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New Jersey Association for Educational Technology

NJAET News - March 26, 2007

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Spring has sprung! It's a time for new beginnings. Plan now for your 2007 professional growth and development.

IN THIS ISSUE

• Technologist of the Year 2007
• NECC Conference
• Call for Presenters - NJAET Annual Fall Conference
• NJAET Journal - Upcoming Themes
• NJAET Blog
• Spring General Membership Meeting
• Toyota International Teacher Program
• Webinar Plans
• From My Classroom to Yours

Last call for nominating someone for Technologist of the Year - the deadline is April 1, 2007. The Technologist of the Year Flyer for the 2007 awards program is available on the NJAET website in PDF format. Who do you know who might be eligible to win this award, maybe even yourself? Check out the online guidelines and application form for this program and put on your thinking cap.

Are you planning to attend the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) in Atlanta in June? If so, you can save quite a bit on registration because NJAET is an ISTE affiliate. Remember to include NJAET as your affiliation when you register.

The discount registration for NJAET members is $225, or $155 if you are also an ISTE member, through April 27, 2007. After that, regular conference rates apply. (Non-member rate after April 27 is $310.)

The 2007 Annual Fall Conference, Creating e-Magic, will be held on Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at Georgian Court University in Lakewood, New Jersey. Plan now to attend or present at this conference. The Call for Presenters is open and potential presenters can fill out an Online Presenter Sign-up Form on the NJAET Website.

Spring - The next issue, coming out in April, will be a special issue with content provided by teachers in Linwood.

Summer - The summer issue will focus on Web 2 and other powerful educational resources on the Web. We hope to include information from our members in this issue.

Fall - Creating eMagic is the theme for the fall issue. The focus will be on ways to use technology to make learning come alive. This dovetails with our conference so we hope some of our presenters will provide some of the articles for the fall issue.

Winter '08 - It may be hard to think of winter '08 when we've just finished winter '07, but we have a theme for that issue too -- eInclusion or ways that all students can benefit from technology. We'd love to have some articles or tidbits from members for this one too.

Whether you have an article, a tip, or an idea to be included in one (or more) of these issues, we'd love to have your input. Contact Dave Cochran at DavidC99@aol.com for more information or to submit copy.

How can we help students develop the visual literacy skills needed by 21st century learners? Join Cathy Grimaldi on the NJAET Blog during April and share information on this topic.

Do you have a possible blog topic for the future? Let us know.

Members are invited to attend the May NJAET Executive Board meeting to meet the winner of the Technologist of the Year Award and to vote on changes to the NJAET Constitution and Bylaws. More details and information on registering for this meeting, which includes dinner, will be available in the next edition of NJAET News.

The Toyota International Teacher Program, now in its ninth year, is open to full-time secondary school classroom teachers in grades 7-12, all subjects, in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

• The Galapagos visit is scheduled for October 2007 and the application deadline for this visit is April 23, 2007.
• The visit to Costa Rica is scheduled for March 2008. Application for the Costa Rica visit will be available early in April and the deadline for applying is mid-June 2007.
• The Japan visit is scheduled for June 2008. Applications for this program will be available in October 2007 with a deadline of early January 2008.

For further information, visit the Toyota International Teacher Program at http://www.iie.org/Template.cfm?&Template=/programs/toyota/default.htm

A webinar on using Adobe software applications, in the classroom, for lessons, and for student projects is tentatively planned for the week of April 22nd. We're looking at Tuesday, April 24; Wednesday, April 25; or Thursday, April 26th from 4:00 - 5:00 pm for this training. Final details will announced on the NJAET Website and in the next NJAET News.

The Southern Regional Institute (SRI) and ETTC invites you to join them at the 7th Annual “From My Classroom to Yours” Conference on the campus of Richard Stockton College of New Jersey - Wednesday, May 9, 2007.

Are you interested in presenting for us at this year’s conference? Visit http://www.ettc.net/conference/index.htm and “Register to Present”

Register to Attend the Conference by visiting the conference website at http://www.ettc.net/conference.

Further information on this conference can be found in the March 1 issue of NJAET News on the NJAET Website and at http://www.ettc.net/conference.

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Previous issues of the NJAET News are online on the NJAET Website.