Call Notification Service 08-09 School Year

We're pleased to announce that we will be implementing a new call notification service to all staff and parents for the 08-09 school year for school closures and delays. This service will improve the notification times district-wide when announcements need to be made about snow days, etc.

E-Tech Technology Conference

If you'd like to attend the Ohio eTech Statewide technology conference in Columbus please notify me by Friday 1/11/08. We only have a few spots left to attend. This is the largest (and best) technology conference in the state.

February 4-6 - Columbus Convention Center

**Features 300 concurrent sessions** (Something for everyone)

Teacher and Student displays

Experience New Technology Items

Vendor Exhibits

I will pay for conference registration and mileage. Lunch is provided at the conference. Please notify me if you'd like to attend and I'll take care of the registration process.

You can find more information online including a calendar at eTech's web site:

http://www.etech.ohio.gov/conference/

New Online Courses Available

Clermont County ESC is offering 15 online based courses for Winter term (Jan 28- April 25 2008). Please contact me if you'd like to be registered for a particular course. There is some professional development grant money for use with this type of training.

You can find more information by clicking the following

link:

1. Teaching with Smart Interactive Boards
   
2. Best Practices in Technology Integration
   
3. Content Area Literacy
   
4. Problem-Based Learning Math
   
5. Across the Curriculum Video Conferencing
   
6. Teaching Geometry
   
7. Connecting Real World Issues to the Curriculum
   
8. Classroom Interventions
   
9. Geometer's Sketchpad
   
10. Differentiating Instruction
    

http://www.ccesc.org/ccesc2002/technology/technology_online_courses.htm