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		<description>ESU #15 Title IID Project</description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>TownCast Project Introduction</title>
			<link>http://webquests.esu16.org/gems/towncast/TowncastProjectIntroduction.m4a</link>
			<description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Our focus:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-left: 40px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;To engage students in authentic lessons where they will be able to learn, think critically, solve problems, use information, communicate, innovate and collaborate by providing professional training that is on-going, job-embedded, hands-on and group oriented. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://webquests.esu16.org/gems/towncast/TowncastProjectIntroduction.m4a&quot;&gt;TownCast Project Introduction&lt;/a&gt;-- a short audio description of the project.&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://webquests.esu16.org:8080/towncast/discuss/?mode=topic&quot;&gt;Discussion Area&lt;/a&gt; -- use this link to participate in the discussion forums.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://podserv.esu16.org:16080/weblog/&quot;&gt;Podcast Server&lt;/a&gt; -- use this site to upload your podcasts.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://jacconsulting.towncast.sgizmo.com/&quot;&gt;Teacher Survey&lt;/a&gt;- Please take this survey before beginning project.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://jacconsulting.studenttowncast.sgizmo.com/&quot;&gt;Student Survey&lt;/a&gt; - Please have students take this survey.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Additional Training&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you would like another training session before the workshop in January, contact Jan to schedule a date and time.&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;margin-left: 40px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;In-School Basic Training&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;Please contact Jan Coone (jcoone@esu16.org) to schedule training for your team as soon as possible. Basic training should be complete by mid-December. First training should take about 2 hours. I can train 2 schools in one day if travel time isn&apos;t too long.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Dates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;December 11th&lt;br&gt;Southwest at Bartley&lt;br&gt;1:00 - 3:00 CT&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
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