Camp T.E.C.H. Call for Presenters OPEN!!!

Camp T.E.C.H. Presenation Submission Open!!!



Camp T.E.C.H. Call for Presenters

Please have your sessions submitted by Wednesday, February 29, 2012.

Elementary CIT Meeting Reminder - Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Elementary CIT Meeting Reminder - Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Just a reminder that we have an Elementary CIT meeting coming up right around the corner!

Tuesday, October 25, 2011
8:30-11:30 AM
NLC, Building D, Training Room

Please bring a LAPTOP and your CIT Possibilitarian Handbook!

FabuTECH Friday: Blogging in Northside

FabuTECH Friday: Blogging in Northside

A NEW session has been added to the FabuTECH Friday series. This one is specifically for Elementary CITs and the needs you have for blogging with your staff.

This session will cover getting started with a blog, for those of you who need to start. This session will provide time for customizing new blogs and existing blogs. This session will allow time for collaborating and sharing ideas for how to use our blogs. And lastly, this session will provide TIME to work on your blog :)

FabuTECH Friday: Blogging in Northside
Friday, December 2, 2011
8:30-11:30 AM
NLC, Building D, Training Room
SRN#104491101

If you would like to kick off 2012 blogging...this is the session for you!

FabuTECH Fridays

FabuTECH Fridays

FabuTECH Fridays for K-12 CITs are coming your way right around the corner!!!

Sign up soon...space is limited.

All sessions are BYOL (Laptop)

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Promethean ActiVacation Statewide Conference

Promethean ActiVacation Statewide Conference

Region 20 is sponsoring a Promethean ActiVacation Statewide Conference this summer in San Antonio! This one-day event will be hosted by Southside ISD at Losoya Intermediate.

This is a cool opportunity to attend a statewide conference right close to your own back yard :) Please share with any staff who might be interested!



Promethean ActiVacation Statewide Conference FLYER

Promethean ActiVacation Statewide Conference REGISTRATION

2010 Global Education Conference

2010 Global Education Conference



As I shared with you in our CIT meeting last week, the 2010 Global Education Conference was LIVE November 15-19, 2010. If you weren't able to participate in any of the LIVE webinars, you are not totally out of luck! All of the session presented around the world are recorded and linked from the site!

http://www.globaleducationconference.com/

If you participated in a session LIVE or if you listen in to one that you think is SUPER, please comment and share with us. There is a WIDE range of "tracks" included within the conference sure to spark your interest!

• Teacher Track


• Student Track


• Curriculum Track


• Policy and Leadership Track


• Global Issues Track


• Learning 2.0 Track


• Higher Ed

If you find yourself needing a "TCEA Fix," listen to a session or two! Awesome staff development :)

2010-2011 Online Employee Requirements

2010-2011 Online Employee Requirements
https://intranet.nisd.net/staffdevelopment

Instructional Hardware Resources

Instructional Hardware Resources

Lumens Document Camera MANUAL
coming Fall 2010 from T&D (created by Bertie Esquivel)

Elmo Document Camera MANUAL
published by T&D
http://www.nisd.net/technology/training/pdf/ElmoInstructions.pdf

Promethean ActivBoard - Getting Started MANUAL
Promethean ActivInspire MANUAL
Promethean ActiVotes MANUAL
coming Summer 2010 from T&D

Classroom Performance System 101
Classroom Performance System 201
Classroom Performance System 301
Interwrite Workspace 101
Interwrite Workspace 201
ExamView 101
published by T&D
http://elearn.nisd.net/course/category.php?categoryedit=off&sesskey=HdtN4YfmgW&id=58

Fall ECT Meeting Overview

I wanted to let you know what FUN and EXCITING things we had the opportunity to share with ECTs today :)

Tech Apps Test w/ Doug
Doug took some time to look at the 8th grade Tech Apps Test and an overview of the results...showing strengths and weaknesses. We really wanted them to see what a big, important piece of the technology puzzle they are with this session.

