2009-05-27

=**LITT Meeting - May 27, 2009**=

RBUSD Lead Instructional Technology Teachers Meeting May 27, 2009 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM

Welcome Activity

 * Discussion Questions

Review: Screen Capture with Jing

 * Our Previous Workshop on Screencasting
 * Download the latest version of the [|Jing Project] (if necessary).
 * Capture Image
 * Capture Video (and Upload to Screencast.com)
 * History
 * Settings

Activity: Create Contribution Project Videos

 * Contribution Project Guidelines
 * Use Jing to record a walkthrough or overview of your project.
 * Upload your video to screencast.com using Jing.
 * Add a link to your video (and to your project if applicable) on the Contribution Project page.

Discussion

 * School Loop (and Other Teacher Websites)
 * 2009-2010 Priorities
 * Technology Planning (for 2010-2011)
 * [|Shared Discussion Notes]

LUNCH - 11:30 to 12:30

Review: Blogging on Ning

 * This will be the **LITT Team Blog**
 * Sign into the [|RBLITT Ning]
 * [|Settings]
 * [|Blogs]
 * [|Videos] (Time Permitting)

Activity: Post Your Contribution Project to The LITT Blog

 * Visit the [|Blogs] tab on the RBLITT Ning Site.
 * Click on "Add a Blog Post."
 * Title the post and compose a brief description of your contribution project.
 * Use the "Hyperlink" button (which looks like a chain link) to post a link to the video of your project (which you posted on screencast.com using Jing this morning).
 * Add tags and publish your post.
 * Review [|this video] if you'd like to see this process in action.
 * Advanced Note: A Pro Jing account can export video in mpeg-4, which can be converted to one of the formats that can be uploaded directly to the Ning site. Even better, a Pro Jing account can export directly to YouTube, which can then be embedded into a blog post!

New Topic: Mobile Technology in The Classroom

 * [|Google Mobile] (Including [|Google SMS] and [|Goog-411])
 * [|Poll Everywhere]
 * [|Demo Poll]
 * [|Open Ended Demo]
 * [|Results] (and Text Voting Numbers)
 * [|Drop.io] (Allows you to call into a "drop" from your phone to create a downloadable mp3 file!)
 * [|Ustream Mobile]
 * More... and [|Even More...]
 * Another Example: Math project created using [|Yodio].
 * And Still More for [|iPhone and iPod Touch in Education]

Activity: Create a Poll with Poll-Everywhere

 * Create an account at [|Poll Everywhere]
 * Create a Poll
 * Add a link to your poll below (and ask your colleagues to reply by phone, too):
 * [|Frozen Yogurt Survey]

**Time Permitting: Games for Change**
[|Games for Change] - [|Play List]

Reflection Activity

 * Discussion Questions
 * [|Online Evaluation]

This wiki was originally developed by: [|Mark Wagner, Ph.D.] President, Educational Technology and Life Corporation