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Magazine Discounts for MOUSE Friends and Family from Time Warner

lynnschnarr — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:34:20 +0000

MOUSE is happy to spread the word about Time Warner's Friends and Family subscription discounts. Publications range from Fortune to Sports Illustrated. Prices are discounted up to 94% off cover price -- from now through 12/11/08. To take advantage of this offer, visit: http://www.twfaf.com/TI

MOUSE Highlights: IS 49 Berta Dreyfus

zongjuan — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:24:25 +0000

I recently had the opportunity to visit our MOUSE Squad of the Year. This squad has 4 students 1 girl, and 3 boys. They meet everyday during lunch for 45 minutes to work and then every Friday they take a couple of hours for squad meetings, and Mr. Valia, the faculty advisor, rewards the students with pizza.
The students manage 4 computers labs throughout the school and their responsibilities include re-imaging laptops, hardware troubleshooting, hardware replacement, software troubleshooting, smartboard set-up, and and setting up projectors. In addition to all of the great work this Squad performs on-site, they also reach out to other schools in their community and offer their professional and technical support services to faculty and administrators at local schools. They've dubbed their service "MOUSE Mobile Solutions" and pitch themselves as a low cost alternative for out of warranty machines. Sandra Barnes a principal from P.S. 57 had this to say about the IS 49 MOUSE Squad ”Kudos to the Mouse Squad and Mr. Valia of IS 49. They successfully repaired my out of warranty laptop and saved our school $400.00. I am so grateful to the youngsters who have applied their technology knowledge to repair and revive my laptop that I thought would have been irreplaceable. Thank you so much. ”

Learn more about Mobile Soultions by IS 49.

The IS 49 MOUSE Squad produced this video highlighting why they won the MOUSE Squad of the Year Award.

MOUSE Squad Vlog: We Won MOUSE Squad of the Year! from Matthew Valia on Vimeo.

If your school is working on an interesting project or would like to please leave a comment about what your doing or would ike do.

MOUSE Squad Fieldtrip to the Moon! APPLY NOW!

meredith — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:55:41 +0000

On Wednesday, March 12th, 50 MOUSE Squad middle school students will attend our first-ever Fieldtrip to the Moon, hosted by the American Museum of Natural History!

WHEN: Wednesday, March 12th

WHERE: Rose Center for Earth and Space in the American Museum of Natural History on 81st Street at Central Park West, NYC. MOUSE will not provide private transportation, the museum is near the subway and several bus lines.

WHO: Fieldtrips are for middle school MOUSE Squads only. (Much like our advanced MOUSE Corps program is only for high schools!) Space is limited for this trip, you must first fill out the application (below) to find out if your school can attend - we can only provide tickets for 1 adult chaperone per school, and 10 MOUSE Squad students per school.

APPLY: Applications are due Wednesday, January 30th. Download the Application here. Email this application to Meredith@mouse.org, or fax it ATTN: Meredith, MOUSE to 212.226.5619. We will announce which schools have been accepted by February 6th. We require that each student who attends this trip actively participates in MOUSE Squad: they must have an account on www.mousesquad.org and they must have at least started the process of becoming a certified MOUSE Squad technician.

SCHEDULE:

10AM	Schools must arrive before 10AM.
10:30 - 11AM	Fieldtrip to the Moon Take a virtual trip to the Moon in the immersive Hayden Planetarium. Feel the ground shake beneath you as you experience a thrilling NASA rocket launch. Guided by a live presenter, you will orbit the Earth and get an astronaut's view of a sunrise in space. Field Trip to the Moon is a virtual journey created using NASA engineering models and scientific data. Like NASA's astronauts, you will come face-to-face with the challenges and excitement of traveling through space to land on the Moon. Along the way, you'll discover some of the differences between the Earth and the Moon and what makes our planet unique and habitable.
11AM - 12PM	Guided Tour of the Rose Center for Earth and Space
12 - 12:45PM	Lunch in the Museum Cafeteria: MOUSE provides students with $10 lunch vouchers.
1 - 1:30PM	Cosmic Collisions Developed in collaboration with and programmatic support from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cosmic Collisions will expand students' concepts and knowledge of the Earth, the Solar System, the Milky Way Galaxy, and the Universe and introduce current findings in astrophysics.
The rest of the fieldtrip’s schedule is optional and will not be guided by MOUSE – if you are required to be back at your school by a certain time, you may choose not to stay for these events. But each ticket includes the IMAX show ticket (worth $16), so if you can get permission to stay for the entire school day, we recommend it!!
1:30 - 2:30PM	OPTIONAL: Unguided Full Museum Access - teachers will be required to chaperone their students during this time.
2:30 - 3:30PM	OPTIONAL: IMAX SHOW: Dinosaurs Alive! Dinosaurs Alive! is a stunning large-format film, narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Michael Douglas. The film follows Museum paleontologists Mike Novacek and Mark Norell and an inspired team of dedicated young graduate students as they hunt for dinosaur remains in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico. Together they uncover evidence that the descendents of dinosaurs still walk (or fly) among us.

MOUSECORPS at the Garden - December 30th, 2007

JB — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:09:12 +0000

Over the christmas break, MOUSECORPS met for the perfect team outing over a institution of New York City--literally.