Excelerating Charts w/ Jane
Additional time was spent in Excel with a focus on creating charts. The results of last year's Tech Apps Test showed this to be an area of need...we hope that this little review helps!

Timelines, Tidbits, and Tools w/ Dana
1. Boolean Searching w/ boolify.org.
2. GOOGLE Tools: Wonder Wheel and Timeline
3. Review of ECLC and the importance of following timelines.
4. Introduced a new tool, Glogster EDU. This is a tool, which was highlighted in the CIT Newsletter as a "Virtual Bulletin Board" or Graphic Blog...Glog. Joyce and I introcuced this tool as a way for them to have a web presence. The idea being a place where they can highlight things that are going on in the lab to share out with your campus communities...as well as each other.

We would ask your help in providing a space for them to link from...either on your Outreach page or another existing Dreamweaver page. Once the Glog is created, it generates a link. The link is the same and doesn't change with any edits and updates you do to the page. Pretty cool!

Here is a link to the entire session agenda I created for Timelines, Tidbits, and Tools. You will find my ECT Glog Sample there :)

I also sent them a reminder of NISD Web Publication Guidelines for Student Work. Knowing that as they think about their Glog and what they might like to share...they knew what guidelines to keep in mind and what permissioning is needed. I referred them to you for details and guidance on your campus process for acquiring the "Parental Permission Form for Web Publishing."

This vision of an ECT Lab web presence is new...and will grow. I encouraged them to begin the process and using the Glog tool as they are comfortable. Some will begin today (I've heard from two who began during their lunch!) and some will wait a bit. That is OK! We plan to build in work time during our February 2010 Spring ECT Meeting for them to have work time as well.

Thanks for your support and let me know if you have any questions :)

Dana

ECT Meetings for 2009-2010

Please make sure the ECT meetings for this year are on your calendar. The first one is this week! We appreciate everything you all do to cover the labs so they are able to join together for their staff development.

We provided these dates to them during their "ECT Start-Up," but I don't think we did a good job sharing the dates with YOU ALL directly. We will do better and be more mindful of that in the future. We know how busy your schedules are and having these on your calendar as early as possible is needed. I apologize.

November 4, 2009
7:30-9:30
NLC, Building D

February 24, 2010
7:30-9:30
NLC, Building D

Thank you for everything you do!
Dana

NISD 2.0 We Got the Beat

TOP 5 WAYS TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT NISD 2.0

1. Post it on your blog...every week!

2. Ask your administrator to include it in the campus weekly staff bulletin.

3. Print out a copy of the program and hang it by each faculty LOOS :)

4. Have your students create a fun announcement on your morning show...telling teachers why they think they should go!

5. WORD OF MOUTH...talk it up!!!

 

What are your ideas??? Share them here! Everyone who responds with an idea will be entered in to win a FABULOUS door prize!!! HINT: It fits inside a pony envelope.

NISD 2.0 Fall Technology Mini Conference

Excerpts from a recent email from Joyce Stevens, Director of Academic Technology—

Academic Technology now has the complete listing of sessions in the upcoming NISD 2.0  Fall Technology Mini-Conference! As you may recall, this will be a Saturday morning, November 14th, with two 1.5-hour session choices available: 8:30-10AM and 10:15-11:45 AM. Ten sessions will be offered, each of them repeated, for a total of 20. Each session is listed in the ERO system.

These should be very strong sessions, appealing to CITs, CTFs, Librarians, and all K-12 technology-using educators. Please get the word out to your staff about the availability of these classes.

Here is a link to the TechBeat.pdf Joyce recently emailed—http://technews.nisd.net/athayes/files/2009/10/TechBeat.pdf. You can reference this link for access to it, just right-click and [Copy Shortcut] and paste that into your email or blog article. This way we are not emailing out a bunch of copies of the same file to everybody. They can just reference a single source.