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Florida technology-using teachers!
Come to the FACE meeting during FETC and get a light bite of some great Italian food and a drink.
We will celebrate the successes of FACE and Florida teachers using educational technology in a social setting.
Come to meet your FACE officers and other FACE members.
If you will attend, please RSVP. If you are bringing a friend, please include that.
Free for members with current dues and $10 for non-member spouses. FETC members will get two drink tickets. Nonmembers can join FETC for $25.
GO TO “EVENTS” to RSVP to this event
or send an email to: ritaoates@aol.com.

Time: January 14, 2010 from 4:30pm to 6:30pm
Location: Maggiano's Little Italy
Street: 9101 International Drive in Pointe Orlando
City/Town: Orlando, FL
Phone: 407-241-8650 restaurant
Organized By: Dr. Rita Oates and FACE officers 305 788 4302 cell

Our formal business meeting will be from 11-11:30 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 15 in the convention center. Note: there is no food at Friday's meeting.

Hey Miss Mahoney,

Our Brainyflix video contest just ended, and I wanted to thank you for helping us get the word out. We got 800 submissions from across the country!

That said, MIT was really happy with the results and will let us run another contest, so we're going for it! But this time, we're gonna have kids create Brainypics flashcards - which are images and sentences paired up with a one of our SAT/ACT words. The contest ends May 22nd, and there'll be iTunes and a cash prize like last time. To boot, we'll double the payout if the kids can hit a certain goal. More details at brainyflix.com/main/contest_rules.

Do you mind passing my message along to students and your colleagues again?

Thanks,
Jack

How do you add pictures to your podcast in Garageband? I am just learning!

It is a clear copyright violation to read a book into a cassette tape or any other format, even for educational purposes.

Hi Miss Mahoney,

I saw that you posted a question about recording books. I have heard this question before but I have not seen a clear answer. Many schools are currently recording books on tape though. I would recommend using Garageband's podcasting feature, as you can add pictures along with the story. Many special education classrooms are using Garageband's podcasting feature for flashcards and books. You can also use the text to speech capability to have the computer convert digital text into speech (mp3). You will need a Mac for Garageband, and I have an automator for converting digital text to speech if you like.

Great! The details are located at the website www.BrainyFlix.com. Click on the link that says 'Contest Rules'. We're accepting videos now and will continue to do so until March 16.

Hi Miss Mahoney!

Hope you're enjoying the winter break. I was wondering if you, your educator contacts or students would be interested in participating in a Vocab Video Contest @ MIT university. We'd really like to get more students involved from Florida.

You can view contest details at BrainyFlix.com Please let me know. Thanks!

Hi.
I was wondering that same thing as you were about whether or not recording books was okay. I've been doing it as an updated listening center. What have you found out?