About 17 of us had a great time going through Buck Institute's Project Based Learning 101 Training on Jan. 9-11. Everyone learned valuable tools to help us move classrooms toward Project Based Learning models. If you'd like to know more, visit the Buck Institute website here for free downloads, videos, lesson ideas, etc.

Need an answer fast? Look no further than your Google search engine. Don't dig through your desk for your calculator or even your phone. Just type your equation into the Google search window...56 + sqrt (9) = and voila you have your answer (it's 59 by the way). Need to know when your mother-in-laws plane is landing?? No need to go to flighttracker or some other service, just type in the name of the airline and the flight number into the Google search window and BAM!....departure time, arrival time, gate info immediately. Want to know more? Make sure you sign up for the Google Search Tools session on January 10, 2012 or April 3, 2012 on the district training website.

All the DATE Training sessions are now in the Staff Training Calendar. Click here to login and register.

The 2011-2012 Training Calendar is now available on the DATE Grant Web Page . Please review the dates and available sessions. There is a complete description of each session at the end of the PowerPoint file. The registration system has not been updated with these sessions as of today. Please check back here or on the DATE Grant Web Page for updates on when the registration will open for these sessions.

The application process for D.A.T.E. 2011-2012 closed on August 31. Thank you to all who applied. You will be notified by email on or before Sept. 19 if you have been accepted into the program. In anticipation of that announcement, also be aware that if you are selected you will need to participate in Moodle training on Sept. 20 or Sept. 21 at Whitehouse High School from 3:30-5:00.

You can register for them here

DATE Grant Webpage

Deleting Files Tutorial

D.A.T.E. Grant Web Page