Wednesday, April 2
Assistive Techology Workshop at Wayne State College
Mid-State Assessment Consortium Workshops: CutScore Preparation at ESU #8, 9:00-1:00
ESU #8 2008 Junior High Quiz Bowl at the Neligh American Legion Hall
Thursday, April 3
PowerMediaPlus, “Media-On-Demand at ESU #8, 9:00-3:00
Tuesday-Wednesday, April 8-9
“From L to J” with Dr. Lee Jenkins at ESU #8, 9:00-3:00
Wednesday, April 9
ESU #8 2008 Senior High Quiz Bowl at the Neligh American Legion Hall
Friday, April 11
Real World Money 2008 at the Lifelong Learning Center, 9:00-2:30
Wednesday-Thursday, April 16-17
Excellence in Education Conference in Lincoln
Thursday, April 17
Google Tools for Teachers at ESU #8
Wednesday, April 23
NDLA 2008 Conference at the Henry Doorly Zoo, 12:00-5:00
Thursday-Friday, April 24-25
NETA at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Omaha
Tuesday, April 29
Step Up to Writing NEW 3rd Edition (K-3) at ESU #8, 9:00-3:00
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ESU #8 . . . Honoring the Past, Celebrating in the Present, and Looking to the Future!
Featuring ESU #8 Network Services Director, Jim Dow!
Jim Dow has been employed by Educational Service Unit #8 for the past 16 years. He began working in several areas. The first summer, he conducted inspections on all ESU #8 schools for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Jim was also an Asbestos Consultant for ESU #8. He trained school personnel on asbestos, provided consulting services on the federal mandated asbestos inspections, wrote asbestos project designs for the removal of asbestos, and presided over many asbestos projects and building demolitions. During this time, Jim was also in charge of water sampling in schools. He even established a new computer accounting system for the ESU #8 Special Education Department.
In 1996, Jim took over the Internet & Computer Repair Department. At that time, the Internet Department had one server that handled everything. Today, Jim manages twelve servers that furnish email, web hosting, web filtering, SPAM filtering and other services to ESU #8 schools.
Jim received his Associate of Arts degree from Miltonvale Wesleyan College and his B.A. in Education with a major in Industrial Arts and a Vocational Endorsement from Kearney State College. Before joining the ESU #8 staff, Jim taught Industrial Arts in Orchard, farmed north of Orchard for several years, and started Venus Consulting, a private company that did asbestos inspections and asbestos removal in schools. |
APRIL is INTERNET SAFETY MONTH
Visit Nebraska Attorney General, Jon Bruning’s web pages on
Internet Safety for public service announcements, a quick guide, and teacher ideas.
http://www.ago.state.ne.us/consu
mer/FAQinternetsafety.htm
http://www.ago.state.ne.us/kidsand
parents/internetsafetyinfo.htm
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