LD8 Instructional Technology Leaders Archive

Local 8 Instructional Technology Leaders - News - January 28, 2008

From an e-mail sent Jan. 28, 2008, to about 250 Local 8 Educators.

Greetings Local District 8 Technology Leaders,

Please forward this note to interested persons at your site.

Topics in this note:

Events:

1. iPod and iTunes 2 Hour Presentation Delores St School Jan. 31, 2008, 3:30 - 5:30

2. SMART Board Presentation at 186th Street School, Feb. 19, 2008, 4:00 PM - 6:00

3. InfoTech 2008 12th annual InfoTech Conference, InfoTech 2008, Saturday, April 12, 2008

Leadership

A. CA Technology Survey

B. Technology Based Positions – Classified

C. LAUSDTalks - Weekly Podcast - Local 8 Schools Featured

Professional Development

I. Learning Zone Classes

II. LACOE Workshops

Topic Details
 

Events:

1.  Using iPod and iTunes in the Classroom

Thursday, January 31, 2008

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Dolores Street School

22526 Dolores Street Carson, California

presented by Carlos, Carson St. and Allan, Dolores St.

Sponsored by the Dolores Street Technology Club.

This presentation is free of charge and is open to anyone. There are NO salary points or any other type of credit being offered. The presentation itself is designed to show you some of the capabilities of the iPod and how it can be incorporated into the educational experience. Although a number of functions and concepts will be demonstrated, the primary purpose of this presentation is for the individual teachers to determine how iPod technology can best be used in their particular classrooms.

Persons coming early will be treated — starting at 3:30 pm — with a variety of “vintage” and current iPod commercials and related content. This opening segment is for entertainment purposes only… some of the clips are hilarious! The main presentation will commence around 4:00 pm.

Please RSVP to Carlos or Allan if you or any of your colleagues plan to attend.

Details and Flyer at: http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/District_8/tech.htm

2. SMART Board Presentation at 186th Street School, Feb. 19, 2008, Tuesday, 4:00 PM - 6:00

SMART Board Trainer Angela Folendorf will demonstrate SMART Board instructional techniques in 186th St. School’s auditorium.

Hands-on practice will be provided. Three SMART Boards will be set up.

The presentation will be on the current version, 9.7.

Any LAUSD employee may attend.

Registration on the Learning Zone is encouraged - a class has not been created as this is being sent.

http://lz.lausd.net InsideLAUSD account needed.

Program > U.P.D.A.T.E.

Districts: All

Keyword: SMART

There may be several classes listed. Look for the location 186th and date Feb. 19 to select the correct class when classes are posted online.

Walk-ins will be welcomed!

3. INFOTech 2008: Excellence Through Innovation

You are invited to the 12th annual InfoTech Conference, InfoTech 2008: Excellence Through Innovation, Saturday, April 12, 2008 at the Los Angeles

Convention Center. The LAUSD Educational Technology Group is partnering with the Parent Collaborative of the District’s Parent Community Services Branch and invites the entire school community to this exciting event.

InfoTech 2008 will consist of student showcases, student competitions, teacher and parent workshops and displays from a variety of technology providers.

Each year attendance, participation, and numbers of schools involved goes up. Last year, well over 2000 persons attended.

Register to attend on the Learning Zone’s homepage http://lz.lausd.net

For information on teacher and student team participation in Showcases and Competition or information on Workshops, go to

http://infotech.lausd.net

Leadership

A. CA Technology Survey - this is the CA Technology Survey usually done by ONE person at a school. Each year Local 8 is among the first to get 100% completion. Please expect a fax sent to the school addressed to the Principal with link, logon, and password details. Knowledge of what was purchased and salvaged since March 2007 speeds the process.

A letter to the principal is found at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/et/rs/csts07schltr.asp

We would like Local 8 schools to be complete by March 7, 2008. This would give us a week to sort out any problems with data or the system.

B. School Based Technology Positions - Classified

Here are class code descriptions on positions schools can purchase for technology assistance:

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERN, HIGH SCHOOL

http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/offices/personnel/class/class_comp/cds/CODE3870.htm 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERN, COMPUTER SUPPORT 3872

http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/offices/personnel/class/class_comp/cds/CODE3871.htm

INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE-COMPUTER LAB

http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/offices/personnel/class/class_comp/cds/CODE4495.htm

MICROCOMPUTER SUPPORT ASSISTANT

http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/offices/personnel/class/class_comp/cds/CODE2210.htm

Or, a school can purchase hours of labor from the Service Desk and be provided services when needed. Some choices listed below:

http://notebook.lausd.net/portal/page?_pageid=33,909146&_dad=ptl&_schema=PTL_EP

C. LAUSDTalks Weekly Podcast - Local 8 Schools Featured

From the LAUSD or Local 8 Homepages a “LAUSDTalks” links is found.

Currently, LAUSDTalks requires an InsideLAUSD login. Plans are to have LAUSDTalks publicly available.

