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ET Meeting Notes 1-26-2012

Jan 26th, 2012 by

Target Grants

Will be awarded February 22nd

LEAP Observations

  • Dave and Candy are doing 3 schools Cory and Godsman, Henry and Lake, Bradley and Maxwell, Lincoln and Kennedy
  • Erin and Matthew will be doing Doull and Howell, Skinner has not returned our emails.

Learning.com
We need to: Identify 6-8 schools that are not using it – What are they using?
Assign schools

  • If you go to a school and you know who the tech teacher is, set the appt. with them.  If you don’t know the tech teacher, contact the principal to get to the person you should meet with.
  • We will each take 9 schools and we will ask these questions.
  • Are you teaching keyboarding?  If so, how? What grade levels?  If you aren’t teaching keyboarding, why not?  Are you teaching technology classes other than keyboarding.  If so what are those classes and what do you cover? (this would be a scheduled elective class that is a computer technology class as opposed to something that is ‘integrated’)
  • What is covered in your tech class.
  • Should we ask – “Can you describe the level of collaboration within your building for curriculum driven technology projects?”
  • Kirk will send us the Google form today
  •  Visit and report by Feb. 17th

DEA Courses

These continue to be canceled – 4 total for this week.
CTIG Follow Up
Please record your January meetings with schools.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEd1T1YwYzFmNkhScGV3eDZvdXFRUWc6MQ

Encourage iPad schools to attend iPad symposium

iBooks

The current volume purchasing model for these will not work for our district right now.  This is because iBook licenses purchased can only be given to individual accounts and not to district accounts.  Apple insisted the publishers lower their prices and publishers only agreed to this because they are making the purchases annual.  Kirk will be meeting with an upper level executive from Apple soon.

iPad Symposium

Candy in charge of bagels for breakfast – will delegate if necessary

Candy is in charge of bagels for breakfast

Jodi may or may not be able to be there depending on overtime pay.

Candy will do 2 half hour sessions so she can attend sessions.

Detail email to go out to presenters today.

Erin is taking over coordination
Date – Saturday, February 11th
Time – 9:00 a.m.  – 1:00 p.m.
Place – Del Pueblo

Clickers
Additional Clicker training – 2/21

2/21

PCK training will take place.  Many schools are giving their teachers that day off in exchange for their time at conferences.
STR Clicker training

3/20 with AnTS

 

Student Email RFP
First meeting next week (Thursday at 4:30?)
Need Committee.

Safari Montage
Future Sessions 2/22, 2/29, 4/4, 4/11
Login problems – There may be some connection with active directory

TIE
June 19th – 21st

Edmodo
We need to look into starting our user groups here.

McMeen PD

Candy
Matthew
Kirk
8:00 – 8:45
Intro to Safari Montage
Introduction to Wikispaces
iPad Apps
8:50 – 9:35
Intro to Safari Montage
Introduction to Wikispaces
iPad Apps

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ET Meeting Notes 1-19-2012

Jan 19th, 2012 by

McMeen PD is as follows:

Candy
Matthew
Kirk
8:00 – 8:45
Intro to Safari Montage
Introduction to Wikispaces
iPad Apps
8:50 – 9:35
Intro to Safari Montage
Introduction to Wikispaces
iPad Apps

LEAP Observations

The framework has been re-designed for next year.  ET and many other departments including curriculum are being asked to go out and do some test observations using the new framework and give feedback.

Edmodo

Gaining popularity and we could start organizing people with this tool.  Create a tech teachers group in Edmodo to experiment with how we could use this.

SAT Grants

Final distribution occurred last night.  Channels were changed on all sets of clickers.  We would like to offer continued training but schools are finding it difficult to find the time for this training though they are very interested in receiving even more sets of clickers.
Additional Clicker training – 2/21
PCK Training on same day for Elementary and Middle School Tech teachers.

Netbook Carts

These purchased from extra money given to Instructional Superindendants to distribute have been given to:

Westerly Creek

Center for Early Education at Knight

Escalante Biggs

Dora Moore

Munroe

Place Bridge Academy
Student Email RFP

Kirk and Matthew to meet and chat about this.  Kirk recently saw a presentation by Microsoft about integrating Sharepoint more in depth in schools.
First meeting next week (Thursday at 4:30?)
Need Committee.

