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Thought for the Week
"It's not what is poured into a
student, but what is planted."
-- Linda Conway |
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Register Now!
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LACUE 2004
CONFERENCE
December 1 -3, 2004
Riverfront Convention Center
Alexandria, Louisiana
The Louisiana Association of Computer Using
Educators
www.lacue.org
EARLY
REGISTRATION RATE ENDS
NOVEMBER 1 |
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The
Louisiana Association of Computer Using Educators announces
the 2004 LACUE Conference. The 2003 LACUE Conference held
last year drew over 1,200 participants from throughout
Louisiana and received resounding accolades from all
attendees. This year promises to be an even larger and more
dynamic conference with sessions targeting the professional
development needs of every job classification.
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Exciting keynote presentation by Marc Prensky,
www.marcprensky.com . Marc is an internationally
acclaimed speaker, writer, consultant, and designer in
the critical areas of education and learning. He is the
author of Digital Game-Based Learning (McGraw-Hill,
2001), the founder and CEO of Games2train (whose clients
include IBM, Nokia, Pfizer, and the US Department of
Defense) and creator of the sites
www.dodgamecommnity.com and
www.socialimpactugames.com . Visit our conference
web site at
www.lacue.org to register to attend.
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Back
by popular demand – Featured speaker Leslie Fischer
www.lesliefischer.com
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Low
registration rate of $95.00 per person for early
registration by November 1, 2004, AFTER NOVEMBER 1,
REGISTRATION WILL BE $110
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Submit a Making Connections Lesson plan and win $200!!!
Remember, the LACUE Lesson Plan contest deadline is
November 5. Lesson plan submission information is
located at
www.lacue.org under Conference Info
If you
have any questions please feel free to email
Pam Quebodeaux –
pam.quebodeaux@cpsb.org or
Yvette Ardoin –
yvette.ardoin@cpsb.org – LACUE Conference Co-Chairs.
Any questions about session proposals please contact
Sheryl Abshire –
sheryl.abshire@cpsb.org - LACUE Program Chair. If you
have other conference questions please email
lacue@pncpa.com
Mark
your calendar now for December 1 - 3, 2004 and prepare to
participate in a premiere technology learning experience!
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Attention Principals and Assistant Principals
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 LEADTECH
Closing Session - Register Now!
In order to participate in a closing session you must meet
the following requirements:
- Six months or more has
elapsed since you began your online course.
- Completion of two 1/2 day
technology workshops of your choice (Proof of attendance
should be placed in portfolio)
- Completion of a
professional portfolio
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Location- TLTC
Center |
Closing Session |
Registration
Deadline
(Maximum=30) |
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Region 5 - Lake
Charles |
November 10, 2004 |
October 31, 2004 |
Directions on how to
register may be found at:
http://www.doe.state.la.us/leadtech/leadtechfinal3_files/page0005.htm
For more information contact: Kim Leblanc (kim.leblanc@cpsb.org) |
Kids Voting
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 Only
51% of Americans voted in the last Presidential election! Do
we have a problem? This site sets out to positively impact
the future of civic participation in the voting process. In
1988, three businessmen from Arizona traveled to Costa Rica
on a fishing trip. During their visit they learned that the
country’s voter turnout is typically around 90 percent. This
high turnout was attributed to a tradition of children
accompanying their parents to the polls. The men were
intrigued by the idea, but also recognized a missing link to
education. They launched a school-based pilot project in a
Phoenix suburb that has since grown into the national Kids
Voting organization. Learn more at
http://www.kidsvoting.org. |
Teacher Resources from A&E
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 Did
you know that A & E has Teacher Guides, teacher tips,
calendar, and contests to use in your classroom to enhance
student learning experiences? Check out the website!
http://www.aetv.com/class |
AutoSummarize a Report in Word
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 After
completing a written report, students can write an abstract
of the report by using MS Word's "AutoSummarize" feature.
This feature in Word can apply to any type of written
report. To Use the Summary Feature:
- Open a Microsoft Word
document that you want to summarize.
- Choose "AutoSummarize"
from the "Tools" menu.
- When the "AutoSummarize"
dialog box opens, select the type of summary that you want
to apply.
- You can choose to
highlight key points, insert an executive summary or
abstract at the top of the document, create a new document,
or hide everything but the summary.
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Weather Scope
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 Weather
Scope: An Investigative Study of Weather and Climate is an
Internet-based multidisciplinary project which will enrich a
student's learning experience through "Unique and
Compelling" applications of instructional technology. In
particular, this project taps into some of the exciting
applications of the Internet in education by having students
access real time weather data, interact with experts online,
and publish their own work to the project web site. This
standards-based Real Time Data Module has been created for
use by students in the elementary and middle school grades
to allow them to investigate weather phenomena both locally
and in other places around the world.
