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  PATINS TECH EXPO 2013!  REGISTRATION is OPEN!   This year’s Tech Expo will take place on April 18, 2013 at the Fountains in Carmel, IN.  Once again, there is NO REGISTRATION FEE for Attendees!  AND, your lunch is on PATINS and your parking is FREE. Register to attend: www.surveymonkey.com/s/TechExpo2013 Registers for Vendor or Not For Profit Booth Space:  www.surveymonkey.com/s/TechExpo13Booths   Parent/Family [...]

Did you know?  PATINS has a prize drawing for all those that participate in our Training Follow Up Surveys.  Sue Buse from Merrillville Community School Corporation was chosen as the lucky winner for this past quarter and received a Point 2 View USB Camera! Congratualations!    AppWriter/Dyslexie Font:  A really cool, but not free ($20) [...]

PATINS TTA (Targeted Technical Assistance) Grant Selections Announced!  The PATINS Project thanks all districts who applied for your interest in the 2011-2012 Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) Targeted Technical Assistance Grant.  Congratulations to the districts who have been chosen to participate in this year’s grant process. A few applications were not considered because they were only [...]

2011 PATINS TECH EXPO April 13 (No Cost & PGP’s) REGISTER NOW ONLINE: click here SHIFT: It seems like I’ve been meeting quite a lot lately with school district teams interested in creating plans for systemic change within, so when I came across this SHIFT model from Don Johnston a couple weeks ago at ATIA, [...]

PATINS Trainings & Needs Assessment: Thank You to all  who filled out the online Training Needs Assessment for us these past couple of weeks.  This data really helps the PATINS Team to more effectively plan and coordinate our training offerings for the school year and we appreciate your time! Many FREE trainings will be offered [...]

New PATINS Staff Contact Info: Most PATINS Staff will have new contact information including email, phone, fax, physical address starting now!  I’ll keep you updated here as these changes are finalized.  Here are our new email addresses for now: Vicki Hershman (PATINS Director):  vhershman@ciesc.k12.in.us Glenda Thompson (Admin. Asst):  gthompson@ciesc.k12.in.us Daniel G. McNulty (NE PATINS): nepatins@ciesc.k12.in.us [...]

Are you a Friend of PATINS Project on Facebook yet? Interactive White Boards a Waste? …not if you asked me!  However, there are some heated debates about this very issue within the educational technology circles.  Here’s one.  Check it out, become aware and weigh in!  www.techlearning.com/blogs.aspx?id=31098 I’ve found the success of any technology in any [...]

Blog Post #101! Last week was the 100th blog posting since I started doing this instead of sending out my weekly AT ‘newsletters’ to my contacts and I didn’t even realize it was #100 until now!  Since my 50th blog posting, I had planned to do a “Best Of” Blog post when it got to [...]

I know I’ve been really bad about updating this blog the last few Fridays in a row!  Things have been quite busy and I apologize.  I hope everyone returned to their classrooms and offices well fed and rested after the Thanksgiving Holiday and are now ready to rest for a few more days before tackling [...]