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September 26, 2011

**__INSPIRE TEAM PATCH COMPETITION ENDS THURSDAY__**
It's that time of year again. We need YOU to design an official NASA INSPIRE Team Patch. This Team Patch will be utilized throughout the Online Learning Community and even on NASA INSPIRE official communications and products. This competition is open to all active participants of the INSPIRE OLC.

More information including full competition rules is available on the Connect page. Submissions are due by Thursday, September 29, 2011, 12:00pm (Noon) Central Time.

__Students and Parents/Caregivers: Activate Your Account by Tuesday, October 4th!__
If you were invited to be a member of the 2011-2012 INSPIRE Online Learning Community, you must activate your account by 12:00pm (Noon) Central Time on Tuesday, October 4th, 2011. This also includes accounts sent to parents/caregivers of our INSPIRE students. Activate the account by using the username and password emailed to you with your invitation to complete the enrollment requirements listed. Failure to complete these steps will result in removal from the OLC. This will allow other deserving students who were not selected, an opportunity to participate. If you experience difficulty in completing the activation process, please email nasainspire@okstate.edu or call 1-800-358-2724

__**This Month’s Themes **__
Gravity: It's What Keeps Us Together __**Weekly Sub-theme**__ Planet Motion

__**LiveChat **__
// Date: // Thursday, September 29, 2011 // Time: // 8:00 PM CT Sign up on the Discussion Board // Speaker: // Dave Seal, JPL //Topic:// Planetary Trajectories

__What's in the OLC?__
The Online Learning Community is a big place, and if you have just joined our community it may be a little intimidating. To help you get around, we have developed a Features page to show you what is where and how to get there. You'll find the page rotating through the Latest News section on the Home Page.

__OLC Wall of Fame__
The Wall of Fame will be located inside the OLC to honor students of accomplishment, including both those who have excelled in the Online Learning Community and those who have won awards at home. If you have received a national or state level award, let us know! Go to the Wall of Fame dropbox, fill out the form and submit your information in the Wall of Fame drop box.

__Bloggers Wanted!__
Do you have something you would like to say? Or do you want to report on something going on at school, like your Science Fair or FIRST Team? Write it out and submit to the INSPIRE Blog! You will find the dropbox linked from the Discover page. 10 points will be given for any blog article used (your blog must appear under the INSPIRE Blog on the Connect page). You may submit as often as you wish.

__INSPIRE on Twitter__
If you have a Twitter account you can receive timely messages from NASA INSPIRE. Tweets are sent out notifying our group of new eINSPIRE, upcoming Live Chats, or when an important deadline looms. Search for and follow "@Nasainspire."