New York DEN

Today, Long Island teachers will celebrate the third annual LI Technology Summit. The keynotes will be David Warlick and Will Richardson and all sessions are designed to be top notch.

Whether you’re attending the conference today or not, try to participate in the back channel chat by following the LI Tech Summit on twitter, or by following the hastag associated with the conference: #litechsummit09. You may also fan the LI Tech Summit 09 on facebook and view all of the conference session handouts on drop.io.

Attention Long Island and NYC educators!  Mark your calendars!  Western Suffolk BOCES will be hosting a Day of Discovery on October 6, 2009! Please see the attached PDF for more details on the sessions and how you can register for this event!

Western Suffolk BOCES - Day of Discovery PDF

Save the date!  The SUNY Oswego Department of Technology Annual Fall Conference will be taking place on October 29 & 30, 2009. They are now accepting presenters for the 2009 Fall Conference and registration is open.  Please visit their web site for more information.

Is social media a fad? Or is it the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution? Welcome to the World of Socialnomics. How do you think this impacts teaching and learning in the 21st Century?

Calling All DEN Members:

Once again, we have a chance to show how wonderful our DEN educators are.

Tech & Learning invites K-12 students to participate in the seventh annual digital photography contest. The competition, open to all K-12 students, challenges you to capture — and share — your unique vision of the world. If you have an artistic side, you also have the option to digitally enhance your photos with your favorite imaging software. The top 4 winners in each grade level (elementary, middle, and high school) win prizes and have their photo featured in the December Awards Issue of Tech & Learning.

CLICK HERE TO ENTER! Deadline: October 9, 2009

   The K-12 Online Conference is coming soon.  This FREE (we love free) conference is a great way to learn about new tools, see how other educators use these tools, and find out about new teaching practices.  There are archived videos to view and live elluminate sessions in which you can participate.  But for now, there is work to be done.

Do you have a great idea for a 20 minute presentation?  The K-12 Online Conference is looking for presenters.  Let’s show them how great the DEN really is!  You have until August 16th to submit your proposal so get them in now.

The conference organizers are also looking for people to help put the whole thing together.  No experience is required.  Just some great enthusiasm and a bit of time.  I know all our DEN members have plenty of enthusiasm!  Click here for more information.

This is a valuable conference opportunity.  Let’s get excited!

Are You Making a Difference?

Tell Tech and Learning how you lead by using technology in education. Enter yourself — or a colleague — in T&L’s 22nd annual Leader of the Year Program.

Click here to enter!

You inspire, encourage, empower, and give wings to others’ dreams. Now it’s your turn. Tech & Learning’s Leader of the Year Program is once again honoring K-12 administrators, technology coordinators, and teachers who use technology in innovative ways to help teachers teach and help students learn. We invite you to share your teaching, training, and managing success stories with our judges. Four finalists will win prizes, gain national recognition, and be profiled in T&L’s December Awards Issue.

Deadline: September 30, 2009

(From Tech and Learning blog)

The Capital Region BOCES and the AAC Institute are proud to announce
that the “Local Assistive Technology Specialist” (LATS) Certificate
Training will be held again this summer in Jericho, Long Island, July
20-24.   The LATS training supports our Priority Goal of ensuring that
all students with disabilities have access to a trained AT Specialist.

Please help us and take a minute to forward this notice about the LATS
Training and the attachments to your email networks, especially your
local CSE Chairpersons.  They or their staff may earn the Local
Assistive Technology Specialist (LATS) Certificate
in Basic Assistive Technology Services.  Admission is open to all
special and general educators, administrators and therapists
who provide services to students with learning differences ages 3-21.

The cost is $475 per person for course registration and materials,
computer lab access, and Certificates.  CEU’s are available at no
additional cost.

We will provide all participants with opportunities to develop a local
project for systems change that infuses assistive and instructional
technologies to address the needs of all learners in the classroom.
Emphasis will be on practical applications
in the real world of the diverse classroom rather than minimal
compliance with federal mandates for these initiatives.

For Course information, please contact David Grapka at DavidGrapka at gmail.com  or at 518-464-6348.

Are you new to wikis? Looking to collaborate more effectively with your community? Register below for an Introduction to Wikispaces online training session. Learn how to edit pages, add images and media, manage permissions and settings for your wiki, and more.

The session will be today, July 9th, at 2pm EST.

The event will be held in an Elluminate room. If you haven’t used Elluminate before, head to their support page before the event to make sure your browser settings are correctly configured.

Click here to register.