DPS Ed Tech

Kipp’s Bits

a. As the world turns…

Theresa Pena is no longer the DPS Board president.  Ned Easley is now the school board president.  All new school applications were approved.  Lake will be turned around, Phillips will be turned over to Odyssey School which is now located in the Westerly Creek building.  All new charter schools were approved.  The bond money from closed schools will go back into a pot to be reallocated.

Denver post article on Denver School of Science and Technology commented on the use of educational technology tools.

b. Digital Door Project

Moving forward to going live on January 19th.  The middle school content and training  videos won’t be done until January 19th.  We are waiting for Schoolnet’s upgrade to go through over winter break.  The assessment to follow up training may not be done by January 19th which could put a monkey wrench in things.

Kipp met with the Instructional Superintendents to train them on the administrator portal.   Numbers were pulled on Instructional Sups and Principals visiting the portal to see if there was a correlation. They then got an overview of teacher portal.

There will be change in the Network Specialists positions.  They will no longer have their positions as they are now.  There may be a group of people working directly with teachers as coaches.  More details are forthcoming.  We are not sure if the specialists will be able to deliver the SchoolNet training during the phase 3  window.
c. Microsoft Update

Microsoft is very interested in adopting DPS to share “Uluru”.  Kipp and Josh are on the customer advisory committee.  Might be used for offering online coursework.  Kipp, Pat Slaughter, Antoine, Connie Cason, Ed Freeman, Josh Allen, Matt Spencer and others met with high level people there.  Their last project they did was a “School of the Future” in Pennsylvania which failed, unfortunately.  Ed Freeman is on the Microsoft advisory council and this is how DPS got in.  It’s not about technology.

d.No 12/8 Meeting

Kipp is going to Cupertino California to meet with Apple who is also interested in enhancing their relationship with DPS.  We are scheduled to meet with Terrie for DEA module scheduling in room 118.

2.      Technology Bond

Some schools are still in limbo.  Jodi is updating the bond spreadsheets so that we can see what has been ordered for schools.  Items with PO number have been ordered and Jodi sends school the updated spreadsheets monthly so they can see what has been updated as well.

a.       Updates, questions, concerns

Many schools did not completely allocate their rd. 2 funds.  When the second round money becomes available we need to send out a message encouraging schools to revise their budget and plan so they are ready for appropriate spending.

3.      DEA Updates:

a.       Lab needs

b.      Instructor Meetings

c.       Terrie’s update

4.      EM Games Support: Matthew

a.       Status update on support and communications

5.      TeacherMate Implementation:  Matthew

a.       Status update

b.      Ongoing support needs?

6.      Tech Equipment Discussion

a.       Mobile lab laptops

b.      Other ET equipment needs

7.      TIE/ISTE

a.       Planning for Ed Tech Scholarships

8.      Updating ET Website

a.       Removing DoTS references

b.      Content updates and changes

9.      What else…?

DEA – No conflict with the DPS Holiday Gathering. Meeting with the instructors today at DP after school. Agenda distributed. Introductions, vision based on standards and working with adult learners, online collaboration, identifying courses, how to use the lab, and effective presentations.

ILT Meeting Prep – Need laptops (Erin and Dale), water and coffee (Candy), Bagels (Dale and Matthew), projectors (Matthew), RAFT handouts (Matthew), baskets and coffee pots (Dale)

Bond Updates – Reports are still in process. We are sending out the spreadsheets for the approved round one schools. New column includes what has actually been paid. Spreadsheets are not as accurate as presumed. This is consuming a lot of Jodi’s time.

Kristy Briggs – project lead for curriculum load. What pieces are there? Literacy planning guide components. Social Studies components. ILT Lesson Guides. ILT Classroom Projects. Example click-paths will be provided for our review.

Teacher Mate
Installation clarification needs to be provided by Kris. Help for installs and delivery may be needed. This is a very quick turnaround time.

