Yesterday, the Coalition for International Initiatives team spent the day in York, PA being trained to teach Environmental Education through Project Wild (http://www.projectwild.org/). We did not really know what to expect, but it turned out to be a great day.
We were invited by our Senior Program Advisor, Mike McGough and our Chief Academic Officer, Gregg McGough to observe and partake in a staff development day in Science and Environmental Ed. We participated in several interactive games and workshops as well as a stream study to learn about organisms in nature. Mrs. Joy Howell kept the day going and was an excellent resource. She had tons of ideas about how to make what we learned relevant and able in the classroom.
Although, I am not an educator, this experience was very useful in learning about how to teach children about the environment. Yesterday was also great because we had the opportunity to share our idea about eKWIP to our first audience. The participants for the day were student teachers, teachers with a few years of experience, retired teachers, and some administrators. They had positive feedback and great questions. We are looking forward to building the idea and rolling it out for future audiences. More to come...
