***News Flash***
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Win a Netbook for your
classroom or a Flip Video Camera
Help your students create digital artwork, podcast, or video
about Internet Safety, (bulling, net etiquette, social
networking etc )
Use
resources on
Thinkfinity, or
NetSmartz or other Internet Resources to create lesson
plans that will guide your students to create an Internet
Multimedia presentation.
Post
your projects here:
http://sp.mdtechcenter.org/redline/WebSafety/Lists/Safety%20Contest/AllItems.aspx
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You’ll need a user name= archteacher & a pswd = sharepoint
You’ll be able to attach your file right on the form as you
fill in the information
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When you go to the website: Choose New, New Item and put in the
information ,as well as your attachment with the multimedia
project.
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You’ll be able to view your project as well as other by choosing each
entry and clicking on the attachment.
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Other rules:
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Podcasts or Videos
are not to exceed 90 seconds
Art work must be computer generated
The prize winning teacher (submitting the project) will
become guardian of the netbook computer or Flip Video (All
multimedia tools are for classroom use but where the
equipment is kept is up to the winning class/teacher.)
You may submit more than one project per educator/class
All
grades are eligible from pre-K through high school
Members of the Maryland Chapter of the Verizon Pioneers will
judge the contest and award the prizes
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Entries must be
submitted by Nov. 15, 2009 and awards will be announced
by Dec. 18.
Professional Development through MSDE approved Re-Certification Courses
This summer, more of
our educators took part in MSDE courses run by the Division of Schools to meet re-certification needs than ever before. Classes were
given in Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Frederick, Westminster, Emmittsberg and Harford counties. Sixteen courses helped nearly 300
educators keep their MSDE certification. Course evaluations confirmed the excellence of instruction.
Some of faculty offered courses with full scholarships to the
participants. We are truly grateful to Carole Duff and Marge Potter of
Notre Dame Prep, Kelly McDonald, of St Margaret School, Tim Wedra of
Teachers and Technology, Judy Robison of St. John Catholic Prep, Libbie
Kendall of Immaculate Heart of Mary School, Sue Lakomy of St John
School, Rachel McMullin of Mother Seton School, Paul Kellerman of Mt.
St. Joseph, Cathy Ellis of St. John Regional and Lisa Cohen of Maryvale
Preparatory
School.
All of these educators spent countless hours preparing and executing
courses to help meet the needs of their colleagues. A sincere thanks
seems inadequate for the service they provided.
Technology Showcase March 8, 2009 at Calvert Hall College, High School
This year the Tech
Showcase will be held at Calvert Hall College. Although there is
no formal title yet, the theme will be Free Tools for Educators and
Their Students (And other interesting ideas.) As always, we
will feature great projects of our teachers and their students. There will be keynote
speakers, hands-on workshops, concurrent sessions and poster sessions.
Plan on attending and encouraging others from your school as well. We'll
open proposals for presentations in October and extend the sign-up
date through November. I know there are many of you who could present
using the tools of Twitter, Facebook , Blogging, Podcasting, Video
casting, Google tools, Community Clips, Microsoft freeware, Skype and
Jing etc. I am hopeful that we'll have presentations on Global literacy,
cultural literacy and Internet Safety. Think about it? Please consider
presenting. Let your school and your students shine!
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Flip
Video Cameras must be returned
by Aug 31 or ASAP
If you borrowed a Flip Video Camera
this summer, please return it to:
The Media
Center,
Seton Keough High School,
1201 Caton Avenue, 21227
c/o Mrs. Julia Rogers
Or to the
Central Office,
The
Archdiocese of Baltimore
Division of Schools
320 Cathedral Street,
Baltimore MD 21201
c/o Dr. Carole Redline
Please be sure your name is clearly
listed on the return.
If you need to make other arrangements to return the
cameras, contact
credline@archbalt.org Hope you truly enjoyed the
camera for your summer exploration.
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Thinkfinity
This summer about 40
technology coordinators and teachers explored lesson plans
and resources made available through Thinkfinity ,
http://www.thinkfinity.org/home.aspx All who took the
time to explore were amazed at this important resource that
covers the best lesson plans and web links for teachers and
students from kindergarten through high school. Just as an
example go to http://www.thinkfinity.org/home.aspx
and type in the word Bullying and see what happens. You,
too, will be amazed. Then type in a topic from your current
curriculum. You’ll be glad you did!
National Bullying Awareness Contest for AOB Schools;
National Bullying Awareness Week is
week of October 4.
National Anti Bullying Week is the week of Nov. 16
Let's use the time frame between Oct 4- Nov 20, anytime
within that period, to launch a contest dealing with the
elimination of Bullying.
There are so many great resources on this topic for your
students regardless of their age. All our school communities
should be involved in stopping the problem of bullying
whether on the web or in the classroom. Every school should
be making plans to teach Internet Safety, which is directly
related topic. First steps involve discussion with the
students. Let the kids be the ones that shape the policies.
Consider having your students plan and run a program for
their parents.
The Verizon Pioneers, a National
Network of Community Service Volunteers, will offer great
multimedia prizes for schools who submit student work on the
topic of Internet Safety. They will judge, digital artwork,
podcast and vodcasts and hopefully, award Flip videos or
mini net computers to the winner’s school. Stay tuned for
more details during National anti-Bullying week. Start thinking
about this project now.
Podcast or Video broadcast do not have
to be long or complicated as this example
click here for a
podcast from Pacer kids illustrates
http://pacerkids.org . There are more examples on this
page:
http://ideas4us.com/resources3.htm For most
you will not need a user name or pswd but if you do, use
archteacher for your user name and sharepoint for
your pswd.
Involving our students in such a
project is an important step in raising awareness and
eliminating some of the problems involving this serious
issue. Please consider participating!
