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Learning in a Virtual Classroom

2009-05-19T00:19:52.000Z

Learning in Virtual Classroom by Nellie Deutsch

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A Full-time Teacher's Transition to Teaching 2.0 While Mastering New Technologies

2009-05-04T01:04:55.000Z

Juggling Blindfolded While Walking a Tight Rope: A Full-time Teacher's by Nellie Deutsch

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Dr. Robert Marzano CUE 2009 Keynote Pt 1

2009-03-29T05:52:31.000Z

Dr. Robert Marzano CUE 2009 Keynote Pt 2

2009-03-29T05:51:54.000Z

Integrating Technology into the Classroom Using Moodle and Wikis

2009-03-25T03:22:11.000Z

Integrating Technology into the Classroom Using Moodle and Wikis by Nellie Deutsch

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California Council on Teacher Education Spring Conference

2009-03-24T18:34:53.000Z

Spring 2009 Conference
March 26-March 28, 2009
Sainte Claire Hotel, San Jose
Theme: "Teaching and Learning: Past, Present and Future"
Announcing one of the most provocative and exciting Conferences in CCTE’s history, featuring keynote speakers Larry Cuban of Stanford University and Etta Hollins of the University of Southern Califoria, master storyteller Kendall Havens, Michael Gose of Pepperdine University, the author of What It Means to be a Teacher, and special presentations and activities prepared by the George Lucas Educational Foundation.
This Conference will be relevant to both college and university teacher educators and K-12 teachers and administrators interested in the evolving linkages between teaching and learning. Of special interest to K-12 teachers and administrators will be the Saturday morning (March 28) program coordinated by the George Lucas Educational Foundation, which will offer a special focus on the use of media in teaching and learning, with examples from several local schools anddistricts.
The full announcement of the Conference is available in the news items and the Conferences section of the CCTE website: www.ccte.org
In addition to the announcement of the Conference you will find a tentative program for the event, a list of the program highlights, and a full registration form.

To download the flyer click here!
For more information visit www.ccte.org

SV CUE Technology Conference Feb 28, 2009

2009-02-20T20:30:00.000Z

☞Date: February 28, 2009
☞Time: 8 AM to 3 PM
☞Location: The Harker School, 500 Saratoga Avenue, San Jose, CA (MAP)
☞Conference Fee:
Pre-registration: On or before February 14, 2009
$30 for SV CUE Members, $35 for non-members
Registration After: February 14, 2009
$40 for SV CUE Members, $55 for non-members

Conference includes:

✏Networking Opportunities that Build Lasting Professional Relationships
✏Three Scheduled Concurrent Session Times with Multiple Speakers
✏Hands on Workshops
✏Exhibitors and Vendors
✏Continental Breakfast and Buffet Lunch
✏Snack and Beverage Breaks
✏Door Prizes
✏Professional Development Credits Available

Register here!

For questions or information regarding the conference please contact:
Chuck Merritt at cmerritt@pausd.org or Karen Kanani at kkanani@aol.com

SV CUE Silicon Valley is the local affiliate of Computer Using Educators, Inc. (CUE) for San Mateo
and Santa Clara counties. CUE and SV CUE Silicon Valley are committed to assisting educators with
sharing information and learning resources, networking, and integrating all forms of technology
throughout the curriculum.

Leadership Foundation Institute Seminar

2009-02-20T20:00:00.000Z

Leadership Foundation Institute Members

Feb 25
Monterey COE

Please join us:
Spend a full day expanding your technology skills, developing a project to support your action plan and/or site, and exploring new options.

Review the two strands below and log your preference at the bottom of this registration form.

Strand A: Inspiration, Podcasting, Thinkfinity
Strand B: Inspiration, Blogs & Wikis, Curriculum Companion

Register Here!

CUE Annual Conference: Driving Student Success

2009-02-20T19:55:14.000Z

2009 CUE Conference
Driving Student Success
March 5-7, 2009
Palm Springs, CA

The CUE Conference is the largest and oldest education technology show in California, and among the largest in the United States. For almost 30 years, it has been the best value.

ABOUT CUE 2009
Computer-Using Educators, Inc. is a professional organization of educators that supports the use of technology in education. For almost 30 years, technology-using educators have been meeting at the CUE Conferences to advance student achievement at all levels of education and to address the use of Education Technology in instruction, administration, curriculum and management. See more Highlights.
Click here for more details!

7th Annual Academic Success for English Learners & Migrant Students

2009-02-20T19:55:01.000Z

7th Annual Academic Success
for English Learners & Migrant Students:
Using Research-Based Practices

One Day Institute
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Theme: Developing Academic English for English Learners

This year’s conference will continue to focus on research-based practices that support English Learners and Migrant students to develop the academic language skills required for their overall academic success.

Conference Goals:

· To learn about exemplary models of research-based practices for teaching English Learners and Migrant students.

