ESU10 will again have our labs open and be available to assist you in filing your Erate forms and Item 21 attachments. We will have two sessions one in the morning and one in the afternoon.  You can register for EITHER session on ODIE. (If you have an Erate Support Agreement please check with Sue Rains or Amber Gibson before you register.)

Please make sure that you bring the following items:
    Copies of the 470 Forms
    Copies of last year’s Form 471
    Monthly Invoice Amounts for all services you are applying for
    Telephone service: Number of classrooms of rooms with phone service
    Number of Network drops
    Number of classrooms or rooms with Internet access
    Number of computers or other devices with Internet access (i.e. laptops, iPads;     iPods; workstations; servers.  Be as accurate as possible so as to show that the service     you are asking for is adequate for your use.
    Account numbers for all services
    Free & Reduced Lunch Count Number
    Pre-K numbers if you have any
    Erate PIN number to certify your forms and complete the Item 21 attachments.
   
E-rate Workday – AM  9:30 – 11:30:
 https://odie.esu10.org/workshops/SectionDetails.aspx?SectionID=2385  

E-rate Workday – PM 1:00 – 3:00:
https://odie.esu10.org/workshops/SectionDetails.aspx?SectionID=2386

Just wondering if/what others use or have found as a free or inexpensive alternative for garage band that can be used with PC.
Thanks,
Heather Callihan

Holy Myers sent this out to the School Librarians, but I thought I would help her out and send it to other groups as well.  Can you help answer her questions?  Thanks!
Susan Sandoval, ESU 10 Media Center

The Media-Specialists
Community - One to one computers

By Holly Myers

November 28, 2011

Hello all! We are looking at trying to go one to one with computers next school
year and we just want to feel out others to see what they are doing. Some
questions that have come up are: Does the school provide a case to each
student? Do the students and parents have to sign a waiver? What kind of
insurance do you have for the computers? Are the students allowed to take the
computers out of the building? If anyone has any advice, we would really
appreciate it. You can email me at holmyers@esu10.org
or call the school (North Loup-Scotia) at 308 245 3201 or leave your
suggestions as comments. Thanks so much for your help! :)

Does anyone have a scanner (or alternative) that they recommend for a teacher wanting to project a worksheet, (to model with Smartboard) that could perform similar to an Elmo, but not have the cost of an Elmo??
Any suggestions are appreciated.

Heather Callihan

iPod Touch/iPad Workshop

September 22, 2010

9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

ESU 10 – Kearney, NE

https://odie.esu10.org

 
This Thursday, September 22, Lisa Pospishil of Norfolk Public Schools will be at ESU 10 to share her expertise in using iPod Touches and iPads in education as well as work with ESU 10 teachers to incorporate the use of the iPods/iPads into school curriculum. 

Teachers should bring an iPod Touch as well as a laptop (for researching and taking notes), and should have a working knowledge of using an iPod Touch and/or an iPad.  The workshop will not cover the basics of iPods or iPads and will focus on reading, although the material will apply to other subject areas as well.

Cost is $25 per person. 

When registering, click on the TASTE Workshop.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

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Graci Gillming 
Technology Training Coordinator
Educational Service Unit 10
Bus: 308-865-5664 X-229
ggillmin@esu10.org

 

The following website has info for grant writing for the funding of technology and links to other free resources for classrooms

http://www.edutopia.org/files/existing/edutopianews.html