In Amerika hebben ze weer iets nieuws bedacht voor de scholen. Wie die leraren altijd maar saaie mensen vond zal daar nu wel meer geluk hebben, althans toch als ze Pokémon liefhebbers zijn. Er zal namelijk een programma ontwikkeld worden waarin Pokémon personages en thema's ervoor zullen zorgen dat leerlingen nog meer bijleren op school.
REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 7, 2007 ・A new in-school
program uses basic characters and themes from Nintendos popular
Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl video games for Nintendo DS・to teach
elementary and middle school students about science. Nintendo of
America, Inc., The National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) and Nortel
LearniT, have teamed up to make it fun for students to learn the
sciences using imagery they already know and love.
Now through December, a variety of printable lesson plans
and classroom activities developed by NIA are available to students and
teachers at www.masterthescience.org. For instance, a lesson plan might
teach elementary school students how to tell time using a sundial, or
middle school students about how the universe is expanding. An activity
component is also built in, where teacher and student questions can be
submitted and answered by science experts.
We are thrilled to offer educators a resource
program that utilizes popular characters to enhance the learning
experience for students in fields of study that will only grow more
crucial as we move forward in the 21st century, says Robert Lindberg,
NIAs President and Executive Director.
Were honored to have our characters take what sometimes
may seem like dry topics and help make them come alive for students,
says George Harrison, Nintendo of Americas senior vice president of
marketing and corporate communications. The collaboration provides an
opportunity for children to learn 21st century science using 21st
century tools with characters theyre familiar with.
We know through our Nortel LearniT initiatives that
technology integration in the classroom makes learning both exciting
and engaging, says Greg Farmer, VP, Nortel Government and Community
Relations. As an organization that believes technology can enable
opportunity, we are proud to be associated with this project.
Pokémon is no stranger to in-school education. Teachers and
students can also visit Pokémon Learning League
(www.PokemonLearningLeague.com) to access its award-winning interactive
online lessons in Math, Science, Language Arts and Life Skills.
For more information about the Master the Science・aster the
Game in-school program, visit the Web site at www.masterthescience.org.
About NIA:
The National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) is a non-profit research and
education institute headquartered in Hampton, Va. It was formed by a
consortium of research universities to conduct leading-edge engineering
and science research, develop new technologies for the nation, and help
inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. NIA performs
research in a broad range of disciplines including Aviation, Space
Exploration and Science.
The institutes graduate program offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in the
fields of engineering and science through its university partners:
Georgia Tech, Hampton University, North Carolina A&T State
University, North Carolina State University, the University of
Maryland, the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Old Dominion
University, and the College of William & Mary.
About Nortel:
Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities
that make the promise of Business Made Simple a reality for its
customers. Their next-generation technologies, for both service
providers and enterprise networks, support multimedia and
operation-critical applications. Nortels technologies are designed to
help eliminate todays barriers to efficiency, speed and performance by
simplifying networks and connecting people to the information they
need, when they need it. Nortel operates in more than 150 countries
around the world.
Nortel LearniT (www.NortelLearniT.org) is a global community
relations initiative of Nortel focused on building the capacity in
others to access and integrate the use of technology for success in the
21st century.
For more information, visit Nortel on the Web at www.nortel.com.
07-11-2007 om 21:00
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