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Apple Ted Podcast for May 21st, 2010

webmaster — Fri, 21 May 2010 20:50:54 +0000

Apple Tips & Tricks 4/16/2010

webmaster — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:00:07 +0000

Apple Ted Podcast

Technology Fair and Student Showcase

webmaster — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:00:27 +0000

The Technology Fair and Student Showcase is quickly approaching. If you haven’t registered to attend please visit the NPAECT website for the registration form.

What: The Tech Fair is celebration of the wonderful technology projects involving students from the Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit. The fair is free and open to any interested student or staff member who wishes to share what they are doing with technology in their school.
When: May 5, 2010 – 3:00 PM-7:00 PM
Where: Edinboro University – Frank G. Pogue Student Center
Cost: Free to participate and attend
Registration: Visit the NPAECT site to register

Study Island

webmaster — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:53:01 +0000

Grades k-6 now have access to Study Island. To use this educational tool, go to www.studyisland.com

Apple Tips and Tricks

webmaster — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:41:05 +0000

Apple Ted Podcast

Discovery Education

webmaster — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:39:50 +0000

Visit this site for some great education tools to use in the classroom.

Discovery Education

Wordle

webmaster — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:29:44 +0000

Wordle is a tool used to generate word clouds from text you provide.

Wordle Example

Have fun and enjoy exploring Wordle.

Website Banner Contest Deadline

webmaster — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:00:49 +0000

Today, December 3, 2009, is the submission deadline for the secondary website banner contest. All submissions should be given to the building Technology Advisor. All entries will be judged and a 1st-3rd place entry will be chosen. The 1st place entry will be placed on each school website for the duration of the school year. The 1st-3rd place entrants will each receive a prize for their efforts.

Image found here.

Thanks to all that participated in the contest this year. We can’t wait to see all the submissions and look forward to celebrating the talented students at PENNCREST! Look for the entries on the school websites in January 2010.

NPAECT Dinner Meeting – Your Holiday Gadget Wishlist

webmaster — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:00:14 +0000

The next NPAECT Dinner Meeting will be held on December 3, 2009 and will cover gadgets that may be on your holiday wish list for your classroom. Check the NPAECT website for the meeting location. The meeting will begin at 5:30 PM with dinner. The presentation will follow. PENNCREST has five (5) NPAECT membership passes if you wish to attend the meeting but do not wish to join the organization. Contact the technology department if you wish to use a membership pass. Remember, if you were an Extra-Mile Award recipient in 2009 you have a free membership to NPAECT this school year!

K12 Online Conference

webmaster — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:35:09 +0000

(Via the conference site) The K12 Online Conference is a FREE conference open to ANYONE by educators for educators around the world interested in integrating emerging technologies into classroom practice. A goal of the conference (among several) is to help educators make sense of and meet the needs of a continually changing learning landscape.

Conference Website: http://k12onlineconference.org

(Via the conference site) The preconference keynote will be posted online Monday, November 30th. “Regular week” presentations will be available for viewing the weeks of December 7 and 14, and will remain online indefinitely. Several LIVE events will also available during the weeks of the conference, and continue in 2010 through our twice-monthly EdTechTalk webcast, “K-12 Online Echo.” All upcoming events are listed on our conference Ning events page. Past / archived events are linked on our wiki, and also included in our “Fireside Chats” Ning group.

You can participate in this online conference synchronously and/or asynchronously. All sessions are archived for later viewing and use. In fact, you can browse and participate in sessions that were originally presented in 2006.

We hope that you can check-out the conference and all that it has to offer. There seems to be someone for everyone. Check it out and let us know what you think. Happy learning and sharing!