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volume 1 number 6
March 2008
Dear Subscriber to ETC,
Please forward this newsletter and invite others to join this informative newsletter filled with upcoming events and current news!
Senator David Ford, who died on March 5, 2008, is a treasured "Buddy," having actively served on the Corporation for Educational Technology's Board of Directors for many years. David, a champion for educational technology in the Indiana Senate, will be sorely missed by all Indiana educators striving for excellence in our schools through effective technology deployment and integration. The Buddy Teaching and Learning Center has named its main seminar room in Senator Ford's honor for his many contributions toward improved teaching and learning with technology.
Project-based learning and problem-based learning both encompass a student-driven environment of exploring information for a product or solution to a problem. Technology is a useful component for organizing, researching and presenting the project or solution. Learn how some Indianapolis Public School students have developed projects and solutions for community-related problems with pride.
$300 mini-grants will be available to camp participants! A total of twenty mini-grants will be made available to public school camp participants to support materials acquisition as well as miscellaneous development expenses. You must attend a camp and complete a short grant application to qualify. Read more about this grant opportunity and register today!
There is an exciting competition run by Google that may be of interest to Indiana students. It's called Doodle 4 Google, and it offers students all over the country the chance to redesign the Google logo, and perhaps have their artwork viewed by people all over the world.
If you are considering an online course to add graduate credits or CRU's to your professional vitae, give www.pbs.org/teacherline a look. Over 130 courses covering best practice across specific disciplines, as well as up-to-date strategies and methodologies for teachers K-12 are available. Most valuable is the two-hour free orientation course that guides the perspective student through the skills necessary for navigating the site, resources available to successfully complete assignments, and strategies to help maximize the participation with the online learning community.
A limited number of Buddy sponsored Camp PBL mini-grants ($1,000 each) are available to licensed Indiana public school teachers. Spend a week planning, managing, implementing, documenting, and assessing quality PBL experiences. Available for university credit! Read more about this PBL grant and register today!
Join the Fun! Earn Credit! Announcing several summer camps at the Buddy Technology Learning Center. Visit the BTLC homepage, then select the "Camp" box on the right-hand side to register for a summer camp. Select one of the following links and register today!
Mark your calendars now for the annual Indiana Computer Educators' Conference. It will be held at the Indianapolis Convention Center on January 27, 28 and 29. Exciting changes are in store for everyone. Note the conference is Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next year and will include Workshops, Concurrent sessions, Success Showcase presentations, Mini-Lab activities and Exhibitors on both Wednesday and Thursday. Watch for interesting news about this conference at the ICE Conference website.
INCOLSA has a new program that makes it easy for teachers to obtain high-quality professional development-no matter where they're located. INCOLSA has partnered with ed2go to offer hundreds of online, instructor-facilitated courses, many of which are eligible for CRUs through the ILearnIndiana.net web site. For more information, read this short informational article on the BuddyProject.org web site.
Teachers have found a way to help them track down information that is not only appropriate but provides a safe environment for their students. Learn more about this award winning site!
Need ideas for integrating writing into your curriculum? Want to explore project-based learning, but not sure how? Head over to the Writing Site and check out the Spring issue featuring ready-to-use writing activities, teacher-tested projects and a wealth of resources for your classroom. Download your copy now!
INDIANAPOLIS (March 3, 2008) - Governor Daniels today announced a new state award to recognize Indiana's top high school talent in math and science. The Hoosier High School Math and Science Awards will be given each year to the state's best high school math student and best science student.
Articles appearing in the ETC...and More! newsletter are published by the Buddy
Project
(Corporation for Educational Technology), in
collaboration with the Hoosier
Educational Computer
Coordinators (HECC),
Indiana Computer Educators (ICE),
the Indiana Department of
Education, and Promoting Achievement through Technology and INstruction for all Students (PATINS).
Send your ideas for stories, school project write-ups, and/or suggestions to Rex Church, et cetera editor, Rex Church.
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