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MOUSE Squad Training kicks into full gear this month!
Remember, in order to attend any MOUSE Squad Training, you must enroll through the online training catalogue.
Read below for links and info for training for the month of October:
Faculty Professional Development Series

October 4, 2006
4:00pm
The Brand New MOUSE Squad - This virtual conference (webinar) for returning Faculty Advisors […]

Easily one of the hottest (and little known about) debates surrounding the use and usefulness of the Internet currently is the notion of Network Neutrality. The term Network Neutrality originally described the Internet in terms of its capabilities of delivering information. The idea being that the Internet favors certain types of information (smaller files, non-real-time […]

The premiere workshop in the Faculty Advisor Professional Development Series was a great success! As the title suggests, upcoming Workshops will use web conferencing (webinar) technology. Here is what you can expect in October:
Workshop Title: The Brand New MOUSE Squad
Description: This one hour webinar session is designed to bring returning Faculty Advisors up to speed […]

New York City area MOUSE Squad schools can now enroll in MOUSE Squad trainings online. This year, each faculty advisor and student planning to attend a training must enroll separately.
All MOUSE Squads are required to attend a MOUSE Squad Essentials Trainings - there are two dates available. You are also encouraged to attend […]

MICE - here’s a chance to get involved in a global collaborative project, One Web Day. More, from the project’s press release:
“The Web is worth celebrating.
OneWebDay is one day a year when we all - everyone around the physical globe - can celebrate the Web and what it means to us as individuals, organizations, […]

What: Student Focus Group & Pizza Party
Who: MOUSE Squad students who participated last year
When: Monday September 25, 4:30-5:30PM
Where: MOUSE Headquarters, 295 Lafayette Street (at the corner of Houston Street) in Manhattan, 5th floor.  Take the B/D/F/V train to Broadway Lafayette, 6 Train to Bleeker, or the N/R to Prince Street.
DETAILS: MOUSE needs your feedback! We […]

As part of its ongoing professional development training for faculty advisors, MOUSE is hosting a workshop on September 21. Interested in attending? Email Meredith. Here are the grant program’s details from Best Buy:
The Best Buy te@ch program recognizes creative uses of interactive technology in K-12 classrooms. Winning te@ch programs focus on kids […]

MOUSE learned of these opportunities from the Youth Learn News Blog
Youth Leaders for Literacy to Awards Grants for Student-Led Projects “Youth Leaders for Literacy is an initiative of the National Education Association and Youth Service America to help youth direct their enthusiasm and creativity into reading-related service projects. Grant applications should propose youth leadership in […]

As you may know, MOUSE has always been committed to continuously improving its program offerings and documenting program impact. Beginning last year, in January 2006, MOUSE hired the National Center for Schools and Communities at Fordham University to undertake an in-depth review of its New York City MOUSE Squads. The purpose of the review […]

Announcing NetDay Speak Up 2006 – November 1-30
This year parents around the country can organize their parent-teacher and student groups to encourage all the members of their school community to participate in the local conversation and the national dialog about science, math, technology, and 21st century workforce skills. Now in its 4th year, NetDay Speak […]