Bond
Cheltenham and Edison were recently approved and received email. Fairview, Gilliam, Manual, and Montbello will wait for round two. Brian took the job with Purchasing. He will continue to help with placing orders until the new position takes over. We could bring in a temp worker, but the time to train is problematic. If you are hearing from your schools that orders are not getting done, please contact Jodi. The requisition secretary must be involved. Reports may be sent to schools this week if the budget transfers are done.

Upcoming Conferences
CSDC distributed upcoming conference information. Of particular interest:
Jan. 20 Conscious Leadership – Rob Bocchino
Dec. 1 Status of Professional Learning in US – Chris Bryan and Lois Easton
Dec. 11 DoTS Chili Cook-off – Do we want to get together during the holidays?
Please review the notes from the Jeffco 21st Century Staff Development Workshop that she attended

Learning 2.0
DEA Instructor meeting/training set for November 17th. We have some teachers who are already completing module one. The avatar assignment is one that gets missed.
What do we do about those who registered but did not attend (email letting them know they are not enrolled and include them in the early group for the next session), and those who wish to attend? We would like to open another round December 1st or there-abouts and we should bring in additional instructors to shadow. How do we build capacity? Do we pull in ’stars’ from the first class? Should we see if we can attend the classes offered by Jeffco to see how they are handling the online classes? How much online training do we need, and how best to offer it?

Planning for ILT
Reviewed agenda from Leslie. ET members will register. Web 2.0 suggestions? Jog the web? Candy will forward a link to her presentation for our comments.

Equipment Conversation
Do we need an additional lab? If so, what do we get? MacBooks or Latitude 2100s? Do we replace just the oldest? Do we give the oldest to schools or to Curriculum and Networks?

Kipp’s Bits
* Community meetings continue. School board elections, school closure rumors for lowest performing schools, etc. creates turmoil. There are a lot of unknowns.
* Digital Door pilots are wrapping up, going well at Montclair. Schools need to have a designated expert. All instructional specialists are being recruited, including the Arts specialists. More sessions of training in November. Communication to come from Megan and or Gayla. NComputing testing went well. Admin Portal training provided to instructional specialists.
* Webspirations? Do we need to pick it up again? If so, how frequently? Teacher email lists are automated. Do we want to update it with tech bites? Short video-based walk-through of specific tool done by a classroom practitioner focused on use in the classroom. Who organizes this? Who creates the template? Candy has some preliminary materials.
* Move to canned progress reports for Elementary in SBPR resulted in no canned comments in Spanish. Middle School is still using custom. Language keys to explain the progress report in other languages are available in the IC training page, http://techtraining.dpsk12.org/ic

Technology Bond
* Notice went out to schools that have not submitted yet. Any responses? Round 2 bonds are still contingent on the market. Please do not reference a specific timeline since there isn’t one. The money is not lost, just delayed. Please ask for confirmation is a school is planning to defer until round 2 and not submit a plan at this time. If there are specific schools that are a problem, please work with Kipp.

EPMP Goals
* Please make sure you turned in your goals to Kipp. He’ll schedule a review time to meet individually later this week.

Tech Bond
* Carts for projectors? Laptops charging carts, yes. Carts purchased as a package, for a projector/laptop/document camera, then yes. Carts purchased separately? No.

DEA Updates
* Lab use, equipment ordering for supplies. Dongles will be in the cabinets. A cabinet key is in the desk. Keep the key in the desk. Posters are in process but need to go up. Jodi has reserved the DP lab so work with her if you need a time slot. DP lab instructor classes are set up for November.

Web 2.0 Session Online Session
* Going out first in the Tuesday Telegram, and as an email to STRs, tech teachers and teacher librarians. If we are not getting responses, we’ll also send a direct email to teachers.
* There is confusion on the part of teachers as to what they are registering.

EM Games Support
* Matthew will continue to work with Brenda to complete the communication and determine the best method of communication.

