The documents and links from the 11/5/09 Statewide Tech forum are posted below:

UStream Recording: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/esd123

Google Apps for Education Presentation: http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dgktzrmz_49czm7stf9

Horizon Report Link: http://www.nmc.org/publications/2009-horizon-k12-report

Horizon Report Delicious Links:

Collaborative Environments http://delicious.com/tag/hzk09+collabworkspaces

Online Communication Tools http://delicious.com/tag/hzk09+commtools

Cloud Computing http://delicious.com/tag/hzk09+cloudcomputing

Mobiles http://delicious.com/tag/hzk09+mobile

Smart Objects http://delicious.com/tag/hzk09+smartobject

Personal Web http://delicious.com/tag/hzk09+personalweb

Olympic ESD 114, KCTS 9 and NCCE Partner to Offer PBS TeacherLine Online PD

Olympic ESD 114, KCTS-9 and NCCE have partnered to provide affordable online professional development opportunities in the state of Washington through PBS TeacherLine. 

WIN $100 – ONLINE SURVEY

Help us expand our offerings by taking an online survey about online professional development.  For taking the survey you'll receive a coupon worth 20% off anything at the KCTS-9 Online Store and be entered to win a $100 Visa gift card!! Click Here to take the survey. 

PBS TEACHERLINE ONLINE COURSES

Enhance your Teaching and Advance Your Career * Instructional Technology * Grades K-12

PBS TeacherLine offers more than 130 top-quality, graduate-level online courses for educators spanning the entire curriculum: Reading/Language Arts, Mathematics, Instructional Technology, Instructional Strategies and Science.

PBS TeacherLine has also teamed up with the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) to recognize teachers who lead the way in classroom integration.  The ISTE Technology Capstone Program consists of three capstone courses focusing on helping teachers demonstrate their implementation of the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS*T). For more information: http://www.pbs.org/teacherline/capstone-program/

FREE INFORMATIONAL WEBINAR

To learn more about how to bring high quality online professional development to your district, join us for a free informational webinar: PBS TeacherLine: Online Professional Development that Works.

When:   Tuesday, November 17, 2009  @ 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM PST
Hosted by: Jeff Allen, Director of Educational Technology, Olympic ESD 114
Register @ https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/342688523

For more information about PBS TeacherLine go to: www.oesd.wednet.edu/teacherline or contact your local ESD Educational Technology Support Center

Google is offering free educational lab licenses for SketchUp Pro. The offer is open to all Washington state schools and districts that make use of the licensing program set up with OSPI.
 
Sketchup Pro is a popular 3D modeling software that K-12 teachers use to strengthen core curricula with realistic visualizations that scale and animate quickly and easily. Google recommends a second free download of Google Earth, which makes it possible to model real-world buildings and sites, then locate them geographically.

Contact your regional ETSC Director or Dennis Small (dennis.small@k12.wa.us) for licensing information.

During the month of June, Thinkfinity is increasing the frequency of their FREE one-hour Educator Webinars (Awareness Sessions). These Educator Webinars will be offered every Monday through Friday, from June 1 to June  26, plus 2 Saturday sessions on June 6 and June 20.  

Thinkfinity makes it easy for educators to enhance their classroom instruction with lesson plans, interactive activities, and other online resources. All of Thinkfinity's 55,000 standards-based K-12 lesson plans, student materials, interactive tools, and reference materials are reviewed by the nation's leading education organizations to ensure that content is accurate, up-to-date, unbiased and appropriate for students.

HOW DO EDUCATORS SIGN UP?

Educators can roster themselves into these sessions by clicking on the “FREE TRAINING” link from any page at www.thinkfinity.org, scrolling down to “Educator Webinars” and clicking on the “register” link to view the schedule and sign up for a session.

Educators who participate in the webinars will be able to download a certificate of completion for a one-hour professional development activity after they fill out the brief end-of-session survey. They can also download the new Thinkfinity “21st Century Kid” poster when they set up their myThinkfinity account as part of the roster process.

If your district is interested in regional customized training on Thinkfinity, please contact either your regional Ed Tech Support Center Director http://www.edtech.wednet.edu/etscstaff.cfm or Anne Allen at aallen@psesd.org.

39th Annual Northwest Council for Computer Education Conference (NCCE) March 2-5, 2010 in Seattle WA

You are invited to "Capture the Magic of Teaching and Learning" at the largest ed tech conference in the Pacific Northwest.

NCCE is accepting proposals to present a workshop or concurrent session at the 2010 conference in March.


ACT ONE

Workshops:
>3 hours in length
>Presented on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - May be hands-on or presentation only


ACT TWO

Concurrent sessions:
>60 minutes in length
>Presented on Thursday and Friday
>Presentation Only

The submitting process is paperless and very user friendly.

Submit your proposal online at
http://www.ncce.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=830&Itemid=257

The final deadline for session proposals is Friday, June 19, 2009. The NCCE program committee will give notification of acceptance in late Summer.

Don't miss the chance to join Tech & Learning magazine for a
high-end, information-packed one-day event designed especially for
district and school administrators and technology leaders like you.
This is your chance to network with others who care deeply about the
future of education. Share your successes and address challenges in
an engaging and intimate setting, and leave with practical tools and
key contacts for continued rich communities of practice.

TECH FORUM PROGRAM OVERVIEW:

Keynote: The Revenge of the Digital Immigrants

Breakout Sessions: Open Source in Education; Bridging the Divide;
                   the Technology-Rich Classroom; Meaningful Digital Projects

Industry Spotlights

Roundtable Discussions

Mini-workshops: Cell phones in the Classroom; Wikis, Podcasts and
                Blogs; Web 2.0 for Administrators

Sponsor-Hosted Reception

SPECIAL THIS YEAR: The View from the Top: Visionary
superintendents share their perspective on technology's role in
school improvement and reform.

FOR COMPLETE PROGRAM INFORMATION, CLICK HERE.
http://archive.techlearning.com/events/techforum/west09/program.php

The new Educational Technology Standards are now available on the Grade Level Standards & Resources website at http://standards.ospi.k12.wa.us/.  These standards contain two EALRs: 

INTEGRATION

Students use technology within all content areas to collaborate, communicate, generate innovative ideas, investigate and solve problems.

DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP

Students demonstrate a clear understanding of technology systems and operations and practice safe, legal and ethical behavior.

The two EALRs are designed to reach across the digital divide among K-12 schools as they help prepare our students to live and work in a digital society. These new standards work compatibly, and practically, within the current teaching and learning environment.

Each standard is accompanied by realistic basic classroom activities that use very little technology – an internet connection and a PC--equipment we know is available in 99%+ of state classrooms, as well as activities well-suited to 21st century learning environments in which technology is abundant.

The new standards integrate the excellent work already established at the national level and are congruent with the multiple iterations of tech standards already in place across Washington state school districts. The new standards set the bar for operational proficiency and challenge teachers and students to use technology across all the core subjects.

“Technology should be seen as a natural extension and necessary part of the lesson to support learning in all other subject areas”. Educational Technology Standards Development Team, January, 2008

The Grade Level Standards & Resources website has become a main portal from which educators, colleges and universities, educational organizations, parents, and students access the standards.