· To get energized and rejuvenated with hands-on strategies for supporting English Learners and Migrant students in developing academic English.

· To network and celebrate success with other professionals who are working with English Learners and Migrant students.

Sponsors:

· Instructional Services Branch, Santa Clara County Office of Education
· Migrant Education (Region I)
· Regional System of District and School Support (Region V)

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Douglas Fisher, Professor, San Diego State University
Dr. Douglas Fisher is a faculty member at San Diego State University whose entire career has been focused on English learners and students who live in poverty. He has developed practices around the theory of Gradual Release of Responsibility. First proposed as an alternative to student independent study and worksheets, the practices he describes help move learning responsibilities from teacher to student.

Keynote Title: Better Learning through Structured Teaching
The Keynote will explain a framework based on Gradual Release of Responsibility that consists of:

Focus lessons - establishing purposes in both content and language lessons with modeled thinking

Guided instruction - differentiating instruction for groups of students based on their assessed learning needs

Collaborative learning - allowing student interactions while they apply new learning to unique situations

Independent practice - ensuring that students use what they learn independently

The gradual release of responsibility method demonstrates learning when teachers move from assuming “all the responsibility for performing a task to a situation in which the students assume all of the responsibility” as explained by Duke and Pearson in 2004.

Please select two sessions that you plan to attend.

To download/view brochure: 7th Annual Academic Success Conference Brochure

Follow-up Forum:

Date/Time: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Santa Clara County Office of education
Contacts:
Patricia Ho 408-453-4345 patricia_ho@sccoe.org
Amy Hui 408-453-6690 amy_hui@sccoe.org
Ruby Parra 408-453-6770 ruby_parra@sccoe.org (Migrant Program)

TriCUE: Best of CUE Comes to You!

2009-02-20T19:30:00.000Z

The CUE Conference to YOU!
Thursday March 12, 2009
4:30PM-6:30PM

Want to find out what happens at the CUE Conference in Palm Springs? Want to share what you saw at the conference? If you answered yes to either of these questions then join your colleagues from Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito counties via video conference/webinar to get the latest and greatest from the 2009 conference including:
Highlights of specific sessions
Participants perceptions using video interviews
Dr. Marzano's Keynote
Snapshots/videos from the exhibit floor
and much more!

Please be our guest. Join us at the Santa Cruz County Office of Education, Monterey County Office of Education, or using an alternative video conferencing unit and computer to reflect and highlight the 2009 CUE Conference in Palm Springs.

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Interactive Whiteboard Demo Event - Register Now!

2009-02-02T05:01:55.000Z

If you're considering interactive whiteboards, this session is a must!

Join us for an Interactive Whiteboard Demo Day on Friday, February 13, 8:30am-12:30pm. Four top vendors will be here to demonstrate their products and take your questions: SmartTechnology, Promethean, Mimio, and eInstruction (formerly Interwrite).

Come yourself or bring/send a small team. Click HERE to register for this event.

New CTAP Leadership 2009

2008-12-15T21:00:00.000Z

* Click here for flyer and more info!
* Click here to register!

Reboot!

2008-12-06T16:50:56.000Z

CTAP Region IV is continuing their efforts to build a stronger connection between technology businesses and Bay Area educators by offering a one-day learning seminar. It is our hope that initiating a dialogue between business and education can be a win-win for all involved as we strive to create a voice for education so business can hear our needs. We invite you to come and participate in round table discussions, ask your questions and get some hands-on experiences using new tools. The audience will be made up of local district technology IT directors, technology coordinators, and curriculum and instruction decision makers. You will have opportunities to network with others in the region as well. Click here to learn more!

Day of Discovery Set for Nov 15

2008-11-03T23:38:29.000Z

Discovery Streaming provides digital on-demand video in the form of full-length videos and short segments to support all aspects of the K-12 curriculum. Additionally, the service includes a library of over 20,000 images, as well as teacher support and lesson plans. Join your colleagues for this 'Day of Discovery' and tune in to all the online resources that Discovery Education offers. The day will include a keynote speaker and break-out sessions with hands-on experiences for you.

An excellent day for those educators whose schools have contracted for the 2008-09 year, this full-day introduction also provides a great opportunity for interested educators to learn more about Discovery Streaming. Click here to register today - space is limited!