Tech Teacher Lists
* Kipp will update the Outlook list, Dale will send out to tech teachers and teacher librarians.

What Else?
* Teachermate pilot at Cole, Smith, and Stedman. Kris O’Clair is the district contact person for this project. We’ll need to assist with getting software installed on the computers and the units.
* Learning.com teacher training on November 3 and 4. There are AM and PM session on each day, please plan to attend one of them. Dale will copy us on the email.
* Federal mandate coming down to E-rate schools to ensure that Internet safety is provided. Once the timeline comes down, we’ll need to get organized.
* Teacher tech proficiency will involve a survey. Bernajean Porter provided us with a sample survey she developed for a book. Not a time crunch for now.
* DoTS website has been updated. ET needs to be moved to another department level. We all need to own the review of the ET site.

Kipp’s Bits
* Lake, Greenlee, and Philips are under review by the district.
* School board election this November.

EPMP Goals
* Individual goals due Monday 10-20-09. Use the form that is online.

Tech Bond
* Don’t assume schools have this covered or know about the deadline. Let Kipp know if there are schools that are a big concern. Is there another process for round 2 funds? Schools should review and revise approved plans as needed to specify round 2 plans. If the school is ordering something not in the plan, Brian will let us know so we can work with the school to update and revise their plan and budget. We are still on track for round 2 bonds being available in 2009. Kipp will send out a reminder to those schools who have not yet submitted a plan. Update bond tracker by end of day today.

DEA Updates
* Instructors – Instructor debrief. We had 13 interviews. Good mix of Elementary and Secondary. Next steps? Terrie will invite us to a meeting to flesh out some details.
* Lab use and needs, procedures document from Dale was reviewed.
- Light-weight plexiglass frame for posters
- Stickie notes, pens, markers, tape, stapler, whiteboard markers, whiteboard cleaner and stuff for a mommy box
- We need a list of trouble-shooting tips for use of the equipment
- 20 foot USB cable
- Who gets an alarm code?
- Scheduling goes through Jodi
- Dale is running the presenter lab training
- Paper for the printer when it is ordered
- 720-424-8188
- Problem computer? Stickie note on the machine, and email to Jodi
- LanDesk Classroom for management

Web 2.0 Online Session
* Meeting today at 11:00

EM Games Support
* Support document distributed. Matthew is meeting with Brenda to review end user documentation.

Tech Teacher List
* Dale put together 2 lists, an detailed list and a regular list for public distribution.
* How are we serving our lab techs? Not included in ILT meetings. Do we have an agenda for these folks? If we gather them for a meeting, it would have to be after school. Are there any lab techs we could ask about what needs they have? Lets come prepared to discuss at next week’s ET meeting. Erin will put together a survey for lab techs.

Follow up with TIE Teams
* Do we have a common understanding of what schools should post? Overview, materials needed, a process description, reflection (what did we learn), and examples of products produced. Wiki address: http://dps-tie.wikispaces.com/

T+L Conference
* We have 4 registrations to offer to DEA instructors.

Kipp’s Bits
* We need a process in place for use of the lab. We can post a ‘room use calendar’ for the week to know if there are other people scheduled. Dale and Matthew will meet to determine room signs. We need a dongle of each type for Mac laptops. We’ll need a contact list for emergencies, maybe a pager.
* The 2009 Denver Plan Handout from the community meeting was distributed. Focused on teacher effectiveness.
* High schools are looking for an academic benchmark assessment system for Math and Reading. Lots of details remain to be seen.

DPMS Updates
* Second round at Holm and Montclair is proceeding.
* Certification training may be reduced to October 26 – 28 with meeting with Jeff Coe on Friday October 23. We are turning their training upside down with a focus on developing practice guides that are specific to curricular areas.
* High schools want to be moved up, August 2010 is too late. Manual uses Alpine, which only has data. High school instructional specialists will be included in a pilot in November.
* ET needs to identify locations where training will be a problem and need to schedule our mobile lab. NComputing needs to be tested.
* A request will be made to get all core content instructional specialists certified as trainers.