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ERate
As you know, even though you may have received approval for eRate
funding, you must continue to fill out eRate paperwork in the timeframe
that USAC asks. During the summer, you should have received paperwork
detailing how to fill out the final forms, Form 486 and Bear Form. This
is truly the easiest part of the process but one that some schools miss
due to summer vacation. We hope no school misses this critical step this
year. We owe a great deal of thanks to Julia Rogers, Director of
the Media Center for all her hard work in assuring help for our schools.
Julia has truly become an expert on the topic of eRate and is willing to
give of her time freely in the service of our schools. Her latest
presentation is available on
http://ideas4us.com click on eRate in the menu bar and login with
the user name archteacher and pswd of sharepoint. You'll find Julia's
latest presentation as well as many other resources.
Meetings for the new school year ((2010-
2011) will begin in November and continue in January. We will hold these
meetings at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. Because there will be new
requirements dealing with your documentation of teaching Internet
safety, the first meetings will be held from 9am to 2pm. We'll hold our
regular eRate meeting in the morning and give you Internet Safety
requirements after lunch. (This is a new time-frame contrary to the half
day meeting listed on the AOB calendar because of the New Internet
Safety requirements) Mark your calendar and plan to attend.
Nov 5th: At the
Cathedral of Mary Our Queen (9am to 2pm)E-Rate Meeting
(Form 470 SY 2010-2011) & Internet Safety Requirement
January 12: At the
Cathedral of Mary Our Queen (9am to noon)
E-Rate Meeting-Form 471SY 2010-2011
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Sixty-one of our school
have current technology plans that meet all the requirements of eRate.
These plans have been carefully constructed to address Goals and
Strategies, Professional Development, Budget, Inventory and Evaluation.
Plans must be update
d and approved every 3
years.
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Internet
Resources, Safety and Ethics Project
On October 10, 2008 the “Broadband Data Improvement Act” / “Protecting
Children in the 21st Century Act” was signed into law. For our
schools this means that elementary and secondary schools having
computers with Internet access must conduct instruction on Internet
safety including lessons on cyber bullying and appropriate online
behaviors on social networking sites and in chat rooms. CLICK
HERE to review the Children’s Internet Protection Act, (CIPA)
In the new school
year, all school systems must be able to certify when and how they are
teaching these important online safety skills. According the Federal
Communication Commission (FCC), certification must be presented when
schools apply for eRate in the 2009/10 school year.
To meet these pressing and important
mandates, the Division of Schools of the Archdiocese of Baltimore
offered three (3) train the trainer courses dealing with Internet
Resources, Safety and Ethics. Forty-five educators worked together to
create Internet Safety Programs to take back to their schools for
further revision and expansion by the whole educational
community, including important input by students. Much work was
completed by creating podcasts, video broadcasts, wikis and blogs.
Watch us work: get set to hear more about student led training and
participation. ISafe Materials have been purchased for all of our
schools. We’ll share how to get these materials and confirm Internet
Safety instruction in our November eRate meeting.
Archbishop Borders Class:
Collaborate for Safety and St.
John, Hydes...
Annual C3 Conference:
http://www.edtechpolicy.org/C32009/
Cyberethics, Cybersafety and Cybersecurity ( Internet
Cyberethics, Cybersafety , Cybersecurity)
University of Maryland, October 1-2
Mark Cohagan, Director of
Technology at Mt. deSales Academy, will represent the
Division of Schools
in a presentation about the important work begun this
summer.
Breaking News: Due to our work
in the field of Internet Safety this summer, teachers and
administrators of the Archdiocese of Baltimore are
invited to register
(FREE of charge) the premiere conference in Maryland on the
topic of Internet Safety. Please register with Dr. Devina
Pruitt-Mentle, not online, for free admission. The only
request is that you seriously consider your attendance and
not sign up as a maybe I'll go proposition.
Davina Pruitt-Mentle,
Ph.D.
Director Educational Technology Policy, Research and
Outreach
Curriculum and Instruction
STEM Initiatives
C3 Initiatives
(410) 531-3910
dpruitt@umd.edu
CyberWATCH Center
TOP 10 REASONS TO ATTEND
the 3C Conference
http://www.edtechpolicy.org/C32009/
1. A thought-provoking
opening keynote placing Internet Safety within the Digital
Literacy Domain.
http://www.edtechpolicy.org/C32009/.
2. A chance to hear
firsthand about legislative bills - current and pending, and
to learn more about the implications for educators, parents,
and students.
3. A chance to meet with a
broad range of cyberethic, safety, and security curriculum
providers who are available to answer questions and provide
demos.
4. Practical hands-on
sessions with multiple perspectives on topics ranging from
social networking, cyberbullying, identity theft, and best
security practices.
5. Participatory
mini-workshops that allow you to drill down further on
topics such as: Understanding the latest internet safety
topics and concerns, evaluating web sites and citing
sources, hot safety topics including sexting, cyberbullying,
malicious code pop-ups, to the hands-on practical security
need to knows and how-to's
6. A chance to see
firsthand new cutting edge interactive games/environments
that promote responsible behavior.
7. A chance to learn about
the many FREE state-of-the-art online resources.
8. Two content packed days
devoted specifically to providing educators, parents and law
enforcement with best practices resources and strategies for
promoting proper behavior in the areas of cyberethics,
safety and security.
9. A plethora of
resources, goodies, and end-of-the-day prizes.
10. Priceless networking
opportunities with some
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are i i -Safe is pleased to
announce that the
Archdiocese of Baltimore has
partnered with i-SAFE to
provide Internet safety
education in all K-12
schools.
An i-SAFE account has been
created for all schools and
individuals who attended
training.. Attend eRate
training in November to
receive steps to
access your new i-SAFE
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