The StudyDog system is designed from research-based principles described by the National Reading Panel and other reading experts. StudyDog consolidates these principles into the Five Keys for Reading Success, and delivers them in a unique way so children stick with the program for an extended period of time to master the skills being taught.

How can your child get StudyDog for FREE?
The only way is to have your child’s teacher become a StudyDog Reading Angel and, once accepted as a Reading Angel, the teacher notifies StudyDog that
1) Your child would benefit from a scientifically developed reading program and
2) Your child is officially listed as eligible for the National Free Lunch Program.
Once notified, StudyDog will send StudyDog to your home.

Have your child’s teacher go to www.studydog.com and apply to become a Reading Angel. Or, you can print the application and hand it to the teacher to complete.

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Pre-K Sample __ Consonants Sample__ Spelling Sample

This is a screen shot of some of the apps on my phone.  All of which are available for free from the iTunes store. 1. ShakeSpell-  This app allows you to create as many words as possible from a randomly generated grid that is created by saking the phone/itouch.  Create as many words as possible within  a set time limit.  Words must be three or more characters long.  It’s a fast paced game that will have your students thinking. 2. Word Families- This is a simple app that allows students to select a word family to practice with.  Each word is displayed on at a time wit the option to hear the word pronounced. 3. Sight Words-  This app is similar to Word Families.  Sight words are shown at random wth the option to hear hem pronounced. 4. Math Drills Lite-  This app gives students the opportunity t practice their math facts.  Choose from addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, or mixed review. 5. Presidents- Students can scroll through each president’s flash card and view general facts about each one.  It also has a quiz feature to test your knowledge. 6. Capitals- Students can scroll through each state’s flash card and view general facts about each one.  It also has a quiz feature to test your knowledge. 7. USA Free- This i a more extensive app on US history.  Unlike Presidents and Capitals, which are flash cards, this app will give you detailed information on documents, states, maps, anthems, flags, presidents and more.  It also has a quiz feature to test your knowledge. 8. Wordoo Free- This fun app is part slide puzzle, part word game. Slide the tiles to unscramble the letters and form a phrase with a word on each row. Get it right, and you’ll get rewarded with the punchline. Wordoo is not the typical random word game… each puzzle is hand crafted, based on famous quotes, catchy phrases, and current events. 9.  Word Bubble- Unscramble words by tapping the correct sequence of letters. Try to beat your own high score.  You are being timed, so think fast. 10. TanZen Lite- Find your Zen, with this updated version of the classic tangram puzzle game! Tangrams have been challenging minds for centuries, with the deceptively simple goal of combining seven geometric pieces into a shape. 11. Zentomino- This is smilar to TanZen but with the use of shapes, or pentominoes, to fill in different pictures. 12. Dice-  A simple app tat allows the user to select anywhere from one to five dice to roll.  Simply shake your iPhone/iTouch or use the “roll” button on the app.

These are screen shots of  the apps I just mentioned.

You can find additional educational resources  for the iPhone/iTouch at www.michaelnunn.net.

For a list of the Top 50 Apps for Educators, go to the OEBD website.

If you are using a great app that you would like to share, feel free to add it as a comment.

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The location for the 2009 Technology Fair is:
Mulholland Middle School, San Fernando Valley

Register here: http://www.cuehub.org/cuela

Participants will learn valuable, up-to-date curricular approaches and technology processes to bring back to their school or educational office through numerous hands-on and demonstration session

*** This year, students in grades 5, 8 and 11 will also be required to take the EdTech survey.  The Memo will be available soon. If you have an EdTech site administrator at your school, he/she can create the student accounts.  If you don’t have a designated administrator, contact me and I will assist you with the creation of the accounts.

Who is eligible to apply?
Grant applications will be accepted from teachers in grades 3-8 currently teaching in an accredited, non-profit, public school building in the United States. There are no entry fees and no purchase is required. Fifteen (15) classroom awards will be made.

What will recipients receive?
Grant package is valued at over $5,000.00 per classroom award.

• Grant Program

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Here are the rules:

- Each video must be submitted by an active student, age 13 or older.

- Contestants chosen as finalists will be contacted through their YouTube account and must respond within seven business days to confirm eligibility.

- Finalists under the age of 18 must submit a parental consent form.

- Videos must be two minutes or less in length.

- The contest’s page on the U.S. Department of Education (ED) web site (www.ed.gov/IAmWhatILearn) must be featured in the video.

- The video content must be original.

- The video must convey the importance of education, as well as the student’s individual academic goals.

source: eSchool News http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=60852

As you may or may not know, Local District 4 is no longer at the Harbor Building.  As of September 1st, we are now on the 11th floor of the Beaudry building.  Things are definitely different around here, but we will continue to support all of our schools as best as possible.  Our resources have been diminished so please be patient with us if we do not get back to you right away.  Since we no longer have a large conference room, we will not be having our monthly Tech Coordinator meetings.  If you would like to host a meeting at your school site, please email me so that we can schedule it, otherwise please continue to check our blog for news and updates.

Local District 4 Website
Our Local District 4 Website will be undergoing construction as we update information on it. Please give your input on what more you would like to have access to on our website.

LAUSD District News and Events

Site Computer Inventory MEM-4170.2
All schools should complete the Site Computer inventory by October 1, 2009. For more information, please refer to the memo.
Note: The site used to update a school’s inventory: http://site-computer-inventory.noc.lausd.net/, appears to work only within the firewall.

EdTech Profile
All staff at each school in our local district should update their EdTech profiles at http://edtechprofile.org If the principal at your school would like to designate someone to be the administrator for your school, please have him/her send me an email with that person’s name. An administrator of the school’s edtech profile information can send staff their login information and gather data from the survey.

LAUSD iTunes U
LAUSD is now online on iTunes University. (Please note: This link requires iTunes) The site is still under development and will be populated with more content in the near future.  If you have content you would like to contribute, please contact me.

EdTech at LAUSD
Visit the LAUSD EdTech WebPage for regular updates on Educational Technology resources for LAUSD.

School Websites
Many schools have requested information on how to update their school’s website. There are several great resources available to address this:

iWeb Workshop
On Monday, October 5th, Dave Douglas, Apple Systems Engineer for LAUSD, will be offering a workshop in the  Local District 6 Office from 3:45 to 5:45 on developing your school’s website using Apple’s iWeb software. For more information, download this flyer. This is an easy way for schools to easily update their web presence using free tools and LAUSD’s web server.

School Loop
School Loop is offering free websites for all LAUSD schools. This is a fantastic opportunity to create an interactive website for your school. To find out more, please visit the website

Upcoming Conferences

21st Century Learners Symposium - Friday, October 23, 2009 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
LACOE’s Instructional Technology Outreach offers this conference to all educators. The cost is $95 per person or $375.00 for a group of 6. For more information, download this flyer.

CUE Los Angeles Technology Fair - Saturday, November 14, 2009 8:30 – 3:30
Paradise Found at Mulholland Middle School. Registration and more information coming soon!
The keynote speaker this year is Ted Lai.

Thanks to Janice Stearns from LD6 for sharing her resources.

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