Hello Instructional Technology Leaders,
I hope you are having a great new school year! This is the first update of 2007-2008, and I have switched to this format for the newsletter for a more comprehensive way of organizing archived content and taking advantage of RSS capabilities. As before, you can view previous issues under Newsletters on the Local District 5 web site: http://www.lausd.net/District_5.
Local District 5 Instructional Technology Leader Meeting Dates for 2007-2008
Salary Point Workshops Through LAUSD’s UPDATE Program
Information Technology Solutions Conference
Grants in LAUSD: A Video Teleconference for Teachers and Administrators
Elementary School Multimedia Cart Program – Memorandum MEM-3913
CUE Los Angeles Technology Fair – November 3, 2007
Best Buy te@ch Program – Due September 30, 2007
Interwrite Learning Contest – Due October 21, 2007
1. Local District 5 Instructional Technology Leader Meeting Dates for 2007-2008
Beginning in October 2007, I will once again facilitate volunteer technology leadership meetings. PLEASE note that there will not be a September meeting. Meetings will tentatively be 3:30-5:30pm on the third Thursday of each month. Attendance is voluntary but does provide an occasion when District 5 technology leaders can share ideas as well as learn about the latest in instructional technology. If you would like to volunteer your school site to host any of the following meeting dates, please let me know as soon as possible. You may volunteer for more than one date, but you will only be selected for one of those choices. Please remember that meeting rooms should be large enough to accommodate up to 20 people and must be available from 3:30-5:30pm with site administrator approval.
10/18/07, 11/15/07, 01/17/08, 02/21/08, 03/17/08, 04/17/08, 05/15/08
For additional information, please contact me by e-mail at john.rivera @ lausd.net.
2. Salary Point Workshops Through LAUSD’s UPDATE Program
LAUSD’s UPDATE program offers various salary point classes that you can take. For your convenience, I have prepared a list of what is being offered. For more information, please visit the UPDATE website at http://update.lausd.net or call (213) 241-1384. To enroll in a class: http://lz.lausd.net - Once logged on using your Single Sign-On information, you can enroll in any of the classes by doing the following:
1) Click on Courses
2) Click on Class Offerings
3) Select U.P.D.A.T.E. under Program and Click on Search
4) Click on any of the class titles displayed in blue to begin enrollment process
5) Click on the orange Enroll Now button to add yourself to the training list
Course Title: Smart Ways to Use Interactive Whiteboards Across the Disciplines
Salary Point Amount: 1.0
Time & Dates: 8am-4pm on 09/15 and 09/29/07
Location: Zelzah Training Lab, 6505 Zelzah Avenue, Reseda
Course Title: Online Learning Experience
Salary Point Amount: 1.0
Time & Dates: 3:45pm-5:45pm on 9/20, 9/27, 10/18. 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, & 11/29
Location: East Valley New High School #1, 8501 Arleta Avenue, Sun Valley
Course Title: Computer Basics for the Beginning Technology User
Salary Point Amount: 1.0
Time & Dates: 8am-4pm on 09/22 and 10/06/07
Location: Zelzah Training Lab, 6505 Zelzah Avenue, Reseda
Course Title: Online Learning Experience
Salary Point Amount: 1.0
Time & Dates: 3:30pm-7:30pm on 09/26, 10/03. 10/10, 10/17 and 10/24
Location: Foshay Learning Center, 3751 S. Harvard Boulevard, Los Angeles
Course Title: Smart Ways to Use Interactive Whiteboards Across the Disciplines
Salary Point Amount: 1.0
Time & Dates: 9am-4:30pm on 09/29 and 10/13/07
Location: Audubon Middle School, 4120 11th Avenue, Los Angeles
Course Title: ONLINE – Approaches and Tools for Developing Web-Enhanced Lessons
Salary Point Amount: 2.0
Time & Dates: 4pm-8pm on 10/04 and 11/14/07
Location: Broad Avenue Elementary School, 24815 Broad Avenue, Wilmington
Course Title: Smart Ways to Use Interactive Whiteboards Across the Disciplines
Salary Point Amount: 1.0
