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Here’s an email from Angela regarding the Grant Deadline and details. As I understand it, the grant is not as complicated to apply for most grants are.

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DEADLINE: MARCH 3, 2008!

Important notice from the Aurora Public Schools Education Foundation (APSEF):

The deadline for the APSEF Educator Grants and Scholarships is Monday, March 3, 2008. Please read below to find out more information. The grant and scholarship applications will be posted tomorrow, Friday, January 18, 2008 on the APSEF website links listed below.

APSEF Employee Scholarships www.apsedfoundation.org/scholarships.html
APSEF recognizes that students are only as good as their teachers and support staff; therefore, APSEF is a strong supporter of furthering the education of APS educators. Through events such as “Savor the Flavor” and the generosity of corporations, APSEF is able to offer tuition assistance to APS employees pursuing education-related degrees. Click on the link above to learn more.

APSEF Education Initiative Grants www.apsedfoundation.org/grants.html
APSEF’s mission is to assist Aurora Public Schools. One way that AEF does this is by providing resources that support innovative classroom initiatives through its Grants Program. For the 2007-2008 school year, APSEF awarded more than $32,000 for education initiatives. Click the link above to learn about criteria.

Please contact the Aurora Public Schools Education Foundation at (303) 326-2042 for additional information or questions.

Thanks,

Angela (Hutton-Howard) Thompson

Have you updated Internet Explorer to IE7 only to find a security warning every time you reboot your computer? If you’d like to discontinue receiving a security warning during every reboot… you can download this compressed file, double-click on it twice to get it installed. However, if you do so and then find yourself longing for that level orange warning, use this to enable it again. Here’s the help-sheet if you would like more information. ie7-security-dialog.doc

Sandra Abu-Bakr at South Middle School found a great way to use the visualizer with “imagery.” During a demonstration to the classroom on imagery, the entire class participated in creating some astounding poetry. Sandra started by having students listen to poets reading imagery poems from poets.org. Next she projected an image from a photograph onto the wall for students to consider. Students worked in groups to develop each stanza.

Here is an example.

Block J Poem

I view the morning glow

And the seemingly endless rows

Of wooden boats

And the hazy peach, blue, and purple

The spill of red

In the sky

The smell of the fresh air at sun-up

Invigorates

I see the white seagulls circle

Their eeh-eeh-eeh

As they swoop down

Deep into the ocean

For fish

I touch the water

Inhale its smell, its lovely spirit

On my finger tips

NETS: Students use a variety of media and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences.

New and future Promethean board users met this evening at Fulton Elementary to learn more about how to use the board. Teachers taught each other how to apply the tools provided by ActivStudio. Future sessions will focus on the resources available for building flipcharts and how to create custom flipcharts.

If you weren’t able to attend the class, but are interested in learning more about using ActivStudio, here are some great resources that will guide you through everything you need to know about ActivStudio ( and more).

1. Notes from the class.
2. Resources from this website.

Homework Project

Project: Create and blog a flipchart.

Due date: The project is due 15 minutes prior to the 4th Session. 🙂

• Sixth Avenue’s class March 6th by 2:45
• Montview’s class March 13^th by 3:00

Objective:

1. Demonstrate your knowledge of ActivStudio by applying it toward the creation of an instructional presentation flipchart.
2. Post your flipchart to http://apscms.net/staffpages/pug/ with a brief description of how you will use it.

Steps

NOTE: These steps will be covered during Session 3.

1. Create flipchart.
2. Register for a WordPress blog. http://apscms.net/staffpages/
3. Notify Chris EarthTree that you’ve registered so that you can be added as an Author for the Promethean User Group.
4. Log in to http://apscms.net/staffpages/pug/wp-login.php. Click “Write” and write a brief description of how you will use your flipchart and upload your flipchart.
   1. Compress your flipchart (right-click on it and “Send To” “Compressed File.”
   2. Upload the compressed flipchart.
5. Post it (Click “Save”)
6. Be ready to share with the class during 4th session (Optional).

* = You can miss one class and still receive the .5 credit. Your makeup work is to take and successfully complete the “Level 1 – Foundation Skills Course – Free!” at www.prometheanlearning.com.