2015 promises to be an extremely dynamic year for the 9/11 Tribute Center's Education department. After the summer release of new online materials for the classroom, "Teaching 9/11," many teachers have been inspired and communicated with us, sharing their classroom projects. Once again, we will honor and welcome teachers during our Teacher Award program, this February 26th. In preparation for this event, we currently are receiving exciting submissions from teachers nationwide. Tribute guides will be welcoming New York City school students in the winter and spring months both in our galleries and we have expanded our Distance Learning program, bringing our guides into classrooms across the nation through technology, allowing students to interact with survivors, family members, residents and rescue recovery workers.

In February, we will also launch two new online exhibits based on 9/11 Tribute Center's collection of oral histories. The first online exhibit explores the experience of being a survivor, both physical and emotional survival, and how this experience can deeply affect one's outlook on life, featuring many Tribute volunteers. Shortly thereafter, we will be releasing a second online exhibit about the art of crafting a personal story. The exhibit explores our work with the MOTH story telling organization and will feature presentations from many of our guides. 

Visitors to Tribute, at the end of February, will be surprised to see the downstairs gallery transformed as a center for sharing our 9/11 stories. New exhibit units will provide a way for us to share a range of videos to our gallery visitors. A new presentation space is being created so that our guides can gather visitors to share their personal and poignant experiences in a meaningful and powerful exchange.