Showing posts with label California Military Institute. Show all posts
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Kick Off to College 2015
The major push for the Kick Off to College event was raising awareness and helping students prepare for the next step in their education and career. This included: completing college applications, filling out financial aid paperwork, exploring potential careers with analysis from personality assessments, and participating in the PSAT assessment to measure progress toward college and career readiness. No matter the activity, students were able to personalize the experience and make it matter for their individual futures.
A few students also shared their perspectives on the Kick Off to College events and activities. A male and female student that were walking on campus spoke on how it had impacted them. The girl had glowing reviews. She enjoyed the activities and actually felt more excited about her future now that she had gone through this process. The male student remarked, “The only negative thing I could say, is that I wish I had this event my other 3 years of high school. It was good and I wish I did what the other 9, 10, and 11th graders got to do.”
A student from PUHSD posted a tweet thanking the organizers for supporting his college and career readiness preparations. In a follow up interview with the student he shared the his comments about the experience:
“Learning about the college application process was helpful because honestly, I wasn’t sure where to start. I knew what colleges were good to apply for, but this also helped me see which ones match up best for me and why. It helped me use my transcript and my interests to see what steps for next year would work well for me. Before that day I was super scared. Now I feel like I have some time, I can breathe. This has made the college opportunity more like a reality for me.”
One of the ASB officers at a PUHSD school also shared some of her thoughts:
“I was learning how to fill out college apps and FAFSA setup. My big takeaway was how important the application process was and making sure you do it correctly. Without this event I’m not sure that I would have been able to do as much preparation for college otherwise. I’m so glad I was at school today. It was brand new and I wasn’t sure what to expect good or bad. It was definitely great!”
The event was a huge success with teachers and staff across the district offering support and adapting to the needs of the students. Throughout the day, students, staff, and faculty were sharing over social media comments and pictures from the event with the hashtag #KOTC15. Our district flooded the stream with positive messages, gratitude, and excitement about looking forward to the next step.
Below is a collection of some of those tweets.
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CMI Technology Newsletter
By Robert Guzman
Tech Coach
California Military Institute
We live in the age of digital media. More and more, news agencies are cancelling their physical editions in favor of web accessible content. This tells us that the idea of a newspaper is not dead. It is the delivery and medium that has changed. The vision of a newspaper, whether it is print or online, is what defines it. We had a vision to create a bi-monthly newsletter for the teachers at CMI in order to get relevant information pertaining to education and technological issues that would make their lives easier.
The goal was simple: to get information to teachers that would cover multiple topics. CMI’s technology newsletter is in the form of a Google Doc. This ensures that the editor can edit or add more content to the current newsletter. This way the teachers do not have to sort through large amounts of emails about updates dealing with software or educational practices on how to best use technology in the classroom.
The plan was straightforward; to provide available resources to teachers in one place. The best place to retrieve cutting edge information is on Twitter. Following the various educational resources on Twitter, one can feel bombarded with information. Chad Shaner from Perris High made an analogy about Twitter. He stated that “Twitter is like Niagara Falls and all you have is just a little cup to catch some of the water.” The abundance of it is quite overwhelming. For educators, it is virtually impossible to use all of them. CMI’s Technology Newsletter saves time for teachers and gives them tools to enhance educational practices.
There are sections in the newsletter for the various software programs we run on a daily basis. Also, teachers know that if any updates or changes have taken place to their favorite programs they would see them in the newsletter. Since helping staff improve their use of email is a current goal, there is also a series on Google Apps For Education with emphasis on Gmail for the Spring semester of 2015. Our Gmail segment is broken up into a beginners and advanced section. This way we can reach various skill levels. In theory our staff will learn a new tip with every new tech newsletter that is published or at least review something they have previously learned.
Some of the other sections of the newsletter included segments from other Tech Coaches. One section in particular that is a regular on the newsletter is Chad Shaner’s App of the week. From time to time, how-to-guides from the other tech coaches and even other PUHSD employees are available. This promotes the culture of collaboration that has been instilled in members of Scholar plus. The CMI Technology Newsletter is a document that relies heavily on the sharing of knowledge, because sharing is caring. One of the things we tell the staff at CMI is that if someone teaches you something, then please make sure you teach that one thing to another member of the staff. This way the culture of collaboration continues.
The CMI Technology Newsletter has allowed us to send large amounts of information to all staff members at CMI. This way the knowledge is passed to all employees and we can make our school a better place for our students. If more staff members are informed about what and how to use technology in the classroom, then our students will benefit and become the best they can be. The benefit of the newsletter can be seen almost immediately. Teachers often make comments about what they learned or what they want to do with one of the ideas or tools shared with them. Technology Newsletters are a must in every school to ensure equity for everyone.
WeatherBug Weather Stations
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| WeatherBug Weather Station at Perris High School |
PUHSD is very excited about being part of a network of over 8,000 weather stations across the country. The WeatherBug Schools Program is the largest weather and climate sensor network that combines professional-grade weather stations at K-12 schools and universities. The weather stations will be used to enhance the science, technology, and math school curriculum using the WeatherBug Achieve program. Each station records more than 25 weather variables and updates every few seconds. This live, hyper-local weather information is exclusive to Earth Networks, enabling an unmatched view of current conditions.
High heat during the summer and early fall is one of the challenges our athletic programs face. The partnership with the WeatherBug Schools Program will also allow athletic directors and coaches to receive notifications for weather conditions, including the heat index through the StreamerRT tool. The dynamic interface enables users to create notification rules for specific locations. Notifications are sent through visual and audible delivery and delivered to desktop and mobile emails.
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