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Member Updates

  • Update your contact information, and you could win a new iPad
  • Check out ATPE and TCEA’s expanding partnership
  • Apply for these scholarships before June 1
  • Download the ATPE Mobile App
  • Join ATPE’s social network

Update your contact info, and you could win a new iPad

ATPE members who update or confirm their contact information at www.atpe.org/iPad by June 1, 2012, will be entered in a drawing for one of 10 new iPads.

Winners will be notified by email, so be sure to provide one email address that you regularly check and will have access to during the week of June 8–15. Please visit www.atpe.org/iPad for more information, including promotion eligibility and drawing rules.

Check out ATPE and TCEA’s expanding partnership

ATPE’s collaboration with the Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) continues with a brand-new Web portal featuring information on upcoming collaborative professional learning opportunities and free webinars. Visit www.tcea.org/learn/atpe.

And don’t forget to sign up for these upcoming webinars while you’re there:

  • May 23—Apps for Elementary Students.
  • June 20—Scratch Your Students’ Itch for Robotics!

ATPE members now also have access to TCEA’s online social networking site, TCEA Community. Visit now to create a personal profile and join the ATPE member group.

Apply for these scholarships before June 1

The Barbara Jordan Memorial Scholarship was established to honor the late Barbara Jordan, a Texas congresswoman and distinguished educator. Up to six $1,500 scholarships will be awarded each year to outstanding junior, senior and graduate students enrolled in educator preparation programs at predominantly ethnic-minority institutions.

The Fred Wiesner Educational Excellence Scholarship was established to honor the late Fred Wiesner, one of ATPE’s founding members. The program awards four $1,500 scholarships to outstanding college students currently enrolled in educator preparation programs. Three scholarships will be awarded to undergraduate college students, and one scholarship will be awarded to a graduate student (if the number and quality of applicants allows).

Applications for the Barbara Jordan Memorial Scholarship and the Fred Wiesner Educational Excellence Scholarship are due June 1.

Download the ATPE Mobile App

The ATPE Mobile App—available through iTunes and Google Play—will help you:

  • Stay up-to-date on education news.
  • Access ATPE’s valuable services and discounts.
  • Carry a mobile version of you membership card with you wherever you go.
  • And more!

Don’t fret if you have another type of smartphone—simply point your browser to atpe.org to access our mobile site.

Join ATPE’s social network

Did you know? ATPE has a presence on multiple social networks. You can:

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