ACTE Online Communities

ACTE has several online forums to meet different needs. To share resources and participate in in-depth discussions with fellow members, log in to the ACTE Communities of Practice. To meet others interested in CTE and keep up with ACTE news, try the ACTE profiles and groups on Facebook and MySpace. And to view and share photos and videos, visit the ACTE flickr photo gallery and SchoolTube channel.

ACTE Communities of Practice (CoP)

http://cop.acteonline.org/COP

A members-only Web site where you can form communities, share resources, take polls and have in-depth discussions with fellow CTE professionals. Requires you to log in; typically, the username is your member ID and the password is your last name.

Communities include the ACTE Main community, communities for ACTE Divisions and committees, and more.

ACTE on Facebook

Profile: www.facebook.com/pages/Alexandria-VA/Association-for-Career-and-Technical-Education/6501324969
Group: www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12935780305

On the Facebook profile, meet others interested in CTE, browse photos, watch ACTE videos and keep up with ACTE news. Go a step farther on the Facebook group, where you can start discussions and post links.

ACTE on MySpace

Profile: www.myspace.com/acte
Group: http://groups.myspace.com/acte

On the MySpace profile, connect with others interested in career and technical education, listen to ACTE podcasts, watch ACTE videos and keep up with news on the ACTE blog. Get more involved with the MySpace group, where you can start discussions and post bulletins.  

ACTE Photo & Video Sharing

Photos: www.flickr.com/photos/actecareertech
Video: www.schooltube.com/page19822934.aspx

View photos from ACTE events, mark ACTE photos as favorites and share your images with ACTE on the flickr photo gallery. On SchoolTube, watch ACTE public service announcements, Convention videos and Webcast excerpts and add ACTE videos to your Web site.

Post ACTE Videos on your Web site

To embed the following ACTE SchoolTube Mini Video Player (MVP), which includes a playlist of ACTE videos such as student-produced PSAs, legislators speaking on the importance of CTE, the student-produced Convention 2007 montage and videos from the Arizona state association, click on “Add to your site …” below the player below. A new page will open. Choose the ACTE playlist and add the code to your Web site.

Contact Catherine Imperatore with questions and suggestions or if you are interested in participating more in ACTE online communities.

ACTE Blogs

ACTE blogs, written and moderated by members, give career and technical educators an opportunity to share their opinions and find out where their colleagues stand on the latest issues in CTE. They include news and discussions on how to encourage students and how to get the CTE message out. Anyone can read and comment on the blogs.

Division Blogs

Division blogs focus on topics of interest to each Division and to CTE in general. Links to Division blogs will be added here as the blogs are launched throughout fall 2007 and 2008.

Trade and Industrial Education
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• Blogger Ed Chipalowsky is a diesel technology instructor at Monroe Career & Technical Institute in Bartonsville, Pennsylvania. Chipalowsky is 2007 Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year for the Pennsylvania Association for Career and Technical Education.
• The Division represents members in carpentry, masonry, construction and electrical management; automotive technology; HVAC; computer-aided drafting and manufacturing; and cosmetology.

New and Related Services 
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• Blogger Chris Droessler is school-to-career coordinator for the Wake County Public School System in North Carolina and president of the School-to-Work/Careers Section in the ACTE New and Related Services Division.
• The Division represents members from emerging areas such as customized industry training services; cooperative work experience; policy; professional development; public information; school-to-work careers; research and tech prep.

Guidance and Career Development 
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• Blogger Joyce Holzhauser is program development coordinator at the Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School in Butler, Pennsylvania.
• The Division represents members in school guidance and career development.

Convention Blogs

ACTE launched its inaugural Convention blog for the 2007 conference in Las Vegas. Revisit this page in the fall for information on the 2008 Convention blog!

How to subscribe to an ACTE Blog via e-mail

To receive updates to an ACTE blog through e-mail, click on "Subscribe via e-mail" under the name of the blog above. Input your e-mail address.

How to subscribe to an ACTE Blog via RSS

To receive updates to an ACTE blog in an RSS reader, click on "Subscribe via RSS" under the name of the blog above. Under “Subscribe Now!” choose an RSS reader. You will be asked to create an account if you do not already have one. Once you are logged in to the RSS reader of your choice, choose “add subscription” or “add feed.”

What is an RSS reader?

When you subscribe to a blog, updates to that blog are automatically sent to your RSS reader (or feed reader). An RSS reader can be a downloadable program or a Web-based application. When you open or log in to your RSS reader, you will see the blogs you subscribe to and which blogs have been updated since you last accessed the RSS reader.

An easy, free, Web-based RSS reader is Google Reader. Learn more by reading an RSS and Feed FAQ. 

Contact Catherine Imperatore with questions or if you are interested in blogging for your Division or for the 2008 Convention.