This is the ideal resource for those for whom travel is inconvenient.  You may participate in a live, real-time course from the comfort of your home, office or anywhere on Earth as long as you have an Internet connection. 

Additionally, it will save you a great deal of money - you eliminate the costs of air fare, sleeping rooms, taxis, meals, and other costs associated with traveling to a regional workshop.  This can amount to a sizeable savings, and we know that schools need to stretch their budgets today.

In a virtual classroom you will be able to be seen and heard.  You will participate in the same activities that you would if you traveled to a workshop, or if one of our consultants brought the workshop to you.  We will have whole-group sessions and discussions, presentations by the moderator, small group discussions and activities just as if you were all in the same place physically.  You can raise your hand, ask questions via voice, email, discussion board or whiteboard;  you can collaborate with others on projects using the breakout rooms and whiteboards!

Because we will not be physically together in the same room, and you will be participating through your computer, we will be adapting the regular schedule slightly.  We will not have the time constraints of an on-site workshop, meaning you will not have to spend the entire day on your computer.  This will give you some breaks and the benefit of more time to deepen your thinking and to develop your discussions on each of the activities.

Join us today for one of our regularly scheduled virtual courses, or contact us today to bring a custom-designed course to your team.

Virtual Classroom Schedule:

Each class will meet at 10:00 a.m. CST.  Click on the title of the course for it's description in the Virtual Classroom format.

Course Content Description	Dates	Register Here	Cost
Smaller Learning Communities	Dates to be announced soon!	Register	$199
Service-Learning		Register	$199
Designing the 21st Century Classroom		Register	$350
Classroom Management and Student Motivation			$199
Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom			$350
Green Schools Part I - "greening" the curriculum			$199

Click here to pay by credit card for your Virtual Classroom Course.

Designing the 21 Century Classroom is normally a two-day workshop when done on-site or at a regional location.  In the virtual classroom we will usually spend about 3-4 hours per day online.  We will meet at 10 a.m. CST on three consecutive days.  You will be doing some of your work outside of the live sessions, and you will receive the regular completion certificate for this workshop, crediting you with 14 hours of professional staff development.

The other workshop are normally one-day workshops.  In the Virtual Classroom these will be two-day workshops, meeting each day at 10 a.m. CST for 2 hours.  Again, some of the work you do will not be live, on-line.  You will receive the usual certificate of completion of 7 hours of professional staff development.

Temporary Pricing and Savings

Workshop Costs Comparison	Regional Workshop You travel to NYC, Las Vegas, New Orleans, etc.	Virtual Classroom Conveniently participate from your home, office, or wherever you have Internet access!
Designing the 21st Century Classroom - a curriculum design and classroom strategies workshop	$525 - registration fee.  Includes materials, continental breakfast and two deluxe snack breaks on each day.   Two days.   Plus your cost of travel - air fare, sleeping rooms, meals, taxis, etc.	$350 - includes registration fee and materials.   Three days, up to four hours per day in the online classroom, plus some reading outside the classroom time.  (Same materials and activities as the regional workshops.)   No travel costs!  Save thousands of dollars!
Smaller Learning Communities - an introduction	$299 - registration fee.  Includes materials, continental breakfast and two deluxe snack breaks.   One day.   Plus your cost of travel - air fare, sleeping rooms, meals, taxis, etc.	$199 - registration fee.  Includes registration fee and materials.   Two days - up to three hours per day in the online classroom.  Readings are done offline.  (Same materials and activities as the regional workshops.)   No travel costs!  Save thousands of dollars!
Service Learning - Academics in Action	$299 - registration fee.  Includes materials, continental breakfast and two deluxe snack breaks.   One day.   Plus your cost of travel - air fare, sleeping rooms, meals, taxis, etc.	$199 - registration fee.  Includes registration fee and materials.   Two days - up to three hours per day in the online classroom.  Readings are done offline.  (Same materials and activities as the regional workshops.)   No travel costs!  Save thousands of dollars!
Classroom Management & Student Motivation	$525 - registration fee.  Includes materials, continental breakfast and two deluxe snack breaks.   Two days.   Plus your cost of travel - air fare, sleeping rooms, meals, taxis, etc.	$350 - registration fee.  Includes materials.   Three days, up to four hours per day in the online classroom, plus some reading outside the classroom time.  (Same materials and activities as the regional workshops.)   No travel costs!  Save thousands of dollars!
How to Register	Register Here for a Regional Workshop	Register Here for a Virtual Classroom Workshop

Also see the following links:

What is a 21st century education?

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