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SCOUT VÉLOTOUR 2007 CROSS-CANADA BIKE TOUR TO CELEBRATE THE CENTENNIAL OF SCOUTING For nearly 100 years, scouting has gathered youth from all around the world to develop and share common positive values. The scouting program fits the interests of youth regardless of culture, race, religion or nationality. Long before globalization, Baden-Powell created a movement that fostered a global community with a conscience. The Mission of the Scout Vélotour 2007 As part of the varied celebrations and festivities around the world for the scouting centennial, the Scout Vélotour 2007 will permit all Canadians and especially scouts and former scouts -- to show their ongoing belief in Scouting. It offers scouts from across Canada a chance to participate in the centennial in a visible manner, hopefully close to home. Another major goal of the tour is to promote the TransCanada Trail as a great place for scouting adventures, and to all Canadians as well. With the help of Nortel LearniT Fred will be equipped with a digital video camera and more importantly the skills to capture video and images and upload them to his blog and make them available for all interested to follow him along his way across Canada. Nortel LearniT will also be helping Fred by training select scouting troops across Canada to film Fred along the way and share those videos with everyone. Fred will be in Ottawa August 1st right at the time of Jamboree. Several local scout troops will be trained to capture the festivities as Fred passes through town on his way to the East coast. Scouting is an informal education movement to help develop youth and to play a constructive role in society. It is non-political and promotes nature. It is based on self-education in a group context, and run almost all by volunteers. There are over 28 million scouts in the world, both boys and girls, in 216 countries and territories. 300 million people have been in scouts since its founding by Baden-Powell on August 1, 1907. In Canada, there are currently 21,000 and 120,000 francophone and anglophone scouting members respectively. The Scout Vélotour 2007 will start in Vancouver on May 12, 2007 and finish in mid-August in St Johns, NL. A special ride is planned in Ottawa for August 1, as part of the Sunrise Ceremony on Parliament Hill to celebrate the actual centennial of the first scout camp! The Scout Vélotour 2007 is working with Scouts Canada to create a pan-Canadian event -- scouts are invited to join the tour en route during this historic event. A detailed plan has been developed to make it easy for people to follow the tour and to ride or roll along. Support Fred on his trip across Canada and if you want to follow Fred along his way – get on his Blog. For more information, check out the web site: http://www.veloscout.ca/ Want to learn how to put your Digital Video Camera to great use? Check out our Video Production tutorials!

Follow Fred along his way... View his Blog! Fred May Videos of Fred's Journey Cross Canada Start of Journey Cross Canada in Vancouver, British Columbia - May 12th Real | Windows Media | Flash Video 1000 Kilometer Trustee Interview in Stewart Creek, British Columbia - May 12th Real | Windows Media | Flash Video 1st Haney Troop, British Columbia - May 13th Real | Windows Media | Flash Video The Baton's Journey Real | Windows Media | Flash Video Kettle Valley Raildroad Passage - May 15th Real | Windows Media | Flash Video Colemont Princeton - May 16th Real | Windows Media | Flash Video Penticton Scouts British Columbia Ride - May 17th Real | Windows Media | Flash Video Kelona and Carni Station British Columbia - May 18th and 19th Real | Windows Media | Flash Video Greenwood and Rossland British Columbia -May 20th Real | Windows Media | Flash Video Journey from Rossland to Fernie BC, for the last night in British Columbia - May 22nd - 25th Real | Windows Media | Flash Video Crossed the British Columbia and Alberta Border, onto to Calgary - May 26th to 28th Real | Windows Media | Flash Video Calgary Ride June 2 Real | Windows Media | Flash Video

NASA and Nortel LearniT Celebrate Viking's Thirty Year Anniversary

Thirty years ago the NASA Viking landers landed on Mars, a revolutionary event of its time.

The Viking ships were the first of its kind to land on Mars intact, and "the first American spacecraft to land on another planetary body since Apollo". (Credit: NASA.gov)

The landers collected data revealing that there had been no possible life on Mars, including thounsands of pictures and soil samples.
NASA, Nortel LearniT and Nortel along with other partners are celebrating the Viking anniversary. Members of the Viking team of the 1970's and various other honorary members of NASA and their partners will be speaking about the Viking project.

