January 19, 2010 Meeting

3:30 - 5:30 pm
H.A. Yelle Elementary School
64 West Main Street
Norton, MA 02766

2009 MassCUE Teacher Incentive Grant Winners will share their projects

Problem-Solving Strategies - Mary Ellen Smith, Grade 3 Teacher, N. Attleboro
Norton History in the Google World - Wendy Quinlan & Susan Cashton, Tech. Teachers, Norton

November 10, 2009 Meeting

9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Principal's Conference Room
Jackson School
68 Messenger Street
Plainville, MA

Wireless Pad Gives Teacher Mobility to Manage Interactive Lessons from Anywhere in the Classroom

The Interwrite Pad is a bluetooth wireless device which gives the teacher the flexibility and the mobility to manage interactive lessons from anywhere in the classroom. The easy-to-use Interwrite Workspace that comes with the Interwrite Pad includes free digital library images, simulations and lessons along with tools for creating, displaying, annotating, recording and sharing lessons with others. Susan Lareau, Media Specialists and Librarian will demonstrate the use of the Interwrite Pad and discuss how the interactive device is being integrated into the classroom instruction.

October 20, 2009 Meeting

9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
H.A. Yelle Elementary School
64 West Main Street
Norton, MA 02766

IT Tech Forum

Agenda included discussions about MassCUE Conference and new initiatives planned for districts.

September 29, 2009 Meeting

9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Computer Lab, Community School, 45 Washington Street
North Attleboro, MA 02760

IT Tech Forum

The agenda for this meeting was to plan out our year and set dates for future meetings. Attendees also discussed issues we face this school year in the area of educational technology.

March 31, 2009 Meeting -

Time: 9:00 am – 11:00 am

Location: H.A. Yelle Elementary School, 64 W. Main Street, Norton, MA 02766

Presenter: Algot Runeman, active participant in the Moving to Open Source Software in Schools SIG., retired Tech Director from King Philip Regional School District and former MassCue Board Member

Topic: Open Source Tools for Teachers
You may be using Open Source tools and not even know it, so let us find out a bit more at our March meeting. What is Open Source and what is available right now ? We’ll also be drawing on the resources of a MassCUE SIG group , MOSSSIG, and their blog at http://mosssig.wordpress.com. Each participant will go away with a free CDs of the Linux distribution from Ubuntu and Windows free open source software (FOSS).

Algot’s Open Source Blog: http://mosssig.wordpress.com

SEMSIG Meeting February24, 2009 - 9:00 a.m.

Time: 9:00 am – 11:00 am

Location: H.A. Yelle Elementary School, 64 W. Main Street, Norton, MA 02766
(508) 285-0190

Topic: T Tech Forum
This is an opportunity for area district tech leaders and IT Specialists to get together and share common concerns in our districts. Send any specific agenda discussion topics to Lynn or Emily.

THE ANONYMITY EXPERIMENT
During a week of attempting to cloak every aspect of daily life, a correspondent from Popular Science magazine found that in an information age, leaving no trace is nearly impossible. We will be discussing this article which can be found at:
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-02/anonymity-experiment#

We hope you find the article interesting!

We will also discuss the new book we will be reading “Digital Citizenship in Schools” by Mike Ribble and Gerald Bailey. These books will be made available to our members at this meeting so they can read them and prepare for a future meeting discussion.

Co-Leaders: Lynn Wiegel, Norton Public Schools
Emily Nicodemus, North Attleborough Public Schools
David Strimple, North Attleborough Schools

Contact: Lynn Wiegel, lwiegel@norton.k12.ma.us - (508)-285-0177 or Emily Nicodemus, enicodemus@naschools.net - (508) 643-2178), … please email or call to let us know you are coming so we can plan for materials and refreshments. If you have a discussion topic, let us know that too so it can be added to the agenda.

Directions: From North:
Take 95 South to 495 South. Take exit 12 onto Rt. 140 Norton. Follow 140 to the lights at Rt. 123. Take a right onto Rt. 123. The H.A. Yelle Elementary School is on the left. Park in the circle in front of the building and enter via the front door.

From South:
Take 95 Norton to 495 South. Take exit 12 onto Rt. 140 Norton. Follow 140 to the lights at Rt. 123. Take a right onto Rt. 123. The H.A. Yelle Elementary School is on the left. Park in the circle in front of the building and enter via the front door.

Next Meetings Note the date changes
Tuesday Feb 24, March 24, May 3 and June 2, 2009

SEMSIG meeting is Wednesday, March 7, 2007, 8:30 a.m.

Location: H.A. Yelle Elementary School, 64 W. Main Street, Norton, MA 02766(508) 285-0190

Topic: IT Tech Forum
The first hour (8:30 am - 9:30 am) is an opportunity for area district tech leaders and IT Specialists to get together and share common concerns in our districts. Send any specific agenda discussion topics to Lynn or Emily.

SynchronEyes

The second hour (9:30 am - 10:30 am) will be an online demonstration of SynchronEyes from SMART Technologies by Sarah Richards, Software Sales Specialist

SynchronEyes, classroom management software, allows teachers to monitor and control student progress, communicate with students, distribute files among the class, and run polls and quizzes with students. It is an essential tool for keeping students on task, and for maintaining a focused learning environment in the computer lab.

Please join us.

Co-Leaders: Lynn Wiegel, Norton Public Schools
Emily Nicodemus, North Attleborough Public Schools
David Strimple, North Attleborough Schools

Contact: Lynn Wiegel, lwiegel@norton.k12.ma.us - (508)-285-0177 or Emily Nicodemus, mailto:enicodemus@naschools.net - (508) 643-2178, please email or call to let us know you are coming so we can plan for materials and refreshments.

Directions:

From North:Take 95 South to 495 South. Take exit 12 onto Rt. 140 Norton. Follow 140 to the lights at Rt. 123. Take a right onto Rt. 123. The H.A. Yelle Elementary School is on the left. Park in the circle in front of the building and enter via the front door.

From South:Take 95 Norton to 495 South. Take exit 12 onto Rt. 140 Norton. Follow 140 to the lights at Rt. 123. Take a right onto Rt. 123. The H.A. Yelle Elementary School is on the left. Park in the circle in front of the building and enter via the front door.

Welcome

Welcome to the Southeastern Mass Special Interest Group Blog.

This is an opportunity for area district tech leaders and IT Specialists to get together, learn new technologies, share ideas for technology integration and discuss ways to meet the technology standards in education today.

We welcome new members and encourage anyone interested in learning about best-practice modeling for the use of technology in our schools to join us.