CUESD InfoZone

It has been four years since I, Mike Garofalo, made the first post to the CUESD InfoZone Blog.

I work part-time (three days each week) during the school year. My responsibilities include writing and managing grants for the Corning Union Elementary School District (CUESD), managing five school libraries, keeping an eye on educational software delivery and options, and serving as the webmaster for this district.

There is little time for blogging when you research new grants, write grants, and manage the budgets for grants we do receive. Nevertheless, I have managed to make 137 posts to this blog.

I do believe in using blogs to communicate and have been, with little success, trying to convince teachers and colleagues to begin and maintain professional blogs.

I maintain personal blogs and websites on subjects of personal interest to me through Green Way Research. These online resources have served up over 20 million webpages since 2000.

I just finished writing the technology plan for this school district. The plan includes objectives for improving student, parent, and community relations via blogging.

Some say that Web 2.0 is for younger people. I'm 64 years young and think the whole WWW scene is COOL beyond words.

Labels: Blogs

Did you know that the Corning Elementary School District has many books, manuals, and guides for you to use to learn to use computer software? These resources are part of our Professional Collection for teachers and staff.

To access these materials, so online to the Maywood Library Catalog:

http://destiny.tehamaed.org/common/welcome.jsp?site=100&context=cuesd

Search in the Library Catalog by various subject search terms such as:

Blogging

Computer Literacy
Computer Sound Processing

Digital Photography

Front Page

Internet Searching

Photoshop

Power Point
Software – Instruction

Weblogs

Web pages

Web sites - Design
Word – Microsoft

For a list of the titles in this professional collection go to:
http://destiny.tehamaed.org/cataloging/servlet/presentbooklistform.do?listID=594427

The books are shelved at the Maywood Library.

Labels: Software, Technology, Training

We have a team of reviewers looking at our new Technology Plan for 2010-2015 for the Corning Union Elementary School District in Corning, California. We are a small rural school district with 5 schools, grades K-8. Mike Garofalo wrote the 1st and 2nd drafts.

Anyone can read the current 2nd draft at: http://www.cuesd.tehama.k12.ca.us/technology/index.htm

Labels: Technology

Welcome to Sean Wilson, 6th Grade Teacher, at Maywood Middle School. Sean's blog is now up and running.

There is a list of CUESD bloggers online.

Be sure to join in the fun walk fundraising event at Olive View on October 8th.

Labels: Blogs

The Corning Union Elementary School District (CUESD) websites served up 527,033 webpages in 2009.

We provided webpages to 125,945 unique visitors, who made 222,187 visits.

72% come to our webpages directly from their bookmarks or their own webpage, and 28% from Internet Search Engines.


Average Visits Per Month in 2009

District Homepage 1,567

Maywood Homepage 1,111

Olive View Homepage 404

Woodson Homepage 299

West Street Homepage 126

Rancho Tehama Homepage 67


Additional CUESD Website Usage Statistics for 2009.

CUESD Webmaster Team

Subject Index to CUESD Websites

Professional Blogs in the CUESD

CUESD Webmaster 2009-2010: Michael P. Garofalo, M.S.

Labels: Websites

Mrs. Sondra Hall, Library Clerk, Woodson School Library, retired after 25 years of service to the Corning Union Elementary School District. We all wish Sondra the best! She has promised to volunteer at Woodson School library in 2009-2010.

In August 2009, we welcomed Jackie Gill as the new Library Clerk at the Woodson School Library.

Mrs. Gill worked for a decade at the Maywood Middle School as an instructional aide, yard duty monitor, and PE girls room supervisor. She worked for two years as a health aide at the Woodson Elementary School. In August, 2009, she was selected to work as the Library Clerk at the Woodson School Library and Rancho Tehama Library. She works 30 hours per week, Monday - Friday.

For information about all five of our Corning Union Elementary School District libraries go to our CUESD Library and Media Services Homepage.

Labels: Staff

I was busy this summer, after school ended, with writing and preparing grant documentation for three grants:

Reading First Grant, Year 6, 2009- 2010

Systematic ELD grant application to the Cowell Foundation.

Kitchen Equipment Grant for the Olive View School

Labels: Grants

We enjoyed an excellent year of library and media services in the Corning Union Elementary School District.

A complete statistical report is available online.

Our five school libraries circulated 69,283 items. On the average, students borrowed 36 books a year.

The new Olive View library was not open until February of 2009.

General Statistical Summary for CUESD Library Services in 2008-2009

General Statistical Summary for CUESD Library Services in 2006/2007

Circulation Statistics for CUESD Libraries in 2006/2007

Circulation Statistics for CUESD Libraries in 2005/2006

Labels: Statistics