EPMP Goals
* Individual goals due by the end of the month. Team goals were distributed. Three goals is a good amount. These cascade from the Teaching and Learning goal of providing solid PD.
* Fill out a draft of your goals in the next two weeks. Kipp will follow-up with meetings. Send them to Kipp by October 20th.
* Make your goals SMART.

Technology Bond
* PD Allocation Grants to schools? We have a portion of the Bond to use for PD, and we may use some of that in the form of grants to schools. There would need to be an application process. Particulars to follow.
* The big spreadsheet is a list of what was actually purchased.
* Round two will depend on the next sale of bonds, which depends on the market. It is still our hope that there will be a sale this calendar year.

DEA Updates
* Instructor interviews continue with more this Thursday.
* Emails sent to those we chose not to interview.
* Buckets? Big ideas. For example, assessment might include clickers and document cameras, while also included in another big idea too. Probably need the buckets to align with the 2009 Denver Plan.

Web 2.0 Online Session
* The term web 2.0 or 2 oh! is not well known, but was chosen for the wiki due to naming limitations.
* Credit? The expectation is that everyone is doing the work needed for credit. There seems to be a problem getting DPS credit rate through UCD. People only get the UCD rate if they are going through a PDU.
* Expectations of the work done between the intro and final session need to be included.
* Give them enough and a link to learn more.
* Self-assessment survey would give people a chance to see if they are really ready.
* Dale will schedule another meeting to complete some of these details and to review the wiki.

Tech Teacher Lists
* Dale is compiling. The list is with Jodi to check job classifications. Jodi will distribute the list for our review once that is done. Final list will be posted as a Google Doc.

Network Meeting Updates
* Make sure you are engaging with the Instructional Specialists. The following items are important for sharing out: DEA, Bond projects, Teacher Portal, Teacher tech proficiencies (not reporting this year). Ask for time at the Network meetings.

School Visits
* Make sure they see you, and be sure to contact the principal, either in person or with a note. If you are working on a project, also include a note to the Instructional Superintendent.

Follow up with TIE teams
* Do it!

T+L Conference Registrations
* We have four seats available.

What else?
* Our meeting next week will be in the lab at Del Pueblo
* CAGT conference break-out session presentation went well.

Kipp’s Bits
* Digital Door team will be meeting on Mondays and the curriculum loaders with be joining those meetings. ET will continue to meet on Tuesdays.
* State of the district meetings, with one tonight at North, tomorrow at Hill. Staff portion at 4:30 prior to the public meeting at 6:00. Denver Plan update will be presented.
* Jody Gehrig’s retirement at the Lumber Baron is tonight at 4:30.
* PERA merger coming up in January.
* Qwest is funding some technology for the district.

DPMS Updates
* Place went well on Friday. Teachers were excited. Holm rollout was Monday. Montclair starts next week.

Technology Bond
* Everyone has been contacted about the bond. Gilpin and CLA are concerns. Check with your schools again in a week, especially if the school has a new principal.
* Bond order process is complete and Jodi will distribute for our information. This is not to be redistributed. Change in order process was included in Tuesday Telegram last week, and will be sent specifically to schools affected.
* Schools without plans submitted should get the information when plans are approved. Jodi and Brian need to be copied when you approve a school plan and budget.

DEA Updates
* Applications reviewed yesterday. We are looking for 14 interviews by a week from Thursday. Interview questions are still being revised. PD will be aligned with National Staff Development Council standards (http://www.nsdc.org/standards/index.cfm). Is there a cap on enrollment? 20? 25? Minimum enrollment? 6 is used by other groups as a minimum enrollment. Still waiting on the chairs, and the lecturn and laptop table on the side.
* How locked down are the lab machines? We need a training account for those potential teachers who are not included in AD. We’ll also need an admin level access for the instructor in case there is something that needs to be installed. Schools have moved away from Deep Freeze. We need to have instructions up for how the lab works.
* There are 2 keys left, and we need to be thoughtful about how to assign them. Erin would like to have one.

