The 33 teachers with a Promethean board will attend a day long training on the use of those boards. Before that date these teachers need to complete the free web training at prometheanplanet.com. You must become a member if you have not and you need to download ActivInspire before you begin the training.

Continuing Technology Education
Office 2007 LearnKey Training from Region 16
www.esc16.net/dept/isserv/insttech/distancelearning/learn_key.html
Start here and follow the directions.
Teachers should discuss these workshops with their building principal if needing inservice credit.

Breaking News from ESchool News                  2/3/2010

For the first time ever, technological literacy will become part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation’s Report Card, the test’s governing board has announced.Beginning in 2012, the test will measure students’ proficiency with technology in addition to reading, math, science, history, writing, and other subjects. The new test will mark the first time students’ technology literacy has been assessed on a national level.The National Assessment Governing Board has awarded a $1.86 million contract to WestEd—a nonprofit educational research, development, and service agency based in San Francisco—to develop the 2012 NAEP Technological Literacy Framework.
Board members then will decide which grade level—fourth, eighth, or 12th—will be tested in 2012.