http://curritucktech.edublogs.org Highlights and Spotlights Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:33:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Have you ever found a great video on YouTube or TeacherTube and wanted to save a copy? Maybe you were planning a presentation at a location where an Internet connection was not available or was unreliable. If you are like me, you always feel better knowing you have the video ... http://curritucktech.edublogs.org/2008/09/07/saving-web-video/ 0815080946a.jpg, originally uploaded by pgobriant. We just finished up a great convocation. David Warlick spoke to all the faculty and staff on 21st Century Literacy.  His conclusion was we need to move from integrating technology to teaching the literacy skills required for students in this time. http://curritucktech.edublogs.org/2008/08/15/david-warlick-in-currituck-county/ 0729080818a.jpg, originally uploaded by pgobriant. Shanan Chappell taught a workshop today on integrating technology in the classroom. We had almost 50 teachers come out for the two days of training! These teachers came on their own time and they worked very hard. They were so engaged in their ... http://curritucktech.edublogs.org/2008/07/29/technology-integration-training/   0714081053a.jpg, originally uploaded by pgobriant. The Technology Department has been working to get the computers ready for students at Jarvisburg Elementary School. Here we see the new computers stacked and ready for imaging. The imaging process is used to install software. This ensures every computer is set up correctly. http://curritucktech.edublogs.org/2008/07/14/computers-for-jarvisburg-elementary/ 0709081416a.jpg, originally uploaded by pgobriant. We are delighted to have Kathryn Blades, our new technology facilitator, onboard. Kathryn is a certified media specialist and technology facilitator. She has years of experience working with teachers to integrate technology into the classroom. Kathryn brings excitement and enthusiasm for education that will be obvious when ... http://curritucktech.edublogs.org/2008/07/09/kathryn-blades/   0709080921a.jpg, originally uploaded by pgobriant. Students at Central Elementary are using the SmartBoard to program Lego robots they create. Ms. Leousis led the activities. Later, she will conduct staff development so other teachers can learn how to use the Lego robots with students. http://curritucktech.edublogs.org/2008/07/09/using-the-smartboard-to-program-robots/   0709080918b.jpg, originally uploaded by pgobriant. Ms. Leousis works with students at Central Elementary in Currituck County. The students are attending a summer technology camp. They are building and programming Lego robots. http://curritucktech.edublogs.org/2008/07/09/summer-tech-activities/ I had the pleasure of attending the National Educational Computing Conference, NECC 2008, in San Antonio, Texas this week.  This is the premier educational technology conference in United States.  Frankly, it was a little overwhelming.  I attended several very informative sessions. There was a panel discussion on online safety featuring several ... http://curritucktech.edublogs.org/2008/07/05/online-safety-dispelling-common-myths/ This evening was the opening session of NECC 2008.  The speaker was James Surowiecki, author of The Wisdom of Crowds.  It was a very interesting speech that made we want to read the book.  The subtitle of the book summarizes the premise, "Why the many are smarter than the few ... http://curritucktech.edublogs.org/2008/06/29/a-plethora-of-geeks/ We have just finished up our second maintenance weekend.  Our wide area network circuits that connect our schools together have been upgraded to 100 meg at each school.  Our Internet connection has been transferred to MCNC.  They provide a more direct connection to DPI resources, including NCWISE.  Hopefully, this will ... http://curritucktech.edublogs.org/2008/06/28/upgraded-networks/