Since the debut of LAUSDTalks, three Local 8 schools have been featured:

Week of January 25, 2008 186th Street Elementary School “Steps Out For Peace”.
186th Street’s Third Annual Peace March was held on Friday, January 18, 2008, at the school. The march was in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the commitment the school has to the Peace Games Service Learning Project which helps students get involved with positive campus and community changes.

Week of December 12, 2007 Washington Preparatory High School’s grand opening of its new Margaret Wright Physical Education Building is dedicated.  Board Member Marguerite LaMonte, Principal Dr. Gail Greer, and others presided over the celebration. Washington Preparatory is the first of several middle and high schools in Board District 1 to undergo renovation of fitness centers.

Week of November 28, 2007 Leapwood Elementary School was visited by members of the Los Angeles Galaxy Soccer Team for a book giveaway and reading session with students.

Leapwood is the official adopted school of the Galaxy Soccer team. The event was sponsored by the Los Angeles Galaxy Foundation, Wonder of Reading Organization, and Reading Is Fundamental of Southern California. “These organizations promote family literacy programs and a life long love of learning,” according to the LAUSD TALKS announcer.

The site provides a contact link to begin to arrange a LAUSDTalks Podcast segment on your school.

Professional Development

I. Learning Zone Classes

http://lz.lausd.net

The numbers of courses created, classes offered, and instructors available has increased dramatically over the past year.

Learning Zone is the place to find classes provided from most LAUSD Departments or offices.

For Instructional Technology specific classes, go the Program “U.P.D.A.T.E” and see:

- CLASSES - what is already available and scheduled

- COURSES - what has been written and could be scheduled as a class.

If your school wishes, it could select a class to be taught on site. No cost to the school for the instructor if 10 persons attend.

II. LACOE CATP Workshops

Workshops for the Spring and Summer have and are being developed and offered.

For details, go to http://ito.lacoe.edu/workshops/workshops_display.pl

LD8 - Instructional Technology Leaders - Sept. 21, 2007

Sent to entire group

Greetings,

This note is being sent to all Local District 8 Principals and Assistant Principals, LD8 Instructional Support Services staff, Directors, and teachers whose e-mails have been added to a list over the past few years. The total is over 400 persons.

You are encouraged to share this with interested colleagues or have them contact me with their LAUSD e-mail account to be added to the list.

A note is sent one or two times a month to the entire group. Additional information does get sent to elementary, middle, or high school sub-groups at times.

These will be archived at: http://ld8.tumblr.com/

Contents:

I. Grants Information Video Conference – September 27, 2007
II. MultiMedia Cart for K-5 Schools
III. Technology Fair CUELA/CTAP Region 11– November 3, 2007
IV. Service Desk Use Methods
V. Microsoft Settlement Update
VI. U.P.D.A.T.E classes
VII. LAVA Online Classes
VIII. Website Information
IX. InfoTech 2008, June 7, 2008


I. Grants Information Video Conference
September 27, 2007
Date: September 27, 2007
Time: 3:45 - 5:45.
The meeting will be held concurrently at eight locations throughout the District in a video conference format.
Any employee is welcome to attend any location.
The closest location with Local 8 is the Taper DELTA Center.
Directions here .
Flyer with complete details here .

Participating grant and grant information providers:
- The Riordan Foundation
- Arts Education Grant
- Physical Education Grant
- NASA Explorer Schools Grant
- LAUSD Grants Assistance Unit

All locations of the meeting:
Local District 1 Northridge Middle School Library
Local District 2 San Fernando High School
Local District 3 Baldwin Hills Elementary Auditorium
Local District 4 Allesandro Elementary School, Room 11
Local District 5 Hillside Elementary School
Local District 6 South Gate Middle School Library
Local District 7 LD 7 District Office
Local District 8 Taper DELTA PD Center Bungalow

For more information contact call the ITD Educational Technology Group at 213-241-3837 or contact me.


II. MultiMedia Cart for K-5 Schools
A Multimedia Cart including a laptop computer, LCD projector, and a mobile cart will be provided for schools with K-5 students.
Selected lead teachers will attend one orientation session and pick up computer and LCD. The cart will be delivered to the school. The intent of this program is to provide resources and tools for classroom teacher use. Also, to help build a community of learners and share best practices on integrating technology in the classroom. Funding is through EETT (Enhancing Education Through Technology). EETT funding targets improved student achievement through the innovative use of technology in schools, which is in alignment to the District’s Ed Tech Plan strategic goals for technology integration in the classroom. A number of orientation meetings are scheduled between September and November throughout the District. Taper Avenue DELTA Center is one location that may convenient for most Selected Lead Teachers.
Details:
MEM-3919 - includes orientation dates and intended uses.
Attachment 1 - principal identifies lead teacher and faxes document.
Lead teacher will register to attend an orientation through the LearningZone .
Suggested uses:
- classroom instruction
- professional development
- grade level instructional meetings
- lesson study



III. Technology Fair CUELA/CTAP Region 11– November 3, 2007
On Saturday, November 3, 2007, Computer Technology Assistance Project Region 11 (CTAP Region 11 ) and Computer-Using Educators of Los Angeles (CUELA ) will hold a Technology Fair for educators.

