The document discusses E-rate, a program that provides discounts for telecommunication services, internet access, internal connections, and basic maintenance to eligible schools and libraries. To receive funding, schools must apply, be approved, and develop a technology plan. The plan's goal is to improve learning efficiency and provide technology skills to students and teachers. Objectives include staff development, integrating technology into classrooms, and promoting its use. Strategies involve training, modeling lessons, and utilizing various educational software programs. Overall, the campus technology plan has made considerable progress towards its goals and objectives.
A presentation of principles that can be used to help build networking missions infrastructures within the social media to leverage affinity based personal and corporate missions programming.
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Last Wednesday night we celebrated our 10-year anniversary with a dinner to which we’d invited Board members and people who have supported us: donors, NGOs, editors, reviewers, etc. We would have liked to have had a huge event to celebrate with—and thank—the many people around the world we have worked with during this time, but to keep carbon emissions low, we kept it local.
So, 45 of us gathered at Nora’s restaurant, America’s first certified organic restaurant, for a lovely evening of great food and great conversation.
During the reception we showed a PowerPoint to provide a sense of the scope of our work these past ten years, as well as highlighting some of the important people who have contributed so significantly.
Our thanks to you, our readers, and to all who help to get the Plan B message out.
A presentation of principles that can be used to help build networking missions infrastructures within the social media to leverage affinity based personal and corporate missions programming.
Presentation for the Florida Educators Technology Conference - 2009. Presented the shift of education towards Web 2.0 technologies and how that can impact the classroom for positive educational gain.
Last Wednesday night we celebrated our 10-year anniversary with a dinner to which we’d invited Board members and people who have supported us: donors, NGOs, editors, reviewers, etc. We would have liked to have had a huge event to celebrate with—and thank—the many people around the world we have worked with during this time, but to keep carbon emissions low, we kept it local.
So, 45 of us gathered at Nora’s restaurant, America’s first certified organic restaurant, for a lovely evening of great food and great conversation.
During the reception we showed a PowerPoint to provide a sense of the scope of our work these past ten years, as well as highlighting some of the important people who have contributed so significantly.
Our thanks to you, our readers, and to all who help to get the Plan B message out.
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Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
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2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
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Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
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E-rate and the Campus Technology Presentation
1. E-rate and Campus Technology E-rate—What is it and why is it important? And the Campus Technology Plan
2. E-rate. . . Also known as the Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund
3. What does it do? The Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund makes discounts available to eligible schools and libraries for technological resources.
4. Why is it important? Makes the following affordable to schools and libraries: Telecommunication services Internet access Internal connections
5. How it works… Schools or Libraries must apply and be approved to receive discounts Once approved, schools or libraries must provide additional resources including end-user equipment, software, etc.
6. Necessary Steps: Determine Eligibility Develop a Technology Plan Open a Competitive Bidding Process Select a Service Provider Calculate the Discount Level Determine Your Eligible Services Submit Your Application for Support Undergo Application Review Receive Your Funding Decision Begin Receipt of Services Invoice USAC
7. Eligibility Requirements: Schools must provide elementary or secondary education May be public or private Must operate as non-profit business Cannot have an endowment exceeding $50 million
9. Funding supplied: Funding is supplied under four categories: Telecommunications services Internet access Internal connections Basic maintenance
10. How to learn more… Visit : Schools and Libraries Program of USAC
11. Campus Technology Plan Goal: Provide current, proven technology to improve the efficiency of learning and provide technological knowledge and skills to students and teachers
12. Main Objectives: Provide on-going staff development for all staff members in technology skill development and technology integration Work with campus staff promoting technology through integration of instruction in classroom and computer lab to help students master Technology TEKS
13. Strategies to help staff: Conduct needs assessments Provide support to teachers Offer computer staff development Ensure computers/internet working STaR assessment Offer different trainings at different levels Offer technology grant opportunities
14. Strategies to help staff: (cont.) Introductions to new hardware/software Provide training as needed Appraisal documentation kept online Providing necessary training
15. Promoting Technology: Utilize computer connected televisions and projectors Lessons modeled by Campus Technology Specialist Teachers encouraged to submit lessons Teachers trained on various programs such as Tumblebooks, Discovery Learning, IXL, Brainchild, BrainPop, etc.
16. Campus Technology Summary: Almost all the objectives have considerable progress or have been accomplished under each goal There are few areas of each objective that only have some progress
