What’s New?
Want to make the great benefits provided by NEA membership even easier to use? Watch for our new NEA Community Toolbar. Best of all, it is Free!
Update! Update! The toolbar is ready for you! Make your search for resources from the Gateway or great benefit from your NEA membership easier and faster. Simply visit: http://www.thegateway.org/ and download from the link in the middle of the page. It easy and it’s FREE!
GEM Instructional Video Now Available on YouTube!
Want to learn how to make finding great learning resources easier? Want to make lesson planning more fun and your lessons more exciting to your students? Quickly learn to search the huge collection of free learning resource to find exactly what you need or to browse the collection according to your specific interests! Our brief, seven minute, instructional video is now available on the home page of the Gateway. It’s never been easier to boost your professional skills, add more fun and individualized instruction to your repertoire of competencies. Join our cadre of 21st century educators today!
Want to make the great benefits provided by NEA membership even easier to use? Watch for our new NEA Community Toolbar. Best of all, it is Free!
Did You Know?
The Gateway to 21st Century Skills receives thousands of visits a month from dedicated educators all over the world. Wednesday and Tuesday were the busiest days for the Gateway in the month of June. In fact, the Gateway is such a valuable and powerful tool that over 57.7% of the visitors added the Gateway to their browser Favorites or Bookmarks in June! In the last month, over 43.3% of the traffic can from people who have already bookmarked the Gateway to 21st Century Skills.
Are Your Members Using the Gateway?
Maryland has joined the crowd of states that brand the Gateway as their own. Debra Nixon of MSTA emphasized the importance of this step by saying, “(The) Gateway is a phenomenal resource tool and a great aid for individualization of instruction.”
And now, not only will your affiliate members be greeted with a view of your logo but anyone who declares that they hail from your branded state will also see that affiliate’s logo. This will underscore your local commitment to provide the members of the profession with the tools and resources they need to succeed in driving up student achievement.
Colorado, Kentucky Pennsylvania, Washington and North Carolina, New York, New Jersey, Vermont and Tennessee have also created versions of the Gateway that display the state affiliate logos.
We want to hear from you. What would you like to see added to the Gateway? What improvements would you like to see? Send your suggestions, thoughts and observations on how we can make the Gateway to 21st Century Skills a more valuable tool for you, your students and your fellow teachers. Contact Bruce Walker at brucew@jesandco.org.
Gateway to 21st Century Skills Statistics for June 2007
In June 2007, despite the summer break for most, teachers everywhere were utilizing the Gateway to 21st Century Skills at a rapid rate. Tracking figures showed a significant number of dedicated teachers using the Gateway to find quality learning resources for their students. In the month of June, measures of traffic showed that 33035 visitors created 1208510 hits on the site and visited 112686 pages.
Who’s Joining the Gateway?
Here are some excerpts from the biographies of recent Gateway applications for membership. Members show their support for the Gateway by joining and it is Free! Membership allows you to make notes and comment about the resources you find on the Gateway. You can share those observations with your peers or make comments that are only for your use. It’s like your own personal Gateway to almost 50,000 quality learning resources.
S.G. - Maryland
I have been an instructor for ten years in the Baltimore City School System. I teach middle school language arts and social studies. Prior to teaching I was an industrial archeologist.
F.B. - Minnesota
I am currently in the process of going back to college 13 years after attaining a BA. I will be majoring in Young Child Education, moving into school or career counselor type positions after that. Hopefully after teaching a few years I can move into a career in either of these professions.
R.D. - Massachusetts
I am an ESOL Instructor and an ABE Program Coordinator. I am a mid-life career changer. I have been an accountant by trade for over thirty years.
D.W. - Maryland
I live in Maryland, and I work at a local community college. I am also an adjunct professor.
K.C. - Georgia
I am a 48 year old college freshman. I am returning to college after 30 years. My family includes two daughters, five stepchildren, two son-in-laws, and five grandchildren. My love for children has led me back to college to major in Family and Consumer Science Education.
D.R. - Virginia
I am a teacher of K-5 music in Henrico County, Virginia. I hold a B.A. in Liberal Arts from Excelsior College (previously The University of the State of New York) and teacher certification in Music (Choral and Instrumental) from Virginia Commonwealth University. I am currently in the process of adding an endorsement in Technology Education to my teaching license.
K.R. - Delaware
I am a library media specialist in Delaware, I teach k-6 every day. I have been in this country for six years and was born in England. I am currently taking a research and referencing class, and the professor directed us to this site which I am very excited about…