Michigan LearnPort® announce stipend opportunities for online professional development.
Highlights of the program are:
- Starts with February 2009 session of all Michigan LearnPort® MMC courses and the Blended Learning course
- Program continues through June sections
- $150 stipends for MiLP users who complete courses and submit acceptable lesson plans
- All MiLP users are eligible
- Class size maxes at 30 users
Information about the $150,000 Online Professional Development Stipend Program and the MMC courses for which the stipends will be provided are detailed in the link below.
2009 Michigan LearnPort® Stipend Program
Have your students created some outstanding technology integrated projects you want to share with others? If so…
The Multimedia Special Interest Group (SIGMM) of MACUL is hosting its 2009 Multimedia Contest for Michigan students during the months of January and February.
Entries will be accepted in each of three categories:
- Digital Storytelling (Grades K-4)
- Multimedia (Grades 5-8)
- Enhanced Podcasting (Grades 9-12)
Contest applications from sponsoring teachers are due between January 5 and midnight February 9, 2009; teachers may sponsor up to three entries. Top three entries in each category will receive cash and professional book prizes.
For more information go to http://userve.unioncityschools.org/~mwaffle/mmcontest
Sponsored by MACUL-SIGMM and Linworth Publishing.
Just fill out a short form to win technology from Discovery Communications. There will be monthly drawings for prizes. For more information check out http://cdwg.discoveryeducation.com/1208/.
Each Grand Prize will consist of a Mobile Wireless Lab valued between $41,658 and $41,957.
- Two schools will each receive 20 HP Notebook or Tablet PCs, one Epson projector, one HP laser printer, one Promethean ACTIVboard and stand, one Promethean ACTIVote pack, and Linksys wireless access points.
- Two schools will receive 20 Lenovo Notebook or Tablet PCs, one Epson projector, one Epson inkjet printer, one Polyvision Interactive Whiteboard and stand, one pack of Polyvision Qwizdom voting devices, and NETGEAR wireless access points.
- One school will receive 20 Toshiba Notebook or Tablet PCs, one NEC Solutions projector, one Epson inkjet printer, one Promethean ACTIVboard and stand, one Promethean ACTIVote pack, and D-Link wireless access points.
All Mobile Wireless Labs will include one Bretford mobile cart, one AverMedia document camera, and one Sony video camcorder. Decisions as to which school receives which prize package will be made at the sole discretion of the Sponsor.
Each Grand Prize will also include $5,000 Digital Media Grant for online and/or offline Discovery Education products to be selected/customized by the winning school.
Following the Grand Prize drawings, the Sweepstakes Administrator will conduct a random drawing from among all eligible entries received from all school classifications to award the following prizes:
Ten (10) First Prizes, each consisting of a projector valued at approximately $1,200.00.
Ten (10) Second Prizes, each consisting of a notebook computer valued at approximately $850.00.
Five (5) Third Prizes, each consisting of Canon digital camcorder valued at approximately $500.00.
Winning schools (and entrant who submitted winning entry) will be notified at the school address by phone, email, postal mail and/or express mail, at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible entries received for each drawing. All prizes will be awarded provided a sufficient number of eligible entries are received.
The Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL) and the Michigan Education Association (MEA) proudly invite you and your students to participate in the sixth annual Student Technology Showcase. The Showcase will give your team the opportunity to demonstrate how your students are using technology to support their learning. Displays in past showcases have featured simple to very elaborate uses of technology and have included teams of students from grades one through twelve.
The Showcase will take place during the MACUL Conference in the Cobo Hall Convention Center in Detroit, MI. Nearly 3,000 educators will attend the conference, so we anticipate a large audience. The Showcase will be held on March 19, 2009 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
Teams should consist of one or two teachers and up to four students.
Registration can be found at: http://classroomhelp.com/macul/
If you have questions, please contact Jim Wenzloff at maculshowcase@yahoo.com