CTAP LFI Seminar Nov. 17

2008-11-03T23:30:00.000Z

What: LFI Seminar One
When: November 17, 2008
Where: Hollister School District Office  2690 Cienega Road, Hollister, CA (Map)
Time: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Topics: iPods in Education  with Apple's Randy Phelps Google Tools: Docs, Sites, Earth
Register: CTAP OMS

ILC, Thursday sessions

2008-10-16T22:00:00.000Z

Thursday, October 16, 2008, 8:45-9:45am
Empowering Innovative Teacher Leaders, Jennifer Alexiou-Ray with Dr. Connie Bain and Cassie Raulston, Vestavia Hills, Alabama bained@vestavia.k12.al.us
Presenters were from Alabama. Notes available at http://www.Techtimeforkids.com This session dealt with professional development and technology. The presenters felt that key components of tech integration included a teacher’s lap, ceiling-mounted projector, document camera, student response system, sound system, interactive mounted interactive whiteboard in the front of the room, classroom digital cameras and video cameras. Administrators enforced the installations (i.e., if teachers didn’t want the items, for example, didn’t want the IRI taking up their previous white board space). Once teachers saw how to effectively use it, it won them over. Goals of the presentation were to show:
1. How teacher leaders impact professional develop
2. How to create a PD model
3. How to implement a technology initiative

How teacher leaders impact PD: Teacher buy-in and PD are two huge components of a tech initiative roll-out. Utilizing teachers as leaders helps to achieve a higher level of classroom instruction and teacher buy-in. (Dozier, 2007) Successful teacher leaders have the ability to collaborate w/ others, obtain support for their vision, and build consensus.

If you don’t have professional development, your roll-out will not be successful. Models: web-based, coaching and mentoring, inquiry, train-the-training, observation and assessment, individually guided, face to face. Their hybrid model was: Took core groups of teachers in each school and trained them to become the “expert” on that piece of equipment (train the trainer). Also looked at coaching & mentoring: each was then responsible for teachers they would mentor on a daily basis. Gave them a list of “opportunities” (responsibilities) - Observation & assessment: gave teachers opportunities to go and watch teachers who were using technologies so they could assess the methods and go back and use what they saw. Another was web-based trainings on areas that teachers wanted to learn. Their model looked like:

At bottom, stakeholders, then administration, then tech personnel, then teacher trainers, then teachers, with students on left and right sides of triangle.

Implementation: How make the tech piece and PD work together? Process: communicate, research, collaborate, prepare, prioritize, implement, evaluate. All five are very important, interdependent, cyclical manner.

Came up with ideal standard classroom. Then did research as a committee to find the research to back up what they were going to propose to the school board. Did school visits, including neighboring schools with similar economic status. Suggested the teachers have the laptops at least a year in advance of rolling out furth tech changes, such as the 1-1 laptops for students. Next stage was to build the infrastructure, including wiring, circuit breakers, etc. Alabama: Recycle computers every four years - five year-old computers not counted on their state report card. They have one tech for every two schools. In the first year, have varied use of equipment, depending on the teacher’s comfort level. Developed a new AUP because of new equipment. Had a teacher contract to sign in order to take the laptop home, and had 3 lawyers approve it. ITS distributed laptops at each school after training and signed contracts. Logical choice, research shows if need to cut something, don’t cut the voice enhancer. Good system, $2,000. Can be $900.

Evaluate through surveys as a gauge of whether or not they are meeting the teachers’ need, what new things to offer, etc. The head ITS does school visits every month at each school. They also had the school board members go on school tours with them. They saw for themselves the impact the technology had on the instruction. Trying to get the board to make the tech budget a line item. They were first in the state to put in the entire interactive classroom. Ask teachers to come in 5 days earlier to train on MacBook, interactive white boards, etc. Paid for those days. They now have teachers knocking on their doors to come and teach for them because of the tech environment. Pre-K through 12. Tech in every class. Do not have EETT funds. Vestavia Hills City Schools. Why voice enhancers? How does this add? Logical choice, research shows if need to cut something, don’t cut the voice enhancer. Good system, $2,000. Can be $900. Approx. 6,000 students. Funded 1 cent sales tax county tx, and went to all of the school system. Could be used for capital improvements or technology. Got $55 million, $12 million went to technology. What gets measured gets managed. As tech coordinator, you are not responsible for the technology culture at a particular site. Site admin is responsible for culture at his/her site. Tech coordinator is responsible for making site admin aware of effect of a tech product is having (or not having) on learning at admin’s site, and let site admin know that you are available to help them get the results that are possible for that piece of technology (or software).

Thursday, October 16, 1-2pm
Antwon Lincoln, Dept. of Education’s $10 million Study of Ed Technology: What They Got Wrong and Right!
Anton was a very dynamic speaker, with a very important message. Technology will not change the educational environment unless it is supported by proper leadership and support, including professional development. He called his topic The Seed - how technology is a seed that must be correctly planted and cultivated. He has also written a book, Confessions of a Technology Leader: Understanding the Role of a Site Technology Leader (Authored by Antwon is Chula Vista district tech coordinator) TLConfessions.com, AntwonLincoln@mac.com. Implementation model for technology: 5 critical things: Focus – what is the purpose of this program? Why do I need to spend $ on this product? If I don’t know, teachers will become confused. If you don’t have the items on the left, you get the items on the right. Strategy: if no strategy, won’t be able to push it further once you start. If you have all of these, you will get successful growth. If you don’t, you won’t. Invite salesperson to come to committee meeting and not say anything unless the committee asks them a question.

