Welcome to another school year, Instructional Technology Leaders!
This is the second update of 2008-2009, and events and other news are occurring related to technology use in our schools. You may choose to either receive future updates by e-mail or subscribe to it via RSS.
- Local District 5 Instructional Technology Leader Meeting for October
- EdTech Profile Survey – Certificated Employees Must Complete this by 10/31/08
- CUE Los Angeles Technology Fair – November 15, 2008
- Google Teacher Academy at New York – Apply by October 10, 2008
1. Local District 5 Instructional Technology Leader Meeting for October
The first of six volunteer technology leadership/coordinator meetings for Local District 5 will be held 3:30-5:15pm on October 16, 2008. The location of this meeting will be the ITD ITTB East Los Angeles Computer Lab on th 1st Floor of the Local District 5 Office Building, 2151 N. Soto Street, Los Angeles, CA 90032.
Along with providing the latest updates on technology integration for our school district, Doug Taylor, Instructional Technology Applications Facilitator from LAUSD Educational Technology Group supporting Local District 5, will present and guide us through various online collaboration tools being used system-wide in our school district. This includes looking at tools such as Google, Moodle, and Elluminate Live! This is a great opportunity to meet our liaison from the instructional branch of ITD.
Attendance is voluntary but does provide an occasion when technology leaders can share ideas as well as learn about the latest in instructional technology.
2. EdTech Profile Survey – Certificated Employees Must Complete this by 10/31/08
All LAUSD certificated staff are reminded that the 2008-2009 window for mandatory annual completion of the EdTech Profile (formerly CTAP2 ) survey closes on October 31, 2008 at 5:00 PM. This survey is completed individually, online (http://www.edtechprofile.org/) and takes approximately 30 minutes. The survey can be completed in a single session or over multiple sessions. Aggregate information from this survey is used to tailor professional development offerings and to study the impact of various grants and initiatives.
For further information on this survey, please consult Policy Bulletin 550.1.
3. CUE Los Angeles Technology Fair – November 15, 2008
On Saturday, November 15, 2008, Computer Technology Assistance Project Region 11 (CTAP
Region 11) and Computer-Using Educators of Los Angeles (CUELA) will jointly hold the 2008 Technology Fair, a one-day instructional technology event that is presented for educators throughout the Greater Los Angeles area.
The location for the 2008 CTAP Region 11/CUELA Technology Fair will be:
Virgil Middle School, Los Angeles Unified School District
152 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90004
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 21st 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/techfair
4. Google Teacher Academy at New York – Apply by October 10, 2008
The Google Teacher Academy is a FREE professional development experience designed to help K-12 educators get the most from innovative technologies. Each Academy is an intensive, one-day event where participants get hands-on experience with Google's free products and other
technologies, learn about innovative instructional strategies, receive resources to share with colleagues, and immerse themselves in an innovative corporate environment. Upon completion, Academy participants become Google Certified Teachers who share what they learn with other K-12 educators in their local region. The deadline to apply is October 10, 2008.
For more information, please go to http://www.google.com/educators/gta.html
