Love Teaching? Check out the Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship

A great teacher can change the lives of young people. I have had many experiences in my life where a compassionate, knowledgeable and godly teacher directed me and encouraged me. Teaching is a gift. While I think that everyone has it “in” them to help and encourage another person, some people just have this amazing knack of explaining and showing how to do or learn something that enlightens the minds of students.

If you or someone you know has that “knack” and wants to develop it further, check out the Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship. There is a great need for good teachers today. The WWTF was formed to meet that need, to connect bright students, graduates, and established teachers with the brilliant and specialized education required to effectively train our young people. The WWTF is a scholarship, providing a $30,000 stipend to help future teachers complete their masters degree at participating universities across the mid-west.

Some of the qualifications include:

• have majored in and/or have a strong professional background in a science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) field
• have attained, or expect to attain a bachelor’s degree from an accredited U.S. college or university by June 30, 2012
• have achieved a cumulative undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale

You can see more qualifications, learn more about the program, and watch an informative video at the WWTF website: www.WWTeachingFellowship.org.

Currently, the three states participating in the fellowship are Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. The Fellowship not only helps you with the financial support for higher education, but can connect you with the best schools and direct you toward the schools that most need your teaching expertise. This is a super opportunity to teach ohio or another state that needs high-quality, dedicated teachers! See the website for more information.

A Unique Way to Learn Biblical Hebrew

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of ClassicHebrew.com. All opinions are 100% mine.

This is extremely interesting– learn Biblical Hebrew online! I tried to learn the language many years ago, and I purchased some books and DVDs for the children to learn it as well. Learning a new language is difficult (for me, anyway). The kids loved learning, but it is difficult to make a new language “stick.” Books and a DVD can only go so far. Language is flowing; to learn a language, you need to interact.

eTeacher has a very, very nice online course for people who want to study the scriptures in the original Hebrew language. This looks spectacular! It’s an online tutoring program. You basically log in to the tutoring interface, and interact with a teacher from Israel. The website has a few videos that left me very impressed. The teacher not only taught Hebrew to the student, but the teacher also brought out the meaning of the Hebrew names and words– something you just cannot get from a book! Moreover, this is Classic Hebrew, the language of the scriptures. Knowing the original language reveals a greater depth that is lost somewhat in the translation to English.

This eTeacher program is available to all: beginners, intermediates, or advanced students. You can even obtain academic credit from these courses. I think this is worth investigating. ClassicalHebrew.com is from the very successful eTeacher Group, an international language school, and they specialize in video conference learning. This particular Classic Hebrew course was begun over five years ago, and holds franchises with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Israeli Ministry of Education for teaching Hebrew and teaching it online.

Learn more about learning Biblical Hebrew online: visit the Classic Hebrew webpage, where you can read more about the program and see some videos, or check them out on Facebook or Twitter. This looks like a terrific opportunity to learn Biblical Hebrew!

Be a Teacher!

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of USC. All opinions are 100% mine.

I sometimes regret that I didn’t pursue a teaching degree after high school. I was wrapped up in drama and art, and, while I loved the creativity that art and drama afford, I think I would have had more stability and satisfaction in pursuing a teaching degree. And besides, teachers are never out of work! I love history, and I love to teach it and write it and study it. I would love to pursue a degree in history someday; even if I never taught a single class, just studying the wonders of history, and knowing that I had a degree, would mean much to me. And I just may do it yet.

I know many, many adults who have and are pursuing higher education. But very few are able to fit college classes and the college lifestyle into their busy schedules. This is where modern technology comes in! Online classes are more popular than ever before, and accredited, well-established schools such as the University of Southern California are making it a little easier to obtain that much-coveted Master of Arts degree, with their Rossier School of Education’s MAT@USC. You can take a look at USC’s extensive curriculum program information. Amongst many other, benefits from online education include:

• A flexible study program for educators and students alike, from one of the foremost universities in the country.
• An interactive, personal learning experience, with field-based projects in your local area, as well as electronically-accessible information.
• No need to live on campus, change your lifestyle and schedule, or move to a different state.
• An excellent and affordable tuition program, including USC’s reimbursement program.
• Still be a part of the USC Trojan family, enjoying student status and benefits.
• Obtain a qualified Master of Arts Teaching degree just as if you lived and studied on campus.

You can see that higher education is finally catching up with the electronic age. USC is a highly renowned private university, ranking #9 for its group in the US News and World Report. Check out the website for more on USC’s Rossier School of Education’s MAT@USCprogram information. It’s a great opportunity!

The MOST, Syracuse, Part 3

The MOST– the Museum of Science and Technology in Syracuse, NY, is a big place. We spent the better part of 3 hours exploring everything. Downstairs, the museum has a play area for little kids, and cave-looking rooms with loads of displays and interactive stuff. You can read about our visits in Part 1, Part 2, and a big post about the amazing Toothpick City II.

I loved the coral reef in the fish tank. Wow!

A lot of the displays in the cave halls had to do with the local geology of Syracuse, which is situated in a briny, swampy area of central New York. Syracuse once supplied the nation with much of its salt, up until 1926 when the industry waned. There was a ton of science, geology, and history to absorb. It was a lot of information! Some were a little overwhelmed.

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The MOST, Syracuse, NY: Part 2

You can read Part 1 of our visit here, and about the marvelous Toothpick City II display, here. We spent about 3 hours, exploring everything we could at the museum– it was a blast!

Hands down, the best part was this– a “green room” display that had a TV with a basletball player. You could walk onto the platform in the green area, and appear on the creen with the basketball player! It was SO COOL!! This must be how the modern Star Wars movies are filmed, with live action before a green screen and the animated critters on a TV or something. I just loved this thing!

The kids seemed to really enjoy the Van de Graff generator and other gadgets like it. I think they perhaps enjoyed it a bit TOO much.

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