EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY NEWS
From the New Hampshire Department of Education
Office of Educational Technology
Date: November 4, 2002
Volume: 02.11.01

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IN THIS ISSUE

- E2T2 Application for Allocated Funds to Districts
- EBSCOhost: Periodically Updating
- NHSTE Super Thursday Workshops
- McAuliffe Share-A-Thon Presenters Needed !!!
- Math Resources Inc.
- Apple iBooks in 5 Packs
- Mac OSX: Free for Teachers

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E2T2 Application for Allocated Funds to Districts
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The Office of Educational Technology has released the application packet for school district allocation funding from NCLB Title II Part D. This is the first round of allocation funding to NH districts through the No Child Left Behind Act. The application document may be downloaded from http://www.nheon.org/oet/nclb/. The deadline for submitting applications to the NHDOE is 4:30 p.m. on January 17, 2003. First round funds awarded will be made for the period beginning about March 30, 2003 and ending on June 30, 2004.

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Periodically Updating
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The periodical database provided to all school and public libraries, by the New Hampshire State Library, is EBSCO. Since this is a change from last year and since junior high and elementary school libraries were not previously eligible for this service, the New Hampshire Educational Media Association (NHEMA) is partnering with the New Hampshire State Library (NHSL) and EBSCO to provide hands-on sessions. Librarians and library assistants are invited to the following locations to learn, explore and inquire.

Seats will be filled on a first come first served basis dependent on the number of computers available.

Course 262K ** November 14 ** Pinkerton Academy Library ** 3:30-5pm
Directions: http://www.mv.com/ipusers/pinkerton/Maps/PAMAPS.htm
Hostess: Marilyn Dent

Course 262L ** November 18 ** Sunapee Middle High Library ** 3:30-5pm
Directions: From points north and east, take I89 to exit 12, exiting to the west on Route 11. Drive approximately 4 miles to Sunapee. Take a right after the banks on the right onto Lower Main Street (flashing lights) and then a right onto North Road. The school is on your right; drive around to the back where the library has its own entrance. From points south and west, take Route 11 east to the flashing light at Lower Main Street and follow the above directions.
Hostess: Sandy Guest

Course 262N ** November 26 ** Alton Central School ** 3:30-5pm
Directions: From points south and west, take I93 to I-393 east just north of Concord. Take the Dover Road exit for Route 202. Take Route 28 north (approx. 17 miles) to Main Street, Alton bearing left. Off Main take School Street on the left (1/2 mile). From points east and south, take Route 11 north. Turn right onto Main Street, then left onto School street.
Hostess: Mary Ellen Ginnetti

You can register for any of these EBSCOhost Searching courses online at http://www.state.nh.us/nhsl/training/regform.html or print a registration form from http://www.state.nh.us/nhsl/training/regprint.html and mail or fax it to the New Hampshire State Library. Any questions, please contact Diana Degen at ddegen@library.state.nh.us or 603-271-2143.

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NHSTE Super Thursday Workshops
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NHSTE has announced a cancellation of the Super Thursday Workshop on Palm Handhelds which was scheduled for November 7. However, there are still spaces in the one on November 14 on "Outsmarting the Alphasmart" at Mastway School in Lee, NH, presented by Doug Hoff, a fourth grade teacher who received the Channel 11 Public Television Technology Teacher of the year award. For more details, visit http://www.nhste.org/Prof_Dev/prof_dev_opps.htm. Contact Anne Knight at aknight@nhste.org NOW if you wish to attend the Alphasmart workshop.

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McAuliffe Share-A-Thon Presenters Needed!!!!
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The McAuliffe Technology Conference planners are looking for educators for the Share-A-Thon. “The Share-A-Thon has been one of the highlights of the NH Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference for the past four years.  In 1998 we had 24 presenters, in 1999, 2000, 2001 we doubled that number.  The theme is casual, grassroots presentations on "regular" technology topics.  Presenters are mostly classroom teachers showing off their projects, interests and discoveries.  Attendees walk around and chat with presenters at their mini-booths (like a science fair).  The whole process is very comfortable and easy for all parties involved.”

Share-a-thon participation is compensated with a free day at the conference so it is a "win-win". This year there will be a double session on one day only - Thursday morning, December 5. Sign up and more details are online at http://db.concord.k12.nh.us/shareathon/

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Math Resources, Inc.
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http://www.mathresources.com/
 
The following information comes from the folks at MathResources: “Math Resources develops interactive software programs for teaching and learning math.  We have powerful programs designed to run on both computers and handheld devices. Teachers and students tell us that our programs are easy-to-use and cover all of the basic concepts covered in middle school and high school math programs.  Please visit our website, or give us a call at 1-800-720-1323, if you would like to learn more about all of the graphing, calculating and comprehensive reference tools we have for teaching and learning math in new and exciting ways.”
 

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Apple iBooks in 5 Packs
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The following information comes from the folks at Apple:
“Apple now offers 5-packs of iBooks for qualifying education institutions at a new low price starting at $899 per iBook. This offer not only provides a great price, it also reduces packaging. For details, visit http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/routingpage.html.
Also, the price of iBook Wireless Mobile labs have been reduced. $1,000 savings on 10­Pack+1 = $12,999 $2,000 savings on 15-Pack+1= $17,499.”

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Mac OSX: Free for Teachers
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Heard about the new Jaguar software from Apple? K12 teachers can visit the Apple site for information about how to get a free copy of Mac OS X v10.2 “Jaguar.” http://www.apple.com/education/macosxforteachers/. From now through December 31, 2002, qualifying K-12 teachers can order their free “X for Teachers Kit”. Check out the site for more details on this offer. Thanks to Steve Thissell at Pinkerton for the news about this one!

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Regards,
Cathy Higgins
for the staff at the NHDOE Office of Educational Technology

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