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Policies
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#4 Laptop Policies and Procedures Page
Policies from other Demo Schools
Regional Integration Mentor Contact Info:
Crystal Priest
PCMS
876-4301 ext. 1233
cpriest@sad4.com
This is what has been sent my way so far. Please check back often as information is added regularly.
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MLTI 2 Day Teacher Training Schedule
Online Registration for these session is located at:
http://mainecenter.org/mlti/
Registration must be completed by June 2nd
Nine two-day sessions will be offered throughout the state between June and August.
As a result of this training, participants will:
-Understand the goals and purposes of the MLTI
- Know the basics of how to use their iBooks and the FirstClass email system
- Learn some techniques for managing a classroom of laptops
- Explore ways to use your iBooks to stimulate inquiry in your classroom
-Further develop your school team's ability to learn and work together.
Check out SEED's website and calendar of events
SEED Western Maine Partnership Events Calendar
Free... Summer Technology Institutes for Educators
Seed Brochures
Tuesday, March 19, 2002
From: kristin.hickey@maine.edu
Subject: NEW Brochures!!!
Greetings All,
We are changing the way we communicate our free workshops to you. We have moved from flyers sent to your schools, to e-mails with attachments and finally to the web. All the flyers will now be posted on our local web site. We will send out an e-mail with an URL that will take you directly to the web to view a brochure. Once there you can print the page for your convenience and with a click of a button you can register on-line for the event. I hope this process will get information to you in a more timely fashion, send less clutter across your desks, and save money that can be used for other resources for educators.
If you should have any difficulty, please contact us at 778-7561 or kristin.hickey@maine.edu.
Below you will find the websites for our latest brochures. We look forward to hearing from you and will appreciate your feedback on this NEW technique.
http://www.umf.maine.edu/seed/brochures/jcpowerpoint.htm
http://www.umf.maine.edu/seed/brochures/suminst.htm
http://www.umf.maine.edu/seed/brochures/wordplan.htm
http://www.umf.maine.edu/seed/brochures/deskpub.htm
http://www.umf.maine.edu/seed/brochures/jbpowerpoint.htm
http://www.umf.maine.edu/seed/brochures/drpowerpoint.htm
http://www.umf.maine.edu/seed/brochures/imovie.htm
http://www.umf.maine.edu/seed/brochures/doingalot.htm
http://www.umf.maine.edu/seed/brochures/webquests.htm
Ann Pike
Western Regional Coordinator, SEED The Western Maine Partnership,
UMF 248 Main Street, Farmington, ME 04938
(207) 778-7312
annpike@maine.edu
http://www.umf.maine.edu/seed
UMO
Professional development opportunities for the summer at the University of Maine.
Summer Technology Institute:
Hutchinson Center, Belfast, Maine
June 23 - June 27
The Summer Technology Institute is a week long course that can be taken
for either 3 graduate credits or 4.5 Continuing Education Credits (CEUs).
During this week participants immerse themselves in using technology to
enhance teaching and learning. For more information and to register:
http://rocky.umeedu.maine.edu/tech2003/default.html
3) Middle Level Education Institute
University of Maine
July 6-11
http://www.mamleonline.org/MLEI2003.html
For more info contact ed.brazee@umit.maine.edu
MARCOPOLO
Monday, March 18, 2002
Subject: Free MarcoPolo Training --new dates
Contributed by diana_sommers@wiscasset.k12.me.us:
ACTEM is partnering with MarcoPolo to offer have free Internet Content for the Classroom training opportunities for people who would like to become trainers with the expectation that they go back to their buildings and share this resource with others in their buildings. These are sessions for "Train the Trainers" (see the note below). We will train one to two trainers for every 20-25 staff members in a building. If you would like to attend one of these sessions please contact the person listed with the desired site. Seats are limited so please contact them as quickly as possible and if your plans should change let them know ASAP so someone who is on a waiting list can take your place. Below are the dates and locations of sessions that still have a few seats available. Please note that some of the trainings are two days, with the second day focusing on lesson plan development using the Internet. To find out more about MarcoPolo read below the training dates.
Training Date 5/1/2002 8:00-3:00
Training Location 5766 Shibles Hall UMO Orono,ME
Contact Name: James Verrill E-mail james.verrill@umit.maine.edu
Training Date 5/18/2002 8:30-2:30
Training Location Lawrence Jr-Sr High School, Fairfield, ME
Contact Name Allen Curtis E-mail acurtis@lhs.sad49.k12.me.us
What is Marco Polo? Marco Polo is a foundation that provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content for the K-12 teachers and their classrooms, developed by the nation's content experts. Online resources include panel-reviewed links to top sites in many disciplines, professionally developed lesson plans, classroom activities, and materials to help with daily classroom planning, and powerful search engines. All this with no advertising! Check out their web site at: http://marcopolo.worldcom.com/
Marco Polo Training ACTEM (Association of Computer Technology Educators in Maine) is sponsoring free Marco Polo trainings to train teachers who will in turn train the other teachers in their buildings on ways to Integrate the Internet with their curriculum. To view the site go to http://marcopolo.worldcom.com/, to apply for free MarcoPolo training for your school or district and click on apply for free training on the left side of the page. Just fill in the form and I will be in touch with you to finalize scheduling the training. There are two types available. The first, "Train the Trainer", is to train people who would in turn go back to their buildings and train the other teachers there. The second is where we send in a field trainer (another teacher from the area) to train the teachers in your building. This is called an "end user" or "field training" which simply means the participants are planning to use it for themselves and not formally share it with others. The could share it but it is not an expectation of the training.
