9-12+eINSPIRE

September 12, 2011

**__Welcome to the eINSPIRE Newsletter!__**
The eINSPIRE is a weekly communication that will be sent to your email address every Monday to update you on INSPIRE news and events. By now, you have received your acceptance email, read it, clicked the box and submitted it back to INSPIRE to begin the process of getting your log-in user ID and password. Once on the OLC, take the Poll of the Week, check out the news, and look over the online activities offered this month. We'll also host our first Live Chat on Tuesday, September 13 at 8pm CT, to give you an overview of INSPIRE and the new OLC. Another chat on Microgravity takes place Thursday, September 15, also at 8pm CT. To participate in the chats, please sign up in the appropriate thread on the Discussion Board. Below you will find more information to get you started on the OLC.

__Where is the Online Learning Community?__ http://nasaoc.okstate.edu

__How do I enter the Online Learning Community?__ • Watch the “General OLC Overview” and “Getting Started: OLC Account Activation” videos, • Read the “Rules and Regulations Document,” • Take the “Rules and Regulations Quiz,” • Complete the “OLC Pre-Experience Survey,” and • Complete the demographic information requested. This information is for reporting purposes only.

__What do I do when I get on the OLC?__ One thing you can do right away is take the Poll of the Week! This week we ask, "How many years have you been participating in the INSPIRE Project?". Then check out the Discussion Board and leave a message in the General Discussion forum.

__What is the Live Chat?__ Every Thursday at 8pm CT we host a Live Chat with a NASA subject matter expert. This is your chance to hear from NASA scientists, engineers and managers as they present on NASA's missions. Attendance is limited to 100 participants, so each week we have a sign up on the Discussion Board. If you are too late to sign up, or can't make the live event, look for it in the archive the following Monday morning.

__Why are all times in Central Time?__ Since we are a nationwide project, we cover seven time zones (including Atlantic, Alaskan and Hawaii time zones). Oklahoma State University is in the Central Time Zone so we have chosen that to list all of our times. Know the conversion to your own time zone, and whether you observe Daylight Saving Time.

__When can I start?__ As soon as you complete the requirements above, come on in! The OLC is open!

__**This Month’s Themes **__
Gravity: It's What Keeps Us Together __**Weekly Sub-theme**__ Microgravity On Earth

__**Live Chats **__
// Date: // September 13, 2011 // Time: // 8:00 PM CT // Class: // All Grade s (Sign Up on Discussion Board) // Speaker: // Jim Gerard, Kennedy Space Center, FL //Topic:// Welcome to the OLC!

// Date: // September 15, 2011 // Time: // 8:00 PM CT // Class: // All Grade s (Sign Up on Discussion Board) // Speaker: // Antja Chambers, Johnson Space Center, TX //Topic:// Microgravity Research