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 * = media type="custom" key="5164865"[[image:Website_Dir__of_Tech_logo.jpeg width="180" height="170"]] ||= School District of Lower Moreland Township

__**District Technology Committee Meeting**__  January 14, 2010, 3:45 pm


 * __Agenda__** ||


 * // Recap of December meeting //**
 * // Nettrekker Free Trial Feedback Discussion //**

__Middle School Computer Fair__ - [] // Each category has specific rules and guidelines. //// (Computer Fair Logo, Desktop Publishing, Digital Movie, Graphic Design, Multimedia Presentations, Web Page Design) // __High School Computer Fair__ - [] // Each category has specific rules and guidelines. // // (Animation, Computer Fair Logo, Curriculum-Based Webpage Design, Digital Movie, Graphic Design, Information-Based Webpage Design, Multimedia Presentations, Programmiong, Text-Based Desktop Publishing) // Pete & C Conference //****February 21-24, 2010 - [] ** Special opportunities for Keystones (Linda Yerkees, Marian Staley, Ellen Zchunke, Jody Bell, JoAnn Fricker) below: If you have **//submitted a proposal to PETE+C and have been accepted//**: · ** PETE&C conference program will cover your registration fee ** and · ** Keystones program will cover hotel stay up to $225.00 ** · To participate in this opportunity: 1. Complete the attached registration form (now) 2. Send a copy of your PETE&C Application Form (now) 3. Send a copy of you PETE&C Presentation Approval Letter (ASAP) 4. Send hotel receipt (after conference for reimbursement) · **// Present a poster presentation //** as part of the Keystone Showcase: · **Keystone program will cover your registration fee** and · ** Keystone program will cover hotel stay up to $225.00 ** · To participate in this opportunity: 1. Complete the Poster Session Registration form (now) <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">2. We will notify you of your selection status (ASAP) <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">3. Send hotel receipt (after conference for reimbursement) <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· If you are **//not presenting a session or a poster showcase but plan to attend//** **PETE&C for the first time.** <span style="color: red; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· ** Keystone program will pay registration for the first 10 applicants. ** <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">1. To participate in this opportunity: <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Complete the attached registration form. **Please note: These will be awarded after the conference proposals and poster sessions as space permits.** <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· We will notify you of your selection status <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Send hotel receipt (after conference for reimbursement) TweenTribune lets students intecract with the news, while fulfilling requirements for language arts, computer skills, and other classes. Customize TweenTribune for your classroom. Register your classroom with TweenTribune using the form at the right. Then ask your students to sign up. (They’ll need to create a username and password, then select your classroom.) Once your class starts using TweenTribune, the site will automatically generate custom pages showing: <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· The stories your class has commented upon <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Individual comments by each student, on his or her own page <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· All comments by your students, in one report that can be sorted by students’ names, comments, or dates <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· And don't worry – you can moderate, edit, or delete your students’ comments before they’re published. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> [|www.creately.com/signup] 1:1 Netbooks []
 * // Upcoming Computer Fair Student & Teacher Participation //** Registration is now available for the 2010 Middle and High School Regional Computer Fair. Please register your teams via the following links:
 * If you are interested in making a poster presentation ** (It’s like a science fair exhibit), complete **both** the **poster session form** and **conference registration form**. It must be returned to alg@bviu.org (Annie Gilbreath, Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit, 147 Poplar Drive, Monaca, PA 15061, fax 724-774-4751) by **January 29th**. There will be electrical access so your computer can be part of the exhibit. We do not anticipate Internet access.
 * // Web 2.0 Tool of the Month //**
 * // [] 100 web tools to enhance collaboration //**
 * // [] Tween Tribune (News for Kids & News by Kids) //**
 * // Murray Avenue/Pine Road //****// Transition Update //**
 * // Strategic Planning Goal Activity/Discussion on 1:1 //**

1:1 Student Owned Computers

[] BYOT []

School Concerns/Issues //** <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o February 9, 2010 <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o March 11, 2010 <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o April 13, 2010 <span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msolist: Ignore;">o May 25, 2010
 * // District Technology Committee Meeting Schedule //**