ESchool News, Ed Study Slams Software Efficacy. Article said achievement scores were not statistically higher in classrooms using these reading and math programs than in classrooms without the products. “ Ed-tech experts say the results aren’t surprising, given how the software was implemented in the participating schools.” Reason for the results, compared to schools that did show achievement gains were that coaching and peer support throughout the school year did not occur with the schools that did not show gains. “Brief training at the beginning of the year is not sufficient. Ongoing and sustainable professional development that provides support and mentoring or coaching for the teachers ensures that technology tools and resources are used in ways that lead to increased student achievement”. “Student use of the software accounted for only about 10-11% of the total instructional time for the entire school year in each of the four experiment groups--well below what most of the products were designed for.” WhatWorks.org – Website that evaluates software. Make sure what you’re buying will work on your districts’ computers. Make sure there is real research that shows the impact of the potential technology. It’s all about leadership. His challenge: be a leader, not a lemming (youtube fedex www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRUK9cHFj5s. It’s a process. Leadership is the catalyst for student success. All teachers are leaders – they lead their students. The study basically showed that leadership was the key to success or lack of success regarding technology integration. The product/technology, is the seed. It’s up to us as teacher/leaders, as admin/leaders to cultivate the growth.

Thursday, October 16, 2:30-3:30pm
Create and Maintain an Educational Blog for the Language Arts Classroom, Jorge Oceja
Edublogs – He suggested creating one in wordpress. http://wordpress.com/signup
He walked us through how to create a blog using this resources. Blogger may not work because of firewalls. That’s why he suggests WordPress.com or Edublog.org. He walked us through the process of creating a blog. WordPress doesn't have advertising, unlike some of the other free blogs. You can choose whether your students' blogs are approved through you first, or not.

Thursday, October 16, 3:45-5pm
Rock Our World, Carol Anne McGuire, Technology Integration Specialist, New Village Academy
McGuire has organized an award-winning international project which brings students of all ages, from all seven continents, together to compose music. http://www.discoveryeducatorabroad.com/rockourworld/ McGuire is a very motivating speaker, who created a very innovative tech project.

Wednesday at ILC

2008-10-15T23:30:00.000Z

Wednesday, October 15, 7;30am
Chris Dede, Immersive, Collaborative Simulations and Neo-Millennial Learning Styles: Implications for Education
Dr. Dede participates in research that investigates the learning impact of a simulation game called River City(http://muve.gse.harvard.edu/rivercityproject). The research has continued for about 8 years, with results showing that collaborative situated learning environments provide greater learning results that traditional learning strategies.

Of special interest was Dede’s discussion of automation vs. amplification, and a book by F. Levy and R.J. Murnane. (2004), The New Division of Labor: How Computers are Creating the Next Job Market. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ Press. Dede’s point was that, a generation from now, only two skills will be necessary for people to do better than machines: The first is expert decision making – (like what a auto mechanic does: when machine can’t diagnose a car problem, and something still doesn’t work, the mechanic needs to make an expert decision). The second is developing complex communication skills. His question is, are we preparing students w/ these skills that make them different from machines? Two pedagogy concepts Dede emphasized that ca help to do this are distributed cognition/learning, and situative learning environments.

Another project he has been involved with is Handheld Augmented Reality Project (HARP), which is an interactive, collaborative role-playing game that students play as they interact with the environment. The game is called Alien Contact Connection, headed up by Matt Dunleavy, from Harvard, created for Middle School math and literacy curriculum. A good concept I went away with was Dede’s idea that technology is like clothes- we have to put them on to get the benefit out of them, and they should be tailored to meet our specific needs.

Wednesday, October 15, 8:45-9:45am
Alignment of Online Games with Content Knowledge and Standards, Han Liu
Dr. Liu posted his entire presentation online at http://webspace.ship.edu/hliu/conference/ilc08.html, including links to the references to the free online games related to standards. He has also organized an amazing amount of links for free online games for grade levels K12- at http://21professors.com/LBG/lbg.html These are organized by grade level and subject. This is a work-in-progress, and he invited conferees to help participate with him in this project. A visit to his Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Webpage (http://webspace.ship.edu/hliu/) also provides a tremendous amount of links to educational information regarding gaming and learning theory. I know I’m going to spend a lot of time mining the wealth available in these resources!

