By Jim Gerard, INSPIRE Education Specialist. KSC, FL
Welcome to a new year of the INSPIRE Online Learning Community! If you are new, take some time to poke around and explore the different parts of the OLC. The Discover page will post activities to do and challenges to team up for, Connect will be a virtual meeting place with other INSPIRE students and NASA, and Equip will provide resources for school and university selection. Returning students will notice a new look to the OLC, so you also should reacquaint yourself with the location of your favorite areas.
A change that returning students will notice is a change in the structure of our points and the way to earn them. Each month will have a new theme, with weekly sub-themes. A big activity based on that theme will challenge you to learn and report out in a creative way. Short activities will change each month, and be automatically scored. A long term learning experience called Modules will provide in depth insight into a science or math subject. And, if you enjoy building things, try the monthly model and construct a collection of space vehicles!
To learn more about the OLC and what is in store for this year, sign up for our first Live Chat. It will take place Tuesday, September 13 at 8pm CT (all times on the OLC are listed as Central Time: make sure to adjust for your own time zone!). Sign up is open on the Discussion Board and limited to the first 100 students. If you are too late to sign up for the live event, watch it Monday morning in the OLC archive!
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