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LAUSD 2049
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Quotes "Those that don't make the move to "the cloud" will find themselves marginalized"
"If first base is current thinking and second base is extraordinary thinking, you can't steal second base without taking your foot off first", Steve Rosenthal, CEO of GAP.
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ANNOUNCING the NEW KLCS SERIES!
The Teacher’s Hour: Response to Instruction and Intervention
The first broadcast is tomorrow night, Wednesday, February 24, 2010,
beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Tune in to your local KLCS station to view best practices happening all
over LAUSD!
This Wednesday’s show features Cienega ES, Van Nuys MS, South Gate HS
and how they are addressing students’ needs through [...]
JIGSAW NOTES ———————————————————————————–
CONTENT AREA: ANY
GRADE LEVELS: MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL
Students can work together to write the complete notes for any given topic. Rather
than only giving a report verbally, a document camera allows students to
collaboratively produce valuable notes for the class.
For any Subject or Content Area
MATERIALS
- Document camera
- Projector
- Paper with subtopic headings listed and [...]
PROOFREADING ANALYSIS ————————————————-
CONTENT AREA: ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS OR FOREIGN LANGUAGE
GRADE LEVELS: MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL
Evaluation requires a high level of cognitive processing. The following activity can be used to teach a specific grammar skill, as a review activity, or to reinforce the value of proofreading.
MATERIALS
- Document camera
- Projector
- List of sentences with mistakes to proofread
- [...]
How do teachers integrate 21st Century technology into a seamless learning and teaching environment? … including interactive whiteboards, document cameras, student responders and countless other tools?
Register to attend an intriguing and informative presentation in the Los Angeles area March 23.
It’s easy to see the benefits of many of the 21st Century learning tools & techniques, but having [...]
Whats the big deal? This effort helps High School Students prepare for real life, both additional schooling afer high school and vocational readiness. This is opposed to simply delineating between college bound and career worker students, and hopes to utilize small learning communities to grow overall life skills for all students.
What is the Linked Learning [...]
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/01/arts-advocates-mobilize-to-fight-proposed-lausd-budget-cuts.html
January 7, 2010 | 10:00 am LA TIMES
A proposal to slash arts teachers from elementary schools in the L.A. Unified School District has stoked community anger and fomented a grass-roots movement to fight the cuts.
Facing a budgetary shortfall of nearly $470 million in the upcoming 2010-11 school year, LAUSD is considering reductions across the board that include [...]
Grant Writing Notes Dave Boller | Troxell, Los Angeles, CA
Grants are important than ever, and more competitive than ever. But they are there, and with some smart effort, you can win them.
Once you do the first one, you’ll be doing more grants. Get started.
2 Approaches to Begin
1. RFP Search in specific georgraphical or subject areas
2. [...]
Wow. Projectors just keep getting better and less expensive. I remember the days of three gun projectors that cost $12000 and more. Well, here is a new model from Hitachi, long considered one of the high quality leaders in 3LCD projectors, much better than those older $12K projectors, that sells in the $400-$500 range to education [...]
Only one in two thousand K-12 students in California took the AP test for computer science in 2008. That’s .o5% … much much less than 1%. Strange results considering computer science is more relevant than ever and remains amongst the highest categories in employment growth projections.
Urbans students may still shy away from computer science. LAUSD’s [...]
The recent fear-laden joke is: “Wow, we don’t make anything in America anymore … what are we going to do for jobs, sell hamburgers to each other?” But you may be surprised to learn that the U.S. still maintains the largest, most important manufacturing base of any nation in the world. The U.S.’s manufacturing base is over twice the size of [...]
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Mission We are witnessing a revolutionary change in education, both in teacher workflow and in the administration of schools.
*Digital technologies have reached a new level of affordability, interoperability and pervasiveness, giving educators and students the ability to collaboratively integrate:
curriculum,
the internet
and media.
*Progressive school administration has the opportunity to apply these proven technologies to better engage students and achieve school goals.
*Smart-schools.com is here to help facilitate best practices and connect education leaders in Los Angeles.
It's a truly great time to be involved in education!
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