Safari Montage
Future Sessions 2/22, 2/29, 4/4, 4/11

Promethean Board has been requested for these trainings.

Training for Elementary Tech Lab Paras?

iPad Symposium
Erin is taking over coordination
Date – Saturday, February 11th
Time – 9:00 a.m.  – 1:00 p.m.
Place – Del Pueblo

TIE
June 19th – 21st

It has been considered that we should send an ET person to ISTE instead of to TIE to bring back info and updates.

Learning.com
We need to:
Identify 6-8 schools that are not using it – What are they using?
Increase PD for 6-8 schools
Look into district Curriculum Distribution

CTIG Follow Up
Please record your January meetings with schools.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEd1T1YwYzFmNkhScGV3eDZvdXFRUWc6MQ

Current year budget

This needs to be discussed in case there is money that needs to be spent soon!

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ET Meeting Notes 1-12-11

Jan 12th, 2012 by

American Foundation Library Make-Over

Heart of America is back with these grants.  Candy and David are working on getting 10 schools to apply.  This is the same TARGET grant that Cowell got in 2009.  They will also be instating “Meals of the Mind” program for the winning school as well which involved providing 25 lbs of food for every family twice a month for a year.

Smedley Lab

The parent portal team is opening a Parent Engagement Center (office) at Smedley.  They will be using grant funds to buy a lab for Smedley.  ET has been asked to advise them on how to advise them on how to outfit the lab.

McMeen PD

2/21 – Candy went out and met with Mackie on this.  Because McMeen has an interesting story (Michael DeGuire is leaving) they are requesting PD to help them be a 21st Century school.  They do not have time in their day, however, to commit to this and accept the training plan we have to offer.  He does not want Safari Montage used in his school.  Promethean Flipchart creation was an idea that came out, however, the teachers have not attended any of their Morgridge Family Foundation Grant required 45 hours of training.

It was made clear that there was no motivation or current interest for Ed. Tech PD and Mackie was really just being forced to request it.  The schedule will be 3 – 45 minute sessions:

Safari Montage – Kirk Anderson

Teacher Made Wikis – Matthew Woolums

iPad Apps – Candy McGregor

SAT Grants

Distribution at Remington – Postponed from yesterday.  New date is January 18th at 4 p.m.

Additional Clicker training – 2/21 – Planning occurring today.

FEBRUARY 21st

Kirk to attend PCK with Kipp, Dave and Candy

Matthew to attend clicker training

Erin to attend Barrett for Promethean training

Student Email RFP – Deadline is March 20th (the sooner the better)

First meeting next week (Thursday at 4:30?)

Need to talk to Pat Scanlan

Need Committee.

ET – Matthew, Erin, Candy need to be on the committee.

DoTS – Jeff, Jason, Josh, Welter, Bud, Brad

Schools – TBD

Other – TBD

Safari Montage

Future Sessions 2/22, 2/29, 4/4, 4/11

Training for Elementary Tech Lab Paras – Matthew has this list in place.  It can be found on the ET Sharepoint site.

iPad Symposium

Erin is taking over coordination

We may be buying dongles as a “presenter gift” for all presenters.  -  Erin to send Matthew a number to purchase.

Sue from Apple can provide $500 toward lunch and 14 iPads for loaning out during that day.

Date – Saturday, February 11th

Time – 9:00 a.m.  – 1:00 p.m.

Place – Del Pueblo

TIE

June 19th – 21st

Kirk is talking to Kipp about sending the ET Team to TIE.

Learning.com

We need to:

Identify 6-8 schools that are not using it – What are they using?

