Subj : ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology Now Accepting Applications for 2025 Cohorts
To   : QST
From : ARRL de WD1CKS
Date : Fri Dec 13 2024 08:56 pm

12/13/2024

The ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology (TI) continues to grow.
Fresh off a highly successful YouTube telethon[1] that raised more than $41,000
for the program, some of next year's dates have been announced. Applications
are now open.

The program is growing, and educators will have the opportunity to attend
sessions around the country. "We love having the teachers here at ARRL
Headquarters, but we wanted to bring this program nationwide," said ARRL
Education and Learning Manager Steve Goodgame, K5ATA. Dates and details of the
regional sessions are still being determined, but the hope is to touch many
areas of the United States.

The application process is straightforward. Interested educators can find the
web form at www.arrl.org/ti[2]. ARRL covers all the costs of the TI, including
travel, but there is a $100 application fee if the teacher is accepted.

The success generated from the program is demonstrable. "The teachers leave TI
with energy and knowledge. They've taken that and built tremendous programs in
their schools," said Goodgame. The program isn't necessarily designed to get
young people licensed, but rather to get them thinking about radio in their
other areas of study. Teachers work amateur radio and radio technology into
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics lessons. Amateur radio is
presented as a pathway to get hands-on with the concepts, and to use them in
the real world.

There are 16 cohorts planned for the 2025 ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless
Technology. "The growth we're seeing in TI is a result of the teachers'
experiences with the program, and the donors who enable it," said Goodgame. The
TI is funded entirely by donations to the ARRL Education & Technology Fund[3].


[1] https://www.arrl.org/news/41-000-raised-by-donors-youtubers-for-arrl-teachers-institute
[2] http://www.arrl.org/ti
[3] https://home.arrl.org/action/Donate/Education-Technology-Fund

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