January+21+2010


 * ISB 21 Team Meeting Agenda **

Timekeeper: Tara || Recorder: Dennis || Purpose: Understanding = U Informing = I Recommending = R Deciding = D ||
 * Date: Thursday, January 20, 2010 || Starting/ Ending Time: 9:00 – 10:00 || Place: EdTech ||
 * Facilitator: Jeff

Participants: Tara, Jeff, Kim, Chad, Rob, Dennis, Ida

Share anything interesting that happened last week. || Round Robin Touching Base || All/10 mins || //As a team we can strategize on how to get to the people who need help in technology.// - Proposed: that we devote ISB21 meeting time to raising our collective awareness of cross-divisional and departmental technology initiatives and tools so that we can support and direct teachers and students to the most appropriate resources. (I'll send detail for perusal by email) || Rob || All/5 mins
 * **Task** ||  **P** || **Guiding Questions** || **Background/ Process** ||  **Person/Time** || ||
 * **Warm-up** || I || //How was last week?//
 * **Team Goal** || D || Next Steps: Developing the IETP program
 * Review of work done on TaIL profile pages
 * Begin planning for IETP program || Small groups || All/35 mins ||
 * **Observation** || I || //What did we see regarding teacher anxiety and misconceptions about school tools?// || Round Robin || Jeff/10 mins ||
 * **Meeting Planning** || D || Determine topics for next few meetings

Propose 10-15 minutes/meeting to review 1-2 items ||
 * **Closure** || I || //How well did today's meeting go?// ||  || Tara/5 mins ||


 * Minutes**

1. How was last week?
 * Tara - Destiny Quest is very exciting with new Facebook-like features. Tipping point of kids talking about books. Some issues of misbehavior, but positive way for students to be introduced to social networking and learn responsible use.
 * Ida - 7th graders did poetry. Library supported this with books on poetry and student first used anthologies to look for poetic devices
 * Rob - Trialing a new database, Questia School. Met with English and Social Studies. Teachers are excited. Single search for Ebooks, journals, magazines, newspapers. This seems to be an improvement on Destiny which has not been well received/used by teachers this year. Declining use of databases....more research now being done to see if this is isolated at ISB or if it's widespread around the world.
 * Kim - new students intro to our tech tools which went very well. Both the different sites and using the carts
 * Dennis - setting up blogs for 10th graders...positive growth opportunity for them to develop portfolio of writing and reflection and online profile

2. Team Goal of IETP
 * Examples of teachers taking off by setting a needs-defined IEP focused on technology
 * Currently some volunteers from the new teachers
 * ISB21 would like to put in place this IETP with faculty
 * Needs to be voluntary
 * We could pair up 'mentor' like teachers or joint-goals
 * If we put a program out there, then we can advertise it to teachers and see who is interested - not mandated
 * Can this be a substitute for a teacher goal?
 * Dennis to talk to Andy Davies about inclusion into LEAD

3. Greg Curtis will look at TaIL Standards with us and how to embed on Thursday

4. Anxiety and misconceptions
 * Pages vs Posts with categories in blogs

5. Setting up more strategic awareness and common message for student/teacher resource use
 * Many information resources perceived to be "out-dated" or "old-fashioned" - which is not true.
 * Teachers phasing out resources...is this coming from a perceived implication from all the tech tools online being presented
 * Both librarians and tech are often invited by teachers on a specific issue without opportunity to share or push best practice ideas and techniques
 * We can be proactive with information management PD by doing similar sessions like Tech strands in ERD and Professional Days
 * Rob will update our tools page with Information tools also available and will add a column for "contact person" or "resident expert"