Buddy has discontinued publication of the ETCetera newsletter. You may read the back issues on our site.
volume 2 number 8
April 2009
Dear Subscriber to ETC,
Please forward this newsletter and invite others to join this informative publication filled with upcoming events and current news!
On March 18, 2009, Buddy Project hosted "Green Connections," the theme for the 10th biennial technology integration showcase at the North Atrium of the Indiana Capitol. Students and teachers from schools across Indiana joined together to showcase their applied use of educational technologies.
Don't wait for school's end to plan a few hot dates at the BTLC! Check out the summer offerings posted at our web site. Be sure to visit both full-day workshops and multi-day institutes or camps. Multi-day sessions and "Build-Your-Own" camps are optionally available with one (2-day sessions) to three (5-day sessions) graduate credits at a bargain price (half tuition from Butler and IUndy) that you can use for license renewal. What a deal!
Looking for a way to increase family interaction centered on reading and literacy? Crawfordsville Community School Corporation's Meredith Nicholson School found a way to extend the school day into the home. Learn how schools across Indiana are using books, manipulatives and activities to promote family fun while learning at home.
It's not too early to start making lists of grants to look at this summer for the 09/10 school year. One such opportunity can be found in the Kids in Need Foundation which helps fund teachers who come up with innovative ideas to engage their students. The applications are available at the retail outlets of contributing companies. Visit the Kids in Need web site for all the details.
The Indiana Computer Educators is happy to make two announcements about the insurance settlement from the cancelled conference in January and the scheduling of a one-day conference, October 9, 2009. Read more about ICE's plans.
Remember the days of fumbling around with cardboard flash cards for practicing and memorizing of vocabulary, number concepts or history facts? Now, online tools provide easy creation, storage and exporting electronic flashcards for real-time student learning. Learn about these great web resources.
THREE new themes on environmental awareness have been added to our site: energy, reuse and recycle. Each activity offers suggestions for implementation at K-2, 2-5 and 6-12 grade levels, as well as adaptations for use in different content areas and are aligned to Indiana and NETS standards of learning.
Bookmark this web site to browse this summer when you have some spare time. It offers helpful hints about how to write successful grants and posts numerous links for various grant opportunities.
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.
The technology term, mashup, has at least two meanings. One describes media that is combined to create something new such as video clips from several sources edited together to create a new piece, or music from one genre remixed into another genre's form, e.g. classic to hard rock. A website mashup integrates different web services under a single interface, such as using Google Maps combined with databases or RSS feeds to graphically display crime or other statistics.
