Please visit our Technology Committee wiki to get information on how we are preparing our teachers and students for 21st century learning.

Input concerning what classes we should offer staff next year can be found under the Discussions tab within the Agenda Items section.

Click on this link to get the first edition of IT Magazine,  LPS's advisory publication created as a technology guideline designed to highlight great technology applications and important news for schools.  According to CIO Dan Maas, the annual publication "is not a technical guide, but a practical one.  As we seek to encourage certain technologies and pedagogical practices across the district we hope this document will give (our) school leadership good ideas and sufficient cost information to make good budgetary decisions."

Visit our new HHS Technology Blog at http://hhs-tech.blogspot.com/ There is an spot on this blog for teacher feedback on how the Innovative Technology Grant (having a computer and LCD projector in every classroom and having wireless in the building) has impacted teaching. We would like every teacher to contribute to this blog!

Visit our Reflections on Technology Blog for some technology musings at http://reflectionsontech.blogspot.com/

Summer Tech Academy - Come to our week-long technology workshop this June and learn about how you can incorporate services like blogs, wikis, Audacity, PhotoStory, iGoogle, RSS feeds, podcasts, Skype, Google Docs and Spreadsheets, United Streaming, and much, much more into your classes. The workshop will run from June 2-6 from 8-1 p.m. in the library computer lab and will offer instruction by Mike Porter, Heidi Dudley and Diane Frank and include a lot of time to get real, hands-on practice with the technology. We welcome teachers of all levels -- whether you are a first-time learner or an intermediate user who needs a little refresher. Sign up will begin in May.

Technology in Education (TIE) conference - This three-day conference at Copper Mountain (June 24-27) features  technology sessions in addition to exhibitors, a bookstore, wireless access, parties, prizes, software and hardware demonstrations, and the opportunity to connect with educators from all over the state of Colorado. Cost is $310 and covers the cost of the sessions, lunch every day and dinner one evening (not  housing). You can also sign up for 2 hours of in-service or UCD credit at the conference.

LPS will be offering 35 scholarships to the TIE conference beginning March 1, so keep you eyes open for this opportunity if you would like to attend. Registration will be on the technology page of the district web site.

You can find out more about the TIE conference by going to the TIE website or the TIE conference wiki.

Learning 2.0 - A Colorado Conversation - This one-day workshop on February 23, 2008 was hosted at Arapahoe High School and featured several workshop focused on Web 2.0 and 21st Century Learning. You can visit the CoLearning wiki site to get more information about the workshop and attendees' reactions to the day at http://colearning.wikispaces.com/