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Advanced
Technology
Training
Multimedia
Institutes
Go to the Museum District
By Diane Garner and Richard Alan Smith
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First implemented in the
summer of
1997 and continued for the summers of 1998 and 1999, the
Houston
Independent School District’s (HISD) Advanced
Technology Training
Institutes (ATTI) have proved to be one of the most
exciting technology
training opportunities to be offered to HISD teachers in
recent
years. Teacher trainers, incentives, and free software and
hardware
help foster the longevity and growth of this summer
training program.
Museum
Web Sites
Note. The Web sites listed
on this
page were valid when this issue of
L&L went
to press. We have no control over these sites, though, and
the Web
is very volatile. Please let us know if you find a broken
link,
and we’ll do our best to update it.
Resources
Calendar
Creator, Infopedia, and mPower are distributed by The
Learning Company.
Buy them online at www.shoptlc.com
or call 800.685.6322 or 617.761.3000 for more information
or to
find a local retailer.
Media
Street can be ordered from Forest Technologies,
800.544.3356 or
847.516.8280; www.foresttech.com.
Oceans
Below is available from the Software Toolworks, 60
Leveroni Ct.,
Novato, CA 94949; 415.883.3000.
Outline
Map Library is available from Nystrom, 800.621.8086; fax
773.463.0515;
www.nystromnet.com.
The
Oceans is distributed by the Society for Visual Education,
6677
North Northwest Hwy., Chicago, IL 60631-1304;
800.829.1900.
Print
Pizazz is available from Creative Pursuits, 10433 Wilshire
Blvd.,
#410, Los Angeles, CA 90024; 310.446.4111.
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![[Picture of Diane Garner]](/Images/publications/LL/contribgfx/garner_diane_sm.jpg)
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Diane Garner (dgarner1@houstonisd.org)
was a classroom teacher for 10 years in the Houston
Independent
School District and a school-based teacher
technologist for
13 years before joining the Instructional Technology
Division
in 1996. She has presented at several regional and
state conferences
and her articles on instructional technology have
been published
in L&L and Tech
Trends.
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![[Picture of Richard Alan Smith]](/Images/publications/LL/contribgfx/smith_richard_sm.jpg)
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Richard Alan Smith (rsmith2@houstonisd.org)
joined the Houston Independent School District in
1982 and
soon designed its first middle-school, hands-on
computer literacy
course. He now directs the team of 32 staff members
who comprise
the Division of Instructional Technology and
Technical Training.
His latest project is a series of cable Television
shows seen
in Houston on the HISD channel and spotlighting the
achievements
of outstanding technology-using teachers.
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Copyright © 1999, ISTE (International
Society for Technology in Education).
All rights reserved.
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