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Temple of Knowledge on United Star's beautiful Star Island in Second Life

 

"Oscars" for Books

The Oscars are over for another year -- both the Hollywood Oscars for Film and the Melinda Awards: The Oscars for Young Adult Literature

 

Watch the Melinda Awards' archive to learn about:

"The Most Authentic Teen Voice"

(Trent McCauley of Cory Doctorow's Pirate Cinema, a fascinating novel about copyright gone wrong  in the near future);

"Best Male Character in a Supporting Role" and "Best Animal Character"

(Tool of Paolo Bacigalupi's Drowned Cities, a biopunk dystopian novel); and

"Lifetime Achievement Award in Writing YA Literature"

(John Green, whose latest The Fault in Our Stars is the story of an unlikely romance of two teens dying of cancer).

 

The Eva Perry Mock Printz Book Club also share their opinions on their twelve top books. 

The three tops in literary quality:
China Mieville's Railsea,
Adam Rapp's Children and the Wolves, and
Elizabeth Wein's Code Named Verity

 

You'll enjoy learning about the 2012 YA books from these passionate teen readers! 

Archive at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bookhenge

 

About United Star

 

In its 27th year, United Star continues to  assist K-12 educators deal with the endless balancing act of

work.......home

self.....others

teaching classes......taking classes

by providing anytime, anyplace online professional development

(read: online learning Saturday morning in your pjs with a cup of coffee).

 

Over 200 continuing education clock hours are available to meet recertification credit needs.  Courses address national interests/needs of teaching with technology, digital literacy, achieving academic excellence, and best practices.  Several states recognize our online professional development for continuing education credits:  Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming.  Depending on your state, online courses can be taken for CEU, CPDU, CPE, PDE, PDP, or PLU credit.  

 

Not only K-12 classroom teachers can benefit from these online education programs. There are also courses for administrators, paraprofessionals and media specialists

 

Some of the components of our online learning for teachers include:

  • Modules for anytime, anyplace online learning - you can start and stop as needed
  • Video documentaries for big picture of teaching and learning - ideas for your own classroom
  • Exploration opportunities in new technology and media - free events using the virtual world, United Star's beautiful Star Island in Second Life. (All events are UStreamed so you have the choice of either viewing the live event and participating by chat or creating your own avatar and participating live in Second Life.)   

 

What do educators say about United Star's professional development online?

 
Student Courses Online

IMG 0037 Rachel Nehmelman
Distance Learning Facilitator
Tremont CUSD 702 Illinois

"I have worked at Tremont High School for nine years and have been involved with United Star since I started. We have seen our distance learning program grow into a program that we are very proud of and it is because of the great support and classes that are provided by United Star.

These types of classes are wonderful for us since we are a small school. It gives our students the opportunity to take classes that they are interested in that could not be offered at our school. Thanks United Star for everything that you do."

 

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Online High School Courses for 2012

Whether your students are going to college or directly into the workforce, we have over 200 online student courses to supplement your curriculum.  This is a result of our partnerships with OSU's K-12 DLA and Lincoln Interaction.

 

New Courses for the 2012-13 School Year include:

 

 


 

 

 

 

Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 February 2013 15:05