Enlighten, February 2008

Our latest issue of our monthly newsletter, Enlighten, is now posted on our website.

In this issue:

• Special pricing on eInstruction bundles
• Download a new Quick Reference Guide to help teachers quickly use CPS effectively
• New versions available for CPS
• Clickers, Clickers Everyday…CPS training workshop through ESU #3
• Upcoming demos & training
• New opportunities for CPS training without ever leaving your computer

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Evaluating Teacher Technology Skills

How many schools are still looking for a way to assess teachers’ technology competency? I received some great links this week from a listserv that I subscribe to regarding the evaluation of teacher technology skills. Small steps can start you in the right direction! A simple Google search for “teacher technology survey” will bring you quite a few goodies, but here are several links providing samples of surveys and checklists that might provide you some stepping stones. Your district will ultimately have to develop a survey that works for you, but here are some great places to start!

PS. Don’t forget… how easy CPS can make implementation of a survey at a teacher inservice presentation!

• Compiling a Profile of Staff Technology Skills
  by Mary Alice Anderson, Lead Media Specialist, Winona Middle School, Winona, MN
• Assessing Teachers’ Technology Skills
• Technology Help for the Teachers Who Teach the Teachers?
  TI:ME ARTICLE
  by David Brian Williams, Illinois State University, Copyright 2005 David Brian Williams
• Staff Training Surveys & Checklists
  Kodiak Island Borough School District
• MMS Teacher Technology Checklist
• Instructional Technology Across the Curriculum
  Michigan’s Technology Benchmarks Formatted for Teachers and Students

New ExamView and CPS Training Available!

eInstruction is now offering a new series of complimentary online training webinars. If you need ExamView Learning Series training, be sure to register for the new “Using ExamView with CPS” webinars that are now available. You can register for this new training HERE! Most webinars are about 1 hour in length and are completely FREE.

ExamView and CPS open up so many possibilities in the way of assessments. Find out how to utilize both of these great tools even more effectively!

As of today, Using ExamView with CPS is scheduled for

• 9/6/07 at 4:00 pm CST
• 9/11/07 at 9:30 am CST
• 9/13/07 at 4:00 pm CST