Iditarod's Summer Conference

The information on this site serves as information about the 2007 Summer Conference for Educators, held in Alaska June 24 - 30. Read the segments in the menu from MAY AND JUNE to learn about the conference. Read the additional blog postings and comments to learn about the the experiences that have led each participant to ways of enriching their curriculum by using Iditarod as a theme in classroom instruction.

Monday, November 26, 2007

About 90 Days!

About 90 days from now, the 2008 Iditarod mushers will be on the trail. Can you believe it?

Reading the blog, I know that each of you are well underway in planning your units and many of you have begun your activities! PLEASE supply updates to the blog to tell us about your teaching adventures. We want to read all about it!

Send me articles about your rookie musher, your lessons/activities, and your teaching adventures. I'd appreciate being able to share them at our website or with others. As you communicate with your rookie, let us know what is going on! As you have guest speakers or your students complete projects, tell us about them. Take digitals! Send them, too!

I hope by now each of you has signed up for the FREE Iditarod Eductor's Newsletter. If not, go right now to www.iditarod.com and click For Teachers. Then, click Education Newsletter. Subscribe and you'll be on the list for our next newsletter which will be out in early December. TELL ALL OF YOUR TEACHER FRIENDS to sign up, too. We want you to be in the Idita-know--- so don't forget to do this!

I'd also like you to read Zuma's Paw Prints. Zuma has been updated to a blog format and we hope to provide more stories, articles, and better communications with our readers. Check out Zuma's Paw Prints.

Have you looked at the NOAA curriculum at For Teachers or read the recent articles we've posted? So much to do--- and about 90 days until we are racing to Nome!

I spent about a week in Anchorage in October and presented at the state math and science conference. I had a great time! It was a wonderful opportunity to connect with Alaska teachers and see some of our friends, like Sara, Gail, and Sally!

One final 'thing', if you have extra time on your hands and would like some 'volunteer' projects from now until the race, let me know. I have a few tasks I'm happy to provide to anyone interested. You can email me if you are interested. Thanks!

I hope this finds you having a great school year and excited about your classroom activities.

Enjoy!

Diane
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