Digital Learning Day, February 6, 2013, is a national celebration of teachers that shines a spotlight on successful instructional technology practice in classrooms across the country. Add your voice and expertise to tens of thousands of educators representing nearly 2 million students in ongoing activities, idea sharing, and collaboration leading up to the big event. Mark your calendar for February 6, 2013 and join the wave of innovation sweeping through our nation’s schools. Participation is free and easy.

Click for more information about Digitial Learning Day, Feb. 6, 2013.

Project Tomorrow has already registered Arizona schools to participate, all you have to do is encourage your students, teachers, parents and administrators to go online and take the 20 minute survey at: http://www.speakup4schools.org/speakup2012/ using the password su4az. Listen to a pre-recorded webinar on how to participate.

https://student.gototraining.com/r/8274547724321514240.

Did you know that all of the Intel Teach Element online courses are aligned to Arizona’s Common Core Standards?  Learn about each of the courses and the Common Core connections in each. You will hear from those who have taken and/or facilitated the courses. You will also learn how to register for the facilitated Intel Teach courses.

The courses include:
Project-Based Approaches
Assessment in the 21st Century
Collaboration in the Digital Classroom
Thinking Critically with Data
Educational Leadership in the 21st Century

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the training.

 Arizona Summit 2012 

June 18 & 19, 2012

 We invite you to the first annual AZTEA Google Apps for Education Arizona Summit to be held at the Pendergast Learning Center on June 18 & 19, 2012. This high intensity two day event focuses on deploying, integrating and using Google Apps for Education to promote student learning in K-12 and higher education. 

 Register now to send teachers, administrators, tech directors, library media specialists, tech support staff, CTOs, and anyone who is interested in finding out more about leveraging Google Apps for Education to support student learning.

Details

Location:                    PENDERGAST LEARNING CENTER  CONFERENCE ROOMS
                                           3841 N. 91st Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85037

Times:                         9:00am – 4:00pm

 Register at:                 www.tinyurl.com/azteagoogle

 Member price:            $199

 Non-Member price:    $250

 This 2 day seminar will investigate many FREE Google educational application tools. Bring your laptop or mobile device and “dive in”! We encourage folks to bring their own “cellular (MiFi) hotspot” if possible.

 Seating Limited. Sign up EARLY to secure your spot!

IDEAL is now back online.   

Thank you for your continued support and usage of the IDEAL website over the last several years. That’s why we wanted to let you know about some important scheduled changes. In order to have more direct oversight over IDEAL and the services this website provides, we will be moving the website, content and platform from Arizona State University (ASU) to ADE beginning mid-June, 2012.

Link here for important updates. We will keep you updated as we get closer to our move date. In the meantime, we encourage you to continue to take advantage of the wide variety of resources IDEAL has to offer.

The purpose of this grant  Request for Proposal is to support the implementation of rigorous College and Career Ready Standards (CCRS) by:

• Revising the 2009 Educational Technology Standard Grade Level Implementation Guides (which were produced in the Fall of 2010) to include connections to 2010 ELA and Mathematics CCRS. 
• Creating a Glossary for the 2009 Educational Technology Standard.
• Revising the AZ Teach 21 online course to include the 2010 ELA and Mathematics CCRS.
• Reviewing and aligning resources in IDEAL’s digital repository and doing a gap analysis.
• Reviewing and selecting new OER resources based on gap analysis.

 For this grant project a maximum of $590,000 is available to award.  One grant proposal will be awarded.  Letter of letter of intent due by May 25, 2012.   Due date for application:  June 22, 1012.

All grant funds must be obligated by September 30, 2012 and expended by December 30, 2012.

Download Grant Instructions.

Download Grant Application.

Application Training

You must register for one (1) of the webinars of your choice.  Recording will be available after the webinar.   

SketchUpPro

Google SketchUp Pro educational lab licenses are offered at no cost for schools that participate in the statewide licensing grant program. In order to obtain the critical information to activate the licenses.  Contact Krystal Nesbitt, krystal.nesbitt@azed.gov  or 602-542-7884.