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Announce: Teachers.Net Fall Guests - Howard Gardner, Joan Holub, Pat
Cunningham and more



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 25, 1999 
For more information contact: 
Kathleen Carpenter, Director of Promotions
Teachers.Net http://teachers.net/ 


TEACHERS.NET ANNOUNCES SPECIAL GUESTS FOR SEPTEMBER
INCLUDING MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES EXPERT DR. HOWARD GARDNER

SAN DIEGO, CA -- Teachers.Net announces an impressive line-up of
interesting and informative guests, including internationally known
Mulitple Intelligences theorist Dr. Howard Gardner, during its September
online sessions. Teachers.Net offers live professional development and
chat meetings on most Monday through Thursday evenings year-round,
offering topics of interest to the many thousands of teachers and school
administrators who use the site each day. The schedule includes expert
guests as well as peer-moderated discussions. 

The September "Back to School" calendar of events at Teachers.Net
features Dr. Gardner on September 28 discussing his book, Intelligence
Reframed: Multiple Intelligences in the Twenty First Century, due to be
released by Basic Books in September. Also, Dr. Samuel Meisels appears
on September 21, discussing the Work Sampling System for assessment. On
September 7 literacy expert and author Dr. Pat Cunningham will field
questions about her 4-Blocks Literacy program. September 13 features a
return visit by children's author/illustrator Joan Holub who will
discuss her craft and recently published books. Dr. Gerald Tirozzi,
Executive Director of the National Association for Secondary School
Principals and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education has
confirmed an appearance at Teachers.Net on a yet to be announced date in
September. 

The above sessions are scheduled for 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET in the
Teachers.Net Conference Room at http://teachers.net/conference. Other
meetings are held in the Meeting Room: http://teachers.net/meetings.
They include weekly meetings for Early childhood/primary level educators
on Tuesday evenings and monthly chat sessions for elementary/middle
school educators, substitute teachers, student and beginning teachers,
and teachers of Reading Recovery. Once each month school
psychologist/columnist Beth Bruno moderates a session about current
topics in education. Transcripts of live sessions are available in the
popular archive at http://teachers.net/archive. 

Information about scheduled sessions is available through the "Live
Meetings" link on the Teachers.Net homepage at http://teachers.net.
Those wishing more information may contact Kathleen Carpenter, Director
of Promotions.  See http://www.teachers.net/info/contacts.html for
contact details. 

Educators can be informed about all Teachers.Net live events via e-mail
by subscribing to the free events mailing at
http://teachers.net/mailrings. Dozens of e-mail discussion groups are
also available through the mailrings page, free to anyone interested in
reading or participating in dialog with peers in the field of education. 





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