Mimio training
* Very cost effective interactive whiteboard option. Matthew will set up an hour overview for Susana, Site Support, ET.

Friday’s Teaching & Learning Dept. Meeting
* Moved to the VOA building. Conversations about the reading (from Instructional Rounds), and department discussion time. The time was well spent, fabulous meeting. What is your department and how does it serve the district? These meetings should be a priority.

Friday’s TLF Meeting
* Not much new from CDE. New video tech training site for Dale to explore, could be a cheaper alternative to Atomic Learning. http://www.vtc.com/

Tech Teacher lists
* Dale will compile, please send list to him. We need to know who is working in the library, in the computer lab, and identify specifics that should also be considered.

School Visits
* Please be visiting your schools. School Board members will be visiting schools and will be providing us with feedback on use of technology.

Follow-up with TIE Teams
* Now is a good time to revisit where your TIE groups are.

T+L Conference Registrations
* Nothing has been sent out to schools yet. We do have a few registrations setup.

What Else?
* For ILT sessions, evaluations indicate people want more overview sessions.
* Make sure you are attending network IS meetings. If you are not attending, confirm that with the instructional superintendent for that network. District level ideas to take to your networks: teacher tech proficiencies, Bond update, Digital Door.
* Learning.com wants our order today.
* SMART will support those schools who purchased them on their own. How practical is it to run Promethean software with a SMART board?
* EPMP department goal information is coming up. Our individual goals are due at the end of October.

Kipp’s Bits
* $4.6 million Dell grant award announced.
* Teacher Tech Proficiencies options provided to Ana Tilton’s office. The district moves forward with our own assessment, not reported to the state. ET will compile the teacher tech proficiency assessment. Much to be determined. Process applies to charter schools. Similar to the 8th grade proficiencies, each district will determine what and how to assess and report. Some state-level tech assessment is scheduled for 2011.
* Another round of commenting/revising new state standards happened at a meeting yesterday. Lots of district participation. There is some discussion about having at least one more round of revisions.

DPMS Update
* Digital Door was presented to principals at yesterday’s institute. Principals will likely receive training and access prior to their schools. If there are additional people interested in taking the certified training, let Megan and Gayla know. School roll-out list is not determined. Training is 2 and a half hours.
* Laptops for teachers is a good idea to support the roll-out of the Digital Door. The message from ‘DoTS’, which includes us, needs to be consistent.
* Place, Montclair, and Holm pilots start this week.
* Security alarm process for Del Pueblo distributed. Security extension is x33911. Your individual code was sent to you by Jodi. Lift the flip cover if you want to see which key does what. Alarm is on, and computers are going in tomorrow. Please arm the alarm when you are finished using the lab. There is a lock box on the door that has the key. We could have an ET meeting there to walk through logistics.

Technology Bond
* New bond purchasing procedures ‘draft’ communication distributed. ET reps have all contacted their schools letting them know about the October 31 deadline for accessing funds in Round One.

DEA Updates
* Instructor interview questions were distributed.
* Check dates and class offerings. http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AjUDrbvJW29YdFo1Sm1PU2huQUlHVV81Zy03akoxdEE&hl=en&invite=CKH__LKKxYH2Jw
* Sign up to teach something.

IC Updates
* Two items included in the Tuesday Telegram. Read through distributed documents. All elementary school will use the ‘canned’ IC SBPR. Big win: form comes in 9 languages. Trimester 1 scoring window starts October 9th.

Friday TLF Meeting: Need ET Attendee – Dale and Erin will go.

School Visits
* If you have an available hour or two, stop in and ask questions. Especially visit with new principals, or schools where there has been no communication.

