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** INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY REPORT – November 28, 2011 **
 * **__ INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY __** || * ** Technology Applications Assessment for Middle School ** – Wednesday, December 14th (KMS), Thursday, December 15th (NMS). Online assessment using Learning.com. FREE this year for the first time.
 * ** State Technology Assessment Writing ** – Laurinda will be working with at state-wide team to help create the NEW state assessment to be used next year.
 * ** Technology Applications Middle School Meeting ** - Monday, November 28th with Dr. Bowman, Mr. Hernandez, and Mrs. Zalesnik
 * ** ITS Meeting ** – December 2nd. We will have AESOP training with Marna and a Discovery Education webinar.
 * ** Summer Technology Academies ** – June 4th-5th: ITS training with Gail Lovely. Agenda TBD. June 14th – Mobi/eInstruction training with Kristen Rush. This will be open enrollment for anyone who wants to learn more about Mobi and eInstruction. Not yet scheduled: Web Page training with Vic Bushfield and Technology Training with Laurinda Schweers.
 * ** TCEA – ** February 6-10, 2012, Austin. ||
 * **__ CTE __** || * ** Policy and Procedures Manual ** – I am currently working on this project using information from several different sources. I plan to have this completed before the Christmas break.
 * ** Naviance ** – Program implementation has begun with Laurinda uploading high school students. She is currently preparing to upload the files for the middle school. All counselors have been entered into the system and have received their logins and passwords via system email. Jeremy Jones is already working on creating student files. Counselor training TBA in January.
 * ** High School Course Catalog ** – Tuesday, November 29th. Will meet with Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Taylor, and Mrs. Guillory to work on the CTE portion of the course catalog for next year.
 * ** Summer Technology Academies ** – June 5th ; ELPS for CTE, June 6th; Technology Tips and Tricks
 * ** CTE Midwinter Conference - ** February 6-10, 2012, Austin ||
 * **__ LIBRARIANS __** || * ** Librarian’s Meeting ** – Friday, December 9th. Discovery Education Webinar.
 * ** Texas Library Association Conference – ** April 17-20, Houston. ||