Increase PD for 6-8 schools

Look into district Curriculum Distribution

CTIG Follow Up

Please record your January meetings with schools. – enter updates into form.  We have all been invited to view the spreadsheet as well.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEd1T1YwYzFmNkhScGV3eDZvdXFRUWc6MQ

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ET Meeting Notes 12-15-11

Dec 15th, 2011 by

Educational Technology Meeting Agenda
Thursday, December 15, 2011
8:00 AM

Library Services Update

Safari Montage
Debrief from yesterday – training went well, plenty of buy in and interest.
Training for Elementary Tech Lab Paras?  Do we have a list of these people? – Matthew more than half way done with this.

LEAP Framework Revisions
Thank you Matthew and Candy!

SAT Grants – 9 total – for 52 sets requested total.
Round 3 application – Posted
Today.  Reading at 1:00
Notifications to go out Friday – we need to decide how deeply we need to read them.

Pick up and training will occur January 5th (Thursday) and 11th (Wednesday)
Student Email RFP – Matthew to take on Gmail side.  Kirk is figuring out who will represent the other pieces.
Kirk would like suggestions for people Responses due Dec 16th.  Need Committee.

DPS Recommended Apps

Erin will post an app recommendation Google form link on this website and add a script so she gets an email when one is submitted.  She will then pass them along to curriculum to get their recommendation and then post them on the site.

iPad Symposium
Invited:
Peter, Kevin, Ginner,  Apple People,  Woessner,  Cobos,  Cowell, Asbury, Kimmal, Wacker

We may be changing the date to February 11th.

Goals
o    Give current iPad users a chance to share what has been working for them and to hear from other users.
o    Give potential users a chance to hear from current users about challenges and successes.
o    Give both current and potential users an opportunity to hear from “experts” (DoTS, ET, Apple, others?) about other possibilities.

Date – Saturday, January 28th
Time – 9:00 a.m.  – 1:00 p.m.
Place – Del Pueblo or Remington

Format
Kick off with a panel where everyone presents their lightning presentation.
Break up into 4 rounds of the 25 minute session, giving attendees a chance to attend 3 or four separate sessions.

What Presenters Will Be Asked to Prepare
a.       A title and brief synopsis of their presentation
b.      2 – 5 minute lightning presentation about their material. (poster sessions where participants rotate to different tables for this every 5 minutes)
c.       25 minute session that covers the material in more detail.

CTIG Updates

Kirk and Candy still have updates to fill in.  Drop dead deadline is Friday, December 16th.

Tech Bond Spending Deadline

Those who have not submitted orders for the last of their money:

Bryant Webster – Kirk wrote him

Skinner – Candy will visit

Valverde and Park Hill are close to submitting orders

 

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ET Meeting Notes 12-8-11

Dec 8th, 2011 by

Library Services Update

Library Para and library tech Safari Montage training occurred on December 6th.  There were 7 people and it went 2.5 hours.  It went well.

 

DEA Update

Schedule for next semester posted.

 

Safari Montage

Debrief from yesterday – lots of technical difficulties made it a less smooth training.  Links to playlists were not working and coming up with red error messages.  Safari Montage  was syncing servers during this time and this could have caused the problems.  Everybody should try to test their links again today to see if they work again.

Using permanent links –  We need to test the guest student links and consider implications of using them and recommending them to teachers.

Additional Sessions – December 14th (Matthew out 2:30)

Training for Elementary Tech Lab Paras?  Do we have a list of these people? – Turns out there are far fewer tech paras in DPS schools than we originally thought.  Matthew estimates about a dozen.

 

DPS Framework

The framework is being revised.  I6 is no longer a part of the framework.    Technology and digital resources have not been built into 1.2 and I.8 in the new framework.  We therefor need to flesh out the Framework for Effective Teaching Evidence Guide by adding multiple sentences that delineate look fors in these areas.  I.3 and I.5 are also areas that should also be supplemented.  Matthew and Candy have volunteered to take a stab at these supplements and will carry the “Track Changes” document all the way through to Kirk by Tuesday, December 13th.

 

SAT Grants

Round 3 application – Posted – Due next Thursday, December 15th and have 3 applicants so far.   There is a very tight timeline between the application deadline and the next assessment window so we need to strategize the logistics for this 3rd and final window.