Wednesday, October 15, 10am-1pm
I spent a lot of time in the Exhibit hall talking with vendors about SRS (student response systems), also known as clickers. I talked with Renaissance (we currently have a few sets of these at one school), Promethean Activision clickers, and the ResponseCards from Turning Technologies (www.turningtechnologies.com). For the price and ease of use, I liked the ResponseCards the best. They don’t do as much as the others, but cost less, and will be easier for our teachers to use. I also liked the pad made by eInstruction. They also had clickers, and these might be my 2nd-runner-up choice as far as ease of use and cost (www.einstruction.com). I also liked the “pads” eInstruction has. For about $495, the teacher has a pad they can use to walk around with (very lightweight), and interact with whatever is projected from their computer onto a screen (does not need to be an Interactive White Board - or IWB). The purchase of the “pad” also includes the purchase of eInstruction’s software that comes with their IWB, even without purchasing their IWB. eInstruction also comes with banks of questions from ExamView, which is their product. They said the other clickers don't come with this. This might be worth the price of going with these clickers. For example, QuizDom also offers a yearly subscription to ExamView question banks with their clickers, but they cost over $1,000 each year, and that is just for the ExamView for your specific grade level, per teacher! The available resources look like they are compatible with the kinds of learning resources provided by SMART, but without the cost of having to purchase a SMART Board. Teachers can write over any Webpage, PPT, etc., shown on the computer, (various colors, as writing SMART Board’s environment) by using the pad. They can even turn handwritten text into type, and capture the screen to a digital picture. Looks like it could be an effective teaching tol for the price. We have two classrooms that use Senteos with SMART Boards. These are good for the price, and come with a lot of ready-made lessons and questions, but you need to use their Notebook software to use their ready-made questions, and can only get the Notebook software if you have a SMART Board. However, it appears that you can purchase Senteos and use them without any Notebook software, so you don't necessarily have to have a SMART IWB to use the Senteos. The Promethean clickers also have a lower cost clicker - the higher cost one, ActiVision also allows students to text in answers. The lower cost one is like the Turning Technologies Response Cards (about $1,500), and just provides students w/ TF, multiple choice responses. With the Promethean, you get the question banks Promethean has, and supposedly all the software that you would get if you had a Promethean Board (which would really be a great deal). The vendor was going to confirm that for me. .Finally, I talked with people from QuizDom. Their prices were also competitive for their low-end model, about $1,500 for a set of 24. All of these sytems are RF vs. IR. RF means the students don't have to be pointing directly at the sensor, which is better. IR systems are cheaper, but don't work as well. QuizDom is the only system that also has interactive games built in to their quizzes. Also, all the pre-made quizzes have a slide with the question, a slide with the correct response, and then an explanation slide as to why the correct answer was the correct answer. Pedagogically, this system was the most sound. However, I didn't like the fact that you had to purchase (for each teacher) a subscription to their bank of questions on a yearly basis. Again, my vote, for ease of use and price, was the Turning Technologies ResponseCard, and second, eInstruction clickers, followed by the low-end Promethean clickers, then the Promethean low-end clickers (I think they are called something like Activote).

Wednesday, October 15, 1-2pm
Super Google: From Advanced Searching to Custom Search Engines, Jeremy Davis
Jeremy had great handouts and great links – too much info. to blog about here. See his
http://k6techpresos.wikispaces.com . Of particular interest was how to set up a safe search engine for students. He has some videos online that could be used for PD, for example, on Google Searching http://www.virtualtechnologyteacher.com/#video.

Wednesday, October 15, 2:30-3:30pm
Google Earth in the Classroom, Joe Wood
Joe had a lot of resources available, and these can be accessed from http://www.joewoodonline.com. He is a science teacher in the Sacramento area who loves technology. An idea I hadn’t heard before is to create something in Google Maps that you then bring into Google Earth to create a file you use for a class. He suggested we check out Google Earth Blog, which provides Google Earth lovers up-to-date information at http://gearthblog.com/. Of course, he spoke very highly of Jerome Burg’s LitTrips, which, if you haven’t seen it, is VERY awesome. Jerome was here at the conference also - http://www.googlelittrips.org/.

Wednesday, October 15, 4-5pm
California Dept. of Education Update and Resources, Larry Hiuga
I heard about joining a mailing list for CDE funding so we can get emails when there is info. on new funding opportunities http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/af/joinlist.asp provided list of key links for CDE (and free tech help not necessarily realted with CDE) technology assistance, including CTAP, CA Dept. of Ed Funding, E-rate, CA Teleconnect Fund, K-12 Voucher, Technology Plan help, K-12 High Speed Network, CEDTPA (California Educational Technology Professionals Association), CUE, EdtechActionNetwork, ad Brokers of Expertise, and TICAL. Unfortunately, these were in a handout, not collected as a set of links on a Webpage. I really need to look at Atomic Learning, because, as I understand it, my district has access to it through my CTAP involvement. Martin C.– do we have a username and password to get into this? Please remind me, because I don’t remember!

