Announcements

= TeqSmart '09: SMART Board User Conference - Sat. Nov. 14, 2009 @ 9:00 - 3:00 pm =

//**Learn, Touch, Share**//
Come and be a part of the 1st Annual TeqSmart SMART Board User Conference. The inaugural conference will be a place where passion, experience, and educational artistry are shared. At this event teachers from across the New York metropolitan area will have the opportunity to network, and explore SMART Board lessons and ideas with other educators and professionals. Visit the Solutions Room where you can experience the new SMART Table and Generation 3 SMART Board, and work one-on-one with one of our Sales team or Instructional technologists. Join us Nov 14th from 9 to 3 at Goldstein HS.


 * Registration includes registration, breakfast, lunch, and chances to win SMART Products.** **Cost: $49.00**

**Saturday, November 14, 2009, 9am-3:00pm**
Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences 1830 Shore Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY 11235

contact: __lindsay@tequipment.com__

//Plenty of free parking available//


 * Sessions include:**
 * Assessment and Evaluation
 * SMART Boards and Web 2.0
 * SMART Response
 * SMART Notebook Math
 * SMART Boards and Students with Special Needs
 * SMART Student Edition
 * SMART Ideas
 * SMART Discovery
 * SMART Board 101
 * Planning & Designing Engaging Learning Environments
 * SMART Boards and Differentiated Instruction

**Location**
Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences 1830 Shore Boulevard, Brooklyn , NY 11235


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=**Promethean ActivEducator Professional Development Day - Sept. 3, 2009 - 9:00 - 3:00 pm **= = = P.S. 007 Louis F. Simeone 80-55 Cornish Avenue Queens, NY 11373 **** Date and Time Thursday, September 3, 2009 9:00am-3:00pm **
 * Location

Come join us for a day of FREE professional development to kick-off the opening of the school year. This voluntary full day schedule will provide you with a host of sessions to supplement your training and curriculum integration techniques using the ActivClassroom.

Participants will be able to choose breakout sessions upon arrival.
 * Session Topics Will Include** training skills for the beginner, intermediate and advanced teachers.

Breakfast and Lunch will be served.

Please RSVP via the following link: __ [|http://actevarsvp.com/event/a0y3000000036aD] __** A note about location, parking and directions: ** PS #7 is located in the Elmhurst neighborhood in Queens. Ample street parking is available. Local train and bus service commonly used are Q058, Q059, Q060 and more information can be found on the following websites: __ School Website: __ [|http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/24/Q007/AboutUs/Overview/Our+Community.htm] __**
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===**in July and August, technical assistance workshops have been scheduled for NYC high need schools and their nonpublic school partners wishing to submit applications for the New York State Learning Technology Grant Program for the 2009 - 2010 school year.**===

See attached file for detailed information:

SMART Board Certification Courses being offered this summer in NYC and LI. See attached PDF file for further information.



= ** Powermedia Plus- NO LONGER Free! ** =

During the 2009-2010 school year, the following New York public television stations will continue to offer EdVideo Online: WMHT (Albany), WSKG (Binghamton), WNED (Buffalo), Mountain Lake PBS (Plattsburgh), WXXI (Rochester), WCNY (Syracuse), and WPBS (Watertown). Each station will provide EdVideo Online via links from its Web site. **Effective July 1, 2009, WNET (New York City) and WLIW (Long Island) will no longer provide PowerMediaPlus to the school districts within their broadcast areas.** For more info: []

= **The Net Day Speak Up 2008 - opens October 27 through December 19, 2008** = We encourage ALL schools to take part of this survey and have a voice in national and state discussions about 21st century learning. Learn more at: [|__www.tomorrow.org/speakup/index.html__]

Participating schools and district get free online access to their own data - with national data to benchmark results. Conducted 100% through confidential online surveys - parent survey available in English and Spanish. Schools and districts register to participate and share unique password with students, teachers and parents. Survey takes less than 20 minutes to complete.

Lesson plans, how to guides and banner ads available to promote the surveys. National data results shared annually with Congress, US Dept of Ed, State governor's offices, researcch groups, associations and companies. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.