Time & Dates: 4pm-8pm on 10/04, 10/11, 10/18, and 10/25/07
Location: Taper Elementary School, 1824 Taper Avenue, San Pedro
Course Title: Smart Ways to Use Interactive Whiteboards Across the Disciplines
Salary Point Amount: 1.0
Time & Dates: 4pm-8pm on 10/04, 10/11, 10/18, and 10/25/07
Location: Southeast Middle School, 2560 Tweedy Boulevard, Southgate
Course Title: Smart Ways to Use Interactive Whiteboards Across the Disciplines
Salary Point Amount: 1.0
Time & Dates: 2:30pm-6:30pm on 10/04, 10/11, 10/18, and 10/25/07
Location: Valerio Elementary School, 15035 Valerio Street, Van Nuys
Course Title: Creating Language Arts Curriculum Using Microsoft PowerPoint
Salary Point Amount: 1.0
Time & Dates: 8am-4pm on 10/06 and 10/13/07
Location: Local District 5 – Directors Conference Room, 2151 Soto Street, Los Angeles
Course Title: Using Safe Internet Skills to Promote Research and Collaboration
Salary Point Amount: 1.0
Time & Dates: 5:30pm-8:30pm on 10/11 and 10/25/07
Location: Local District 5 – Academic Conference Room, 2151 Soto Street, Los Angeles
Course Title: Multimedia Enhanced Language Arts & ESL Instruction
Salary Point Amount: 1.0
Time & Dates: 8am-3pm on 10/13 and 10/27/07
Location: Local District 5 – University Conference Rm., 2151 Soto Street, Los Angeles
Course Title: ONLINE – Inspiration for Effective Writing
Salary Point Amount: 1.0
Time & Dates: 8am-4pm on 10/20 and 12/01/07
Location: Zelzah Training Lab, 6505 Zelzah Avenue, Reseda
Course Title: Using Technology You Already Have to Teach Across the Curriculum
Salary Point Amount: 1.0
Time & Dates: 2:30pm-6:30pm on 11/01, 11/08, 11/15, and 11/29/07
Location: Valerio Elementary School, 15035 Valerio Street, Van Nuys
Course Title: Using Safe Internet Skills to Promote Research and Collaboration
Salary Point Amount: 1.0
Time & Dates: 9am-12pm on 11/03 and 12/08/07
Location: Local District 5 – Academic Conference Room, 2151 Soto Street, Los Angeles
Course Title: Creating Language Arts Curriculum Using Microsoft PowerPoint
Salary Point Amount: 1.0
Time & Dates: 8am-4pm on 11/10 and 11/24/07
Location: ITD ITTB East Los Angeles Training Room II, 2151 Soto Street, Los Angeles
Course Title: Multimedia Enhanced Language Arts & ESL Instruction
Salary Point Amount: 1.0
Time & Dates: 8am-3pm on 11/17 and 12/01/07
Location: ITD ITTB East Los Angeles Training Room II, 2151 Soto Street, Los Angeles
Course Title: Creating Language Arts Curriculum Using Microsoft PowerPoint
Salary Point Amount: 1.0
Time & Dates: 8am-4pm on 12/01 and 12/15/07
Location: Local District 5 – University Conference Rm., 2151 Soto Street, Los Angeles
Course Title: Using Safe Internet Skills to Promote Research and Collaboration
Salary Point Amount: 1.0
Time & Dates: 5:30pm-8:30pm on 10/11 and 10/25/07
Location: ITD ITTB East Los Angeles Training Room II, 2151 Soto Street, Los Angeles
Course Title: Using Digital Portfolios to Foster Student Learning
Salary Point Amount: 1.0
Time & Dates: 4pm-8pm on 01/10 and 02/21/08
Location: ITD ITTB East Los Angeles Training Room II, 2151 Soto Street, Los Angeles
Course Title: Smart Ways to Use Interactive Whiteboards Across the Disciplines
Salary Point Amount: 1.0
Time & Dates: 8am-4pm on 01/12 and 01/26/08
Location: Gage Middle School, 2880 E. Gage Avenue, Huntington Park
Course Title: Multimedia Enhanced Language Arts & ESL Instruction
Salary Point Amount: 1.0
Time & Dates: 8am-4pm on 01/19 and 02/02/08
Location: ITD ITTB East Los Angeles Training Room II, 2151 Soto Street, Los Angeles
3. Information Technology Solutions Conference
The Career Development/Division of Adult and Career Education is holding an upcoming Informational Technology Conference, which will be held on Friday, September 21, 2007. At this event, participants will hear from different IT companies how a variety of curricula in networking, computer repair, database administration, etc. can be integrated into existing instruction to support SLC alignment with CTE graduation requirements in order to offer students an opportunity to develop skills that will lead to IT certifications.
