2010-02-25

=LITT Meeting - February 25, 2010= 3:30 to 5:00 PM, Board Room

Welcome and District Business

 * Opening Discussion Notes:**


 * Ed Tech Profile**
 * Status Update: District Completion Report
 * Congrats to Redondo Union High School, Jefferson, & Tullita for 100% completion!
 * And to Lincoln & Madison, who seem to be done - and just need to clean up their staff lists. :)
 * What worked (that other schools can emulate)? Announcement and follow up email worked for High School. The high school librarian pitched in to be available to help with "hand holding" - and sent out several email reminders. LITT followed up with phone calls. Sit down 1 on 1 with folks who "can barely turn on their computer."
 * Brief Data Review: District Proficiency Analysis Report
 * PD Needs: Online research tools, collaboration tools, connecting students with experts, graphic representations of data etc.
 * PD Formats: Small group, after school (or summer).


 * Supplemental Survey**
 * Review Draft: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dHZqSXFtUk41MnJQQ1pEb1paVV9OVXc6MA
 * Demographics?
 * Format?
 * Cut some questions?
 * Anything missing?
 * Implementation Plans? Launch it right now - or after report cards. But some are still doing edtechprofile now... so after report cards.


 * Update on Network Improvement Project**
 * $1.7 Million Dollars Approved from Bond Funds - and Aviation Fund

Google in Education Update
Note: This is an update for the last 18 months or so. ;)

**Search**

 * [|Search] Options, Including: Related searches, Wonder wheel, Timeline (See also [|Image Swirl] for Google Image search.)
 * [|News]
 * [|FastFlip]
 * [|Share custom news sections]!
 * [|Google Books] (Including Results in Book, Overview, Preview, and More... Plus Magazines, including LIFE! And now... Bookshelves!)
 * [|Google Scholar] (Including Legal Opinions and Journals, Full Text Links, Integration with Google Books, and More...)
 * [|Search Curriculum]

**Note: Due to time constraints, we stopped here.**

**Docs**

 * [|Public Template Gallery]
 * [|Shared Folders]
 * [|Upload and Share Any Files]
 * [|Branching Logic (and Page Breaks) in Forms]
 * More: Th[|e Google Docs Blog] (Don't miss the [|2009 year in review] post!)
 * Additional Resource: [|Creating Quizes in Google Docs] via Jimbo Lamb ([|@misterlamb]) - IF formulas are the key. :)

**Even More**

 * [|Google Maps] (New Content: Photos, Videos, Wikipedia, Webcams)
 * Also, check out the [|Haiti image layer] in Earth...
 * And [|more cool updates] to Maps and Earth - Like [|the Olympics in 3D]!
 * [|Google Voice]
 * [|Google Wave]
 * [|Mobile] (Including [|Goggles])
 * [|The Official Google Blog Directory]

And don't miss the latest [|Google Teacher Academy Resources]. Thanks to Chris Bell ([|@cbell619]) for suggesting several items on this list.

Reflection

 * Which of these tools can you implement right away?
 * Which of these tools would you like to implement by the end of the year?
 * Which of these tools would you like to learn to implement someday?