October Meeting tentative agenda

OIT Computer Liaison Meeting
October 2, 2008
8:30 – 2:30 415 89th Street – 4th floor Conference Room

8:30 Welcome Back
9:00 Applying for Reso A Grants - Desmond White
9:30 Software Purchasing – Lilly Toback, Meizner
10:30 Tequipment – Lindsay Angelo
11:30 Lunch on your own
12:30 Learning.com – Mary Huff
1:30 OIT Updates - Professional Development Opportunities

2008-2009 Computer Liaison Meetiings now posted

See and register for this year's computer liaison meetings at:

http://www.oitlive.com/computerliaisons

Want to do a global collaboration project?? iEARN is accepting classes now

Hey all -- iEARN has wonderful projects for you to participate in involving global collaboration!! Please check these out and see if any fit you -- we'd love to see you participate.

2. REGISTER NOW FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF iEARN LEARNING CIRCLES. Learning Circles are highly interactive, project-based partnerships among a small number of schools located throughout the world. Two sessions take place each year -- September 30, 2008-January 12, 2009, and January 30, 2009-May 18, 2009. Learning Circle Placement forms are due September 15, 2008 for the September-January session. To learn more about Learning Circles and to link to a placement form, visit http://www.iearn.org/circles

4. EXCHANGE INFORMATION ABOUT UNESCO HERITAGE SITES AROUND THE WORLD. Join a project in which students explore and exchange information about UNESCO Heritage sites around the world. Contact Inga Paitchadze <ngo.siqa@gmail.com> in Georgia or see http://media.iearn.org/projects/heritage

5. VISIONS OF ME: SELF-PORTRAIT PROJECT USING DIGITAL MEDIA TOOLS. Students in different parts of the world design a self-portrait using digital photography, and manipulate the image(s) using a software such as Adobe Photoshop, or using available materials to create their self-portrait. Contact Dianne Shanian <dshanian@smithtown.k12.ny.us> in the USA, or see http://media.iearn.org/projects/selfportrait

6. ACTION! ANIMATING VOICES FOR CHANGE. Join the National Children’s Museum (USA) in a global partnership using the arts, writing and journalism to create an animated public service announcement or call to action in one of six areas of engagement: the environment, health and well-being, play, the arts, civic engagement, and global neighborhood. Contact Mark Wright <mwright@ncm.museum> and Skye Hallman <shallman@ncm.museum>, USA, or for more info, see http://media.iearn.org/projects/animation

7. WHAT MY COUNTRY IS FOR ME. Join youth participants around the world in sharing essays and perspectives on what their countries/nations mean for them, and what aspects they value most. To register, fill in the Teachers’ Registration Form posted in the forum http://foro.iearn.org/iearnforums/whatmycountryistome/ and send it to Andrew Polevik <p_and@tut.by> and <p-and@ya.ru> in Belarus. For more about the project, see http://media.iearn.org/projects/countries

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