The agenda will include:
Overviews of Certification Programs
Stories from LAUSD Schools - Best Practices
Information from LAUSD Central Offices
Division of Adult and Career Education
Division of Secondary Instruction
Information Technology Division
Infrastructure
Educational Technology
Training students for employment in LAUSD
The time and place are as follows:
Date: September 21, 2007
Time: 11:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: St. Anne’s Conference Center, 155 North Occidental Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
If you are interested, please RSVP to Sharon Quon at (213) 241-3745 or sharon.quon@lausd.net.
4. Grants in LAUSD: A Video Teleconference for Teachers and Administrators
Announcing an opportunity to learn how to successfully apply for grants that will help provide enriched opportunities for your students.
Participants:
The Riordan Foundation, Arts Education Grant, Physical Education Grant, NASA Explorer Schools Grant, LAUSD Grants Assistance Unit
When: September 27, 2007, 3:45 PM. – 5:45 PM.
You are welcome to attend the video teleconference at any of the following locations:
Local District 1 Northridge Middle School Library
Local District 2 San Fernando High School
Local District 3 Baldwin Hills Elementary Auditorium
Local District 4 Allesandro Elementary School, Room 11
Local District 5 Hillside Elementary School
Local District 6 South Gate Middle School Library
Local District 7 LD 7 District Office
Local District 8 Taper/DELTA PDC
For more information contact the ITD Educational Technology Group at (213) 241-3837.
5. Elementary School Multimedia Cart Program: Memorandum MEM-3913
Memorandum MEM-3913 has been posted at Inside LAUSD (http://notebook.lausd.net/) specifically for elementary schools. This document provides information to elementary school principals regarding instructional multimedia technology tools that will be provided to schools to be used by all teachers, and the associated professional development to assist with technology integration in the classroom instructional program.
The program includes the distribution of an instructional multimedia cart, which will include a laptop computer, an LCD projector, and a presentation cart for each elementary school. These tools are made available for use by instructional staff at the school. Teachers are expected to use the Instructional Multimedia Carts to integrate and provide access to multimedia and digital curricula, such as the Internet resources, CD ROMs, and DVDs that are identified in State adopted textbooks and other District approved instructional materials to students.
Details/Information on locations for professional development and distribution of equipment can be obtained by reading MEM-3913, including contact information for further inquiry about which sites are included. For example, primary centers are not included in this particular program.
6. CUE Los Angeles Technology Fair – November 3, 2007
On Saturday, November 3, 2007, Computer Technology Assistance Project Region 11 (CTAP Region 11) and Computer-Using Educators of Los Angeles (CUELA) will jointly hold the 2006 Technology Fair, a one-day instructional technology event that is presented for educators throughout the Greater Los Angeles area.
The location for the 2007 CTAP Region 11/CUELA Technology Fair will be:
Hawthorne School, Beverly Hills Unified School District
624 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
The general focus of the fair is to provide a day of learning for fellow educators so they may enhance their students’ opportunities to compete and contribute in the twenty-first century. Both CTAP Region 11 and CUELA recognize the existence of exciting, innovative, and educational activities occurring in our Los Angeles County area schools.
If you are interested in learning about instructional use of technologies such as podcasts, video-editing, digital cameras, multimedia design, etc., then you should take a closer look at what is offered at this event. You may view descriptions of each workshop online.
For more information or to register online for the event and secure the workshops you want, please go to the following: http://www.cuelosangeles.org/
7. Best Buy te@ch Program – Due September 30, 2007
Best Buy is proud to support K-12 schools using interactive technology to make learning fun. Educators may be awarded $2,000+ depending on how they are able to demonstrate ways to engage students by creatively integrating interactive technology into the curriculum. Winning te@ch programs focus on kids using technology to learn standards-based curriculum, rather than on teaching students to use technology or educators using technology that children aren’t able to use hands-on. The purpose of te@ch is to reward schools for the successful interactive programs they have launched using available technology. Please do not be discouraged if your school does not have the most current equipment.
Schools must be located within 50 miles of a Best Buy store to be eligible. Applications must be completed and submitted online by 11:59pm (Eastern Time) on September 30, 2007. Awards will be announced February 18, 2008 at www.BestBuy.com/teach. Please visit the web site to apply and to access more information.
8. Interwrite Learning Contest – Due October 21, 2007
Teachers can show their classroom’s talent and technology in this video contest by Interwrite Learning! Teachers can submit a song-parody video and be awarded $15,000 in interactive classroom technology, plus hundreds of lesson plans and other content—an Interactive Makeover. Read the rules and submit a video by October 21, 2007.
This contest is open to all teachers and students who can creatively show how they are using (or would like to use) technology in the classroom. For more information as well as an opportunity to apply, go to: http://www.interwritelearning.com/contest
