From Juanita.Deschambault at maine.gov Tue May 13 14:10:10 2008 From: Juanita.Deschambault at maine.gov (Juanita Deschambault) Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 14:10:10 -0400 Subject: [MLTI-MS] Airborne for Beyond! MLTI 2008 Summer Institute Message-ID: <19DAAFB6-C4A5-445E-A826-F85D9F1AF213@maine.gov> Airborne for Beyond! ~ The 2008 MLTI Summer Institute ~ Wednesday, July 23 ? Friday, July 25 Maine Maritime Academy, Castine Please visit http://www.maine.gov/mlti/events/summerinstitute/ index.htm or www.mainelearns.org for a link to online registration. Leave your wingtips at home. Bring your most casual seasonal garb, pack your bags and embark on what will be an excellent learning adventure. Passports are not required for this excursion. Strap on your best attitude and be prepared to gain some altitude. The airship sails Wednesday, July 23 and lands on the afternoon on Friday, July 25?TWO FULL DAYS OF GREAT CONTENT crammed into three! Extended learning sessions designed to provide real, hands-on, classroom-tested strategies for improving student involvement and achievement by integrating technology and art in the core content areas - better than alchemy! The focus on home-grown heavy hitters continues with a keynote and workshop presentations by Randy Judkins. He is a dazzling star in his own right, plus he is a member of the Maine Hysterical Society ? not to be confused with the organization of a similar name that created maninememory.net and the subject of presentations at the Institute as well. You may be familiar with Randy?s world, renowned juggling performances, his mind-bending leadership workshops, and his esteem- building seminars. What you may not know is that Randy invented the Internet! Wait - that may be wrong. Randy is, in fact, the alter-ego of the amazing Dr. Rhombus, the world?s foremost authority on ?Mathmagics? and Harley Horatio Hotshot, native of the streets of New York, or was that New Gloucester, anyway Hotshot dazzles audiences with his ?1000 cc, four-stroke, 2-cylinder monocycle with power brakes, air- conditioning, overhead seat, and four wheel drive (minus three).? Randy will be working with us entering as yet unexplored dimensions of his skill set and ours! This is a chance to go way beyond boxes, not just merely outside them! Plus, if you?re driven to gain new skills sets and content knowledge you?ll have more than twenty-five other great sessions in all the core content areas from which to choose. Can?t find a workshop that meets your needs? You can make up your own at Inspiration Station! This is the place to jump off into creativity galore, and pick up a cold drink and snack, with the help of trained, experienced coach/mentors who are at your beckon call! Bring your most puzzling, perplexing, teaching problems and together we can solve them or at least give it the old ?college try!? Bring along a great idea, share it and you just might win an iPod or one of many other great prizes. Here?s the itinerary: Wednesday, July 23 1:00-4:00 PM Registration and embarkation. 5:00-6:00 PM Dinner 6:30-7:30 PM Welcome Gathering and Keynote Presentation Thursday, July 24 7:00-8:15 AM Breakfast 8:30-11:30 AM Session 1 11:45-12:45 PM Lunch 1:00-4:00 PM Session 2 5:30 - 6:00 PM Reception and BBQ 7:30 - 8:30 PM A special presentation guaranteed to get you jumping!! Friday, July 25 7:00-8:15 AM Breakfast 8:30-11:30 AM Session 3 11:45-12:45 PM Lunch 1:00-2:30 PM Final Group Gathering ? Door Prizes and other bribes for hanging around until the bitter end. Registration & Costs Registration: Please visit http://www.maine.gov/mlti/events/summerinstitute/ index.htm or www.mainelearns.org for a link to online registration. Costs: $190.00 per person (double occupancy) - if you do not indicate a roommate, we will assign you one $240.00 per person (single occupancy) - single space is limited!! Cost Breakdown: Registration = $75.00 Overnights = $115.00/double or $165.00/single If you are not staying overnight, please note the pro-rated costs: Wednesday only: $35.00 Thursday only: $80.00 Friday only: $45.00 Please make checks payable to ?Treasurer, State of Maine?. Check and Purchase Orders can be mailed to: The MLTI Project Office Maine Dept. of Education 23 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0023 ACTEM members could be reimbursed for registration fees if funds are available. Dues must be paid for the 2008-09 school year. Your application should be made as soon as you register for a course to better your chances for inclusion. The funds will then be encumbered and distributed upon proof of completion and proof of personal payment. Check the ACTEM web site for more information www.actem.org or contact Dennis Kunces, the ACTEM Professional Development Coordinator, at the Maine Department of Education 207-624-6818 or email dennis.kunces at maine.gov For more information on conference details, please contact: Bob McIntire, MLTI/eMINTS Project Manager Maine Department of Education 23 State House Station - Augusta, ME 04333-0023 tel 207.624.6778 cell 207.592-4718 tty 888-577-6690 fax 207.624-6651 For more information or questions on registration, please contact: Juanita Deschambault M.L.T.I. Maine Department of Education 23 State House Station Augusta Maine 04333 (P) 207-499-7142 (7:30am - 4:00pm) Visit MLTI on the web at http://MaineLearns.org and http://mlti.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/mlti-ms/attachments/20080513/3f680550/attachment.html From Juanita.Deschambault at maine.gov Wed May 14 10:20:21 2008 From: Juanita.Deschambault at maine.gov (Juanita Deschambault) Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 10:20:21 -0400 Subject: [MLTI-MS] MLTI Student Tech Team Conference Registration Closed Early Message-ID: <5503ABFE-2580-4FB6-B592-93954A12AD72@maine.gov> Due to extraordinarily heavy and quick registration, the 5th Annual MLTI Student Conference reached, and in fact exceeded its capacity of 600 early on May 9, ten days earlier than had been projected as the registration closing. Our apologies are extended to all who were not able to register. Please be assured we will be reflecting on the obvious popularity of this conference, and will make adjustments to procedures next year. Many thanks to all for their keen interest in providing access to this wonderful opportunity for our students. Please direct questions or comments to Jim Moulton through the Contact page on MaineLearns.org. Thank you Juanita Juanita Deschambault M.L.T.I. Maine Department of Education 23 State House Station Augusta Maine 04333 (P) 207-499-7142 (7:30am - 4:00pm) Visit MLTI on the web at http://MaineLearns.org and http://mlti.