Follow up with TIE teams
* Review the wiki to see what is posted, and where follow-up is needed. http://dps-tie.wikispaces.com/

T+L Conference Registrations
* Registrations are in.

Vendor Meetings
* We get a lot of contacts. Use your discretion about meeting with vendors, especially check with Kipp prior to including him in a presentation.

What else?
* PE Department is using Fitness Gram, expanded to all elementary, K-8, and middle schools.
* Moving ahead with data integration in Gaggle.net.

ET Meeting Notes

9-15-09

Kipp’s Bits

*  See notes below.

DPMS Update

* Comments from Gust and Steck were mostly positive, although not much use yet. Expectations need to be clear with principals, such as checking all accounts prior to training. We each need to attend a ‘Sandbox’ session. Check the sign-ups with Megan for the follow-up sessions. New curriculum loaders are on board, and someone to create training videos and other materials.

* Teacher laptops? Teachers don’t all have access. Schools need to seriously consider teacher laptops so they can view the data when they need to, such as data teams. We, schools, really can’t be comfortable with allowing teachers to be tech illiterate.

Instructional Tech Bond

* Communication on changes and deadline to schools still in process. Please contact schools that have not yet submitted a plan and let them know about the October 31 deadline.

DEA Update

* No email instructor applications yet, still need to be sent out. One was turned in at the Great Start meeting. Interview questions will be distributed by Terrie for review. Encourage people to apply. DP status: tables are in, Promethean board going in today. Chairs are back ordered. Network cables are ready. Power strips will be ordered. Image is nearly ready, waiting for assist from Site Support. Printer will be ordered, but will be delayed in shipping. We need some window coverings and wall decorations like helpful posters.

PDU Status/Discussion

* Erin received a checklist to complete PDU. Jodi will participate in the PDU registration process.

ILT Workshop Follow Up

* Attendance was good for registrants. Feedback was generally positive and people are looking forward to working in groups. Groups are not all PDU or special interest. With the idea of ‘experts among us’ we are buying people valuable time to collaborate. November 1 will include a mini share fair as well as working through the new standards with curriculum and instructional specialists.

Teacher Tech Proficiency

* What we have to report, during our district HR reporting window, are several choices: self-assessment, performance assessment, peer assessment, supervisor assessment, multiple methods, or not assessed. Once a teacher is proficient, they don’t need to be tested again for 3 years. TLF will be assisting CDE with this process at next meeting. It may be based on ISTE NETS for Teachers. CDE will not have something in place for this year. The state is taking a one-year bye for reporting on tech integration, which will be reported as a district, not on a school level.

Power Results Grants/CDE Update

* 8th grade tech literacy still coming. We need to report, by the end of January and by school and including charters, about instructional computers. We are involved in 3 grants, due tomorrow. TLAP2 (8th grade tech assessment second round of funding), Net Colorado (online professional development from around the state in a central repository), and another around collecting video clips of 21st century classrooms. Some of these funds are Title IID and others are Stimulus.

School Visits

* Make sure to make drop-in visits with your schools. Check in with principals, tech teachers, librarians, others. Don’t wait for an invitation.

Other

* Need someone to attend TLF on September 25th at Adams 12.

* T&L registration discounted pricing is due today. Kipp will register all of us who can attend. Scholarships will be offered out to schools, distributed through Tuesday Telegram. Funding for the scholarships will require an application and project.

* Matching Promethean grants will bring in over 100 more boards.

* Legal has reviewed the contract with Learning.com and is back for their review. review was encouraged because it was included in Kipp’s weekly updates. if you need something included, please send it along.

* EMC – copyright clearing house is asking for payment, but we’re not seeing any response or work done.

* EMP training is ongoing. We need to turn in department goals in November.

* Streaming video update: Concern still remains about capacity and use. Will there be significant use on the part of teachers? Kipp is meeting with Science and Social Studies to make sure they are committed to use of streaming video in training. Separating the content delivery from the content has actually complicated the issues. There may not be enough funding for both.