1. LACUE 2007 Conference Notes A Presentation for Abney Faculty By V. Martinez

2. What’s LACUE? I’m glad you asked that! LACUE stands for Louisiana Association of Computer Using Educators

3. LACUE Membership Membership in LACUE is Free! A membership application can be completed at www.lacue.orgwww.lacue.org You will be sent emails and newsletters. Next year’s conference begins on December 3. Should you join? Why not? It’s free! It looks professional on a resume!

4. LACUE Presenters Do you have great ideas that use technology in the classroom? Some of the best and most useful information I received at the conference came from fellow educators. Abney teachers are innovators who work really hard to promote student learning. Is there something that works for you that other teachers might enjoy using too? Start thinking!

5. My Presentation Kristen Hernandez, a 6 th grade teacher at Carolyn Park, had several wonderful ideas using a software program called “Tinker Plots”. She asked me to share related websites during her presentation. A Data Links web page was born.

6. Data Links Here’s the site address: http://pangea.tec.selu.edu/~vmartinez/ETEC644/lacue_webpage_da ta.html.http://pangea.tec.selu.edu/~vmartinez/ETEC644/lacue_webpage_da ta.html There is a list of awesome websites on a variety of levels pertaining to graphing and data. Many are interactive and can be used with the promethean board, as centers, or to send home as practice sites for those kids who need a little extra practice. There are also tutorial videos about “Tinker Plots” listed at the top in case you are interested in the software. Tinker Plots can be used across the curriculum.

7. Some Websites to Visit Publishing Ideas for the classroom: http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/jille Jill Esquivel presented some wonderful ideas on student projects using power point print outs. Many of her ideas came from books found at www.toolsforteaching.com 50 Quick and Easy Science Computer Activities or other books with the same title for Math, Writing, and problem solving www.toolsforteaching.com

8. CopyRight or CopyWrong This was a very informative presentation on copyright laws. The entire power point presentation as well as other information is available for free on http://ebrit.wikispaces.comhttp://ebrit.wikispaces.com Some totally free clip art can be found at: www.phillipmartin.info/clipart/homepage.ht mwww.phillipmartin.info/clipart/homepage.ht m

9. More Freebies www.freeplaymusic.com Need music for power point presentations…?www.freeplaymusic.com www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf Free video clips

10. For a Change Differentiate This presentation was presented by educators at the AT Regional Centers. AT stands for assistive technology. The ideas can be used in any classroom. Their website is: www.latie3.com Check out the freebe section.www.latie3.com Region 3 will soon have the information from the conference on its site.

11. Pocket Mods Pocket Mods are an easy way to make foldable books on any topic or class notes your mind can create. Some examples: explorers, states.. There’s a special technique to folding these and the information is on this website: http://www.pocketmod.com/http://www.pocketmod.com/

12. Recommended Websites http://www.e-ledesma.com/games.htm Elementary- spelling and counting games- several http://mathplayground.com/games.html Fun games, Go To the Mall,etc. Play millionaire. http://www.mathslice.com/index.html Make worksheets

13. Math Worksheets http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/wspage s/math.htmhttp://www.busyteacherscafe.com/wspage s/math.htm This site has free clip art. http: www.netrover.com/~kingskid/money/mone ymain.htm Elementary - cartoon counting money www.netrover.com/~kingskid/money/mone ymain.htm http://www.dositey.com/math/money.htm Elementary Shopping and buying

14. More Web Resources These were suggested by The AT regional centers. Louisiana Assistive Technology Initiative www.doe.state.la.us/Ide/eia/1538.html www.doe.state.la.us/Ide/eia/1538.html See It Right www.seeitright.com Free Text to Speech www.readplease.com www.naturalreaders.com

15. Even More Web Resources Word Talk www.wordtalk.org.uk (A free plug-in for Word that will speak the text and highlight as it goes.) www.coolmath4kids.com There are many links to help struggling math students with learning the basics of math. Included are calculators, alternative methods for calculation, games, printables, flashcards, math dictionary, etc.

16. Regional Teaching, Learning, and Technology Centers If you are looking for hours toward your +30, this is the site to check: tltc@ladoe.state.la.us/lde/lcet/2040.html An extension of the Division of Leadership and Technology tltc@ladoe.org Sandy Schwartz in St. Tammany can also give you information.