CUE

In this issue:

• Speak Up Event 2005
• CUE Awards
• CLMS/CLHS Technology Conference
• CUE Annual Conference, Palm Springs
• Board Nominations
• CUE Office Move

- ANNOUNCING SPEAK UP EVENT 2005 -

CUE is proud to join NetDay in supporting the third annual Speak Up event. This fall we invite both teachers and students to take the online Speak Up survey to contribute to a national dialogue about technology use and needs and the development of 21st century skills.

The goal of Speak Up events is both to gather national data and to encourage participants to use their data to inform local decision-making. NetDay grants schools and districts access to their aggregate data through a password-protected website to encourage them to consider stakeholder views on technology and 21st century skills.

The online survey will be open October 21 – November 18, 2005. Schools and districts can register for the event now.

Past participants have used their data to inform technology decisions and purchases, to learn how to best provide instruction to today's tech-savvy students, to plan for teacher training, and to stimulate discussion about key technology issues in their communities. Speak Up data contributed to the U.S. Department of Education's “National Education Technology Plan” and the “Visions 2020.2 Student Voices” joint report with the U.S. Department of Commerce. (See both the plan and the report at www.nationaledtechplan.org)
To “Speak Up” students and teachers can access the survey from any Internet-connected computer with their school's secret word.

• The online survey will be available for review in advance along with lesson plans and other helpful support materials.
• For your convenience, this year we've added functionality to allow for an entire district to register with just a few clicks.
• Go to www.NetDay.org to learn about previous Speak Up Events. More information about this year’s event will be posted soon.
  

The deadline to submit your nomination for Gold Disk, Outstanding Teacher and Technology in Learning Leadership (TILL) awards is Dec. 1, 2005. Members may submit Gold Disk nominees directly to CUE, but Outstanding Teacher and TILL nominees are only accepted through one of CUE’s affiliates. Contact your local affiliate to submit your favorite candidate for one of these outstanding recognitions!
More information: http://www.cue.org/awards/

The LeRoy Finkel Fellowship is a program to promote leadership in the field of educational technology. CUE “fellows” will strengthen professional skills, develop a technology-based curriculum project, and share their ideas and strategies through OnCUE and Conferences.
More information: http://www.cue.org/leroyfinkel/

Registration deadline fast approaching!

CUE has partnered with the California League of Middle Schools, and California League of High Schools to present a CUE strand of workshops and sessions at the annual CLMS/CLHS Technology Conference in Monterey, to be held from Nov. 18-20, 2005. Among the many reasons CUE has worked to forge this partnership is to provide enhanced opportunities for Northern CUE members. We encourage those CUE members who can attend to join us at this event. Sign up for our workshops today!
More information: http://www.cue.org/montereytechnology/
Register: http://www.clms.net/conferences/registration.htm

The CUE Conference is the largest and oldest education technology show in California, and among the largest in the United States. For more than 25 years, it has been the best value. Thousands of teachers, administrators, students and parents, and other professionals attend the three-day conference.
More information online.