Summer Institute Workshops

We've posted the Summer Institute workshop information on our website. Click here for more information.

Up to the MN*AT and QIAT Summit

The Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology (QIAT) summit and Up to the MN*AT will be held June 23 thru June 26. QIAT will be held at Northwestern College on the 23rd and 24th. Up to the MN*AT will be held on the 25th and 26th.

For the brochure and registration information, click here.

Para eLink Training

Once again, the Paul Bunyan Education Coop is offering the Para eLink class, which is one way that paraprofessionals can become “highly qualified” as defined by the federal “No Child Left Behind” law. This class is open to anyone currently employed as a special education or Title I paraprofessional who has not yet met NCLB requirements for employment as well as those who would like to work as a K-12 paraprofessional in the future. We need your help to make sure that everyone who wants to take the class is aware that it is being offered. If you know someone who would like to enroll, please give them a copy of the flyer. Thank you for help in getting the word out!

Charting the Cs Registration Brochure

The Charting the Cs brochure is available. It contains the conference details including breakout sessions and registration information. To download it, click here.

Interested in Charting the Cs?

If you are interested in attending Charting the Cs this year, please let Mark Oehrlein (me) or Margaret Knebel know. We will have a limited supply of scholarships to cover the cost of the conference and they will be awarded first-come first-served. It will be in April 28-29 in Alexandria.

Charting the Cs - 2008

Charting the Cs will be held at the Arrowwood Resort and Conference Center in Alexandria, MN, April 28 and 29, 2008. Keep your calendar's open! This is a great, low cost AT conference.

UDL Workshop

There is a UDL workshop on October 3, 2007 in Duluth done by Dr. David Edyburn. I've seen him before and I really like his approach.
Click here to see the flyer.

PBEC Podcast Issue 9

This is the final podcast of the 2006-2007 school year. This issue covers:

1. There is a demo on this blog showing how to transfer a student to a new case manager.
2. There is a demo on this blog showing how to request access to a student.
3. Don't change student's grade level in SpEd Forms or AIMSweb. (I'll do that.)
4. Set up extended school year services just like regular ones, just set the dates.
5. We'll be getting a new server computer for SpEd Forms over the summer.
6. I'll be upgrading SpEd Forms the first week of June.
7. I'm expecting a major SpEd Forms upgrade with forms changes before September.
8. I'll be collecting SRI data next week and upgrading Read180 over the summer.
9. I'll be doing a session at the summer institute workshops in August.
10. Up to the MN*AT is in June. Just $10 a day!
11. I'll be posting important notices to the blog over the summer.
    

Have a great summer!

Cognitive Coaching FoundationSM Seminar

A Cognitive Coaching FoundationSM seminar is again being offered in Brainerd by Loretta Norgon this summer: June 11-14 and Aug 13-16*.
Some of you took the full training a few years ago, and some completed the first half of the training at that time. If you are interested in the full eight days or if you would like to pick up the second four days; please get back to Loretta as soon as possible.
There will be no registration cost to Brainerd district employees.
Here's a link to the flyer.

Summer Institute

The Summer Institute workshop schedule is done. I'll be doing two sessions. One with Dr. Marc Markell on CBM and AIMSweb. The other I will be doing with Margaret Knebel. Margaret and I will cover SpEd Forms changes, AIMSweb and new Assistive Technology.

Up to the MN*AT Brochure

The brochure for the Up to the MN*AT conference has been released. It will be held June 25-28, 2007 at the MN Dept of Ed in Roseville. There are specific strands for AT in a flash and vision.
See you there!

Podcasting PowerPoint

As promised, here is the Podcasting PowerPoint I used at Charting the Cs.

No Politician Left Behind - More!

In today's breakout, we added to our No Politician Left Behind requirements.

No Politician Left Behind

Here's a sample podcast that we did at Charting The Cs.

Podcasting Handout

Here's a copy of the podcasting handout I'll be distributing at Charting the Cs. I've also done a short podcast describing the items in the handout.

Closing the Gap Preconference Workshops

Closing the Gap has announced their preconference workshops. Lots of good stuff including presentations by Linda Burkhart, B.S. and Denise DeCoste, Ed.D.
This year's conference will be held October 18-20 at the Sheraton Bloomington Hotel and Hotel Sofitel in Bloomington.

Six Scholarships for Charting the Cs Available

We have six scholarships available for the 16th Annual Charting the Cs Assistive Technology Conference scheduled for April 23–24, 2007 at St. Cloud Civic Center in St. Cloud, MN. The scholarships cover the registration fee only. Let Margaret Knebel or myself know if you are interested!

Click here for the brochure.

I'll be there as I'll be doing two sessions on Podcasting! See you there!

Universal Design for Learning Workshop

Pacer is offering a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) workshop on Tuesday, April 3, 2007, 6:00-9:00pm at Washington Educational Services Building in Brainerd. This is a great opportunity to learn about UDL!
To register, click here.
To see the flyer, click here.

Universally Designed Technology in Schools Online Training

With the support of the NEC Foundation, PACER has created a free online training to help teachers, administrators and other professionals, and families learn about and implement universally designed technology (UDT) in K-12 schools. UDT supports a broad range of abilities and learning styles. It can give students with disabilities equal access to the curriculum and help schools meet the educational needs of all students.
For more information, click here.

Charting the Cs - Update 1

The updated brochure for Charting the Cs is available for download! The update contains clearer information on hotel costs.

We have 10 scholarships available for the registration fee (only). Contact Margaret Knebel if you're interested.