5:15-7pm
SVCUE get-together: review information for upcoming SVCUE conference in February, and other local CUE affiliate business. SVCUE site at http://www.svcue.org/

Innovative Learning Conference, Tuesday, October 14, 2008

2008-10-14T20:24:47.000Z

Here are thoughts from the first three sessions I attended today at the ILC Conference at the San Jose Convention Center:
Tuesday Oct. 14, 8:30-9:30am Current Session 1
Cheryl Lemke, Learning in a Digital Age: The Differentiators
Cheryl opened by showing us her session topics in worlde (http://worlde.net). This site will take a paragraph, for example, and make a word graphic out of it. It takes the repeated words and arranges them in larger text, with other key words in smaller text. Cheryl’s “wordle” emphasized some of her main her topic ideas of prior knowledge, engagement, and authentic learning. Cheryl shared some of the latest research on what today’s students need in our instruction in order to learn more deeply. Along with the research, she would share an example of how teachers have fleshed out these ideas, such as the Actionable Algebra ideas featured in Tlannia Norfar’s webpage, and the ASCEND schools in Oakland, CA authentic learning strategies, featured in a George Lucus Foundation video. Another good example of her point on students’ need to have visuals, was the GapMinder visual data site, the WISE (Web-based Inquiry Science Education) site, and the TED conferences.

10-11am
Rushton Hurley, Google Docs, earth and SketchUp: Cool Tools and Projects
Rushton has his links for this session posted at snurl.com/googlettuff. A new resource for me was the 3Dwarehouse that can be used with Google’s SketchUp. Another new tool to me was Google.comEducators – one resource this site has includes posters!.

11:30-12:30
Ntiedo Etuk, Learning in Multi-User Virtual Games
Ntiedo gave some insight into the educational video game phenomenon, and shared results from tests using education gaming tools. His company just got a city-wide contract in New York City, and is in other cities as well, such as Chicago. They saw 52% of the students involved in their online-math (Algebra) gaming intervention increase by an entire grade level. After the pilot, NY included the program in 30 other schools last year. They ran a competition and had winners come at the end of the year from other schools. The DOE brought in another 600 students to cheer on their classmates at the tournament in the online gaming environment (Tabula Digita). Website is http://www.dimensionm.com. They can login with a username and password to see how their friends are doing if they are in the competitions. The games are aligned with national ad state standards. Educators can see how the topics you teach align with missions in the games. You can use different missions at different times – don’t have to use the entire game (Multiplayer pre-alegabra missions). You can play within the school only using the school intranet, or play online with other players throughout the world. Can set own password as a teacher to restrict the students your students play with. You can choose the game, topic, level of difficulty, number of layers, the amount of time (5, 10, 15, 20 min). If a school or district buys, kids can play at home free of charge. The graphics look just like other commercial 3D gaming worlds – very well done. For example, the student gets the message: Land on platforms with integers that add to 7. Purpose of the program is not to supplant the teacher: purpose is motivation. Has elementary, middle and high school content for math. Working on partnerships with others to create content for other subjects. Coming up: Evolver game where kids can create and choose their avitar, monitor your friends’ scores, etc. Instructional material they label as “cheat codes” – glossary of terms as “what is a prime number”, etc. At the end, student/teacher gets a report on how the student did, related to standards. Has a mail function, can send out mail to students. Reports also show how long student played, topics covered during their playtime, etc. Recent article in NY Times regarding use of it. University of Central Florida conducted research in 4 Orange County schools using DimensionM. Saw that score gains more than doubled for test group vs. control groups on district benchmark exams aligned to Florada FCATS. Cost for school is about $20 per student. For a home, single player, 4 part, $69. Next year, multi-player available for purchase by parent. Video games give a “safe environment to fail” (James Paul Gee). Students help each other on their team – fosters collaboration. Provides extended time on task – students come in before and after class, at home, etc. Saw in the focus groups that the girls would sit down two to a computer. The girls would show each other how to play. The guys would sit down solo, used to playing 1st-person. Can download a demo and try in the classroom. League of Scientists – A Casual Game for Science is in the development stage. More of a story-line than the other games. From www.dimensionm.com you can download the game for free to try. MAC users can play against PC users.

Computer History Museum

2008-10-10T21:00:00.000Z

High-School Programs Manager
Details
Duration: Full Time
Location: Mountain View, CA
Department: Education
Summary
The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, seeks an experienced professional to serve as its High School Programs Manager. This position will coordinate all administrative aspects of the Education Department high-school programs on- and off-site. The Museum has the world’s leading collection of computers and computing hardware, software, documentation and computing-related ephemera.

For more info details click here!

Questions @ AUPs

2008-10-03T22:33:10.000Z

How do we embrace these tools and take advantage of them? Not block them?

What to do to manage laptops coming to school with kids?

Need to update acceptable use policies. Currently just have an Internet use policy, but now kids are bringing cell phones, ipods etc. and all of our policies need updating.

