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Congratulations
to Bob Levin! Some of Bob’s work can be found at: The SEVA awards and videos will be featured: Bob’s classes at Florin in conjunction with Gail Desler of Technology Services will be hosting a Video Sharing/Workshop Session on May 29th in the Little Theater between 6:00 – 8:00 pm! Check with Bob for details! Please join me in sharing your appreciation of what Florin students and staff can do with technology and for the support from Gail Desler and Steve Mate – Technology Integration Manager, Greg Lindner - Director of Technology Services, and Doug Neva of SECCTV! This is Florin High School’s use and integration of technology at its best! Yearbooks are now on sale at the student store!!! Get your copy for $75!!! Please remember, you must have your I.D. card to be admitted. See you on Monday. FLORIN HIGH SCHOOL One of 25 Schools in U.S., Canada Selected
$56,000 HP Technology for Teaching Leadership grant provides
recipients <Sacramento,CA August,2006 – <Florin High School was selected as a 2006 HP Technology for Teaching Leadership grant recipient. HP is awarding a total of $2 million in cash and equipment to15 K-12 public schools and 10 two- and four-year colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. All 25 HP Technology for Teaching Leadership grant winners were recipients of HP Technology for Teaching grants in 2004-2005 and were invited to apply for additional investment support. Recipients were selected for reinvestment because of their success integrating HP technology into their classroom curriculum, demonstrating positive impact on student achievement and proposing innovative plans to expand their programs to have broader impact on student success at the school. <Florin High School> and its team of four representatives leading the HP Technology for Teaching Leadership grant team will receive an award package valued at more than $56,000 that includes HP equipment and professional development. The HP equipment consists of a mobile cart – equipped with 15 HP Tablet PCs, an HP digital projector and an HP digital camera – which can be moved throughout the school for use in any classroom. The school team will also participate in a customized, mentored professional development program led by HP partner, the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). The professional development program will give school teams the opportunity to develop their leadership for effective use of technology at a systemic level in their school or district, expanding the impact of the HP grant to even more students. In a project called the “The Common Denominator of the World: Currency,Florin HS” students explored various monetary systems around the world, comparing currency values against U.S currency, learning about world stock markets and making projections based on data collection, such as student portfolios,and creating their their own currency, In addition to thematic teaching units in math, students also benefited from having e-books and engaging lesson presentation via powerpoint and videostreaming. <”We are very excited to have been selected as the only high school in the U.S. and hope to introduce similar projects into other curricular areas and to involve more students in the technology application at Florin. <This year the HP math grant team include: Kiran Grewal; Kristy Bracha; Dana Chu; Tim Smith; Ken Smith; Robert Brewer; Ruth Fender and Manuel Mego. The leadership group representing Florin includes : Mark Cerutti ; Kiran Grewal ; RJ Dake ; Manuel Mego. The grant this year will allow us to bring more teachers on board , allowing us to reach more students through curricular development, articulation and effective instructional delivery.> “ Through the Leadership Grant, HP offers additional equipment and training so that the excellent work already demonstrated by these educators can be expanded,” said Bess Stephens, vice president, Philanthropy and Education, HP. “We are delighted to make these reinvestment grants so that even more educators and students can benefit from innovative applications of technology to improve teaching and learning.”The HP Technology for Teaching program is designed to improve student achievement through the innovative use of technology in the classroom. Many of the grant recipients’ projects have a focus on science, math and engineering at schools that serve low-income students. Since 2004, HP has contributed more than $36 million in HP Technology for Teaching grants to 650 schools worldwide. More information about HP’s Technology for Teaching program and the 2006 Leadership grant recipients is available at www.hp.com/go/hpteach. |