Newsletter February 25 2014

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Want to Travel Abroad With Other Teachers?

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Teachers Travel Abroad

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“Kool Tools” for CTE

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Grace Hooper

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Sheryl Sandberg

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Susan Wojcicki

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CTE Legislature Day

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Authors: Bethany Pleyo Holly Staten Cammy Kesterson

GEEO is a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging and assisting teachers to travel abroad and share their experiences with their students upon their return to the classroom.

Understanding the world today has never been more important to America's future. For most of us, this understanding begins in the classroom. Students look to their teachers for knowledge about a world that is not yet part of their own lived experience. By spending time abroad teachers gain fresh perspectives that deeply enrich their students' learning and global awareness.

GEEO is offering the following teacher travel programs in 2014: Angkor Adventure, NCTA Backroads of Japan, Bangkok to Hanoi, China, Costa Rica, Family Costa Rica, Galapagos, Greece, India/Nepal, Italy, Italy’s Amalfi Coast, Morocco, New Zeland, Peru, Portugal/Spain, Heart of Silk Road, South Africa, India Spring Break, Morocco Spring Break, Russia/Mongolia/China, Turkey, Vietnam

What is Wiki?

A Wiki is a free expandable collection of interlinked webpages, and hypertext system for storing and modifying information, a data base, where each page is easily edited by any user. A Wiki can be thought of as a combination of a web site and a Word document. At its simplest, it can be read just like any other web site, with no access privileges necessary, but its real power lies in the fact that groups can collaboratively work on the content of the site using nothing but a standard web browser.

Two Great Wiki Hosting Platforms to Start With: 1 – Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com/ 2 – PBWorks http://pbworks.com/

Why are Wikis Important in Education?  Most of the Wiki hosting platforms are free & easy to create  They have very student-friendly interfaces  They can be accessed anywhere with an internet connection Tips for Teachers Before Using Wikis  Select a Wiki platform that you and your students are familiar with  Teach them about copyright issues and ethics  Talk to them about the benefits they can get from using a Wiki in their learning Wikis in the Classroom  You can share docs, media, and PDF files on your classroom wiki  Wikis can be used as a portal for all your lessons  Teachers can expand their teaching beyond the classroom walls  You can use your Wiki to share presentations with your students  Make it a class project to collaboratively write a reference book that others can use.

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How simple! Paint strips lined up together and then put in a picture frame…

Instant calendar!

The March Interest is on Pinterest If you are a crafter, then March is your month!

March is National Craft Month and what better way to get some crafty ideas than going to the crafters “Heaven” of the internet, Pinterest. Pinterest is a visual innovation tool that people use to gather ideas for their plethora of interests. People can create and share collections of visual “boards” that they use to

do things like plan trips and projects, organize events, try out new recipes, and get gift ideas. The main thing that people use Pinterest for is what the month of March is all about, crafts; especially, “do it yourself” crafts. In honor of craft month, here are some easy crafts that you may want to try out. Can you guess how they were made?

I love this step by step tutorial!

Take a mason jar, spray paint it, and then use modge podge and glitter and you have an instant decoration!

Buttons, buttons, and more buttons on a lampshade.

Although this looks expensive, take a closer look. This is actually made from wooden letters and coins!

Leaf art!

All of these ideas and more can be found at www.pinterest.com. If you do not have an account, then check out the site! It is free to register and once you are registered you can begin “pinning” your interests! Pinterest is currently blocked by the WVDE. They are in the process of creating access similar to how YouTube is currently accessed, so during your Internet browsing time at home look for some cool “Pins” to pin to your “Bulletin Boards”. Pinterest has something for everyone!!

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Grace Hopper Admiral Hopper was not only one of the first female programmers, but also the first woman to graduate from Yale with a Ph.D. in mathematics and the first woman to reach the rank of Admiral in the U.S. Navy. In addition to inventing the first computer complier in 1952, Admiral Hopper developed COBOL (Common BusinessOriented Language), was credited with popularizing

the term “bug” and “debugging” – reportedly when she had to remove a moth from the inside of a computer, was instrumental in the creation of FLOW-MATIC language for the UNIVAC I and UNIVAC II computers.

