NYLearns.org Integral Part of Buffalo Public Schools' Strategy to Increase Student Performance In early September, Dr. James Williams, Superintendent of the Buffalo Public Schools, invited private sector companies interested in working with the district to participate in an in-depth discussion about the academic needs of Buffalo students. Dubbed the Curriculum Think Tank (CTT), more than 20 companies, representing providers of curriculum materials, technology applications, professional development and assessment and accountability resources, were in attendance.  Read the full story... The Classroom Integration Series: Professional Development that Gets Results The Center for Applied Technologies in Education (CATE) at the University at Buffalo designs and delivers meaningful, high-quality professional development, the purpose of which is to continuously improve educators' abilities to incorporate technology into their daily professional lives.  Read the full story... Updates to the Curriculum Section At NYLearns.org, we strive to make the NYS standards more than static statements. Our aim is to make the standards easily accessible, relevant, and integrated with instruction. By creating a database of all the NYS learning standards, down to the core curriculum level, we are able to provide unique search techniques and display options that no one else offers.  Read the full story... We will be presenting at the following conferences: Association of Math Teachers of New York State (AMTNYS) Buffalo, NY, November 4, 2005, 9:30am - 10:30am. Conference Dates - November 3 - 5 Science Teachers Association of New York State (STANYS) Ellenville, NY November 8, 2005, 9:30am - 10:30am. Conference Dates - November 6 - 8 New York State Association for Computers and Technologies in Education (NYSCATE) Albany, NY. Presentation time to be determined, Conference Dates - November 19 - 22
	New Content Providers in NYLearns.org Establishing new partnerships with notable content providers is an on-going priority within our NYLearns.org initiative. Over the past few months, we have focused on improving content in mathematics that closely correlates to the new 2005 Math Standard.  Read the full story...
	My students are trying to access my webpage but they keep getting the following message: "This website is in the process of being updated and is not enabled at this time. Please check back again soon." When will the update be complete? Actually, there is no update in progress. In order for your students to see your webpage, you need to "turn it on." System Requirements Online Courses Share Your Success Story What will be on the 2006 Mathematics Tests for Grades 3 - 8? Beginning in March 2006, students in Grades 3 - 8 will take the state Mathematics Tests, which assess both the content and the process strands of the new math standard. Each question is aligned to a performance indicator in a content strand, as well as one or more performance indicators in the process strands. Because students will be assessed on both their content knowledge and their procedural knowledge, teachers should integrate the process strands into instruction whenever possible.  Read the full story...

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