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/mlti-ms/attachments/20080514/c68daac2/attachment-0001.html From juanita.deschambault at maine.gov Mon May 19 16:52:48 2008 From: juanita.deschambault at maine.gov (Juanita Deschambault) Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 16:52:48 -0400 Subject: [MLTI-MS] MLTI MS Survey Information - Spring 2008 Message-ID: <0A5C9D96-A3DA-4D0A-85EA-737584EC0798@maine.gov> The original 2008 MLTI Teacher Leader Spring Stipend information referred to a deadline of May 28th for forms, surveys and NoteShare notebooks. Due to the later than expected release date of the survey, teacher leaders will now have until June 13 th to work with staff/students on survey completion. We understand that time constraints may not allow for all teachers/students to take the survey. We appreciate your best efforts and will process stipends as quickly as possible. Your 2008 Spring Stipend forms and your school-wide NoteShare notebook must be received in the MLTI Project Office by May 28th as originally stated. Please mail those items to: MLTI Project Office, 23 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333-0023. Please use the following link to access the surveys: http://www.usm.maine.edu/cepare/surveys.htm Important Notes on the Surveys: - All surveys require the password MLTI0708 Contact Info: If you have questions about the surveys, please contact Sarah Wintle of CEPARE at swintle at usm.maine.edu or call (207) 780-5046. If you have questions regarding the stipend forms please contact Laura Brown at laura.brown at maine.gov or call (207) 624-6746. For questions about your school?s NoteShare notebook, please contact Juanita Deschambault at juanita.deschambault at maine.gov or call (207) 499-7412. Thank you for your cooperation and flexibility, The MLTI Project Team Juanita Deschambault M.L.T.I. Maine Department of Education 23 State House Station Augusta Maine 04333 (P) 207-499-7142 (7:30am - 4:00pm) Visit MLTI on the web at http://MaineLearns.org and http://mlti.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/mlti-ms/attachments/20080519/113f414c/attachment.html From juanita.deschambault at maine.gov Fri May 23 10:13:07 2008 From: juanita.deschambault at maine.gov (Juanita Deschambault) Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 10:13:07 -0400 Subject: [MLTI-MS] Washington County NoteShare - June 3 Message-ID: <635425B7-8B9B-4E68-BCEA-CF71681A83C3@maine.gov> MLTI welcomes you to register for a Washington County NoteShare Training June 3rd at the University of Maine at Machias. Imagine building a three ring resource binder that can handle audio, video, links to the Web, and just about any other format you can think of! Imagine carrying this binder around inside your laptop...or sending it in the blink of an eye to a colleague or your students. Forget lugging a box full of notebooks home for grading on the weekend... Imagine passing multimedia portfolios back-and-forth with students or between students...Imagine how this will engage students! All This and More is Possible with NoteShare...Mac's Killer App!! Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2008 Time: 9:00 - 3:00 Lunch: on your own, 12-1 Where: UMaine at Machias - Torrey 207 For more information or to register, contact Ken or Ron: Ken Martin or Ron Smith Distance Learning Director eMINTS/MLTI WCCSI DowneastLearns 255-1440 483-2734 kenneth.martin at umit.maine.edu ronsmith28 at gmail.com Agenda Why NoteShare...? Kickin' Kollaboration Building a NoteShare NoteBook ?How To? Time Play Time Lunch on your own Sharing with NoteShare How To and Practice Time What You Will Need: a MLTI iBook or MacBook with NoteShare application curriculum materials to use in building your own NoteShare NoteBook a willingness to play and share with others Juanita Deschambault M.L.T.I. 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While the server may appear to be available during this time frame, users should not attempt to perform a backup to the system or login to Studywiz as the system will be rebooted multiple times, and it will undergo several tests to ensure stability. Therefore, services are not expected to be reliable or available during this three day span. Since the default home page for the Safari web browser is the Studywiz login page, please alert all faculty and students that the page may not load when they open a new web browser window. Simply choosing a bookmark or entering another URL should allow the user to browse the Internet without problems, but many users may conclude that there are general Internet connectivity interruptions as a result of the failed page load for http://studywiz.mlti.org . The failure to load this page is expected, and it should not be interpreted as an Internet or network connectivity problem. Hopefully by warning all users in advance, you can reduce or eliminate calls to your local technical support personnel and/or the MLTI AppleCare Help Desk. In addition, the MLTI Backup Utility will not function during this time period. Please alert students and faculty that they should not attempt to backup or restore data using the MLTI Backup Utility. Schools which use the MLTI Backup Utility in a configuration which uses local servers or externally connected hard drives or USB flash drive will be able to continue to use the MLTI Backup Utility in that fashion. All data and accounts in the MLTI Studywiz system will remain intact, and all data will become available once the upgrades are complete. Questions regarding this downtime may be directed to Jeff Mao, jeff.mao at maine.gov. Thank you for your flexibility, MLTI Project Team -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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