What to do to manage video and photos posted of kids on the school website?

Are there minimum requirements for the state of CA AUP?

Cybercitizenship Revisited

2008-10-03T04:11:00.000Z

I'm looking forward to a day at Yahoo tomorrow to grapple with the difficult question of what is acceptable use for the web 2.0. As Joe Bires quipped, "What are the rules of engagement for our students with web 2.0?" The answer is not blocking, but empowering. So, En Guarde!

2ND ANNUAL CYBERCITIZENSHIP SUMMIT

2008-09-03T17:14:26.000Z

CYBER BULLYING
GUIDING OUR STUDENTS’ DIGITAL FOOTPRINT
Presented by CTAP Region V & Yahoo! Inc.

To all K – 12 site and district administrators:
You are invited to attend a highly engaging day of
conversation with nationally known cyber safety
experts. You will have first-hand access to the
leading child internet safety experts to better
inform your district’s decision making for cyber
ethics. Apply the knowledge and resources gained
at this event to guide the modification and implementation
of your school’s/district’s Acceptable
Use Policy (AUP) on the biggest safety issue kids
face today—cyber bullying.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Chris Lehmann’s Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia has transformed
education for the 21st century. With a mastery of interdisciplinary learning and a
focus on merging technology with project based learning, Lehmann has created
an environment where teachers are energized to lead and students are truly
excited to learn.
“Our job is to create 21st century citizens. We need workers, yes, but we also need
scholars, activists, parents—compassionate, engaged people… We're reinventing
schools to help kids be adaptable in a world that is changing at a blinding rate.”
—Chris Lehmann, voted one of the National School Board Association’s
“20 to Watch” among American administrators in 2006.

PANEL OF EXPERTS

Chris Lehmann, Science Leadership Academy
Larry Magid, ConnectSafely
Laurie Nathan, NetSmartz Workshop
Marsali Hancock, iKeepSafe Internet Safety Coalition
Nancy Willard, Center for Safe & Responsible Internet Use
Parry Aftab, WiredSafety
Rebecca Randall, Common Sense Media
Teri Schroeder, I-SAFE Inc.

SUMMIT INFORMATION

Friday, October 3, 2008
8:30- 4:00 - Yahoo! Classrooms 4 & 5
701 First Ave, Sunnyvale

Register online at:
http://tinyurl.com/5r3y46

Download flyer here

Innovative Learning Conference (ILC) 2008

2008-09-03T17:13:27.000Z

What is Innovative Learning Conference (ILC)

ILC is an interactive three-day conference and exposition produced in partnership with CUE and FETC for the K-12 education community. Devoted to advancing student achievement through innovative education strategies, ILC will offer “hands-on” workshops, concurrent sessions, meetings and exhibitions.
Who will attend?

* Superintendents
* Site and district administrators
* District CTOs
* Technology directors and other IT professionals
* Private and public K-12 educators
* Media specialists
* Curriculum designers
* Business managers

ILC attendees will experience

* Entertaining and enlightening anecdotes from keynote speaker Danny Forster, host of “Build it Bigger” on the Discovery Channel.
* Targeted featured speakers, including experts and respected thought leaders in the fields of education and related industries.
* Over 200 insightful sessions that will challenge established thinking and promote innovative solutions to 21st century challenges faced by today's educators.
* More than 60 in-depth hands-on workshops that will provide practical ‘use-it tomorrow’ tools, skills and ideas based on tried-and-tested strategies.
* An exhibit hall full of leading solution providers who will offer effective technology services, professional development opportunities and much more.

Event: Innovative Learning Conference 2008
When: October 14–16, 2008
Where: San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA

Download ILC Conference Brochure now
Get approved now. Early Bird discount expires September 19!

CLMS Technology Conference

2008-09-03T17:10:31.000Z

Discover How to Build Your Own Personal Learning Network!

Technological advances have caught up with what research tells us about the value of self-directed, participatory learning. These are exciting times to be a teacher or administrator who incorporates technology into the classroom or office.

California League of Middle Schools Technology Conference

Join K-12 teachers, administrators and technology leaders to discover how you can access and use a wide variety of simple free or low-cost online tools to boost your own professional development; connect yourself and your students with peers, authors and experts; and engage your students in learning experiences that are interest-driven, socially supported, and highly responsive to individual learning styles and skills. At this cutting-edge event, you will:

* Benefit from sessions that are appropriate for elementary, middle and high school teachers of all content areas, administrators and technology leaders.
* Gain strategies and resources for using technology to differentiate instruction for English learners, special education students, and students who learn differently.
* Learn how technology can transform the use of data in formative and summative assessments to drive instruction and program decisions.
* Become more comfortable with educational technology, whether you want to learn how to use Excel, build a classroom social network, or create and upload your own video to TeacherTube – all ed-tech comfort levels are welcome