Owing to the breadth of her accomplishments and her naval rank, she is sometimes referred to as "Amazing Grace". The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Hopper (DDG-70) is named for her, as was the Cray XE6 "Hopper" supercomputer at NERSC.

“Think like a queen.

A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.”

Oprah Winfrey

Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook After graduating from business school in the spring of 1995, Sandberg worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company for a year. From 1996 to 2001, she worked as Chief of Staff for the United States Secretary of Treasury under President Bill Clinton.

Sandberg joined Google Inc. in 2001 and served as Vice President of Global Online Sales and Operations from

November 2001 to March 2008. She was responsible for online sales of Google's advertising and publishing products and along with sales operations of Google's consumer products and Google Book Search.

In late 2007, Mark Zuckerberg, cofounder and chief executive of Facebook, met Sandberg. Zuckerberg was not looking for a COO at the time, but thought that Sandberg was the

perfect person for such a role. Zuckerberg and Sandberg spent more time together in January 2008 at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. In March 2008, Facebook hired Sheryl Sandberg away from Google.

In 2012 she was named in the Time 100, an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

As of January 2014, Sandberg is reported to be worth over US$1 billion, due to her stock holdings in Facebook and other companies.

Susan Wojcicki, Senior VP YouTube Susan Wojcicki is the 45 year old Senior Vice President, of Google’s YouTube division. She is married with 4 children. She graduated with a Master of Science from the University of California, Santa Cruz; Bachelor of Arts / Science, from Harvard University; and a Master of Business Administration, from University of California at Los Angeles.

In 2011, Silicon Valley’s hometown paper, The San Jose Mercury News, dubbed her “the most important Googler you’ve never heard of.” When Google acquired YouTube in 2006 for $1.6 billion, many analysts rubbed their heads in confusion. What would a

“Great things come from great people!”

company that thrived on its super-intelligent algorithms do with a video-sharing platform that catered to the lowest-common denominator? As broadband, wifi-, smart phones and tablets rolled out, online-video-watching grew exponentially.

Brand-name media entities—musical acts, professional sports leagues, and entertainment companies—flocked to YouTube as a vital new distribution channel. And advertisers followed suit making YouTube a huge success.

CTE Day at the Legislature The West Virginia Association for Career and Technical Education and the Executive Committee will be be sponsoring the Day at the Legislature on Thursday, March 6, 2014. This day has been set aside each year for career and technical education centers to showcase their programs to the West Virginia Legislature. The event will be held on the second floor of the State Capitol.

Career and technical education centers planning to attend are asked to bring their student hand-made items or their nursing students to showcase their skills to our legislators. This will allow your programs to be visible and useful. Technology is at the forefront of CTE. Students are immersed into computer simulations, social media as an educational and business tool, and equipment who technological advances have saved lives and produced a work force who skills are limitless.

This event also gives CTE Student Organizations such as FBLA, FFA, Skills USA, DECA, FCCLA, and HOSA an opportunity to showcase what they have been doing in their respected areas. Student organizations are always busy preparing for competitive events at their conferences and competitions have an opportunity to show Legislature that career technical education goes beyond the classroom and has a large impact on the communities of West Virginia.

If you are interested in bringing your students and items, please contact Ernie Powers.

Schs502684@aol.com or epowers@kcs.kana.k12.wv.us .

“Kool Tools” for CTE Google SketchUp Google SketchUp is a “Kool Tool” for carpentry teachers and students. Google SketchUp is a FREE program from Google. It is a powerful yet accessible 3D modeling software that allows its users to create 3D designs like houses, porches and remodeling projects that can be uploaded to Google Earth. You can also create 3D renderings of planes and automibles.

WIX WIX is a “Kool Tool” for business teachers and students who are looking for a free website builder. Students can create FREE websites or electronic career portfolios with a professional design with ease.

Poke-A-Muscle Poke-A-Muscle is a “Kool Tool” for teachers and students in the health occupations area of CTE . Poke-AMuscle is a free game from Anatomy Arcade. User can learn the names and places of different muscles and groups of muscles in the human body.