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 * |||| amber.karnes@gmail.com [amber.karnes@gmail.com] on behalf of Amber Karnes [amber@plpnetwork.com] ||
 * Sent: || Thursday, August 21, 2014 1:12 PM ||
 * To: || [|amber@plpnetwork.com] ||
 * Cc: || [|Anne Jolly [ajolly@bellsouth.net]] ; [|Nancy Flanagan [nflanagan@centurylink.net]] ; [|Christen Dodd [christen@plpnetwork.com]] ; [|Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach [sherylnbeach@gmail.com]] ||  ||
 * Good afternoon,
 * Good afternoon,

 Thank you for enrolling in PLP's STEM & STEAM eCourse. I hope you are excited about starting this journey next week, starting August 26. Before you can enter your private STEM & STEAM eCourse space, you'll need to join the __PLP Community Hub__ (if you haven't done so already). In this main community space, you can start dialogues with other educators and school leaders from across the globe, create a community profile, watch tutorials, participate in special events, ask questions and more! This space is open 24/7 both before, during and after your eCourse.

Anne Jolly & Nancy Flanagan, your course facilitators, will send you an email shortly with directions for how to access the private STEM & STEAM eCourse space. Inside this course space you'll be able to access all of the video tutorials, supplemental readings, discussions, links to your webinar recordings, etc.

 Webinars for this course will be held on Tuesday evenings from 7:30-9 PM Eastern (If you are in a different time zone please use the __Time Zone Converter__ ). Please note: Should you be unable to attend a live webinar a recording will available for you to access. Directions for how to access your weekly webinar will be sent out via email shortly.

In the meantime should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to working with you online!

