Teachers have a variety of different passwords to remember and manage.  This podcast explains how to set a strong password and how to get help with password problems for the most common BCBE applications and websites.

BCBE Passwords Podcast

Registration for the spring semester of online PD courses is now open. The courses being offered are:

Session 1 – Starts January 23

• Using a Smartboard (IT-TEA-097)
• Teaching Language Arts with Technology (IT-TEA-088)
• Creating a Class Website with School Insites(IT-TEA-096)
• Using Moodle with Your Students (IT-TEA-048)
• BCBE Technology for New Teachers (IT-TEA-095)
• Digital Story Telling (IT-TEA-046)
• Teaching Science with Technology (IT-TEA-089)
• United Streaming - 4 weeks (IT-TEA-023)

Session 2 – Starts March 19

• PowerPoint in the Classroom (IT-TEA-090)
• Teaching Math with Technology (IT-TEA-087)
• Webquests (IT-TEA-055)
• Web 2.0 - Blogs, Wikis, etc. (IT-TEA-051)
• Project Based Learning (IT-TEA-098)
• Teaching Social Studies with Technology (IT-TEA-086)
• Using Promethean Interactive Whiteboard (IT-TEA-100)
• Search Strategies and Evaluating Websites - 4 weeks (IT-TEA-099)

Register through STI PD by searching for the course numbers listed above.

For more info go to www.bcbe.org/onlinePD or email me.

Here’s a grant opportunity from HP. The package includes:

• An HP Compaq Notebook/Tablet PC with Microsoft® Vista Business Tablet PC Edition with OneNote
• A multimedia projector
• An HP digital camera
• An HP Officejet printer, scanner, copier
• Photo book provided by Snapfish (www2.snapfish.com)-HP’s online photo service
• A $500 stipend
• Customized online professional development opportunities to support the use of technology in their teaching and support from a mentor with experience integrating technology in the K–12 environment

HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative

Exploratree is a free web resource where you can download, use and make your own interactive thinking guides. Thinking guides can support independent and group research projects with frameworks for thinking, planning and enquiry. They’ve provided a set of ready-made guides which you can print out or use online. All of the guides are completely customizable or you can start from scratch and make your own. You can share them and work on them in groups too.

Go to exploratree

IT Services is offering two sessions of online technology PD this fall. These sessions allow teachers to participate in high-quality professional development any time and any place.  The courses will focus on activities and resources that teachers can use in their classrooms immediately. 

Each week during the length of the course,  participants will be  presented  information  online and asked to complete a short online activity.  You should expect to spend approximately one hour per week on the course activities so you’ll receive 6 hours of PD credit (four hours of PD credit are awarded for the 4-week courses).

For additional information check out the online flier.