Web-site Search Contact Indicator Name Search 0 things 01262011 The ARRL Schooling Providers Division has announced the 2011 routine for the Teachers Institute on Wireless Technologies workshop. Offered with the ARRL’s Education & Technological know-how Program (ETP), the Teachers Institute is a four-day, expenses paid, in-residence learning opportunity designed for motivated teachers and other school staff who want to learn more about wireless technological innovation and bring that knowledge to their students. A variety of topics are covered during the TI, including basic wireless systems literacy, electronics, the science of radio, radio astronomy,
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“We’ll be offering four sessions of the introductory Teachers Institute workshop this summer and one advanced,
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There are four ARRL Teachers Institute sessions scheduled for 2011: June 13-16 in Albuquerque, New Mexico; June 20-23 at Parallax Inc in Rocklin, California; July 11-14 at the Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, New York,
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All information about the Teachers Institutes -- including the application and a downloadable brochure -- is accessible online. There you will also find links on that page where hams and interested instructors can read more about what other ETP schools are doing with Amateur Radio and wireless technological innovation topics.
If you’d like to support ARRL’s outreach efforts to bring wireless technology literacy to American teachers and students, you can donate online. For more information on how you can help support the ARRL Teachers Institute, speak to ARRL Chief Development Officer Mary Hobart,
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