Holy Myers sent this out to the School Librarians, but I thought I would help her out and send it to other groups as well.  Can you help answer her questions?  Thanks!
Susan Sandoval, ESU 10 Media Center

The Media-Specialists
Community - One to one computers

By Holly Myers

November 28, 2011

Hello all! We are looking at trying to go one to one with computers next school
year and we just want to feel out others to see what they are doing. Some
questions that have come up are: Does the school provide a case to each
student? Do the students and parents have to sign a waiver? What kind of
insurance do you have for the computers? Are the students allowed to take the
computers out of the building? If anyone has any advice, we would really
appreciate it. You can email me at holmyers@esu10.org
or call the school (North Loup-Scotia) at 308 245 3201 or leave your
suggestions as comments. Thanks so much for your help! :)

A collegue in Iowa (a former Nebraskan) is currently serving on her school's newly formed technology committee and is looking for examples of technology plans.  Would anyone be willing to share what is being used in their school?  It's a consolidated pk-12 district of approximately 1700 students, Adel-Minburn-DeSoto (not far from Des Moines).  Her email address is pmelroy@adm.k12.ia.us.

Elementary School LIbrarian

Hawthorne, Longfellow & Watson Elementary Hastings Public Schools Hastings NE

iPod Touch/iPad Workshop

September 22, 2010

9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

ESU 10 – Kearney, NE

https://odie.esu10.org

 
This Thursday, September 22, Lisa Pospishil of Norfolk Public Schools will be at ESU 10 to share her expertise in using iPod Touches and iPads in education as well as work with ESU 10 teachers to incorporate the use of the iPods/iPads into school curriculum. 

Teachers should bring an iPod Touch as well as a laptop (for researching and taking notes), and should have a working knowledge of using an iPod Touch and/or an iPad.  The workshop will not cover the basics of iPods or iPads and will focus on reading, although the material will apply to other subject areas as well.

Cost is $25 per person. 

When registering, click on the TASTE Workshop.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

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Graci Gillming 
Technology Training Coordinator
Educational Service Unit 10
Bus: 308-865-5664 X-229
ggillmin@esu10.org

 

The following website has info for grant writing for the funding of technology and links to other free resources for classrooms

http://www.edutopia.org/files/existing/edutopianews.html  

Greetings!  It's a blazing hot summer day and it's possible you are keeping cool inside the house, sipping on a cool drink and possibly checking your email.  I thought this would be a good moment for you to check out the new ESU 10 website.  We hope you take a moment and become familiar with it.  Although, I do want to point out to you for those who want to quickly get to the Media Catalog.  Scroll down to the bottom of the ESU 10 Home Page and click on ODIE Login box.  After logging in ODIE click on the Library link on the bottom of the left side bar.  The calendar is ready for you to begin reserving material for the coming year.  You still have a few weeks left of summer, so enjoy!

Hello TIS folks - 

Would you be able to help Gordon out with some names? See below...

Thanks!
Jason

From: Gordon Roethemeyer <groethem@esu10.org>
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 08:15:07 -0500
Subject: Re: Starting list of potential virtual school teachers

All:

Hope your summer is getting off to a good start although with all the storms and now the fire at LPS’s district offices perhaps things are a bit more challenging than normal.

I am circulating this email again in hopes of getting more names of potential virtual school teachers. What I mean is, if you know of teachers that have developed online content for the courses they teach and might be interested in more fully developing that content into an online/blended course that could be offered as part of the virtual school curriculum, send me their name and the subject/courses they teach plus their email address. To date I have gotten names from three people and have about 20 names. By sending me the names of teachers you are not committing them to anything. I just want to begin contacting them and sharing information and get their input. 


On 5/9/11 9:58 AM, "Gordon Roethemeyer" <groethem@esu10.org> wrote:

All:

Over the course of the next year ESUs need to demonstrate that a Nebraska Virtual School can and should be built primarily by ESUs and K-12 working in partnership with NDE, ISHS, community colleges and others. We all know of teachers that have already developed online content to supplement their traditional courses, for example, at NETA I talked to Jay Cercle, Don Kosmicki, Terry Shield, Jamey Bloehower, and Phyllis Wood and they all indicated that they have gone digital to the extent that they could teach some classes online.

I want to build a database of names of teachers like Jay, Don, Terry, Jamey and Phyllis that might be eager to teach one of two classes for a Nebraska Virtual School. We can then begin contacting them, and over the next year, help them with course development and ask them to submit courses for possible inclusion in the Nebraska Virtual School. Of course, a lot of needs to be done before we are anywhere near ready to roll out courses and fully staff a virtual school, but we must begin now with identifying possible teachers.  Will you help?

Please send me the names of teachers that you know are going more and more digital, using a LMS, and are possibly interested in teaching a course(s) for a Nebraska Virtual School.  I need their names, email addresses and the subject or courses they teach.

Thanks,
Gordon

If you or your colleagues would like more training on eInstruction equipment, check out the training material here on their site!  They have everything from videos to weekly webinars including ExamView trainings! 

Also look for trainings this summer at ESU 10!  they aren't on ODIE yet but we are getting those details worked out now in hopes of some July trainings!  Watch ODIE for details!

Please share this information with your colleagues!!! 

If you or a loved one texts while driving, this short video clip may
help save your life and the life of someone else.  Pass it on!  AT&T video clip



This information is also listed in ODIE/Library

Extra!  Extra!  NETA Room host needed for a BYOL session on Thursday at 2:30 called “Everyone Has a Voice.” 

You get a free NETA T-shirt for hosting.  :-)

Email me at ggillmin@esu10.org  if you can help.

Thanks,

Graci

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Graci Gillming 
Technology Training Coordinator
Educational Service Unit 10
PO Box 850, 76 Plaza Blvd
Kearney, NE 68848
Bus: 308-865-5664 X-229
Fax: 308-233-9066
www.esu10.org
ggillmin@esu10.org