissions and School Relations, UA Fort Smith
All teachers and administrators
ADE7081005 2007-2008
CLL0-0000
Teaching Logical Thinking with Alice
How do you teach logical thinking? Alice has a way.Alice is a Java-based, interactive program that enables users to create 3-D computer animations through a simple drag-and-drop interface. This workshop will explore the Alice programming environment for all teachers looking for an effective and engaging tool to teach logical thinking to students from middle school through college level using a fun, interactive approach. Along the way, the students get a great introduction to the concepts of programming and Computer Science. Teachers will develop an understanding of Alice and teaching methods suitable for presenting Alice in their own unique environment. The workshop is appropriate for any instructor who is considering or currently using Alice.
CRN
Tuesdays, January 29, February 5 & 12, 2008
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Fee: $55
Location TBD
Janet Renwick, Ph.D.
Teachers of East Lab and vocational computer classes
ADE7081005 2007-2008
CLL1-2908
The following Scholar Series presentations are available for Arkansas Professional Development credit. They are offered at the Fort Smith Public Library Main Branch from 7 – 9:30 beginning January 17.
The Life and Times of Traditional Cherokee Women
Come and explore the role of women in the Cherokee society, government, marriage, and family. Learn how the social, political, and economic role of traditional Cherokee women differed tremendously from that of European women and how that caused tension between the two cultures.Free
Alice Taylor-Colbert, Ph.D.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Teachers of history or social studies, all grades
ADE7081005 2007-2008
CLL1-1708
Euler Meets Doc Holliday: A Brief History of the Mathematics of Games of Chance
Did you know that the birth of the mathematical theory of probability may be traced to a question involving fairness in a popular game of chance in seventeenth-century Europe? Did you know that many of the greatest mathematicians in history wrote treatises on probability and gambling? Did you know that European mathematicians of the eighteenth century, including the incomparable Leonhard Euler, analyzed the mathematics of the popular card game of Faro—a game later played by countless gamblers of the American West, among them Doc Holliday, who was also a Faro dealer? Come find out more about how games of chance have played a central role in the development of the mathematics of probability.Free
Todd Timmons, Ph.D.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Teachers of math or history, all grades
ADE7081005 2007-2008
CLL1-3108
Bubbles: Simple Questions with Surprisingly Hard Answers
It's been known (or at least suspected) since the time of Ancient Greece that if you have a certain volume of air and you wanted to use the least amount of material to hold it in, then your container would be a hollow ball! A bubble (we think) follows the same idea. But what about when two bubbles meet? How do bubbles know what the best shape is? Mathematicians were surprised to find out that this is a difficult problem and that we didn’t really have the mathematical “language” to answer these questions. In this talk, we will do what mathematicians do when they get a hard problem: do an easier case first! We will discuss the following question: If you have two areas of land that you want fenced in and separated from each other, what is the least amount of fence that you need to use? What shape do the two areas have?Free
Dan Pinzon, Ph.D.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Teachers of math or science, all grades
ADE7081005 2007-2008
CLL2-1408
Bottoms Up: Nanotechnology
Ever wondered what nanotechnology is? This session will give you a broad overview of the field of nanotechnology with the discussion of two real-world applications in this emerging field. You do not need to be an expert to understand the revolutionary changes this technology will bring about.Free
Kevin Lewelling, Ph.D.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Teachers of science, all grades
ADE7081005 2007-2008
CLL2-2808
Hidden Jewels, Unusual Lives: The Slime Molds
Have you noticed some type of fungi growing in your yard and were curious about what it is? It could be Slime Mold. Learn about these hidden jewels and how these microscopic organisms might have some degree of ecological significance.Free
Rod Nelson, Ph.D. and Lynda Nelson, Ph.D.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Teachers of science, all grades
ADE7081005 2007-2008
CLL3-1308
"The Big Bear of Arkansas" and Southwestern Humor
Have you read T.B. Thorpe’s "The Big Bear of Arkansas"? Thorpe’s work characterizes southwestern humor—a type of fiction that was popular in America during the first half of the 19th century. This type of humor was widely used by writers such as Mark Twain and can still be found today in the work of the late, great Jerry Clower, Jeff Foxworthy, and Larry the Cable Guy.Free
Roy Hill, M.A.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Teachers of language arts, all grades
ADE7081005 2007-2008
CLL4-1008
Professional Development Trips
Are you Interested in an England Study Tour?
This nine-day trip to London/Cambridge, and Oxford is tentatively set for the middle of June. The cost is approximately $3200 per person (if 20 people participate.)We will visit Cambridge and see the Eagle pub where in 1953 Watson and Crick made their first public announcement of the structure of the DNA molecule. We’ll take the Oxford Science Walk to some of the most important and interesting historic scientific sites as traced through the work of such people as Robert Boyle of Boyle’s Law, Edmond Halley of Halley’s comet, and Dorothy Hodgkin, the discoverer of the structure of Vitamin B12.
Professional development credit is available for teachers. To find out more about this study tour, attend one of the following information sessions.
| England Study Tour Information Sessions | |||
| Monday, January 14, 2008 | 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. | UA Fort Smith Campus | Baldor Technology Center, Boreham Conference Center, Room 101 |
| Tuesday, January 15, 2008 | 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. | Western Arkansas Education Service Cooperative | Conference Center, Suite F |
Contact Information
For information about Teacher Professional Development or an idea about a professional development class for teachers, contact the center at 479-788-7212 or by e-mail Center for Lifelong Learning
5210 Grand Ave. • P.O. Box 3649