September 2010

What's Happing at KEA !

All in all the KEA crew has had a pretty restful summer- just what the doctor ordered after a very busy winter and spring! (This past year was our busiest ever! Overwhelming really, which has spurred us to restructure some of the ways we structure our programing- but more on that below.) From a change in programming to a new partnership to a new junior musher. Lots is happening at Kigluait!

A few events of note, however, did bring us out of our restful slumber. The most exciting of which is a new partnership with Whirlidurb that will allow us to offer more multi-point conferencing options in the upcoming year. We are really happy about this because last year we had many more conference requests than we could possibly fill.

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Our Adventures: Mushers in the Big Apple

The “A” in KEA stands for Adventures! For the most part, that refers to adventures in learning, but at KEA we have always felt life is learning. And this summer we're stretching our wings a bit. We are traveling away from our comfort zone (i.e. a small cabin in the woods) and venturing into the big city! Yep, we're coming out of the backwoods of Alaska to take a grand tour down the Atlantic coast from New York city to Washington DC by bicycle. Yikes! To say this is WAY out of our comfort zone is just a slight (wink, wink, snicker) understatement! But life is learning and experiencing new things! Read more

Coming soon! Be Green Micro-Grant Program

Okay, at KEA we have always been about respecting our environment- regardless of what that environment is- urban/rural, natural and pristine or man made. So as the summer unfolded and the BP oil well kept spilling our frustration and anger kept growing- like I am sure many of yours did. Our frustration was/is because it seemed like there was nothing we could do, a sense of helplessness. So, over the next few weeks we will be setting up a micro-grant program where people can send in proposals for small- community, school, classroom, family, individual- scaled project ideas that improve the living environments for all in their area. Each proposal entry will have a small fee. We'll create a scoring rubric to judge the project proposals and then using that scoring guide we will all vote on which projects should be funded. Funding will come from the proposal entry fees so the amount will vary depending on how many projects are submitted. A true grassroots effort! Read More»

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September Monthly Highlighted Program

September's theme is all about conflict resolution, decision making and building our characters. So it makes sense to highlight our Meet a Musher Program this month, as it focuses on looking at the strong character traits that makes a musher a musher, or a sled dog a sled dog for that matter. During our Monthly Highlighted Mutli-Point program this month, students will get a chance to videoconference with other students to learn about the life of a musher from a 13 year old musher and an adult musher while touring Flash Kennels and meeting several very special sled dogs. You can learn more here.So register early! Read More»

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September Special Event

Gold Fever is a great way to kick off your school year. Often at the beginning of the year, teachers are setting up their classrooms and getting students comfortable in their new community. Well that is exactly what this program is all about! How to set-up a community so everyone gets along and works together to accomplish a goal, while also have a bit of a math refresher in both algebra and problem solving.
Gold Fever sets students in the time period of the Yukon/ Klondike Goldrush, in which people from all over the world traveled to Alaska to find their fortune in Gold. As a result, diverse communities began to form and they had to have some way to work out disagreements. Thus arise the Miner's Meeting. Miner's Meetings were usually called by a miner that had a disagreement or issue with another person in the community. During the meeting both miners were given a chance to make statements and the rest of the persons in the meeting were able to ask questions and then pass a judgement.  You can learn more here.So register early! Read More»

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Dates/ Events for 2010/2011

The 2010/2011 school year marks a turning point in KEA's videoconference programming. The last 6 years have seen a nearly 100% increase in requests each year. As a rule KEA has always provided "on-demand" style conferencing, but as a result we quickly were overloaded with requests for the 2009/2010 program year.Read More»

On-Demand Programming: On-demand programming is the standard, point-to-point, type of programming KEA has always done in the past. During the registration process the individual schools (technology coordinators, etc) request a specific date and time and KEA does it's best to schedule the program at the requested time. The conference is between KEA and a single school/classroom. Cost $150.00

Multi-point Sessions: KEA will offer a monthly multi-point sessions, highlighting a popular program. Cost $100.00

**September 9th : Meet a Musher
**October 7th: Meet a Musher
**November 4th: Mushing Alaska
**December 2nd: Mushing Alaska
**January 6th: Mushing Alaska
**February 3rd: Mushign Alaska
**March 3rd : Mushing Alaska
**April 7th: Mushing Alaska
**May 5th: Meet a Musher

Special Events for 2010/2011 School Year:These are multi-point events and will cost just $100/classroom.
**September 16th: Gold Fever
**October 21st: Adopt a Dog
**November 18th: Call of the Wild
**December 16th: Sled dogs with Santa
**January 20th: Norhtern Lights
**February 17th: Race Ready
**March 17th: Virtual Race
**April 21st: Mystery of the North: Dog Gobbling Lake Monster
**May 19th: Survive

See our Calendar Online

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