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/weatherproj2/en/index.shtml |
NotMyKid.org
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This site may come in handy for
parents, teachers, counselors, etc. It may even be of use
during the hectic spring exam season.
http://www.notmykid.org |
UnitedStreaming Election Resources
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 Discovery
Education added new digital video resources to
UnitedStreaming to help you teach your students about the
American political process. Located in the Learning
Resources section of UnitedStreaming, these videos are from
the popular Discovery Times Channel series "Campaign
Essentials" and the Commission on Presidential Debates and
also include lesson plans and supplemental materials to help
facilitate classroom use.
http://view.exacttarget.com/?fec811757567037e-fe291670776d0c7e731074 |
Paint Shop Pro Quick Tip
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Forgot to crop your photo before
printing? Photo Album to the rescue! In the print templates,
you can zoom in on the details without having to crop your
original. In the print dialog, click the "Adjust" tab, click
your photo, and then use the "Zoom" Tool and the "Pan" Tool
to print just the part of the photo that you want. |
Equations in Excel
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 If
you spend a lot of time typing documents with mathematical
formulas, let the equation editor format the text for you.
For example, to type the formula A=h(b1+b2)/2 with the
equation editor, follow these steps:
- Click where you want
the equation to appear in your document.
- Select Insert | Object
- Under the Create New
tab, scroll to and select Microsoft Equation 3.0 and
click OK.
- Type A= at the prompt.
- Click the Fractions
and Radical Templates button in the second row of the
Equation toolbar and select the first template.
- Type h at the prompt.
- Click the Fence
Templates button in the toolbar and select the first
template.
- Type b.
- Click the Subscripts
and Superscripts button in the toolbar and select the
second template in the first row and type 1.
- Press [Right Arrow]
key and type +b.
- Click the Subscripts
and Superscripts button in the toolbar and select the
second template in the first row and type 2.
- Press [Down Arrow] key
and type 2.
- Click outside the
Equation working area.
The resulting formula can
be selected, copied and moved like any embedded object. To
edit the equation, double-click it to bring up the MS
Equation 3.0 toolbar. |
Top Ten Viruses Found on CPSB Computers
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| Here are the
top ten viruses found on CPSB computers in the past 7 days.
The stats are based on 841
infected computers out of a total of
9265 OfficeScan clients.
 The
latest OfficeScan pattern as of
10-19-2004 is pattern
2.202.00. Please
check your pattern by placing your cursor over the
OfficeScan icon and viewing the pop-up window that appears.
If your pattern is significantly different than this, please
email tech.help@cpsb.org
regarding this or any other question you have regarding
OfficeScan.
 The
information shows the name of the virus, the number of
infected files found, and the percentage of the virus from
the total.
ALL school board employees need
to ensure that their Dell, Compaq, HP, IBM or other PC
classroom computers stay virus free. Go to the
following link to download the district copy of OfficeScan:
http://teacherlink.cpsb.org/officescan and your computer
will automatically be updated daily to scan for the latest
viruses. You must install the software using Internet
Explorer 4.0 or later (Netscape will not work!!!!!) Please
answer "Yes" to all prompts as the software installs. If you
have any questions, please contact the CPSB Help Desk at
tech.help@cpsb.org.
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Best on
the Net!! -- Visit this site for hundreds of websites
for teachers! We would love to hear from you about the best
educational sites you have found on the web. Please submit, via
email, the sites you feel merit inclusion. Send to
tech.connect@cpsb.org. Please include the URL and a short sentence
about the site.
Featured Sites: (These sites were
submitted by teachers in Calcasieu Parish)
MEET THE
CANDIDATES WEBQUEST SUBMISSION:
http://herrickses.org/searingtown/election
Your students will learn about candidates and elections as they
participate in this timely project, by working in teams to research
platforms and policies, develop marketing plans, or plan for public
awareness campaigns. All links are included and teacher planning
materials are available for convenience. Appropriate for upper
elementary through middle school students.
AN INTERACTIVE TOUR OF THE WHITE HOUSE:
http://www.time.com/time/campaign2000/whitehouse/tour.html
Click on any room of the White House in this online, interactive
tour, to see a photo and learn a bit of trivia on its history.
SENTENCE STARTERS FOR LEARNING LOGS:
http://www.bcpl.net/~sullivan/modules/tips/i-search/sentstarters.html
If your class is keeping learning logs this year, here are some
sentence starters to help your students journal their learning
across all subjects.
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