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Archive for September, 2008

Join the Fun – Online Book Groups

September23

Do you want to take the leap into a personal learning network, but not sure which one is right for you? Why don’t you think about joining an online book group. There are two that I would like to highlight for you. The first can be found at Teacher Places Book Clubs. In the past, [...]

Election Resources from Google

September21

From the Google Teacher Newsletter: All around Google (and all around the world), there is buzz which is quickly turning into a roar about this November’s election. Google has teamed up with the National Student/Parent Mock Election to get students of all ages as excited as we are about the November U.S. elections by bringing [...]

First NICE Meeting of the Year

September19

The Northern Illinois Computer Educators (NICE) are hosting their first meeting of the year on Tuesday, September 23, 2008. The meeting will be held from 4:30 to 7:00 pm (Dinner from 4:30 – 5:15 ish , Presentation 5:15 – 6:30 ish) at Lyon Elementary School in Glenview, IL. Lyon is located at the corner of [...]

Next Generation Teaching and Learning Conference – October 13

September19

The University School of Milwaukee is hosting a conference, the Next Generation Teaching and Learning Conference, on Monday, October 13th from 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. on their lovely campus. The conference will be keynoted by Alan November (novemberlearning.com). I do not know the topic of his keynote on this day, but in the past, [...]

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    Vinnie Vrotny is the Director of Academic Technology at the North Shore Country Day School in Winnetka, IL, where he has been involved in helping the school find new tools for the past 14 years. He is interesting in embedding (thanks Jeff Utecht) technology into the curriculum from Kindergarten through the High School.

    Vinnie has been a frequent presenter at various conferences. He is a presenter at the upcoming K12 Online Conference where he is also serving as the Live Events Committee Chairman. He is also a spotlight presenter at the Illinois Technology Conference for Education (IL-TCE) in February 2008.