 

Student Email RFP

Responses due Dec 16th.  Need a committee of teachers to gather after school on January 10th and 11th so that we can meet the deadline.

iPad Symposium

Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.

 

Goals

  • Give current iPad users a chance to share what has been working for them and to hear from other users.
  • Give potential users a chance to hear from current users about challenges and successes.
  • Give both current and potential users an opportunity to hear from “experts” (DoTS, ET, Apple, others?) about other possibilities.

Date – Saturday, January 28th

Time – 9:00 a.m.  – 1:00 p.m.

Place – Remington

 

Format

Kick off with a panel where everyone presents their lightning presentation.

Break up into 4 rounds of the 25 minute session, giving attendees a chance to attend 3 or four separate sessions.

 

What Presenters Will Be Asked to Prepare

  1. A title and brief synopsis of their presentation
  2. 2 – 5 minute lightning presentation about their material.
  3. 25 minute session that covers the material in more detail.

Presenters and ideas

Apple – Latest and greatest apps or uses

Frank Cobos – requesting and using iTunes accounts

Dave Woessner – iPad lab setup

Jinner and a Grant Ranch Teacher

Peter Douglas and a Goldrick Teacher

Kevin Croghan and a Grant MS Teacher

James Goffred and a Lake Teacher

Somebody to do digital storytelling with iMovie

Candy and cheap/free digital storytelling tool

Erin and the DPS Recommended Apps lists – Math and Science

 

Breakfast?  Lunch?  PD Credit?

Peter? Kevin? Ginner?  Apple People?  Woessner?  Cobos?  DEA People?  ET People?  Other suggestions?

Kick off for an iPad users group

 

CTIG Follow Up

Need to schedule monthly meetings with schools.

Highlighted schools have been filled out right now.

ET Person Project Lead Principal School
Candy Stacy Hoffer Anita Theriot Asbury
Candy Unknown Tom Elliott Cowell
Candy Jonathan Howard Bill Kohut DSA
Candy Derrick McNeill Loan Maas GWHS
Candy Jim Goffred Amy Highsmith Lake
Erin Kyle Kimmal Shannon Hagerman Montclair
Erin Amy Addison Teresa Klava, Dan Villescas, Elinor Roller SW Centers
Erin Peter Douglas Maria Uribe Goldrick
Erin Virginia Edwards Sandra Blomeyer Grant Ranch
Matthew Ben Wilkins Elizabeth Trujillo Palmer
Matthew Rachel Payne & Tonda Potts Park Hill
Matthew Alex Magana Alex Magana Grant MS
Kirk Kathryn Wolters Elizabeth Tencate Fairmont
Kirk Jacob Firman Cesar Cedillo Randolph

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEd1T1YwYzFmNkhScGV3eDZvdXFRUWc6MQ

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ET Meeting Notes for 12-1-11

Dec 1st, 2011 by

Educational Technology Meeting Agenda

Thursday, December 01, 2011

 

Safari Montage

Additional Sessions – December 7th (no Candy, Erin out 2:30), December 14th (Matthew out 2:30)

Training for Elementary Tech Lab Paras?  Do we have a list of these people?

Training for Paras is Tuesday the 6th. Six have signed up so far. No pay, so provided during the day, from 1-3. No list of tech Paras. Matthew will review list from the old school interview list from 2010 and Candy’s compilation of librarian information from Fall 2011.

 

SAT Grants

Round 3 application – Posted

Due Dec. 15th

Clickers only. Next window for distribution is probably the first week of January to get these out to schools before the next assessment window January 9th for elementary, and February for secondary.

 

Student Email RFP

Responses due Dec 16th.  Need Committee to review early January.

 

iPad Symposium

Saturday, January 28th?  Del Pueblo?

Peter? Kevin? Ginner?  Apple People?  Woessner?  Cobos?  DEA People?  ET People?  Other suggestions? Mini-symposium format, breakout sessions, invite Apple, personal invitation to teacher practitioners. Matthew will contact Jinner, Kevin, and Peter to see how they respond, if they have teachers that might participate, or equipment to borrow.

 

CTIG Follow Up

Need to schedule monthly meetings with schools. Use link below table to update status.

