The MOUSE Squad Wire

Interested in Technology and Science? Register for Channel Thirteen’s Celebration of Teaching and Learning Conference on March 23-24th in New York City.
Channel Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21, the public television stations of the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut tri-state area, have opened registration to the Celebration of Teaching and Learning Conference. Dubbed by many as the […]

Has your MOUSE Squad or someone in your school used technology to develop an interesting science project?
Has your school or MOUSE Squad used multimedia resources like the web, video, or Flash to support global awareness?
If so, you should know that Channel Thirteen has opened its “Multimedia in the Classroom” Awards Competition to schools […]

Dear MOUSE Squad student members!
As some of you may remember from last year when we visited your squads, we are always looking for ways to make the MOUSE Squad program a great experience for all of you. As we start our second year, we want to thank everyone who participated in last year’s […]

As you may know, MOUSE requires all student participants to keep track of the number of hours spent participating in MOUSE Squad and the types of activities in which they take part. Now, our partners at Fordham University have designed a nifty on-line tool for tracking your hours. It even keeps track of and shows […]

MOUSE is commited to continuously improving our program products and services. We want to maintain the elements of the program that work and change those that don’t. This is why we want to hear from you!
If you have a comment or observation that you think will help us, please go HERE and post your […]

For a limited time, MOUSE is offering MOUSE Squad participants Internet and Computing Core Certification (IC³), free-of-charge! IC³ is designed to validate an individual’s basic computer skills and Internet knowledge to promote success in school, work, and life. The IC³ program enjoys worldwide recognition as the global standard for digital literacy.
MOUSE is looking […]

Last Friday, 44 students and 6 Faculty Advisors from PS/MS 15, IS 229, MS 219 and the Business Computer Applications School visited the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens. Thank you to the Museum staff for a wonderful interactive tour!
Click here for photos: http://flickr.com/photos/chase_0704/sets/72157594373952232/ .

Long before laptops roll off an assembly line, designers, engineers and software developers collaborate to produce a product. Recently two MOUSE Squad students from Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy in the Bronx, Leroy and Lawy Tindi acted on an opportunity to be hands on with this exciting new technology.

The OLPC boards are works-in-progress and differ from […]

We are currently working on the next version of our MOUSE Squad e-Learning School Kit and it would be great to have your feedback and ideas!
Faculty Advisors: Please take this 4-question survey online and let us know what items are the most useful and what new items you think we should provide.
Click Here: […]

By the time November hits, new and returning MOUSE Squads alike are in full swing as they take on the important and much-needed work of MOUSE Squad Help Desks.
As MOUSE Squad managers, Faculty Advisors play a key role in achieving the program goals as they relate to both the school and student technicians. Although each […]