TCEA2009
TCEA2009 – Ed-Tech Action
Thanks to the TexTAN Booth at TCEA 2009, I joined hundreds of other teachers send letters to my legislators advocating for technology. As of 1:00 PM today, according the TexTAN organizer Jennifer Bergland, there were 2,421 TexTAN members!! Here’s a map representing that: Letter sent: As an educator of 18 years in Texas public schools, [...]
TCEA2009 – Legislative Tutorial by ATPE’s Brock Gregg
“Advocacy,” shared Brock Gregg, “is basically building relationships.” Yesterday afternoon, I had the chance to sit in on a tutorial session organized by Jennifer Bergland (TCEA TexTAN), Scott Floyd (White Oak ISD), and Brock Gregg (ATPE Governmental Relations Director). Brock was kind enough to sling my iRiver T10 around his neck for great recording of [...]
TCEA2009 – Writing to Elected Officials
The following was shared at a session facilitated by Brock Gregg (ATPE) at TCEA 2009 about writing to elected officials: Legislators pay close attention to their mail to judge whether an issue is important to the people they represent. The volume of letters received from constituents does affect the vote on an issue. One letter [...]
TCEA2009 – Legislative Program Adopted by TCEA
The following TCEA 2009 Legislative Program was adopted by the TCEA Board of Directors on January 17, 2009. Please support the work of TCEA to enhance education through the use of technology. The Technology Allotment of $30 per student was established in 1992. For seventeen years this allotment has helped fund the increasing need to [...]
TCEA2009 – Making IT Happen
Lori Gracey (Bastrop ISD) and Miguel Guhlin (San Antonio ISD) were recipients of the Making IT Happen Award at the TEC-SIG Luncheon in Austin, Tx today. It was truly an honor to share the stage with her, and I’m jazzed about having been honored in this way. Personally I was thrilled to share the stage [...]