Only Erin has this filled out right now.

ET Person Project Lead Principal School
Candy Stacy Hoffer Anita Theriot Asbury
Candy Unknown Tom Elliott Cowell
Candy Jonathan Howard Bill Kohut DSA
Candy Derrick McNeill Loan Maas GWHS
Candy Jim Goffred Amy Highsmith Lake
Erin Kyle Kimmal Shannon Hagerman Montclair
Erin Amy Addison Teresa Klava, Dan Villescas, Elinor Roller SW Centers
Erin Peter Douglas Maria Uribe Goldrick
Erin Virginia Edwards Sandra Blomeyer Grant Ranch
Matthew Ben Wilkins Elizabeth Trujillo Palmer
Matthew Rachel Payne & Tonda Potts Park Hill
Matthew Alex Magana Alex Magana Grant MS
Kirk Kathryn Wolters Elizabeth Tencate Fairmont
Kirk Jacob Firman Cesar Cedillo Randolph

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEd1T1YwYzFmNkhScGV3eDZvdXFRUWc6MQ

 

 

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ET Meeting Notes for 11-17-11

Nov 17th, 2011 by

Educational Technology Meeting Agenda
Thursday, November 17, 2011
8:00 AM
 
Safari Montage
Additional Sessions at Remington.
November 30th, December 7th, December 14th. All will attend when available. Kirk will resend agenda. Include a LION supported lesson planning component.
What can we do better? More demo lessons? Maybe one interactive, one just with Safari. Start preparing an additional lesson.
How many people do we need for each session? Probably two presenters, one tech support.
 
SAT Grants
Round 3 application – Posted. Notice going out after Thanksgiving.
Distribution and training
Additional trainings in January. Organize with MasterTech. Makes sense to do this at Remington. Kirk meeting with Teresa on AnTS involvement.February 21st may be the next window of opportunity for school PD delivery.
Mice and headsets. Candy delivered a big part of them. 6 schools remaining.
 
Library Services Update
Dave and Candy. Dates for assessment windows will be blocked out for laptops on the ET equipment checkout calendar by Candy. Power adapters will be replaced. Add Derick to calendar. Matthew to send quote. Library Services will be rolling out Safari to library paras.
 
DEA Update
Terrie. Only one class cancelled this week. Terrie has no access for SchoolNet. Calendar for next term coming quickly. May need an iPad class.
 
Gaggle.net
Up for RFP. Posted. This process will probably involve everyone on some level.
 
CTIG Follow Up
Need to schedule monthly meetings with schools. We also need to document for other purposes. Is Candy’s case load too big? GW is self-sufficient, as is Lake and Cowell. Concerned with Fairmont. Kirk will take on Fairmont, Erin will take SW Centers. More funding may be available, no timeline or specifics yet, but this will be a sprint. Can we pull together a sharing opportunity?

ET Person
Project Lead
Principal
School

Candy
Stacy Hoffer
Anita Theriot
Asbury

Candy
Unknown
Tom Elliott
Cowell

Candy
Kathryn Wolters
Elizabeth Tencate
Fairmont

Candy
Jonathan Howard
Bill Kohut
DSA

Matthew
Alex Magana
Alex Magana
Grant MS

Candy
Derrick McNeill
Loan Maas
GWHS

Kirk
Jacob Firman
Cesar Cedillo
Randolph

Erin
Peter Douglas
Maria Uribe
Goldrick

Erin
Virginia Edwards
Sandra Blomeyer
Grant Ranch

Candy
Jim Goffred
Amy Highsmith
Lake

Erin
Kyle Kimmal
Shannon Hagerman
Montclair

Kirk
Amy Addison
Teresa Klava, Dan Villescas, Elinor Roller
SW Centers

Matthew
Ben Wilkins
Elizabeth Trujillo
Palmer

Matthew
Rachel Payne &
Tonda Potts
Park Hill

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEd1T1YwYzFmNkhScGV3eDZvdXFRUWc6MQ

