November+26+2009


 * ISB 21 Team Meeting Agenda **

Timekeeper: Tara || Recorder: Dennis || Purpose: Understanding = U Informing = I Recommending = R Deciding = D ||
 * Date: Thursday, November 26, 2009 || 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. Touching Base || All/10 mins || //As a team we can strategize on how to get to the people who need help in technology.//
 * **Task** ||  **P** || **Guiding Questions** || **Background/ Process** ||  **Person/Time** || ||
 * **Warm-up** || I || //How was last week?//
 * Immigration simulation in grade 7 has some great opportunities for authentic tech integration next year (Ida spoke about the immigrant interview)
 * Author of Chanda's Secrets (that 8th grade is reading during the Africa unit) is now available for Skype an Author (Ida)
 * Use of Flip camera in HS Bio to create YouTube videos on joint motion (Rob and Dennis)
 * Students in HS are doing more print reading because of the upcoming Skype author "visits" with 3 YA authors (Rob)
 * Kim visited Yokohama International School for the Bridging the Gap Conference which involved not only teachers, but also parents and student - looks like a very good way to ensure community buy-in for large scale changes in curriculum. (Kim)
 * Grade 5 is planning a social studies/science unit on sustainability which already authentically embeds ISB's TaIL Standards. Jeff set up a NetVibes page that brings in feeds from other student blogs at ISB tagged with related labels. (Jeff) || Round Robin
 * **Team Goal** || D || //What are our next steps for the TAIL standards?//
 * Collaborate with the Curriculum Office to integrate the standards into the new curriculum mapping tool.
 * Start embedding standards in new units that are being created.
 * Try to bring classroom teachers into this discussion about documenting standards
 * Individualized Educational Technology Plans for teachers - using ISTE teacher standards - starting with new elementary teachers, how can we bring this to other divisions? || The Final Word Protocol || All/35 mins ||
 * **Observation** || I || //What did we see regarding teacher anxiety and misconceptions about school tools?//
 * Blogs: customizing your blog by adding widgets, embedding objects like YouTube videos and VoiceThreads
 * PantherNet: Elementary Team Rooms
 * Movie Maker/iMove compare and contrast
 * PowerSchool: Grades/Report Cards
 * Virtual School: Basics and getting started || Round Robin || Jeff/10 mins ||
 * **Meeting Planning** || D || Determine topics for next few meetings
 * Book Club - Chapter 3
 * Start linking projects to the TaIL standards pages on this wiki (small groups)
 * IETP - discussion about how to implement this for all teachers ||  || All/5 mins ||
 * **Closure** || I || //How well did today's meeting go?//
 * Started close to on time (9:07)
 * Not always on task (Kim)
 * Not everyone has been here regularly - do we need to change this time?
 * Still got a lot done! ||  || Tara/5 mins ||