VH04156 Michigan Education Assessment Program (MEAP) District Coordinator Briefing for Fall 2008 (Grades 3-9)
VH11210 Michigan Merit Examination (MME) Spring 2009 MME Accommodations Briefing
VH11145 Michigan Merit Examination (MME) Spring 2009 MME Preparation
Monthly Archive for September, 2008
See how SharePoint can break down organizational barriers, improve district productivity, and enable Web 2.0 collaboration. Learn how SharePoint can enable anywhere, anytime teaching and learning, employee self service and business intelligence. Enable electronic forms that employees can view and complete in a browser, with workflow. Off load file shares into a rich environment with version control. Secure content so that it is visible to the right people at the right time. Enable search so that the right content and people are found in your district. Publish content to the web with approvals, and preset publish times. Allow teachers to use rich web features without having to know any code or advanced technical skills.
Please register here: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032389227&EventCategory=2&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
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Ingham ISD is a host site for the Teaching and Learning Online: Effectively Facilitating an Online or Blended Course sponsored by the Michigan Schools Online Learning grant on Oct 6 in room 605 in the Capitol Area Career Center from 12:30-3:30. We will have light snacks from 12:00-12:30. There is no cost associated with this course as it is a grant. Registration is at http://www.solutionwhere.com/inghamisd/cw/showsession.asp?10332472349/10/20082:58:56+PM
This is a great kick-off to the school year for teachers who are interested in a blended learning environment or who may be interested in teaching fully online. The course will be offered on our mid-Michigan Blackboard server.
Those who attend will meet once in a traditional classroom setting and continue online for 4 weeks. Educators will be taught by experienced online instructors who will model for them best practices while exploring these online teaching topics.
Please pass this info on to teachers or staff who are interested in this experience. Attached is a flyer with all the details!
Coming September 27, 2008 to Erickson Hall, the 25th Annual MSU Tech Day.
The conference will enable students, teachers, alumni, administrators, and technology specialist to explore the various dimensions of technology. This includes examples of teaching with technology in K-12 schools, from experts and practicing teachers who actively integrate technology into their curriculum and assessment.
Keynote speaker is Marily Western, author of “Geek Your Teaching” and 2008 MACUL Technology Teacher of the Year. Visit her website Technology Tips for Classroom Teachers at www.edzone.net/~mwestern.
Registration and additional information is available at http://ott.educ.msu.edu/ctt/techconf/.
techdayflyer Flyer
Each fall, the REMC Bid Project invites educators from around the state to evaluate equipment that was bid for the following REMC bid year. Participants provide feedback that the Project uses when making award recommendations.
The 2008 Face Off will be held Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at the Lansing Center, and will include the multimedia projectors and interactive whiteboards being considered for the 2009 REMC bid. Lunch is provided.
Please share this information with anyone at your ISDs and local districts who might be interested in participating. An invitation with registration information is forthcoming.
The computer and network electronic bid that was released earlier this year went to contract July 1 and will run through June 30, 2011. New awarded vendors include Apple, Blue Raven Technology, Dell and IBM. Continuing vendors include Foundry Networks, Hewlett-Packard, JEM Computers, Lenovo, MPC, and Sehi Computer Products. The network electronics portion of the bid has been expanded to include more categories, catalog discounts along with product sampling under each discount category. Computer technology has been upgraded and will be refreshed quarterly, but the computer portion of the contract otherwise remains largely the same. A summary of the computer and networks is posted at http://www.remcbids.org
E-rate in conjunction with REMC pricing is available. For details, see http://remcbids.org