Nortel LearniT is committed to sharing the best educational resources with all users. The Nortel LearniT team will enhance an audiocast of the event, and invite you to watch the event from our site.

Local students will accompany the Nortel LearniT Webcasting team in learning how to produce and distribute a live event online. Five public school students will document the days events and learn how to conduct an enhanced audiocast.

Join our interactive audiocast.

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Nortel Solutions Take Education to New Levels Through Multimedia Access Anywhere, Anytime

Education Customers Benefit from Secure Distance Learning, Real-Time Collaboration, Web Curricula

PHILADELPHIA – Nortel* [NYSE/TSX: NT] has completed new customer deployments that are providing advanced teaching tools like secure distance learning, wireless access, Web-based curricula and real-time online collaboration to students, faculty and staff at four North American educational institutions, the company announced at the 26th Annual National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) in Philadelphia.

Nortel solutions are now a part of improving the way school systems conduct research, teach students and collaborate at the State University of New York (SUNY) Potsdam, Saskatoon (Saskatchewan) Catholic Schools, Saskatoon Public Schools, and the Calgary (Alberta) Board of Education.

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Start of Fred May's Cross Country Journey - May 12th

1000KM Stewart Creek, B.C. - Trustee Interview - May 12th

1st Haney Troop, British Columbia - May 13th

The Baton's Journey

Kettle Valley Raildroad Passage - May 15th

Colemont Princeton - May 16th

Penticton Scouts British Columbia Ride - May 17th

Kelowna and Carni Station British Columbia - May 18th and 19th

Greenwood and Rossland British Columbia - May 20th

Journey from Rossland to Fernie BC, for the last night in British Columbia - May 22nd - 25th

Crossed the British Columbia and Alberta Border, onto to Calgary - May 26th to 28th

Calgary Ride - June 2

New lesson plans are being added to our site all the time by great teachers just like you! Here is a sample of some of the latest additions. For a complete listing follow this link.

eCollage Important Events in my Life Lesson Plan
This project focuses on using digital imaging software to create an eCollage of important event in a student's life. History; Grades 6-8

Family Genealogy Quest Lesson Plan
Students will use the Internet to research important genealogy terms, family history and design a family tree. Social Studies; Grades 6-8

History of the Internet Lesson Plan   
Students will create a summary of the history of the Internet which includes: original and copied images and a timeline. History; Grades 9-10

Industrial Revolution History Lesson Plan
Students will research the Industrial Revolution using the Internet.  Students will investigate the cause, effects and impacts.  A documentary of this time period, from the point of view of a worker, will be created.  Students will work in teams. History; Grades 11-12

Medical Inventors Lesson Plan
Students will research using the Internet and create a website on medical inventions and inventors of their choice.  Websites will include text, images and a timeline of their chosen advancements in medicine. History; Grades 9-12

On this Day in History Lesson Plan
Students will research historic events that share their birthday. Students will write a short summary on these events. History; Grades 6-12

Travel and Tourism Lesson Plan
Students will select a destination to research. Final products will be a travel brochure for that destination including information such as: contact information, travel and accommodation options, weather trends, currency information, maps, local activities and pricing where appropriate. Social Studies; Grades 11-12

World Religions Lesson Plan
Using the Internet, and working in teams, students will explore various world religions. Group member findings will be combined and produced in a multimedia presentation using PowerPoint. Social Studies; Grades 11-12 

Ancient Observatories: Timeless Knowledge lesson plan
Understanding the connection between the Sun and the Earth allows students to learn complex math, science, history and social studies concepts. This activity involves Internet research, creating digital images as documentation, presenting findings with PowerPoint and even creating a Web site to showcase student projects. Multi-subject; Grades 6-9

Web of Deceit lesson plan
In this lesson plan students will discover how to examine Web sites to research and analyze the effectiveness of information stored on a Web page. Students will create their own Web pages to demonstrate how they apply their new media literacy skills. English; Grades 5-7