 
User Groups
Outlook Distribution List
Wiki
Discussion Forum
Physical Meetings
Edmodo
Promethean
 X
 X
 
 
iPads
Clickers
Safari Montage
School Web Page Admins
Teacher Web Pages 
iPad Apps
 

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ET Team Meeting for 11-3-11

Nov 3rd, 2011 by

1 Safari Montage
Debrief yesterday
What went well?
Matthew – Nice job covering the dashboard and searching and also thanks for videoing
Candy – Thank you very much for the way you handled the best practices conversation. I think the teachers really appreciated the conversation and the respect inherent in how it was done.
Erin – Really impressive vision of how to incorporate Safari Montage in a Promethean lesson. Thanks for putting yourself out there.
What can we do better?
Room set up – room was a little small. Promethean won’t be picked up until after next week. Participants could have used more one-on-one time for advanced features like linking, exporting, merging. Timing was pretty close. The reason we need teachers to log in to their own school is due to licensing issues and managing profiles. Teachers moving from one school to another next year will be a problem.
Advanced tips – linking
Cowell – how did this go, Dave?

The presentation I did last night was for the staff at Cory (not Cowell). It went well. The Cory staff was excited to see the product and ready to use it. They all have projectors in their rooms. About half have speakers. There are some promethean boards.

A couple of questions that came up were:
· How do we made suggestions for things to be added to the collection?
· Why don’t we have access the entire collections?
I worked from the Safari Montage Training outline, and I would say it was tight. I had exactly 30 minutes, but with the demonstrations and question I didn’t get through everything on our outline.

Dave Sanger

2 SAT Grants
Carts have arrived and are being delivered. Two have been damaged.
Headsets and mice have arrived. 71 boxes on the loading dock are ready for distribution. How do we get these distributed? Matthew and Kirk have time to work on this today. May tap Site Support to assist with distribution.

Round 3 application – Posted by 11/15
Additional trainings will be needed in November. Organize with MasterTech. Keep the application simple. Erin providing the first pass at revision.

3 Peer Observers for LEAP Observations
HUGE Success. THANK You for all your work.
Notes? Large variation of opinion in the room. The conversation with teachers never gets down to technology. Much time dedicated to classroom management concerns. We should also be talking to Teacher Effectiveness Coaches. Is there a way to group teachers by developmental levels of teaching? We need to think through additional meetings with the PO group.
TEC follow up – they used to meet every Friday.

Library Services Update
Dave and Candy – Antonio working on providing reporting features for LION database use.

DEA Update
Terrie

Gaggle.net
Up for RFP – Matthew will assist Kirk with updating the previous RFP. Do we have enough information about the needs of our students and teachers? Do we have the expertise to provide appropriate structures? Costs, especially hidden, are problematic.

Learning.com
Can be used by non-certificated positions.

User Groups
What works and what do we need to provide for new groups? Safari Montage is a great place to start. Outlook distribution lists are like roach motels. Throw as many into the groups as we can, remove on request. Is the Promethean wiki active and used? Discussion tabs are getting used, people ‘joining’ and added.

Outlook Distribution List Wiki Discussion Forum Physical Meetings Edmodo
Promethean X X
iPads
Clickers
Safari Montage
School Web Page Admins
Teacher Web Pages

iPad Apps
Where are we? Math people provided with iPads and access to apps. No progress expected until after the Math conference, which was last Friday.

CTIG Follow Up
Need to schedule monthly meetings with schools.
ET Person Project Lead Principal School
Candy Stacy Hoffer Anita Theriot Asbury
Candy Unknown Tom Elliott Cowell
Candy Kathryn Wolters Elizabeth Tencate Fairmont
Dale Jonathan Howard Bill Kohut DSA
Dale Alex Magana Alex Magana Grant MS
Dale Derrick McNeill Loan Maas GWHS
Dale Jacob Firman Cesar Cedillo Randolph
Erin Peter Douglas Maria Uribe Goldrick
Erin Virginia Edwards Sandra Blomeyer Grant Ranch
Erin Jim Goffred Amy Highsmith Lake
Erin Kyle Kimmal Shannon Hagerman Montclair
KIPP Amy Addison Teresa Klava, Dan Villescas, Elinor Roller SW Centers
Matthew Ben Wilkins Elizabeth Trujillo Palmer
Matthew Rachel Payne & Tonda Potts Park Hill
Talk to your schools and schedule meetings. Be prepared for a paragraph update in 2 weeks (11/17). Looking for a way to structure a report.
New assignments:
DSA – Candy
Grant MS – Matthew
GWHS – Candy
Randolph – Kirk
SW Centers – Kirk
Lake – Candy

Bond Funds
Window rapidly closing. Kirk working with Jodi to identify schools that still have unspent funds. May need some follow-up.

