New Grant Section

Teachers have great ideas, but sometime need funds to put those ideas into place in the classroom or school. In my quest to bring tech information to you, I often run across various grants, but don't always know to whom to send it. So take a look in the Grant Link section on this site. Maybe you will find one that will fund your GREAAAAAT Idea. I hope so. Just remember where you found it.

PHS Library Media Center Open @ Night

The Portage High School Library Media Center has evening hours one night per week (usually Wednesday evenings from 3:30pm to 6:00pm). Community residents and Portage school families are invited to come and enjoy the surroundings while reading, researching, using computers and enjoying the "Read a Latte" cafe. Children below high school age must be accompanied by a parent(s) for the entire time.

Open dates for the fall semester are: October 30th, November 7th, 14th, 28th, and December 5th, 12th, and 19th. There are no scheduled dates the week of Thanksgiving or during Winter Holiday.

Technology Workshops

As Portage Township Schools is now a part of the Northwest Indiana Educational Service Center, you (our teachers) have access to a variety of technology workshops. Upcoming ones deal with Integrating Technology into the English Classroom, The Hows and Whys of Podcasting, Digital Video, Creating Vivid Content for Moodle with Dreamweaver, and the IHC Smart Desktop.

Some of the workshops are free, some are $15.oo. You can also receive college credit for attending some of them. Ask your principal if you can attend. Your school must arrange and pay for your sub as well as the cost of attending the workshop. There are no tech monies available for staff development at this time.

To find out more information about registering for any of these workshops, just click the title that interests you. Happy Workshopping and come back and share with the rest of us!