Participating Organizations in Teachers' Night Out!

The organizations participating in Teachers' Night Out on Wednesday, September 23, are: Great Plains Art Center, Groundwater Foundation, Haydon Art Center, International Quilt Study Center and Museum, Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film , Kruger Collection, Lied Center for Performing Arts, Lincoln Children’s Museum, Lincoln City Libraries, Lux Center for the Arts, Museum of Nebraska History, Nebraska Folklife Network, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Nebraska Humanities Council, Nebraska Master Naturalist Program, Nebraska Repertory Theatre, Nebraska State Museum, School of Natural Resources, Sheldon Museum of Art, Spring Prairie Audubon, and Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership, UNL Water Resources School of Natural Resources.

RSVP for Teachers Night Out!

If you are attending Teachers Night Out on September 23, please RSVP by September 10 to iqsc-tours@unlnotes.unl.edu.

As a thank you for RSVP'ing, you will be entered into a raffle drawing for great goodies and prizes from participating organizations, such as the Lied Center, the Groundwater Foundation, and Lux Center for the Arts.

Schedule for Teachers' Night Out!

Event Schedule

4-6pm
Hardin Hall: Booths open. Food and drink. International Quilt Center: open until 5:45pm, tours available (free for Teachers Night Out participants).

6-6:45pm
Hardin Auditorium: Speaker Carolyn Ducey, Curator of Collections, International Quilt Study Center & Museum (booths closed)

6:45-7pm
Hardin Hall: Raffle (booths open).

7-7:30pm
Booths remain open.

7:30pm
End of event.

SAVE THE DATE - Teacher's Night Out!

Teacher's Night Out will take place on September 23, 2009 in Hardin Hall, East Campus, 33rd & Holdrege Streets! This is a great chance for teachers to find out about opportunities for learning beyond the classroom walls in the Lincoln area! There will be booths from a multitude of different informal educators, as well as free food! The quilt Museum will be open and free to participants! Invitations will go out at the start of next semester, but please mark this date in your calendar now!

We look forward to seeing you at Teacher's Night Out!

Informal Education - what is it and why do we need it?

A true definition of Informal Education is difficult to create. Informal education can exist on many levels and in many different situations. We do know that informal education is a type of learning in which the student is allowed to explore, wonder, question, and create their own conclusions. Students are allowed to make choices to direct their learning and often allowed to go at their own pace. Unlike formal education, which occurs within a classroom, informal education often takes place in nature, museums, or at home. Informal education is vital to creating citizens who have critical thinking skills, effective decision making experiences, questioning and analyzing abilities, and a sense of personal and civic responsibility. Through the use of informal education, students are given the freedom to develop these skills leading to creative, well-educated citizens.