Mobile Citizen
How is your testing going? Please check the coverage map. Keep track of discrepancies.

Teacher Laptop Project
Smith Elementary on Thursday, November 10 at 7:30 a.m.
ET may be called on to help with trainings.
May postpone ET meeting that morning. Possibly cancel or reschedule.

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ET Meeting Notes for 10/20/11

Oct 20th, 2011 by

Educational Technology Meeting Agenda
Thursday, October 20, 2011
8:00 AM
1 Safari Montage – at Remington rooms 107 and 108
Train the Trainer – Oct 26th, November 2nd, November 9th
We need to flesh out the outline. Teacher laptop training overlaps. Kirk has agenda.

2 SAT Grants
Dells have been shipped to some schools but not all yet. Should be out by next week.
Carts are on their way. Sipped today.
Mice and headphones are on their way
Additional trainings in November, might be better in early January. Organize with MasterTech
Round 3 application. No netbooks. Deadline by 12/15. Application and rubric need to be reviewed. Erin will set up a meeting and take a first stab.

3 Peer Observers for LEAP Observations
October 28th 8a.m. – Noon
Now 9:00 to noon. Use of clicker demo. Candy will pull it together with input from the rest of us.

CTIG Follow Up
Need to schedule monthly meetings with schools. Meet with your schools. We need to document what is working. Probably a separate meeting.

Teacher Laptop Project
Training will be handled almost exclusively by STRs. Need some gaps filled

EPMP Planning
Evaluations being planned
Goal setting supposedly due Friday. Will schedule next week?
Draft Department Goals:
1. Successfully implement Safari Montage Media Streaming system. Indicators TBD but something like:
a. 50% of district teachers will have logged in and accessed they system during the 2011-12 school year.
b. 75% of district schools will have a trained Safari Montage site leader c. A significant number (TBD) of District Playlists (compiled and/or approved by central content specialists) will be created and posted for each content area and grade level.

2. Successfully implement the Safari Montage Storage and Media Distribution system. Indicators something like:
a. X number of district-owned digital media titles will be purchased and loaded into the system.
b. X% of teachers will be trained on Creation Station and will begin uploading created media.
c. X% of teachers will be trained on accessing digital cable through the Safari Montage System.

3. All school-based 2008 Bond funds will, in accordance with the schools’ tech plans, be spent out by January 2011. ETLS staff will work with schools to ensure thoughtful close outs of these school-based budgets.

4. ETLS professional staff will continue to meet regularly (monthly) with CTIG schools to:
a. ensure the schools are able to successfully implement their CTIG plans b. learn from the schools re: the new tools, resources and strategies they’ve implemented as part of their CTIG grants so their successes can potentially be replicated elsewhere in DPS.

5. ETLS professional staff will continue to seek, develop and widely deploy PD strategies on the best-practices integrations of instructional technology tools, resources and strategies.

6. ETLS professional staff will conduct timely, meaningful and ongoing work with Teaching & Learning content coordinators on identifying, communicating and deploying to schools iPad Apps that best-align with DPS curriculum.

7. ETLS professional staff will identify and deploy (on a pilot basis) the best-practice eBook solution.

Interdisciplinary Unit Design
Meeting on the afternoon of October 27th.
Meet every Thursday from 12:30-3:00.

Mobile Citizen
Mobile wireless deal being considered for schools to offer to teachers and families.
$99 4G mobile hotspots, $79 4G modems, $10/month service
Limited to the Clear (Clear Wire) network. Fairly good coverage in metro area. But many dead zones.
Getting loaner devices. Need to test.

