<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS">I apologize if you receive this twice but due to a server issue I am resending to ensure everyone receives this information. Due to requests, I've added three more sessions of the middle school training, Supporting Literacy and Numeracy with NoteShare.</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Trebuchet MS; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS">They are (in addition to the ones previously sent to you):</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Trebuchet MS; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS"><B>Aroostook Region: </B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS">February 27th at Fort Fairfield Middle/High School (Conference Room)</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS">February 14th at Fort Kent High School (ATM Room)</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Trebuchet MS; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS"><B>Kennebec Region: </B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS">February 7th at Skowhegan Middle School</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Trebuchet MS; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS">The MLTI is committed to supporting best instructional practices in literacy and numeracy. Middle school teachers across Maine are finding NoteShare to be a powerful tool for supporting literacy and numeracy in all subjects. In this workshop we will explore the NoteShare features and some of the pedagogical strategies we have found most useful in the classroom, view examples, and construct new notebooks. </FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS">Participants should come prepared with content ideas and materials to include in a notebook that they will construct during the course of the day (Please bring your laptops). We ask that you arrive between 8:30 and 8:45 to allow time to sign in and test the connectivity of your laptops. The training will begin promptly at 9:00 and end at 3:00. Lunch will be on your own.</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS">This is a continuation of the schedule we started before the 2007 winter holidays and we will keep you updated as the schedule expands to include more regions.</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS">The link to online registration, the agenda and directions to our locations can be found at: </FONT><A href="http://www.maine.gov/mlti/educator/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#2946D8">http://www.maine.gov/mlti/educator/</FONT></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS"> (under Middle School Maine Learning Technology Initiative, then select MS Teacher Trainings - Supporting Literacy and Numeracy with NoteShare).</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS">If you have any questions, please contact me via phone or email.</FONT></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS"> </FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS">Thank you</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS">Juanita</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Trebuchet MS; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Tahoma; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS">Scheduled Dates/Locations for Trainings: </FONT></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS"> </FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS"><B>MidCoast Region:</B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS"> January 29 at Great Salt Bay CSD, Damariscotta</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS"><B>Western Region:</B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS"> January 30 at Auburn Central Office</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS"><B>York Region:</B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS"> January 31 at Biddeford Middle School</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS"><B>Hancock Region:</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS">February 5 at Hancock County Higher Education Center, Ellsworth</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS">February 6 at William Cohen School, Bangor</FONT><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS"> </FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS"><B>Western Region: </B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Trebuchet MS">February 4 in Dixfield at Richardson Hollow Assoc. 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