MOUSECORPS and a select group of friends were invited to a Suite at Madison Square Garden to watch the Knicks duke it out with the Chicago Bulls.

Fitting as one of the many perks for joining MOUSECORPS, students were treated to complimentary food and drinks to chow on in their private viewing box of the game.

_{MOUSECORPS students, Gideon Boateng (orange top) and Lawy Tindi enjoying refreshments.}

_{Left to right, MOUSECORPS students Lawy, Gideon, Leroy and Ryan.}

NYC MOUSE Squad Team Trainings: Next Week!

meredith — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:01:50 +0000

There are still spaces left for you and your MOUSE Squad to attend one of 2 available full-day MOUSE Squad Team Trainings: One on Tuesday, November 11th and the other on Saturday the 15th.

Click here to register your squad now: http://www.mousesquad.org/node/7414

More info:

MOUSE Squad Team Trainings: Nov 11th or Nov 15th
Hosted by Lower East Side Prepratory High School
145 Stanton Street (btwn Suffolk & Norfolk Street)
New York, NY 10002
TIME: 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM

This year, we are doing combined educator & student trainings. Bring your whole squad to meet and network with other squads across the city, share best practices, and get oriented with workshops in Networking, Hardware, and all new mousesquad.org tools.

Students and Coordinators will participate in hands-on tech skills activities, games and team-building. Together, Squad Members and Coordinators engage in team- and skill-building activities to expand know-how and enhance Squad culture.

Robert F. Wagner and MOUSE Squad Featured in Edutopia Magazine

Ted — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:49:03 +0000

The June/July issue of Edutopia Magazine includes and article entitled, "Tech Without Support, Schools get creative when untangling PC problems" and highlights the work of a Chicago Tech Crew, powered by MOUSE and the MOUSE Squad at Robert F. Wagner Jr. Secondary School in Queens, New York. 'The student helpers are a bit like teacher's assistants or interns, says Hannah Kim, who teaches art and computers at the Robert F. Wagner Jr. Secondary School for Arts and Technology, in Queens, New York City. Though the school has a computer technician, Kim says she fills in the gaps in addition to full-time teaching duties. The Mouse Squad students and faculty are working to establish a help desk to make her job easier. "These students can assist me in troubleshooting problems like, 'My computer froze.' It won't be just me doing this alone," Kim says. "There are routine tasks that take up precious time."' Read the full story on Edutopia.

Ryan - Summer Intern @ Citi

admin — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0000

I’ve really enjoyed my time here at Citigroup so far. Everyone has been very nice to me so far and I am sure that they will continue to do so. For the past few days I’ve been helping reorganize the storage closets in order to see what type of computer equipment we have.

There is talk a new storage room being cleaned out for us at a different location but we will lose one of the two rooms we have access to in our building. So because of that I’m moving everything from one room to the other and throwing away any computer that can’t seem to handle windows XP. (Many computers here are still running Windows 2000. I suppose their motto was “If it is not broken, don’t fix it” but now that they’re trying to move support to XP, they want to cut down on the number of 2000 machines in circulation.).

I also received the first paycheck in my life this morning so I’ve been overly ecstatic today. Thank you everyone at MOUSE for helping me get here this summer, this is without a doubted the best summer I’ve had in a long time.

What’s your take on the 2008 election?

Ted — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:30:01 +0000

Have you ever wanted the chance to tell the world about your views on the 2008 presidential election? How about key issues such as the environment, healthcare, immigration, the war in Iraq and more?

@15, a new platform that Best Buy is launching to connect with teens – online and in communities – wants to hear what you have to say. On Wednesday, September 17, the first-ever @15 IMO (In My Opinion) survey launched on www.at15.com and MySpace.

For ten days, until Friday, September 26, you’ll have a chance to go online to share your point of view – and to encourage your friends to do the same.

Why should you tell Best Buy? For starters, they are listening. And, as part of @15, they plan to invite teens to help them direct the company’s philanthropy. That’s right, you may have an opportunity to help direct where up to $1 million is directed to support teen-led projects.

You already know Best Buy as a place for electronics and entertainment. Now, discover the ways in which they believe in the power of teens to make a difference in the world. Go to www.at15.com to learn more.

Win $1000: Chase "Multimedia in the Classroom" Competition

meredith — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:13:21 +0000

From the Thirteen Teaching & Learning Celebration Website:

The Chase Multimedia in the Classroom Award celebrates the achievements of teachers and students who are transforming learning environments through technology. Projects should be a collaborative effort between teachers and students. The focus is on demonstrating how learning can be improved through creative uses of technology in the K-12 curriculum in science and global awareness. We encourage students to exhibit a sense of commitment in developing a project that goes beyond the receipt of a classroom grade. The competition is open to K-12 teachers and students in public and non-public schools in the tri-state area (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut). Elementary, middle and high school projects will be competing against their own grade levels. Deadline for submissions: January 11, 2008.

WINNERS RECEIVE:

$1,000 Cash Prizes to each of the top 10 winning school teams
Full free access admission to the conference
Celebration Tee Shirts

Download the entry form (pdf), judging guidelines (pdf) and rules and regulations (pdf).

For more information, please call 212.560.2032 or e-mail chaseawards@thirteen.org.