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Healthy Computing for the Classroom
We?ve all done a lot of thinking about how laptops in the classroom affect our teaching and learning but it may be time for us to start thinking about how it might be affecting our health and the health of our students. John Robbins of Technology Integrators & Collaborators has done some research about laptop ergonomics and has posted suggestions and resources here.

MLTI Classroom Space & Ergonomics Survey
Technology Integrators & Collaborators requests that Teacher Leaders complete an online survey.

Creating Parental Permission & Media Release Forms: 10 Tips Before Posting Student Work Online
Protecting the rights, privacy and safety of students and their work is an important responsibility in this digital age. Online publishing is a great way to showcase student achievement. Citing a variety of examples, John Robbins & Crystal Priest break down 10 elements of best practice when designing a parental permission for media release form for your district.

John Bailey's Millenials PowerPoint
John Bailey, former U.S. Director of Educational Technology, describes the characteristics of "The Millennials" via a PowerPoint presenation. Clicking on this link downloads the presentation to your computer.

Mountain Valley Middle School's iBook Certification Documents
John Wallace, of Mountain Valley Middle School (MVMS) located in Mexico, ME, has put together a great certification process for his students. Located at this link are the MVMS Commands and Basic Rules, questionnaire "How Well Do You Know Your Laptop", Laptop Care Test, and Certificate. The documents are in AppleWorks so that they may be customized for your individual schools.

Northeast Historic Film's Digital Collection
Many of us have been using Northeast Historic Film's VHS tapes in our classrooms for years. Soon NHF will have a collection of digitized footage available for classroom use.

Anne Davies' Bio
Dr. Anne Davies, an internationally recognized expert on classroom assessment and learning, has worked with schools across North America teaching, researching, writing, and presenting on student learning and related topics. As a popular and sought out speaker, Anne's refreshing, vibrant, and motivating presentations at international conferences and institutes are in high demand. She has helped thousands of educators improve their quality of instruction with concrete, classroom tested assessment strategies that are powerful, practical and possible.

SEED Honors New Developers and Their SEED Packets
SEED honored 48 teachers at a gala dinner celebrating their development of new SEED packets that are available for other Maine teachers to adapt. Mike Nolette sends us this report:

Time For Reflection
One-to-one computing has been in place in our 7th grade classrooms for more than a year now and in 8th grade classes for several months. Some middle school teachers have taken time to reflect on how their classrooms have changed. Three teachers from the William S. Cohen School in Bangor have written their thoughts about teaching, learning, and the laptops.