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        • AP® Chemistry
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        • AP® US History
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          • Dance House
          • In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse
          • My Indian Boyhood
          • Native American Literature Glencoe
          • #NotYourPrincess
        • IEFA (2 credit courses) >
          • American Indian Literature K-8
          • American Indian Literature 9-12
          • Art and Literature IEFA Integration K-5
          • Boarding School Era
          • Early Childhood Literature in IEFA
          • History of Indigenous Resistance Movements
          • History of the Flathead Reservation
          • IEFA and the Visual Arts (2021-22)
          • Montana Tribal Histories
          • Native American Representation in Cinema and Popular Culture
          • Seasonal Rounds of the Salish
          • Seven Essential Understandings
        • IEFA (3 credit courses) >
          • American Indian Sovereignty
          • Current Events in Indian Country
          • Foundations of IEFA
          • Plants in MT Native Cultures
        • IEFA (5 credit courses) >
          • Birchbark House
        • IEFA Special Topics/Author Studies (1-5 credits) >
          • IEFA Special Topics 1 >
            • Who Will Tell My Brother?: The Indian Mascot Controversy
            • Honoring Native Women’s Voices
            • American Indian Short Stories
            • American Indian Poetry
            • Biographies of Native Americans
          • IEFA Special Topics 2 >
            • The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
            • Fire on the Land
            • Native American Astronomy
            • An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
            • If I Ever Get Out of Here
          • Native American Author Studies
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WMPLC is partnering with Univision

​If your school district is looking for an alternative, affordable, and easy platform to use for distance learning with your teachers and students, consider working with Univision, of Missoula, MT, and WMPLC, to get you started with the tools you need to have online classrooms using Moodle.

Univision will create your online domain and school Moodle landing page.  That's when WMPLC is available to assist you by creating classrooms for your teachers, giving teachers usernames and passwords, coaching staff on how to enter assignments, videos, etc.  We can even enter student usernames and passwords.  Just let us know what you need and we will assist you, at cost, to get your distance learning courses up and running in no time.
Students can utilize their textbooks at home and teachers can post assigments on the Moodle for them each week.  Teachers can embed or insert links to instructional videos. 
The director of WMPLC utilized Moodle classrooms for over a decade with her Elementary and Junior High students.  She and our staff are available to assist you.  Our current online professional development is hosted on the WMPLC Moodle at Western Montana Professional Learning Collaborative        wmplcmoodle.org     Let us help you create one for your school so you can be up and running independently in no time.
Please email director@wmplc.org to discuss options for your school district or call Daisy Carlsmith at 406-529-1113.
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​​Educational IT Advantage
March 31, 2020 Special Edition Announcement

COVID-19 Remote Teaching Relief
Partnering with Western Professional Learning Collaborative (WMPLC) is the fastest way Univision can help rural school districts address remote learning.
Moodle is a proven open-source teaching platform that has been around for some time.   Some Montana educational organizations have been using it before COVID-19. 

It’s our understanding the University of Montana utilizes it to some extent.
Univision will setup and maintain the IT aspects of a Moodle environment.  This is inclusive of DNS resolution associated with a domain students can key into their browsers for internet access.

We were in a rush to make this offering available to rural Montana School Districts in time to meet OPI targeted home learning dates.   Pressed for time the following cost schedule for hosting applies:
Moodle Environment One Time Setup Fee:          $200
Monthly Hosting and Maintenance Fee:                $100

Most rural school districts will not tax our equipment or bandwidth.  In the event a school district does tax our service, prices may be subject to change.
After acquiring a suitable Moodle hosting environment from Univision, school districts are encouraged to contact Daisy Carlsmith of WMPLC.  

WMPLC is ready to assist the configuration issues associated with inputting the various actual class curriculums.  It’s our understanding WMPLC is willing to provide this service at cost and willing to provide staff training.

Univision is cautioning that cloud teaching platforms are only one component of remote learning.  We would like to offer assistance with the full list:
  • Secure remote staff network access.
  • CIPA compliant solutions for student households with no internet access.
    • Appliances that allow school districts to control access.
    • Non-traditional wireless data plans that will not break funding.
  • CIPA wireless compliant appliances for busses.
School districts interested in taking advantage of this offer should contact Univision and WMPLC.

Jared Bixby
Educational Business Development
Univision Computers
jaredb@univisioncomputers.com
(406) 721-8876 ext 249

Daisy Carlsmith
Executive Director
WMPLC / WMRESA
director@wmplc.org
(406) 529-1113

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