Sincerely,

 Amber Karnes  //Marketing Director, Powerful Learning Practice//  twitter | ph: 757.748.0923 | skype: amber.karnes || . . When you go to the website, be sure to watch the Welcome video – I’ll be introducing you to the course and explaining some of the things we’ll learn. You will also find some Week 1 Resources, and I’d recommend you browse around a bit. Before the webinar, please download the document posted. If you have any problem doing that, let me know. Also prepare a short blurb about yourself to post in the chat window at the beginning of the webinar. Our group is just the right size for us to get to know one another and form a great virtual learning community. See you tomorrow night! Anne Anne Jolly Twitter: @ajollygal Email: [|ajolly@bellsouth.net] Blog: //STEM by Design// : //http://bit.ly/1cFBWqE// || . . I have some additional information for you for enrolling in PLP's STEM & STEAM eCourse. I hope you are excited about starting this journey with us. 1. Before you can enter our private STEM & STEAM eCourse space, you'll need to join the PLP Community Hub (if you haven't done so already). In this main community space, you can start dialogues with other educators and school leaders from across the globe, create a community profile, watch tutorials, participate in special events, ask questions and more! This space is open 24/7 both before, during and after your eCourse. 2. After you join (or log into) the PLP Community Hub and your request is approved, you'll be able to request access to join our private STEM & STEAM eCourse space here. We'll start approving your requests into this space tomorrow morning (August 26th). Inside this course space you'll be able to access all of the video tutorials, supplemental STEM & STEAM information, discussions, recordings from our Tuesday night webinars, etc. 3. If you're ready to begin before our webinar tomorrow night, feel free to jump into our first two discussions and introduce yourself! Attached to this email you'll find a document which contains an overview of some points we'll be discussing during our first webinar. You can bring it to the webinar as a reference. . 4. Our first webinar will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, August 26th at 7:30 PM Eastern //( If you are in a different time zone please use the ////Time Zone Converter//// . You should have already received an email from PLP with directions for how to join our webinar. If you didn't receive this email, please review the information below for information on how to join). // If you are unable to attend this webinar you will be able to access a recording of this and all of our other class webinars from inside our private STEM & STEAM eCourse space. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any questions and we look forward to working with you online! <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Sincerely, <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Anne Jolly & Nancy Flanagan
 * |||| Anne Jolly [ajolly@bellsouth.net] ||
 * Sent: || Monday, August 25, 2014 6:58 AM ||
 * To: || [|dfrederick@wsesu.org] ; [|lmjsandler3@gmail.com] ; [|janet.collier@jpds.org] ; [|susan.stemworks@gmail.com] ; [|Amermalbanji@yahoo.com] ; [|gspechalske@asij.ac.jp] ; [|haga@fultonschools.org] ; [|melkern@gmail.com] ; [|Doug Walters] ; [|Jim Cottrell] ; [|mlynn143@gmail.com] ; [|angelica.g.rocha@gmail.com] ||
 * Cc: || [|'Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach' [sherylnbeach@gmail.com]] ; [|'Amber Karnes' [amber.karnes@gmail.com]] ; [|'Christen Dodd' [christen@plpnetwork.com]] ; [|'Nancy Flanagan' [nflanagan@centurylink.net]] ||  ||
 * Welcome to the STEM/STEAM course! I’m one of your instructors – Anne Jolly – and I look forward to meeting you! I was a science teacher for 16 years before beginning the amazing STEM journey, including writing and implementing STEM curriculum. We’ll have a special guest for this course as well – Susan Pruet – who will share her expertise in planning and implementing STEM programs in Week 4.
 * Welcome to the STEM/STEAM course! I’m one of your instructors – Anne Jolly – and I look forward to meeting you! I was a science teacher for 16 years before beginning the amazing STEM journey, including writing and implementing STEM curriculum. We’ll have a special guest for this course as well – Susan Pruet – who will share her expertise in planning and implementing STEM programs in Week 4.
 * |||| Additional STEM/STEAM Course Information ||
 * Anne Jolly [ajolly@bellsouth.net] ||
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 * Sent: || Monday, August 25, 2014 9:42 AM ||
 * To: || [|dfrederick@wsesu.org] ; [|lmjsandler3@gmail.com] ; [|janet.collier@jpds.org] ; [|susan.stemworks@gmail.com] ; [|Amermalbanji@yahoo.com] ; [|gspechalske@asij.ac.jp] ; [|haga@fultonschools.org] ; [|melkern@gmail.com] ; [|Doug Walters] ; [|Jim Cottrell] ; [|mlynn143@gmail.com] ; [|angelica.g.rocha@gmail.com] ||
 * Cc: || [|'Christen Dodd' [christen@plpnetwork.com]] ; [|'Nancy Flanagan' [nflanagan@centurylink.net]] ||
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Good afternoon,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Good afternoon,

//__<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Information previously sent: __// <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">To join the webinar please use the following link: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.FD1907952E1F72845013D997056658&sid=2007122 //<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">(If you are in a different time zone please use the Time Zone Converter ). Please note: Should you be unable to attend a live webinar a recording will available for you to access. // · <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">After you access the link above, please type your name (first and last) and then login. The first time will take a minute for the Java to load. · <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">It is also a good idea to have a headset with a mic. · <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">If you are on a Mac, when you go to the link above a file will be downloaded to your computer (after you enter your name and click login). You'll need to go to your downloads folder (if the download window doesn't appear). After you select the "meeting.jnlp" file, a pop up window should appear asking if you want to open this file. Please select "open" and in just a few moments the Blackboard Collaborate Webinar room should open. Depending on your version of Java, the Blackboard Collaborate icon may appear as a purple circle with arrows or a white square with a cup of coffee at the bottom of your computer. (NOTE: see attached images for samples of where to find the meeting.jnlp downloaded file)
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<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">If you are not able to enter the webinar room, it is probably due to your version of Java needing to be updated.

o <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Users should update their Java version to the latest version of Java 7 available at http://java.com
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Users running Windows: **

o <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Users running Mac OS 10.7.2 or lower (most computers that are 2+ years old will need this update): On your computer go to the apple icon and select Software Update… When prompted, install the Java Update. o <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Users running Java version 6 or Java version 7 update 11 and below: Users should update their Java version to the latest version of Java 7 available at http://java.com
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Mac Users: **

<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">If you want to try the webinar link any time prior to the session, please feel free to do so and let us know if you run into any problems. ||