1. October 2010
E-CONNECT
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Fall & Winter Professional Development
Fall & Winter PD Sign up for fifteen hours to be eligible for one semester hour of credit. Sign up for thirty hours
to be eligible for two semester hours of credit. Credit is available from Lourdes College for
BIG Tech Pak
$200/credit hour. Call 419-380-4633 for more information.
Imagination Station
SESSION PRICING & DESCRIPTIONS can be found at www.wgte.org/education
Toledo Museum of Art
FREETech4Teachers.com
Single Session PD
SMART Board Basics
Session Date: Tuesday, November 9, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Fees: Members: $70, Basic or Non-Members: $100
SMART Board Intermediate
Session Date: Tuesday, October 19, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Fees: Members: $70, Basic or Non-Members: $100
Mimio Basics
Session Date: Tuesday, November 23, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Fees: Members: $70, Basic or Non-Members: $100
What’s the Hype about Skype?
Session Date: Monday, October 4, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Fees: Members: $45, Basic or Non-Members: $60
Series Based PD
More contact hours, more learning…one low price!
Google Apps Series: 6 contact hours
Google Docs & Forms: Tuesday, November 30, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
iGoogle & Google Reader: Tuesday, December 7, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Google Calendar & other Google Tools: Tuesday, December 14, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Fees: Members: $100, Basic or Non-Members: $130
Tech21 Series: 12 contact hours
Learn how technology can promote the integration of 21st century skills in your classroom. All participants
receive a FlipVideo Camera!
Session I: Monday, October 25, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00p.m.
Session II: Monday, November 1, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00p.m.
Session III: Monday, November 8, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00p.m.
Session IV: Monday, November 15, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00p.m.
Fees: Members: $199, Basic or Non-Members: $285

2. Administrator's Series: 6 contact hours includes iPod Touch 32GB + iTunes Gift Card
Google Docs: Monday, November 29, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00p.m.
iPod Touch: Monday, December 6, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00p.m.
Skype: Monday, December 13, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00p.m.
Fees: Special Rate! Members, Basic or Non-Members: $450
Personal Learning Network Series: 5 contact hours
Session I: Tuesday, October 26, 4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Session II: Tuesday, November 2, 4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Fees: Members: $100, Basic or Non-Members: $130
Participate in our online poll and
automatically be entered into a drawing
to win an iPod Shuffle or a voucher
Tech, Learn, Go! Technology + Professional Development
towards professional development at
WGTE. (Restrictions apply) Just visit Introduction to iPod Touch
www.wgte.org/education and click on All participants receive a 32GB iPod Touch
the ERC Survey banner. Session Date: Monday, November 22, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Fees: Members: $420 Basic or Non-Members: $600
Introduction to iPad
All participants receive a 16 GB iPad
Session Date: Thursday, November 18, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Fees: Members: $695, Basic or Non-Members: $795
PD via Distance Learning
Technology Snapshots
8:00 a.m. Videoconferencing; 3:30 p.m. Webinar via Elluminate
Session Dates:
Creativity with Photsharing:Picasa: Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Critical Thinking with Mobile Technologies: Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Second Semester topics/dates TBA
Fees: Price Per Session Comprehensive Members: Free (one site per topic), Basic or Non-
Members: $75 per site (unlimited participants)

3. Page 3 E-CONNECT
WGTE BIG Tech Pak
Cutting Edge Technology + High Quality Professional Development
Schedule a session for August or September to provide your teachers with the
knowledge and tools to create active, technology-rich environments for the
2010-2011 school year.
Intro to Flip Video
Class set of 15 Flip Ultra video cameras $2,200
Includes one, three-hour training session for three participants. Please add $25 for each additional
participant.
SMART Response PE Clickers
Class set of 24 response clickers $2,099; Class set of 32 response clickers $2,499
Includes one, three-hour training session for three participants. Please add $25 for each additional
participant.
Intro to Elmo Document Camera
Two (2) Elmo Document Cameras $1,600
Includes one, three-hour training session for two participants. Please add $25 for each additional
participant.
Intro to the Aver Document Camera
Two (2) Aver Media CP Series Document Cameras $1,350
Includes one, three-hour training session for two participants. Please add $25 for each additional
participant.
iPod Touch
Four (4) 32GB iPod Touch $1,650
Includes one, three-hour training session for three participants and iTunes gift cards. Please add $25
for each additional participant.
Introduction to Mimio with the NEW Wireless Mimio Teach Special Rate!
Get the NEW wireless Mimio Teach for the same price as the Mimio Xi model…but for a limited
time only! Contact the ERC no later than October 15 to schedule a session. Includes one (1) Mimio
Teach + one (1) Mimio Xi Interactive $1,350 Includes one, three-hour training session for three
participants. Please add $25 for each additional participant.
How can your school pay for these technology programs?
Use Title I Part A Funds, Title III Funds, Permanent Improvement Funds and/or Equipment
Funds to support these technology integration programs!

4. E-CONNECT
Register Now for Museum Tours
TMA student tours are open for registration! In addition to popular favorites, this year’s
lineup includes tours related to special exhibitions such as “The Egypt Experience” and
shows featuring works by Francisco Botero and Aminah Robinson. All tours are aligned with
Ohio Academic Content Standards.
Registering is easy with a new online registration form. You can also download the
elementary and secondary brochures and request bus subsidies at
toledomuseum.org/learn/tours. TMAs Resource Center for Educators provides materials for
pre- and post-visit activities.
For more information or to be added to the annual mailing list, contact Rachel at
rbiel@toledomuseum.org or 419-254-5772.
WGTE Public Media
1270 S. Detroit Ave.
Toledo, Ohio 43614
Phone: 419.380.4633
Fax: 419.380.4710
E-mail: erc@wgte.org
Little Scientists Week, November 9-12, is special week of out-of-this-world discovery for our
littlest explorers, kindergarten age and under. This year's theme - Little Astronauts, Big
Universe - will feature a series of activity tables where kids can make their own rockets and
constellation viewers, try astronaut ice cream, and take a trip inside our portable planetarium,
among several others. They'll be treated to stories about space travel and exploration and
then follow it up with activities that reinforce what they have just learned. This week is
designed to empower children to reach for the stars and get them dreaming about what they
might one day become. Imagination Station is currently hosting the traveling exhibition
Hubble Space Telescope: New Views of the Universe, through mid-January 2012. This
visually stimulating exhibition celebrates the achievements of NASA's Hubble Space www.wgte.org
Telescope by magnificently displaying and describing the wonders of the night sky.

5. FREETech4Teachers.com
The week's news in Rap. Free data sets. A quiz on "What Founder Are You?' The latest news on
Google Docs. All this and more can be found at Free Technology for Teachers.
Not only does this blog keep you up to date on classroom technology, the author, Richard Byrne,
always includes a paragraph on educational applications for the tools mentioned.
He also has "free" resource guides on "How to Do 11 Techy Things", "Making Videos on the
Web", "Beyond Google" and more.
Richard Byrne, a US history teacher in Maine, created his blog to share information about the free
resources that teachers can use in their classrooms. Free Technology for Teachers was awarded
both the "Best Resource Sharing Blog" and the "Best Individual Blog" in 2009 by Edublogs.
Free Technology for Teachers, http://www.freetech4teachers.com/