An On-Line Resource for Asheville School Teachers

1. People of Color Conference     Mr. Alexander/Ms. Wolf
2. Assessment Conference            Mr. Kollath/Ms. Lawrence
3. Inclusive Schools                          Mr. O’Connor

4 week school challenge from January 18^th to February 15^th to reduce overall electricity use at schools

                  - Website – www.greencupchallenge.com

-$ prize for winning school

- Town dress if we meet our goal (4% reduction)

Initiatives so far:

-       Posters, announcements, reminders

-       Hall meetings (student pledge)

-       Faculty Pledge

-       Lights off in dining hall between meals

-       Staff need to be involved

-       Faculty pledge

Mac App Store – iBooks Author

Apple Unveils App and Tools for Digital Textbooks – NYTimes.com

  &  = <3

BuddyS – iPad Pitch 

iPad amongst the faculty on campus :

Admissions, [Foreign Language], Alexander, Anderson, Buddy, Bryson, Ewing, Galusha,

Gregory, Lang, Lambert, Lawrence, Long, Plaehn, Smith

Kindle & Nooks :  Cianciulli, Smith, Connors, MontgomeryP, Wolf

Jeff’s top ten suggestions for teaching boys

Wired – ThompsonC – Why Johnny Can’t Search

Clive Thompson on Why Kids Can’t Search | Magazine

NYTimes – Online Textbooks Aim to Make Science Leap From the Page – NYTimes.com