March+18+2010


 * ISB 21 Team Meeting Agenda **

Timekeeper: Tara || Recorder: Dennis || Purpose: Understanding = U Informing = I Recommending = R Deciding = D ||
 * Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010 || Starting/ Ending Time:7:30 – 8:30 || Place: EdTech ||
 * Facilitator: Jeff

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


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

Touching Base || All/10 mins ||
 * Rob**: Skype An Author with Paulo B, author of The Wind Up Girl
 * Ida**: Skype An Author with Allan Stratson, author of Chandice's Secrets
 * Chrissy**: Student-led conferences with VoiceThread - rave reviews from parents, looking forward to comments in multiple languages.
 * Tara**: A friend did a VoiceThread on exploration with voices from around the world, lots of languages.
 * Jeff**: Recorded some ePortfolios from last week, in particular a 4th grader had their DRA recorded, as they listened the student explained what was happening in Japanese (mom didn't speak English). CoETaIL Cohort 2 got started again. Scheduling for course 2 (ending in mid-May) may cause scheduling conflicts for High School teachers due to exams - may see a reduced number for course 2. A few teachers from SCIS (Shanghai) are joining the course from a distance.
 * Kim**: Started CoETaIL observations with teachers in course 5. Working with Danielle R in MS EAP for a fantastic digital video project interviewing Cindy WD about growing up in South Africa.
 * Kim and Chrissy**: presented to Bill and Andy on their Hardware is Not Enough: Teacher-Facilitator Partnership presentation from ASB Unplugged - lots of great feedback and support from Bill and Andy. || Round Robin
 * **Team Goal** || D || Team Goal: Next Steps: What do we want to focus on for the rest of the year?
 * IETP for Teachers
 * 1:1 Implementation in grade 6
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// || Round Robin || Jeff/10 mins ||
 * Team thoughts:**
 * We need to share our TaIL standards with the Curriculum Office and get their feedback.
 * After re-wording based on Greg's feedback, what are our next steps? We need to ask the Curriculum Office.
 * Continue putting in projects to the wiki
 * Really understand PantherNet as a team so that we can better support people next year.
 * Skype Miguel in to our team meeting once, if possible - Kim will try to schedule w/Miguel.
 * Should we start planning for 1:1 training for grade 6 team.
 * What did we do well this year - reflect on how the year has gone.
 * Party for Kim! || Strategize || All/40 mins ||
 * **Observation** || I || //What did we see regarding teacher anxiety and misconceptions about school tools? Let's plan for relevant after-school PD:
 * Virtual Revolution by BBC
 * Blogging
 * **Closure** || I || //How well did today's meeting go?// ||  || Tara/5 mins ||

**Additional Meeting Notes**:

 * Budget/Ordering:**
 * Desperate need for Flip cameras in both ES and MS - order is in for next year, but no more will be purchased this year.
 * Possible for EdTech to purchase a bulk amount and offer a discounted rate for teachers to purchase out of their PD?
 * Planned EdTech budget for next year.
 * Tara recommends that all items are catalogued in library, but teachers can check them out at the beginning of the year and keep for the whole school year in their room. Chad has discussed this with admin & this process has been approved.
 * Team needs to decide if we prefer the Flip camera or the Kodak - we should all have the same. We need to look at who's using it and how they are using it before we make that decision.
 * Ensure that we standardize platform & batteries (prefer double A) to ease compatibility issues across division.


 * Parking Lot:**
 * How will we organize checking out A/V materials to teachers for the full year? i.e.; do we check out cameras 1 per every 2 classrooms and for the whole year?
 * What is the purpose of how we take video at school? This will influence our purchase decision for Flip vs Kodak.
 * For next week, report back on how teachers want to use the video cameras.