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Cynthia Carter with Xerox spoke at a conference PIAG sponsored in July of 08. She mentioned resources from Xerox that may be of interest to teachers in Georgia. Here is the information,as well as Cynthia's contact information.

• In the contract Xerox has with the State of Georgia, the purchase or lease of Xerox equipment includes consumable supplies with the exception of paper and staples. If a schools purchases from the State of GA web site then the equipment will include supplies. Visit this site for information http://www.xeroxstateofgeorgia.com/
• The Xerox Foundation provides grants to non profits. Schools can check at http://www.xerox.com/ for the foundation address and get the requirements for the Xerox Foundation dollars.

Cynthia F. Carter
General Manager
State of Georgia
Xerox Corporation
6190 Powers Ferry Road
Atlanta, GA 30339
Office: 678-202-7338 Intelnet: 8-452-7338
Fax: 678-202-7183
cynthia.carter@xerox.com

SkillsUSA Information

SkillsUSA Statewide Competition Friday, April 17
The 2009 SkillsUSA graphic communication and advertising design competitions will again be held at Heidelberg USA in Kennesaw. PIAG is sponsoring the statewide competition and is working hard to put together a great contest, as well as training materials to assist teachers and contestants to prepare.Visit PIAG's website for updated information on contest particulars, logistics, transporatation and training materials.

Contestant Onsite Training Thursday, April 16
We'll again offer contestants an opportunity to train on the equipment they'll use during the contest. In addition, PIAG is working with industry professionals to put together additional training materials such as the Heidelberg PrintMaster Training video. General training resources can be found on The Mentor.

Demo Tour Thursday, April 16
We're working on another exciting demonstration facility tour and have already signed up Heidelberg and Hewlett Packard as stops on the tour. If you are interested in bringing a select group of students on the demonstration tour, please contact suer@piag.org. We'll have limited spaces and you must be pre-registered to attend.

InDesign Tutorials

Image via Wikipedia Teaching, like parenting, often means you have to be in several places at once. Here are two simple tutorials that can help you do that. One creates a simple pad using InDesign and the other creates a greeting card using InDesign. These tutorials were put together by Paul Foster (pfoster@pgama.com).

If you have a great self-paced tutorial, please let me know.

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Hilarious Video on Fonts

Check out this hilarious video on fonts. It's short enough for a fun introduction to typeface/fonts.


In contrast, Kodak’s Graphic Communications Group and the Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation (PGSF)put together this video on careers in graphic communications. Like GC Net and the Second Life project, this video is part of the Education Summit agenda.

I would be VERY interested to see what you think of the videos and more importantly, what your students think. If you show them, please ask students for their feedback and let me know.

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