September+10+2009


 * ISB 21 Team Meeting Agenda **

Timekeeper: Jeff || Recorder: Ida || Purpose: Understanding = U Informing = I Recommending = R Deciding = D ||
 * Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009 || Starting/ Ending Time: 9:00 – 10:00 || Place: EdTech ||
 * Facilitator: Rob

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

Share anything interesting that happened last week.
 * **Task** ||  **P** || **Guiding Questions** || **Background/ Process** ||  **Person/Time** || ||
 * **Warm-up** || I || //How was last week?//

Rob had a great visit with Phil Bradley about library set-up and routine. Jeff shared that Gr. 5 blogs are effective and going very well. Kim introduced Middle School Blogging Guidelines which were well-received. Ida had Booktalks which generated lots of check-outs and requests. || Round Robin Touching Base || All/10 mins || Choose a quote or topic and talk for 2 minutes. The Final Word protocol was followed in discussing quotes that each of us wanted to talk about. These ideas were discussed: The existing educational system does not lend itself well to meeting the learner's needs. ISB is a private school and does not seem to take advantage of the opportunity to be innovative in educational practice. We still use standardized tests across the curriculum. Disruption allows innovation and current technology is more powerful in producing innovation. || The Final Word Protocol || Dennis/35 mins ||
 * **Book Club** || D || //What did you learn from our reading (intro & chapter 1 of Disrupting Class)?//
 * **Observation** || I || //What did we see regarding teacher anxiety and misconceptions about school tools?

Report from MS Open House: PantherNet seems to be confusing for parents Some challenges in dealing with research tools

How can we use this information to improve our tech training or support our team goal?

What should we look for next week? Strategies on how we can reach teachers who need help in technology.// || Round Robin || Jeff/10 mins || //As a team we can strategize on how to get to the people who need help in technology.// ||  || All/5 mins || Glad we met today to have a good discussion of the 1st chapter of Disrupting Class. ||  || Tara/5 mins ||
 * **Meeting Planning** || D || Determine topics for next few meetings
 * **Closure** || I || //How well did today's meeting go?//
 * Important Info**: No ISB21 Team meeting next week because of the full school PD day.

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