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Issue 12
Volume 1
November
2, 2000
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Thought
for the Week
Educators
who serve as a technology resource share ideas, provide
helpful hints, and demonstrate patience and proficiency in
small quantities. Take an active role and contribute to
the technology resource pool.
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NSBA
Excellence Fair |
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 National
School Board Association's School Technology Excellence Fair
- October
2000 - Denver, Colorado
Calcasieu
Parish was chosen as a Salute District in 1991 by the National
School Board Association. For the past two years, Calcasieu
has participated in the Excellence Fair to promote and disseminate
information about district- and region-wide technology initiatives
that demonstrate Calcasieu's commitment to technology and curriculum
improvement. This year, the exhibit was two-fold. The
first component focused on standards, technology, and curriculum,
"S.T.A.C. for Success." Calcasieu Parish's
Technology Department members explained and demonstrated
products from four major programs that targeted classroom teachers
and contributed to the parish's success. Those programs included:
- Classroom-based
Technology Fund (CBTF) Program
- Louisiana
Challenge Grant Program
- Region
V - B.U.I.L.T.
for the Bayou TLCF Professional Development Project
- Tech
Contact Program
The
district messaging system, via intranet and Internet, the district
website, Tech Connect and the database of lesson plans were
also shared with conference attendees.
The
second component of the exhibit focused on the administrative strand
of professional development. Through the "Laptops for
Leadership" program, Calcasieu Parish has developed 30
hours of curriculum-based technology training for principals and
assistant principals. Technology planning, assessment of
effective technology integration, and classroom observations were
the three main focuses highlighted for conference attendees.
Tech
Center staff members in attendance were, from left to right:
Diane Mason, Felicia Coleman, Sheryl Abshire, Lisa Mullett & Kim
Leblanc
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Preventative
Maintenance for Your PC |
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To
keep your computer running well, it is a good idea to do a little
preventative
maintenance about once a month. One of the things that you can
do is to defragment your hard drive. This cleans up the space
on your hard drive and makes your computer run better. You do this
by clicking on Start and to Programs, then Accessories, then
choose System Tools and Disk Defragmenter. Depending on how often
you do this and how much you use your computer, it can take quite
some time to run so it is a good idea to start it running before you
leave for the day and it will be done and ready to use the next
morning.
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Eisenhower
National Clearinghouse |
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 "ENC’s
(Eisenhower National Clearinghouse) mission is to identify effective
curriculum resources, create high-quality professional development
materials, and disseminate useful information and products to
improve K-12 mathematics and science teaching and learning."
They produce a "FREE" monthly magazine call ENC Focus.
You can sign up to get your free subscription to ENC Focus without
registering. Just go to their web site at www.enc.org
and click on ENC Focus Magazine.
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Twenty
FREE Resources |
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TWENTY RESOURCES for teaching &
learning in arts, foreign languages, language arts, math, social
studies (including one on *elections*), & science have been added
to FREE, a website that makes hundreds of learning resources from 40+
federal organizations available (& searchable) in one place.
http://www.ed.gov/free/
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KidsClick! |
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 KidsClick!
is a web search directory that was created by a group of librarians.
The directory is dedicated to directing young users to
valuable and age-appropriate web sites.
Teachers will be able to locate excellent resources to use within
the curriculum as well as activities for the one-computer stations.
Visit the following link to learn more: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
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Outlook
2000 Tip |
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 To
quickly email selected contacts, open Contacts and hold the Ctrl
button as you click each name to include. Drag and drop the
selection onto your Inbox to create an email with the names
already added to the recipient list.
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TryScience
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TryScience.org is your gateway to
experience the excitement of contemporary
science and technology through on and offline interactivity with
science and technology centers worldwide. Science is exciting, and
it's for everyone! That's why TryScience and over 400 science
centers worldwide invite you to investigate, discover, and try science
yourself. TryScience is sponsored through a partnership between
IBM Corporation, the New York Hall of Science (NYHOS), the Association
of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC), and science centers
worldwide. www.tryscience.org
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