Site and district administrators are invited to attend CTAP's Admin Academy to examine such issues as cyberbullying, Appropriate Use Policies, technology funding and more. The sessions run after school, 4:00-7:00 pm at the Santa Clara County Office of Education.Oct 14 - Cyberbullying: If you missed the 2nd Annual CTAP V/Yahoo! CyberSummit, this session provides an excellent overview of what administrators need to know and do about cyberbullying.
Oct 22 - AUPs & Administrative Policy: Having the right policies and guidelines in place will help you head off issues and deal with problems when they occur. Update your AUP tonight!
Feb 26 - Technology Planning & Funding: By February, you'll be planning for next school year. Let's take an early look at your plans for 2009-2010 and how you might fund them.
Mar 5 - Staff Development, the Key to Change: The newest equipment and fastest network won't impact student learning unless teachers are on board and learning themselves. Explore multiple models for developing leadership and capacity at your site / district.
Attend one seminar or the whole series. Come alone or bring a team. You'll leave with good information, a new perspective, and a great deal to think about and implement. Sign up now at: http://ctap5.k12oms.org.
2nd Annual CyberCitizenship Summit
The CTAP V-Yahoo! sponsored summit on October 3 was a great event. Good information, good dialogue, great keynote speaker (Chris Lehman), and a variety of non-profit organizations. Click here to see what you missed. Hope to see you at next year's event!
Leadership Foundation Institute Set for Jan 27-29, 2009
The LFI offers three days of training for your District's key technology professionals. Participants explore curricular tools, web communication tools, content management systems - all while they analyze their own leadership styles and build an action plan for redelivering content to your teachers and administrators. This will be the fifth cohort group to attend the LFI, and we will meet in Hollister this year. (Previous cohorts have met at Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey County Offices of Education.)
Who would benefit from this support in your District? We seek individuals who have a basic degree of technology skill, who are ready to incorporate technology into their professional development sessions, who have a strong focus on curriculum and instruction, and who have access to redeliver content to your teachers and administrators. LFI participants will be eligible for follow-up seminar days, as well as coaching for their individual needs.Participants commit to attending a one-hour orientation, the three-day Institute , writing an action plan for delivering integrated technology professional develop to staff, and having a follow-up coaching consultation with a regional CTAP coordinator. Participants receive a $500 honorarium. Contact Diana Paradise or Paula Hundley for more information.
LFI Seminar Series: Start Your Engines!
Leadership Foundation Institute members (Cohorts 1-4) are invited to attend three days of ongoing support, tackling topics you requested (via phone or online survey). Since the LFI is a regional group, locations are set throughout the region. Here are the dates, locations, and topics for this year's seminars. We hope you'll join us. Registration information coming your way soon!
Nov 17 - Hollister (San Benito County)iPods in Education with Apple's Randy Phelps
Google Tools: Docs, Sites, Earth
Feb 25 - Salinas (Monterey County)
CyberSafety
Adobe Connect or Blackboard for Professional Development
A Few New Cool Web 2.0 Tools
May 22 - Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz County) - Capstone Event
Share projects, plans, experiences, and guide the LFI's next steps
Technology Conferences on the Horizon
Innovative Learning ConferenceSan Jose Convention Center
October 14-16
Computer Using Educators (CUE) and the Florida Education Technology Conference (FETC) team up to offer an interactive 3-day conference and exposition for the K-12 community here in San Jose at the convention center. Advance registration through October 12.
Click here to register.
California Educational Technology Professionals Association (CETPA)
Sacramento, CA
November 18-21
The K-12 educational community is increasingly dependent on the creativity and dedication of IT professionals. This year’s conference will showcase examples, strategies and technologies that IT and Educational Technology organizations can utilize to help create vital and dynamic learning and working environments.
Click here for more information and to register.
California League of Middle Schools Technology Conference
Monterey, CA
December 4-7
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.
Click here for more information and to register.
TechToolkit
For Teachers: Google Election Tools
Google for Educators jumps into election politics with a Mock Election (sign up by Oct 30), plus a number of activities crafted with Google Tools. For example, '"Journey Maps" track the candidates lives from birth to the current race for the White House (in satellite view, of course). "YouTube YouChoose" has videos of the candidates speaking about key issues. "Letters to the Next President" encourages students aged 13-18 to write about their concerns and issues for a national audience. Whether it's tools to explain the electoral process or to track the candidates or to encourage student expression, Google has a tool for your teachers and students. Click here to explore.
System Requirements: Current browser, Java enabled, and Flash 8 Player
Cost: Free to educators. Otherwise, 30-second videos are free. Full length are $3 each or $30 a year unlimited.
Administrators: CatWizard
The School Services of California CatWizard Lookup Tool helps you find the most up-to-date information about available categorical funds that may be used to serve specific needs at schools and districts...such as Educational Technology. Check off the funding area of interest, the category of students (eg, GATE, ELL), the school level and then submit. The search returns a list of all the categorical funds that may apply to your given situation. Give it a try here: http://www.sscal.com/catwizard/lookup_form.cfm.
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