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Current update - October 20, 2008

Green Light essay competition

Inspire your middle and high school students to be leaders in the Green Schools movement--and your school could win a state-of-the-art computer lab (which could easily become an eMINTS classroom)! The "Green Light Contest" essay competition, sponsored by PC Mall Gov, in partnership with HP, InFocus and T.H.E. Journal, is seeking entries from students in two categories: grades 5 - 8 and 9 - 12.

In essays of 1,000 words or less students are asked to describe how they and their teachers can use technology to protect the environment, with the grand-prize-winning composition being awarded a 30-seat "green" computer lab for the author's school. Two additional first place winners (one from each grade-level category) will each receive a "green" laptop. Winning essays will be published in T.H.E. Journal and winners will be recognized at FETC, January 21 - 24, in Orlando, FL.

Deadline is December 1, 2008. Winners will be announced at FETC, January 21 - 24, 2009, and notified by mail no later than January 31, 2009. Complete essay and submission criteria are available online ....

eMINTS teachers portfolios & certification

The deadline for Veterans and current Year 1 or Year 2 teachers who are receiving their PD from a district trainer and who have not yet registered to submit portfolios has been extended until October 22.

Thanks for all the great e-mails and questions about portfolios and certification. Check out the updated eMINTS website including a Q and A with frequently asked questions ......

Please send additional questions to emints-info@emints.org

Wanted - Missouri teacher(s) who use Discovering Collection from Gale

Jeanne Sullivan, Program Manager at MOREnet, is seeking input from Missouri teachers who regularly use the Discovering Collection from Gale. MOREnet provides the collection of resources to Missouri districts that are members of its K-12 Technology Network Program (TNP). Jeanne is looking for teachers' perspectives on the content and features provided by the collection to promote the resources better to Missouri teachers. Teachers interested providing input should e-mail Jeanne at jeanne@more.net by October 30, 2008.

Find a list of resources available to Missouri TNP teachers ....

Videoconferencing opportunity for Missouri high school teachers

Please join Walter Bargen - Missouri Poet Laureate - via interactive videoconferencing and video streaming to hear the poet Kevin Prufer read from his recent work and answer questions posed by Missouri students and residents. The interactive videoconference is open to four Missouri classrooms or libraries; students or residents from these locations will be able to ask Mr. Prufer questions directly. In addition, MOREnet will broadcast the event online via streaming video to other classrooms or libraries that wish to participate. For these groups, an e-mail address will be provided so questions can be submitted.

Registration for the videoconference of this event will be accepted from the first four schools and libraries that successfully test their videoconferencing connection and equipment. Contact MOREnet Video Consulting at (800) 509-6673 to test. Please request participation in this event by contacting MOREnet at mets@more.net, and be sure to indicate which connection method you will employ to participate.

Submit your request by Nov. 1, 2008. All requests will receive a confirmation response.

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Monica Beglau
Executive Director, eMINTS National Center

Reviewed October 21, 2008.