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Troxell, L.A. – Charters, LAUSD & LACOE

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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.

Classroom 2.0 Seminar for L.A. School Principals

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 [...]

What is XGA, SXGA, WXGA etc?

Understanding screen resolutions can be confusing at first.  When you are selecting a new laptop/netbook, and document camera or a new projector/monitor, pay attention to the native screen resolution of your unit.  The most inexpensive models may be a smaller native resolution like SVGA, which as time passes, will be utilized less and less.  On the other hand, [...]

Document Cameras & Projectors: Cool Use #5 Science “Categorizing Concepts”

CATEGORIZING CONCEPTS   #5—————————————–

CONTENT AREA: SCIENCE

GRADE LEVEL: MIDDLE SCHOOL

The following activity can be used to introduce or review examples of science concepts in categories, such as vertebrates and invertebrates. A document camera allows all students to actively participate.

MATERIALS

- Document camera

- Projector

- One paper with the category names listed in columns

- Papers cut in small pieces with [...]

Document Cameras & Projectors: Cool Use #4 Health “You Are What You Eat”

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT  #4  ————————————-

CONTENT AREA: HEALTH EDUCATION

GRADE LEVELS: MIDDLE SCHOOL

Increase students’ awareness of food ingredients and percentages of nutritional components such as vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, protein, fat, sodium, and fiber by using a document camera to project the images of actual food wrappers.

This activity can be an eye-opening experience for everyone!

MATERIALS

- Document [...]

Grant Writing Ideas/Best Practices for Public, Charter, Private Schools

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. [...]

Quality Education Projector for under $500

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 [...]

Take Advantage of Inexpensive Tech Training with ITO Workshops at LACOE

Los Angeles County Office of Education offers some very cost effective workshops to help teachers and administrators ride the technology wave.  With everything from specific software and hardware products like Inspiration or iTell to Technology Integration Academy, there is a wealth of resources.  This can be a great way to keep aligned with the bigger [...]

LAUSD Computer Science program recognized by U.S. Congress

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 [...]

Interactive Display Table for less money?

Cost effective interactive display table?

CUE Los Angeles Technology Fair – Paradise Found

CUELA TechFair 2009 Los Angeles

Join us for Computer Using Educators-Los Angeles Tech Fair 2009 this Saturday.
I’ll be presenting a comprehensive “New Technologies” session as well as a “Tech Answer Man” session.

CUE Los Angeles Technology Fair – Paradise Found
Saturday, November 14, 2009 , 8:30 A.M. – 3:30 P.M.
Mulholland Middle School, San Fernando Valley

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