All comments on past CUELA events have been outstanding. With new user online capabilities this year promises to be another memorable and possible career altering experience.

Location:
Hawthorne School, Beverly Hills Unified School District
624 N. Rexford Drive
Beverly Hills , CA 90210

Workshops on Podcasts, video-editing, digital cameras, multimedia design are available at this event. Descriptions of each workshop online are here .

For more information or to register online for the event and workshops please go to: http://www.cuelosangeles.org/techfair



IV. ITD Service Desk Repair Request Methods
Good way: call the Service Desk: 323.224.2277 (not efficient for multiple requests)
Better way: Complete a WebForm for each computer or job
http://techsupport.lausd.net/webform.htm
Best way: a site person creates an account and submits requests for all staff from the Employee Self-Service Site http://techsupport.lausd.net/ess.htm (see the “click here” links on the page) The advantage with this method is one can go and review past requests.
An announcement is expected in late September or early October on additional services the Service Desk can perform for your school.

We are anticipating a list of services from the Service Desk soon.


V. Microsoft Settlement Update
Recommendations were provided to the Board Spring 2007 by the Local Superintendent’s designee committee. The LAUSD Superintendent has control of where the funds will be used at this time. The only spending has been on Secondary Read180 (as learned from an August meeting).


VI. U.P.D.A.T.E classes
Uniting Professional Development and Technology for Education
Professional Development and Salary Point Classes have never been so varied, popular, and available.
Course and class selection is found on the LearningZone http://lz.lausd.net Search under Program > UPDATE.
Schools can host UPATE classes if at least 10 participants attend. Other school staff could join your staff.
Possible Salary Points can be 1-4.
Below is a list of about 25% of the courses now available:
Online Classes. Usually the first and last meetings are face to face (F2F).
55.22.168 Online Creating a Supportive and Healthy Environment for Student Learning - BTSA Standard 18 
NA.21.15 Online - Integers, Brain Research and Differentiated Instructions
55.21.548 Online Using Technology to Model and Analyze Real Data in the Math Classroom
55.21.617 Online Powerful Projects - Project Based Learning Using Internet Resources
55.21.529 Online Finding the Best Educational Resources on the Web
55.21.634 Online Content Development Practicum Salary Credit
Face to Face Classes
55.21.620 Using Safe Internet Skills to Promote Research and Collaboration
55.21.586 - Scoffolding Higher-Order Thinking with WebQuest (BTSA)
55.21.585 Bringing the Tools of the Arts into Language Arts


VII. LAVA Online Classes
Los Angeles Virtual Academy provides:
- Online Instruction K-12
- Online Course Content Development
- Online Professional Development
- AP Classes by LAVA Trained Teachers
- AP Classes from outside source
- Supplemental online resources – now for Life Skills and Health – these could be in place for the Spring ’08 semester at your High School!



VIII. Website Information for schools
See notes at: http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/District_8/tech.htm#website
Contact me if you have any questions.


IX. InfoTech 2008, June 7, 2008
Each year InfoTech gets bigger and better. One of the most interesting events are the Student Showcases. Small teams of students and teachers have a booth and present projects they created. Last year some schools sent over 12 Showcase teams!!

We are looking for a logo for this event. If you or your students want to submit a logo suggestion, contact me.
A couple of past logos can be seen at:
http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/announcements/infotech2003/

http://infotech.lausd.net/2007/

If you have any questions, contact me.

Local 8 - K-5 MultiMedia Cart MEM-3913

Sent to K-5 Administrators, September 5, 2007

Greetings,

This note is being sent to Local 8 Elementary Principals, Assistant Principals, Assistant Principals - Elem Instructional Specialists, Directors, and Instructional Support Services staff.

Summary:
Announced on August 29, 2007, is Memorandum-3913.

Elementary schools will be provided a multimedia cart including one laptop, one LCD projector, and locking presentation cart.

A selected lead teacher will attend one orientation session and pick up the laptop and LCD projector.

The orientations are scheduled after school.
Taper DELTA Center is one of the four regional locations for the orientation.

Memo-3913 and its accompanying Attachment A can be found and downloaded near the top of:

http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/District_8/tech.htm

or located in LAUSD’s eLibrary (using InsideLAUSD)

Immediate Action items:

Fax in Attachment A (identify the school’s lead teacher)

Lead teacher registers on the LearningZone to attend one orientation session http://lz.lausd.net search for “Instructional Multimedia Cart Program”

Lead teacher attends Orientation Session and transports laptop and LCD to school.

Lead Teacher is involved with receiving a Media Cart delivered to the school by Arey Jones

Implement the Ed Tech presentation cart with the instructional programs with all the school’s teachers and support providers

Complete Details

See MEM-3913 for full details.

Questions
Please contact me if you have any questions.