Summer 2009 Events on the Horizon

In This Issue:

EETT Competitive Grant News
Regional Summer Tech Academies - Registration Open!
Technology Conferences
TechToolkit

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News for EETT Competitive Applicants
The RFA for EETT Competitive Round 8 came out several weeks ago. However, it has come to the attention of the CDE that there is some degree of misalignment between the grant narrative and the rubric, which is causing CDE to consider various actions including possibly modifying the current RFA. Districts around the state are awaiting an announcement by CDE's Ed Tech Office.

While awaiting the CDE decision, it's critical that you and your team continue preliminary work, including the following:
- Build your district's "compelling story"
- Gather & analyze your district data
- Identify your student & teacher target groups
- Develop strategies/resources/timeline/measurement tools in response to the program/target groups
- Inventory existing & needed resources/tools/support/PD/partnerships/programs/strategies
- Create the 'priority list' of schools to be funded
- Contact your private schools, share the elements of your program, and determine if they want to participate
- Identify your partners for 'win-win' relationships

This kind of advance work and planning will be incredibly valuable when it's time to write to the specific RFA. Feel free to contact Diana Paradise or Paula Hundley with questions.


Summer Tech Academies - Space is Limited - Register Today!
CTAP 5 will offer three summer institutes to be repeated at various regional locations. We'll focus on English Language Learners, 21st Century Skills, and Web 2.0 for Administrators. Look for details, dates, and registration links below. Click here for Summer Academies PDF.

iTell: Integrating Technology for English Language Learners
iTELL helps teachers optimize learning, enhance student engagement, and promote high levels of content knowledge for ELL students by infusing powerful technology-enhanced strategies into teaching and learning. Research-based strategies are used with technology to increase student interest and motivation. iTELL will focus on ELD Standards, English/Language Arts Content Standards, and the developmental stages of language acquisition - all through a technology lens. Learn how to make a difference - using technology - to support ELL students in your classroom.
Space limited to 25 participants per session.
Dates & Locations:
June 24-26 Monterey County Office of Education, Salinas
June 29-July 1 Santa Cruz COE, Santa Cruz
July 30-31, plus after-school sessions Sep 3 & Dec 3 San Benito COE, Hollister
August 5-7 Santa Clara COE, San Jose
All sessions run 9:00 am-3:30 pm

21st Century Classroom:
Teacher as Learner, Learner as Teacher
Effective 21st century teachers are effective 21st century learners first. In this two-day intensive academy, teachers get a taste of both. Day one focuses on teachers as learners and guides them through an array of online tools. Tools such as blogs, wikis, advanced searches, news aggregators, and social networks are used to access, evaluate, and maintain information resources. Day two transitions to teaching with these same 21st century tools and attitudes of mind. Join us for an invigorating, practice-changing two days. Space limited to 25 participants per session.
Dates & Locations:
June 16-17 Santa Clara COE, San Jose
August 3-4 Santa Cruz COE, Santa Cruz
All sessions run 8:30-3:30.

Admin Academy: Web 2.0 for Administrators
Web 2.0 tools promote communication, collaboration, and community. Through an administrator’s lens, participants explore blogs, multimedia, online meetings, online polls and surveys, and collaborative documents and sites. Administrators will leave with tools they can use today in their work with students, parents, and staff. Join us for one exciting day that can give new perspective on leadership using 21st century technologies. Space limited to 25 participants per session. Session qualifies for Administrative Credential Tier II practicum hours.
Dates & Locations:
June 18 San Benito COE, Hollister
June 23 Santa Clara COE, San Jose
All sessions run 8:30-3:30.


Technology Conferences
2009 CyberSummit on 21st Century Skills
A different kind of conference kicks off June 1 and runs through June 12. People from all walks of life with a vested interest in education will gather online at different times for 12 days of learning and discussion to advance 21st century education in the United States. The summit will include webinars, video, interviews, and discussions from around the country. Sponsored by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, this summit allows us all to engage in a nation-wide discussion to formulate recommendations for educational policies and practices. It's all online and it's all free, so join the discussion and let your voice be heard. Register here today.

National Educational Computing Conference (NECC)
Washington, DC June 28-July 1, 2009
Join colleagues at ISTE's 30th annual conference, NECC. An amazing list of presenters, including: Jamie McKenzie, Alan November, Gary Stager, David Thornburg, Hall Davidson, Bernie Dodge, Ian Jukes, Kathy Schrock, Chris Dede - the list goes on and on. Opening keynote address by Malcolm Gladwell. Plus an amazing city to explore. Click here for more information and registration.

4th Annual Harker Teacher Institute
500 Saratoga Ave, San Jose, Wednesday June 17, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
$20 (includes box lunch)
Harker School launched their annual institute for educators to explore the newest instructional technologies four years ago. This year's session will focus on free - or almost free - software and Web resources. Break-outs include Moodle, Google Earth, CPS & Geocaching, and more.
Register online at: www.harker.org/teacherinstitute


TechToolkit
For Teachers:
VideoDiary
A small application that allows you to capture video with your webcam and keep it organized as personal video diary. You can add titles and text descriptions for your recordings. It’s light and simple, but plenty to make you own video diary. Imagine students creating their video diaries - for English, world languages, ELL, and more.
Cost: Free trial and then Mac $15, Windows $20




For Everyone:
Got an iPhone? How about Things iPhone for $9.99 from the App Store
Things is a focused and intuitive task manager. Other task managers either oversimplify or are too difficult to use. Either way you're not getting stuff done. Things has a good balance between ease of use and powerful features. Check out the screen shots at the App Store and see if Things is for you.

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