What:
When:
Where: December 4-7, 2008 * Monterey, CA

Download Conference Brochure here!
Register here

CTAP Leadership Capstone

2008-06-03T07:30:00.000Z

Agenda

8:30-9:00 Registration

9:00-9:20 Welcome & Introductions

9:20-10:20 Participant Presentations

10:20-10:35 Break

10:35-11:30 Atomic Learning

11:30-12:15 Participant Presentations

12:15-1:00 Lunch

1:00-3:00 Participant Presentations

3:00-3:45 Pinwheel Activity

3:45-4:00 Closure ( Evaluation )

Regional Leadership Seminar

2008-04-23T17:11:38.000Z

Chris Walsh mentioned UStreamTV. Could we please use this to record the summer workshops that CTAP will do for leadership? That way those of us who can't attend can be notified through ning of their location, and we can view the archived streams.

Marie

CTAP V Ed Tech Leaderahip Seminar April 23, 2008 (Monterey COE)

2008-04-22T22:30:00.000Z

AGENDA
April 23, 2008

8:30-9:00

Registration & Welcome!

9:00-9:50
Keynote -Chris Walsh

Breeze ( http://breeze.sccoe.org/keynotewalsh/ )

10:00-12:00
Session 1

Room A - E-Learning Design Pt. 1 - Kelly Wade

e-Learning Design (Full Day) Allows you to learn basic design principles of e-learning. We will be using Blackboard as a tool that enables schools to host their classes on the World Wide Web!
BlackBoard

Room B - Adobe Presenter - Sean Mullen

Adobe Presenter (formerly Breeze Presenter) is an online Flash presentation software that enables anyone to create high-quality on-demand presentations from within Microsoft PowerPoint! (PC Only)
Webinar - http://realeyes.acrobat.com/retraining
Audio: Skype: Dial in: 866-846-3997 passcode 141712.

Room D - Jing -Martin Cisneros

Jing is the always-ready program that instantly captures and shares images and video…from your computer to anywhere!
Jing Presentation Handouts (Comparison Chart)
Jing Wiki

12:00-12:30
Lunch

12:30-1:30
Thinkfinity- Barbara Starr & John Ittelson

1:30-3:30
Session 2

Room A - E-Learning Design Pt. 2 Kelly Wade

e-Learning Design (Full Day) Allows you to learn basic design principles of e-learning. We will be using Blackboard as a tool that enables schools to host their classes on the World Wide Web!
BlackBoard

Room B - Adobe Connect - Jorma Jennings

Adobe Connect (formerly Breeze Meeting) allows you to communicate and collaborate instantly through interactive online personal meetings!
Webinar - http://realeyes.acrobat.com/retraining
Audio: Skype: Dial in: 866-846-3997 passcode 141712.

Room D - Jing -Martin Cisneros

Jing is the always-ready program that instantly captures and shares images and video…from your computer to anywhere!
Jing Presentation Handouts (Comparison Chart)
Jing Wiki

3:30-3:35
Evaluations
Closure/Next Steps/Gifts!

Join us! CTAP Region V Online Community

SCESD To Add Social Networking to Its Online Presence

2008-02-25T21:58:54.000Z

The Salinas City Elementary SD will be using the new social networking site "NING", to facilitate staff communication, collaboration, and cooperation.

Everyone's Blog Posts - Technology for Learning

Learning in a Virtual Classroom

A Full-time Teacher's Transition to Teaching 2.0 While Mastering New Technologies

Dr. Robert Marzano CUE 2009 Keynote Pt 1

Dr. Robert Marzano CUE 2009 Keynote Pt 2

Integrating Technology into the Classroom Using Moodle and Wikis

California Council on Teacher Education Spring Conference

SV CUE Technology Conference Feb 28, 2009

Leadership Foundation Institute Seminar

CUE Annual Conference: Driving Student Success

7th Annual Academic Success for English Learners & Migrant Students

TriCUE: Best of CUE Comes to You!

Interactive Whiteboard Demo Event - Register Now!

New CTAP Leadership 2009

Reboot!

Day of Discovery Set for Nov 15

CTAP LFI Seminar Nov. 17

ILC, Thursday sessions

Wednesday at ILC

Innovative Learning Conference, Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Computer History Museum

Questions @ AUPs

Cybercitizenship Revisited

2ND ANNUAL CYBERCITIZENSHIP SUMMIT

Innovative Learning Conference (ILC) 2008

CLMS Technology Conference

CTAP Leadership Capstone

Regional Leadership Seminar

CTAP V Ed Tech Leaderahip Seminar April 23, 2008 (Monterey COE)

AGENDAApril 23, 2008

8:30-9:00

Registration & Welcome!

SCESD To Add Social Networking to Its Online Presence

AGENDA
April 23, 2008