Connections

Keep in touch with colleagues across the state!

See Teacher Connections for other mailing lists and forums. Visit On The Web for help finding other lists and forums of interest, and for basic information on how mailing lists and newsgroups work.

E-Mail and Listservs
ODE-WEB Listserv
A time-saving way to find out what's new on the Oregon Department of Education's Web site. On a (more-or-less) weekly basis, subscribers to ODE-WEB receive via e-mail an annotated listing of additions and changes to the Web site. To subscribe to ODE-WEB, send mail to majordomo@sparkie.osl.state.or.us. In the body of the message, type:
     subscribe ode-web 
OEMA Listservs

Oregon Educational Media Association hosts two e-mail forums, one focusing on school and youth library issues, the other on school technology issues and concerns. Open to library media specialists, librarians, school and district technology coordinators, and all who share these interests.
http://www.oema.net/Telecommunication/list.htm

Oregon School Improvement Listserv

An active list created to provide a free, quick, and easy medium for communication, information exchange, and support among those interested in school-to-work and other school improvement issues and topics.
http://www.open.k12.or.us/jitt/stw.html

Oregon School Boards Association

Stay informed of the Oregon School Board Association's legislative priorities, events, and more, including e-mail links to the OSBA staff and board of directors.
http://www.osba.org

Southern Oregon Technology in Education Professionals (SOTEP)
A listserv for southern Oregon technology professionals, designed as a forum to post questions, share successes, share upcoming events that may be of interest, discuss problems and solutions, and anything else that may benefit colleagues and make our jobs a little easier. To subscribe, send mail to listserv@phoenix.k12.or.us. In the body of the message, type:
     subscribe sotep your name 
Please consider joining! The more professionals on this list the higher the quality of support we will all receive.
EduPage

EduPage, a free e-mail newsletter distributed three times a week, delivers brief summaries of the latest technology news gleaned from the mainstream media. Most issues are only one or two pages, making this an easy way to keep up with what's happening in the field of information technology.
http://www.educause.edu/pub/edupage/edupage.html

K-12 Training Center Listserv
For staff members of K-12 Technology Training Centers (any district, ESD, OEA, regional, or Higher Education training center for K-12 teachers). Discussion of topics of concern includes course offerings, curriculum issues, staffing issues, building schedules, and the day-to-day management of a Training Center.

To subscribe to this list, send mail to majordomo@www.loswego.k12.or.us and include in the body of the message:
     subscribe k12tc
     end
To send mail to this list, address it to k12tc@www.loswego.k12.or.us.
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Forums

NASSP's News & Views

The National Association of Secondary School Principals has several interactive forums for those interested in exchanging ideas about where principals can help their peers by providing research materials and comparisons of their current practices. Choose the Message Boards link to participate in the forums.
http://www.nassp.org/news/05.html

Principal OnLine Forums

Join the National Association of Elementary School Principals' online forums, which cover a broad range of administrative topics, including the use of technology in the elementary classroom. You can also start your own topics.
http://www.naesp.org/network.html

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