[RIMS CTAP] May 7, 2007

Mon May 7 11:17:48 PDT 2007

RIMS CTAP News
May 7, 2007

Recent stories published on ctap10.org:

* RIMS CTAP Emerging Trends Conference 2007
* Technology Funding Alert!
* Data Teams
* EdTech Classroom Conference 2007
* What's New at TICAL?
* California Earns a C- for Technology

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RIMS CTAP Emerging Trends Conference 2007

Register now for the RIMS CTAP Emerging Trends Conference!

Mark your calendars and plan to attend the first annual Emerging Trends
Conference, to be held August 8-9, 2007 at California State University,
San Bernardino. Join 250 educators in this hands-on conference,
presented in collaboration with the College of Education at California
State University, San Bernardino. Learn new skills, expand your
repertoire of integration strategies, and collaborate with colleagues
about the ways in which technology can support students.

read more: http://ctap10.org/conf2007

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Technology Funding Alert!

Microsoft-California Government Entities Settlement Funding Expected to
be Available This Month

Letters have been sent to school districts in California notifying them
of their share of the $70 million class action settlement resolving
certain antitrust claims against Microsoft Corporation. Each eligible
district may designate one or more people who are authorized to redeem
its settlement benefits for cash by submitting proof of its purchases
(made anytime between June 23, 2006 and April 13, 2012) of any brand of
desktop, laptop or tablet computers, printers, scanners, monitors,
keyboards, pointing devices (e.g. mouse or trackball) or any non-custom
sofware for such hardware created by any software publisher for use on
any operating system platform....

read more: http://ctap10.org/planfund/alert

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Data Teams

The Data Teams workshop is designed for administrators and teacher
leaders who want to become a site-level Data Team to support assessment
literacy at their school site. The Data Teams training is based on the
Data-Driven Decision-Making protocol from Doug Reeves and the Center for
Performance Assessment. Participants will learn and practice a simple
yet powerful data protocol and process to implement data teams at the
school and classroom levels. Classroom teachers, serving as data team
leaders, will understand their role to create agendas, monitor time,
listen, and help move the team through the assessment data protocol as
it relates to their grade level or department. Site administrators will
understand the importance of meeting with the data team leaders to
collect and analyze student achievement data and to discuss strategies
to share this information school wide. Participants will learn the
importance of safety in data dialogue, and some strategies to create
that safe environment.

read more: http://ctap10.org/data_teams

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EdTech Classroom Conference 2007

The 3rd Annual EdTech Classroom Conference 2007 is being held on
November 3, 2007 at Cal State University, San Bernardino. This free
conference will include a keynote speaker, sessions, student projects,
vendor exhibits, door prizes and more.

read more: http://ctap10.org/node/238

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What's New at TICAL?

A sampling of new resources that have recently been added to the TICAL
Resource Database.

read more: http://ctap10.org/node/239

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California Earns a C- for Technology

The latest California State Technology Report, a supplement to the 10th
edition of Technology Counts, is now available online.

read more: http://ctap10.org/node/237

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