Mr. Zink's class

I want to offer my sincere "thanks" to Mr. Zink's students for helping me setup their classroom computers last Friday. They displayed excitement as well as knowledge, setting up 5 computers, a printer, the internet hub & cables. Special thanks to Taylor, Juan and Donte. This classroom deserves a SMART Board!

Library/Media Center Dedication Ceremony

On Wed., Sept. 26, we celebrated the opening of the new LIBRARY/MEDIA CENTER with a dedication ceremony, thanking Councilman James Oddo for his generousity and Michelena DiBuono for her vision. Adrienne Stallone, I.A. Principal & Claire Edelstein, IS2 librarian, organized a lavish affair, including student speeches, student videographers & digital photographers, decorations and refreshments. Our students also prepared a montage of archived photos saved by Anne Devlin. Special guests included, Councilman Oddo, Mrs. DiBuono, Anne Devlin, along with Rick Wexler, Adam Newman, James DeFrancesco, Lisa Livorsi and Toby Jabitsky. Special thanks to Michael Schiavo for his artist flare. A fab time was had by all!

New Computer Software

Last year, we purchased computer software for both Mac and Dell cpus.

Available Mac software: Garage Band, Print Shop, AppleWorks, Grolier Encyclopedia.
Available PC software: Print Shop, eInstruction, Grolier Encyclopedia, Rosetta Stone

PLEASE SEE ME, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HAVING THESE TITLES INSTALLED ON YOUR COMPUTER.

Possible choices for this year...

MICROSOFT OFFICE 2007
FINAL CUT STUDIO (video editing)
MAC iLife '06
UNITEDSTREAMING (online streaming videos)
ROXIO TOAST TITANIUM V8 COMPLETE PACKAGE (burn dvd's)
A FIELD TRIP TO THE RAINFOREST
A FIELD TRIP TO THE SKY
SCIENCE SERIES (LAB 10) INCLUDES:
ANIMALS, DINOSAURS, HUMAN BODY, PLANTS, SENSES, WEATHER, ASTRONOMY, SIMPLE MACHINES, & MATTER
WORLD BOOK Encyclopedia 2006
EINSTRUCTION CPS RF SYSTEM W\ 32 RESPONSE PADS
ALGEBRA ONE, ALGEBRA TWO & GEOMETRY
CLICK IT
PRINT SHOP 8
ORCHARD BUNDLE DEV. HS 7-12
ORCHARD BUNDLE TOOLS FOR TEACHERS K-12
ORCHARD BUNDLE SCIENCE 4-10
ORCHARD BUNDLE LANG. ARTS GR 7-9
ASPIRE READER-READS+SPEAKS TEXT FROM ANY SOURCE
GLOBAL & US HISTORY DATABASES
MATH A & BASIC MATH DATABASES
READ 180 AUDIOBOOKS
DESTINY (LIBRARY SOFTWARE)

PLEASE MAKE COMMENTS WITH NEW SOFTWARE IDEAS!

SMARTBoard

KUDOS to Mr. Hernandez...
Technology is alive & kicking in Mr. Hernandez's classroom. The students are lovin' it! He is teaching his lessons using a SmartBoard and projector. We can place a SMARTBoard in your classroom too. Use them... share your experiences. Please see Mr. Hernandez. Ask him questions. Chalk & talk is out... Technology is in! This may be your new way of teaching.

Computer Liaisons Meeting #1

Good Afternoon... Today I attended a "Computer Liaisons Meeting" in Brooklyn @ 89St. We were introduced to the new “Office of Instructional Technology”. I learned "tech support" is still available, with Celine Azoulay as instructional technology director of Staten Island and South Brooklyn. Celine’s email address is CAzoula@schools.nyc.gov. The new website, which supercedes the old region 7 site, is http://www.oitlive.com. Professional Development will be located on this website.
OIT includes:
• iLead (for Principals and Assistant Principals),
• iTeach (for teachers),
• iCoach (for Computer Liaisons),
• iLearn (learning of new software, such as, Lego robotics, Read 180, Think Quest, & DigiTabula),
• iSite (web based support).

Desmond White is in charge of technology’s infrastructure citywide. His email is DWhite@schools.nyc.gov.

After the OIT overview, Jim McDermott, our new assistant director, introduced WEB 2.0, a special way the web can come to you, through iGoogle, using RSS feeds. Yes, Google is still a terrific search engine. But now all of these information sites will come to your doorstep. Have I peeked your interest? See me and I’ll setup a lunchtime workshop in our new Egbert Library/Media Center.

I would like to encourage all teachers to create a blog. When you sign up with iGoogle, you can also sign up with BLOGGER. It's very easy to use. We can setup another lunchtime workshop if you need assistance.