If you need to schedule a large item pick-up to be donated to the Foundation Garage Sale,
Please call Patti Lavender: 770-552-1162
We are planning to schedule pick-ups for Sunday afternoon, April 27th, but we may be able to make other arrangements.
Garrison Mill has recently established a Foundation whose purpose is to provide resources above and beyond what the County and the Garrison Mill PTA is able to provide. Please visit their web page to find out more about who they are, what they do, and help support their first fundraising event. You can visit them at: GME Foundation.
If you are interested in purchasing reasonably priced software for academic purposes, the following vendors have been reliable global marketers:
Educational Resources
Academic Software
Academic Superstore
All of these vendors offer Type To Learn 3, the keyboarding software we use in the computer lab. They also sell peripherals and other hardware you might be looking for.
Happy Shopping!
Dr. Judith Jones, Assistant Superintendent for Student Assessment, has provided a chart showing the content weights for each subject that will be tested this spring so you can see the relative importance that each domain will have on the CRCT test.
Which projector should I choose...LCD or DLP?
Review this presentation by Sanyo for the answer:
Download sanyo_presentation_dlp_vs_lcd_technology.ppt
Make sure you ask your children about "Beyond Question." This is a program designed to engage every student in an interactive and creative lesson. The students are presented with information through a PowerPoint presentation. They have the capability to respond to yes-no, true-false, survey style or multiple choice questions by using a wireless response device. Teachers can instantly assess whether the students have already grasped the subject matter or whether more time needs to be spent fine tuning.
The students are eager to participate. Everyone enjoyed the first presentation on playground safety and the children are looking forward to their next experience with Beyond Question.
Let me introduce myself...my name is Lori Schulman. I am a Technology Para Educator at Garrison Mill Elementary. I have a Bachelor's degree in Business and a computer minor. I worked for IBM for many years and took a sabbatical to have three wonderful children. I was not ready to go back to the corporate world and thought I might like to teach. I taught pre-school for a while and then ended up at “GM,” where I have been for the last six years. I absolutely love technology and working with children, so I cannot wait to get started in my new position…it’s the best of both worlds! I adore my Garrison Mill family and I am looking forward to assisting all of our wonderful students and faculty with bringing technology-rich projects into the classroom.
Accoring to Jim Fitzgerald, in a June 24, 2006 article in USA Today, robots help hospitalized students keep up with their school work and their friends. The robot in the hospital allows the student to view the activity in the classroom, while its robot counterpart gives the student a "telepresence" in the classroom. To read further, click here: Hospital Robots.
All Cobb County students, grades 3 though 12, are invited to participate in the 3rd annual North Metro Regional Technology Fair, to be held on Saturday, February 3, 2007. For more information, click here: Fair Details.