It’s About Time – Web Cam Lab Pilot
Erin will be liaison between IAT and teacher.

Library Services Update
Opened Ben Carson reading rooms in 5 schools. $15k half for books half for the room ‘think big’! Reading for fun. Ben Carson video conferenced with each building with his wife in attendance. Western theme at Amesse.
Library teachers gave feedback for LEAP appendix.
Year long process for ebooks. Working with suppliers on management for digital resources. Might try a central collection instead of school collections. Ebook vendors also looking at a leasing model. Kipp placed an order for a kindle fire.

DEA Update
How many classes delivered? Promethean, WordPress, web 2.0
How many classes cancelled? 14 classes so far, probably all classes next week.
Issues? Challenges? Communication is always a problem. Do we know what schools chose i6 as a focus? Transition to new registration system in SchoolNet and PDUs only offered through schools are both a challenge. SchoolNet email system turned off.
Upcoming events? We have dates for tech boot camp next summer.

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iPad Apps
Math people have test units
Apps are in spreadsheet and Math people can enter reviews in Google form.

SharePoint
ETLS SharePoint site: https://departments.dpsk12.org/edtechlibsrvcs/Pages/default.aspx
Issues? Challenges?
Timing of Luxo move?
User Groups

Outlook Distribution List
Wiki
Discussion Forum
Physical Meetings
Edmodo
Promethean
iPads
Clickers
Safari Montage
School Web Page Admins
Teacher Web Pages

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ET Meeting Notes for 10/13/11

Oct 13th, 2011 by

Educational Technology Meeting Agenda
Thursday, October 13, 2011
8:00 AM

1 Safari Montage
Train the Trainer – Oct 26th, November 2nd, November 9th
Other trainings will probably be at Remington need to be set up in some type of registration system. Since these are teachers we should probably use SchoolNet. Cap at 30 for now. 8:00 to 4:00.
Integration with other technologies
Promethean use with Safari Montage videos. To be developed by Erin. Pratical and interdisciplinary. Might not be enough for Colorado history. Great depression? More materials available.
We met with Peer Observers. Agenda revisions: permanent links should be added. Notes about software- restart browser after installs of silverlight and QuickTime. Address questions about justification for classroom use.

2 SAT Grants
Dells have already arrived, going out to schools soon.
Carts are on their way
Mice and headphones are on their way. How to distribute? Box them up and split up schools to drive them out.
Help schools set up netbook carts? All they need is to name them, add to domain, add to wireless. Documentation on the STR site and link sent from Kirk.
Most clickers for round two distributed, more at training tonight.

Clicker Distribution/Training
Yesterday and today
How will we handle special clicker requests/needs? About 70 schools have received clickers. This will likely fall on us and the AnTS.

Continuing Clicker Training
Additional trainings? Will need additional conversation.

3 Peer Observers for LEAP Observations
October 28th 8a.m. – Noon
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Still working out details about primary observers. We need to find out how they are organized. Kirk will call Alonso.

It’s About Time – Web Cam Lab Pilot
MOU almost ironed out.
Erin will be liaison between IAT and teacher. Kirk and Erin will talk off-line.

Slavens Redesign
Expansion budgeted by bond savings. There is supposed to be a technology focus and no conversation with Ed tech and library services. Meeting on December 1st.

iPad Apps
Math people coming Monday. Review site? Form started by Erin.
New apps into spreadsheet

SharePoint
ETLS SharePoint site: https://departments.dpsk12.org/edtechlibsrvcs/Pages/default.aspx
Issues? Challenges?
Timing of Luxo move?

User Groups
Outlook Distribution List
Wiki
Discussion Forum
Physical Meetings
Edmodo – people using it?
Promethean
iPads
Clickers
Safari Montage
School Web Page Admins
Teacher Web Pages

On the table:

Teacher Laptop Project
Dells are at Remington now.
Training and distribution starts Saturday, October 22nd.
Training will be handled almost exclusively by STRs.
Remington staging team will be staffed by substitute teachers.

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