In the first model, the "Train the Trainer", we need a school that would be willing to let us use their lab for a day (this can even be a Saturday if we can get the teachers). The lab needs to have at least 18 Internet ready machines running either Netscape 4+ or Internet Explorer 4+. In this training each school building is allowed only one or two teachers so we would have to get some teachers to attend from surrounding towns. I would arrange to have a trainer sent in. This type requires a 45-day window to setup the training. Materials would be sent to the school. We also need to have at least 15 participants and all participants are expected to go back to their buildings and share the resource. This training requires 5 to 6 hours not counting lunch.
For "end user" or field training" model, we need a school that would be willing to let us use their lab for a day (this can even be a Saturday if we can get the teachers) or a half-day. This training can be done in two or three 2 hr sessions after school. The lab needs to have at least 10 Internet ready machines running either Netscape 4+ or Internet Explorer 4+. This training is designed to work with the teachers from one district or building so there is no limit to the number each can send but we want at least 10 teachers.
Diana Sommers
MarcoPolo State Administrator
Wiscasset Technology Coordinator K-12
Visit our web site at http://www.wiscasset.k12.me.us
MacLeaderhip
Thursday, April 11, 2002
Message From: Larry_Frazier@YARMOUTH.K12.ME.US
Subject: MacLeadership 2002 - A few seats left
MacLeadership - Since 1990 -
Our 13th year Mastering your Macintosh Integrating Technology into your Classroom and School
July 8-12, 2002
Each summer the Yarmouth School Department sponsors a Macintosh computer institute for educators throughout the northeast. The focus of MacLeadership is to help professionals use technology to improve teaching and learning. To that end, MacLeadership will take you beyond simply learning to use software.
The format for MacLeadership has changed to better foster technology integration. Based upon the Apple Teacher Institutes, Macleadership 2002 will consist of one day of hands-on instruction, a day and a half of various sessions to build your skills in applications, equipment and software, and two days of team project work with the immediate, hands-on instruction you'll need to assist your team in completing a project of your own design which you can use in your classroom or school. Teams can be teachers from the same district or any group of participants with similar interests.
The final afternoon will feature a "gallery walk" during which all teams will be able to see the projects of the other teams. There will also be informal opportunities to learn about wireless networks, saving to servers, Mac OSX, and Mac OSX server.
For more information: http://www.yarmouth.k12.me.us/Technology/MacLead.html
Apple Computer and other vendors will update you on the newest technologies. MacLeadership 2002 is an opportunity to send a collaborative group such as a team of science teachers, a group working on an assessment for a district, or a seventh grade team wanting to learn how to improve teaching and learning with the technology from the Maine Learning Technology Endowment.
Yarmouth has wireless networks in all buildings and uses airport equipped iBooks to access our network from anywhere in the district. We are offering special rates for teams from the same district, but all the team member names must be on each registration form and all forms must be in the same envelope. People taking MacLeadership for Graduate Credit are not eligible for team discounts.
The Site of MacLeadership and its Instructors: The Frank Harrison Middle School in Yarmouth is a state-of-the-art technology center with new Macintosh iMac and iBook hardware, OS X Servers, updated software, and an extended fiber network system which links classrooms, the labs, the library, the office areas, and other buildings within the district and the Internet.
For this institute, there will be over 100 iMac and iBook computers, scanners, digital cameras, and other hardware.
Instructors include the Yarmouth technology team: Cathy Wolinsky (K-4 Coordinator and National Semiconductor Global Connections trainer), John Martin (5-8 Coordinator and Presidential Technology Award winner), Alice Barr (9-12 Coordinator and National Semiconductor Global Connections trainer) and Larry Frazier (K-12 Coordinator and Apple Distinguished Educator). Other instructors and vendors will join us during the week.
ATM events
2002
ATM Summer Workshop August 19th and 20th
Orono/Telstar HS/Penquis Valley HS/Gardiner HS
The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development and the Preparing TomorrowÍs Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) Program are hosting a summer workshop on August 19th and 20th that will offer innovative ideas and methods both on how to make effective use of the ATM network, and also on incorporating technology via laptops into the curriculum.
This free of charge workshop will take advantage of the statewide Maine Distance Learning Project network, with presentations being delivered via ATM (asynchronous transfer mode). Information and ideas will be shared throughout the state, with receiving sites being located in Orono, Augusta and two other sites to be determined.
Monday, August 19th of the 2002 ATM Summer Workshop will highlight actual teacher examples of technologically enhanced units of instruction that are directly tied to Maine's Learning Results and demonstrations of technology integration and classroom management with laptop computers.
Tuesday, August 20th will focus on ATM related sessions that will illustrate techniques and strategies designed to take better advantage of the capabilities of ATM technology.
For more information on workshop session titles, or to register for the workshop, please visit: http://rocky.umeedu.maine.edu/summerworkshop/
David Patterson
ATM Coordinator
College of Education and Human Development
106 Shibles Hall
University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469
207 581-2507
http://rocky.umeedu.maine.edu/atm/Default.html
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Castine Teacher Leader Retreat - For Regional Content Leaders,
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