Coolest Tips and Tricks for Spring 2001 CUE Conference

Here is the handout for the Tips and Tricks session at the Spring CUE 2001 conference that so many of you requested. Have Fun!
Please email me with any questions: bbray@compstrategies.com
download: tipstricksSpringCUE2001.pdf (740 kb, Adobe Acrobat file)

Coolest Tips and Tricks for Fall 2000 CUE Conference

Here's the file I promised the participants from CUE. I want to apologize to those that attended for not having enough handouts (over 350) plus having difficulty showing Word 2001 - this is a wonderful product that I hope Mac users will want to purchase or upgrade to. Even though I practiced earlier and it worked - could not figure out the problem in front of everyone. Now that I am using Office 2001 more and more, I can't live without it. Still do not have the PowerPoint Tips - cannot find them - so will add them later. Thanks again for your feedback.
Please email me with any questions: bbray@compstrategies.com
dowload tipstricksFallCUE2000.pdf [614 kb, Adobe Acrobat file]

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Virtual Museum Project

Check out the Virtual Museum at Oakland Unified School District. We are working as coaches with the 5th through 8th grade core teachers and we helped them create projects to post in the Virtual Museum http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/cv and collaborative projects as part of the VM discussion board http://www.compstrategies.com/discus/. You can go in and answer some of the kids ideas on cave art.

In May 2001 OUSD had a technology showcase for the many projects from the Core Values / Foundations grant. Webmaster Linda Swanson published a report of the OUSD Technology Showcase http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/cv/showcase/ including some of the many Virtual Museum projects.

Reference Materials/Articles

• Professional Development Column by Barbara Bray in the OnCUE newsletter
• Professional Development for Technology and the Arts, May 2001
  artscolumn.pdf
• Student Achievement needs to Drive the Professional Development Program, April 2001 studentachievement.pdf
• Knowledge Managers for Collaborative Communities, March 2001 knowledgemanagers.pdf
• Study Groups Strengthen the Learning Community, February 2001
  studygroups.pdf
• Create a Learning Community, January 2001
  learningcommunities.pdf
• Staff Development Models, November/December 2000
  staffdevmodels.pdf
• The "Coolest Tips and Tricks" handout from the Spring 2000 CUE Conference. tipstricks.pdf
• Latest Article from CUE: "Staff Development from Sea to Shining Sea" Sept/October 2000 cueprojects.pdf
• "Job-Embedded Staff Development" Fall 2000 issue of Today's School: Shared Leadership in Education. Peter Li Education Group Job_EmbeddedSD.pdf
• Resistant Teachers can be a Real Challenge to Staff Developers, July/Aug 2000
  sdresisters.pdf

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If you are interested in any of the services or products we mentioned above, contact us at 800-633-2448 or email us at info@compstrategies.com