You and a team from your district are invited to attend a 21st Century Learning Leadership Institute sponsored by Arnold, a pioneering 1:1 school. This Institute is your opportunity to see and hear how Arnold's school is achieving academic excellence by putting technology in their students' hands.  Every student in Arnold has their own laptop with K-6 staying in the building, and 7-12 talking their laptops home.

There is a way to bridge the digital divide between students and school. A way to engage students and make education relevant. How? Research shows students with routine access to laptop computers score higher in writing assessments, demonstrate better analytical skills, engage in problem solving, and collaborate more effectively on schoolwork - all of which, ultimately, lead to higher student achievement.

The agenda includes discussion on how technology changes learning, the impact of professional development, key success factors, funding, and the digital tools today's students use to create knowledge. You will hear from how the Arnold school is currently using technology in innovative ways to make a difference, have the opportunity to see a laptop learning initiative in action and interact with students, teachers and administrators.

Cost of the program:
Schools are responsible for transportation to the Institute location and hotel accommodations. Apple will cover all meals and activities during the forum if allowable by your state ethics laws.

Who Should Attend?
School Presidents, Superintendents*, Principals, Curriculum/Technology Directors, Board Members, Teachers and other school leaders. You are encouraged to send a collaborative team of 3 or 4 people.

*Attendance at this event by a public official or employee may constitute acceptance of a reportable gift. Please consult your ethics official to ensure that no state laws, local laws or school district rules prevent your acceptance of costs associated with this event.

There will be a dinner at a local restaurant following the event on Tuesday evening.

To register please go to the following site:
http://edseminars.apple.com/arnold

If anyone has questions about the agenda for the two days, they can contact Nicole Badgley by email at nbadgley@esu10.org or via the phone 308-848-2226 ext 9

The agenda for the Laptop Community Schools meeting tomorrow can be found here:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0Acg_RKfwNJyeZGR6eHY3YzlfN2ZwNnYzNGhq&hl=en


Nicole

In this series we are featuring nine webinars on Marzano's instructional strategies. Each webinar will focus on the how to use specific instructional strategies in your classroom as well as technology tips and tricks to integrate along the way!

Each webinar is a one-hour session from 4-5PM.  A day or so before the webinar, you will receive an email with instructions and the website for the webinar.

There is no driving or weather worries, all you need is a computer! Choose just one webinar to attend or choose them all! These are great refreshers if you attended Classroom Instruction That Works this last summer! Even if you don't know anything about these instructional strategies, please join us and find out all the easy ways of engaging and reaching your students.

Summarizing and Note Taking - January 19, 2010
Reinforcing Effort/Receiving Feedback - February 2, 2010
Homework and Practice - February 16, 2010
Non-Linguistic Representation - March 2, 2010
Cooperative Learning - March 23, 2010
Setting Objectives/Providing Feedback - April 6, 2010
Generating and Testing Hypothesis - April 20, 2010
Ques, Questions, and Advanced Organizers - May 4, 2010

Register on ODIE at https://odie.esu10.org/

Looking for a pc school that is 1-to-1. We are looking at going this way next year and have some questions. Please email me, Emily Stoltenberg, at estolten@esu10.org.  We are wanting to know some of the following:

*What's the process of implementing
*Equipment needed
*Costs
*Etc.

Any and all information would be very helpful.

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We need to find a school that is PC and has the
contact information we need. The group at the ESU can provide us with the
names. Go ahead and contact the Service Unit and find a PC school that is 1 to
1. We can then contact them for the information (names, etc. to find out the
process, equipment needed and cost).

Posted on behalf of Abbie Ott...

Do any of the laptop schools in our area have students check in their laptops over the Holiday Break?

I have students that are trying to use Zamzar.com to get a clip from
the History Channels website or similar site.  When the go to convert
it says there is no file extension associate with this file.  Has
anyone had any success downloading video from this site or others other
than YouTube?

Could you please post what your school's policy is for food and drink in your laptop classrooms? 

I'm trying to find a way to do activities utilizing click & drag.  Any suggestions?

Posted on behalf of Abby Ott...

Do any of the laptop schools (Mac) allow iChat?  Any recommendations for items that we should be locking down?  We are ready to finalize our image...would like to do so today.  Thanks!

The minutes to the Laptop Schools Meeting can be found at

http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddzxv7c9_3g7tkjdcv