Tech Prep News and Notes

Birthdays!!
This morning I read a Blog post talking about how easy it is to tell someone “Happy Birthday.” Not only does it make them feel good, but also now they are thinking about you. What an opportunity to use the PLAN ACT data to communicate to students that your technology center is thinking about them on their birthday! For many you have their name, email and their birthday, why not send them a quick email in the morning, and you might just be recruiting them to your Career Majors in the afternoon.

Scholarship Banquet
Don’t forget about the upcoming 20th Oklahoma Association of Minorities in Career and Technology Education Scholarship Banquet, Friday, February 29th, 6:30pm.

To reserve your seat (s)/table, please contact Khanita Jefferson at 605-4430 or email khanita.jefferson@metrotech.org.

Perkins Act Policy Brief
From Achieve.org, a policy brief on the Perkins Act of 2006
http://www.achieve.org/AchievePolicyBrief_Perkins

The Knowledge Gap
An article that discusses the challenges of school administration in choosing technology solutions and the importance of the Superintendent understanding technology.
http://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2008/01/23/3leadership.h01.html

PREPARATORY SERVICES

Need Video for Class?
Have you ever been in a classroom and thought what a gret impact I could have on this lesson if I just had some video? In addition to YouTube and TeacherTube, you have a larger arsenal and new sites are popping up:

SciVee
SciVee is a niche site funded by the National Science Foundation
http://www.scivee.tv

The Journal of Visualized Experiments
Video journal for online research
http://www.jove.com/

LabAction
Video sharing site for Biology
http://labaction.com

DnaTube
Visual Scientific Resource
http://www.dnatube.com


PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Center for Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education
From Iowa State University, a school administrator resource for technology.
http://www.schooltechleadership.org/

Consortium for School Networking
A resource for those wishing to advance technology in K-12 Learning.
http://www.cosn.org/


ACCOUNTABILITY

Finding Your Way in a Data Driven World
http://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2008/01/23/3data.h01.html