Photos...all 2,660 of them!

Please enjoy the bazillions of photos take by our 2008 IEI participants. They have been placed on the WFI flickr site at: http://flickr.com/photos/18377428@N00/sets/

Participants should be receiving DVDs with photos and Ten Slides presentations in the mail shortly.

Thanks,
Angie

Urban and Community Forests: It's Where We Live

Visiting the Portland Park blocks (see before and after photos) put tree planting on our minds. What kind of tree planting activities do you have in your community? Are your children, schools, and communities involved? Do you have special, significant trees in your community? Where are they and why are they important?

The Forest Will Provide: Defining Sustainability

Thanks for visiting with the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs today. What native or indigenous people live in your area? How do they use natural resources? Do you work with them on your projects?

Good News from Norway: SKOGKUR

Here is the link for basics of "SKOGKUR" program.

IEI alums Bjorn Helge Bjornstad (2004), Knut Monson (2005), and Jorn Kjersheim (2006) work with program which is similar in many ways to Project Learning Tree (PLT).

http://www.skogkurs.no/Modules/SOI_Kurs/lms/LMS_engelsk.pdf

Greetings from 2007 IEI Alum....

Hi (Salam) Rick &Angie
I wish for you and all the new IEI Participants a successfully course, i knew and sure that you do your best and work hard.
Finally greating to the new IEI Participants and hope to meet them with their students in Palestine to meet Palestinian students and Enjoying Natural and watching birds.

Osama Jubeh
Hebron, Palestine
(Palestine Wildlife Society)

Electronic Field Trip Link

Here is the latest information from Ball State about accessing their Tree-mendous Technology program about the canopy crane...

Hello Rick,
So great to hear from you. Glad to see that you are still on the job too. I might not be for long though, as our program has lost its funding from Best Buy Childrens Foundation. We have money for 2 more shows, and the development office here at BSU is continuing to look for more $$. We are hoping the university will find money for us to continue at least through the school year.

To access our student/teacher website, follow this link:
http://www.bsu.edu/eft/treetops/p/
login: forest
Password: canopy

You can pass all of this info along to any of your educators.
For the show archive (which is housed at Apple Learning Interchange), you don't need a login or password...even though there is a place to enter that. Just ignore it! Click where it says "play" on the photo to start the video. If you click on the Q in the lower right hand corner, you can enlarge the screen.
http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=352

You will need Quick Time software (free download, and available at Apple Learning Interchange) and a fast Internet connection.

Good luck with your educators institute. I am sure you will do a great job! Glad to see the crane folks are welcoming the teachers.
Best wishes,
Jacquie

Linking Research, Education and the Passion for Teaching

The Wind River Canopy Crane gave us a bird's eye view of cutting edge forest research. What kind of research is conducted in your area? What technologies are being used? How are you using this research in your community or program?