2010-01-20

=**LITT Meeting - January 20, 2010**=

RBUSD Lead Instructional Technology Teachers Meeting January 20, 2010
 * 8:00 - 11:00 AM Elementary
 * 1:00 - 4:00 PM Secondary

=District Business=

New Call Out System

CASE Replacing LANDesk

Planned Network Infrastructure Upgrade 100% Wireless Implementation Unified Communications Network - Including New Phone System & 911 System Perimeter Security Cameras

School City (Edusoft Replacement) Meeting (Upcoming Feb 10)

=Welcome Activity=

What is your vision for educational technology in the school of the future?

 * "No" Books
 * More Computers
 * Keyboarding Starts Earlier
 * Learning Doesn't Stop at The Classroom Door (Online Resources / Hybrid Courses)
 * WiFi for Students
 * Games in Education
 * More Students Have Access from Home (Student Checkout Laptops? After school Labs?)
 * Campuses Open More Hours
 * Changing the Mindset of Teachers (Away from students in rows with hands folded... to "students as collaborative clients")
 * Telepresence in The Classrooms (for Foreign Language, Independent Study...)
 * Schools Without Borders (District Boundaries Will Blur)


 * Each classroom/teacher would have the tools they need: laptop, projector, document camera, scanner... (including power in addition to network)
 * Every classroom could be converted "on the fly" into a "computer lab." (A fully functioning digital classroom... even the physical makeup of the classroom... even desks could be updated... )
 * Wireless schools... and wifi for students
 * All teachers using the available technology to best benefit student learning - and teachers know how to use the technology this way.
 * Kids using their cell phones/iPods (as response mechanisms etc... like polleverywhere) - also PSP, DSi, etc...
 * Smart Boards (and Smart Desks - or handheld devices)
 * District as datacenter...
 * Students bring their own devices...
 * Teachers are comfortable with these technologies in the classroom, and are well trained with the technology...
 * Games in the classroom - students competitive with themselves. (Wii channel for education etc.)
 * Good "human" instruction is maintained - and students are able to process it.
 * Learning doesn't stop in the classroom... students interact with the community (and the world)
 * Teachers understand the resources that come with the adopted texts/resources...

How can you as a leader help move the RBUSD toward this vision?

 * LITTs can work with teachers to help get them to this point...
 * Presentations at staff meetings...

=Part 1 - The Ed Tech Profile=

**Review of the Ed Tech Profile**

 * [|How will Ed Tech Profile help me]?
 * [|FAQs]
 * Get Started: [|edtechprofile.org]

**Discussion (Continued): What would be the best way to implement the Ed Tech Profile as a tech planning tool at RBUSD?**

 * [|Google Moderator for Your Ideas]

**Planning: How do you plan to implement this survey with the staff at your site?**

 * Post your plan here!

=Part 2 - The Supplemental RBUSD Technology Survey=

Year One Strategic Objective

 * Create, distribute, analyze and report to the Superintendent and the Board of Education the results of a district-wide technology survey. (By February 1, 2010)
 * Possible Tools: [|SurveyMonkey.com] or [|Google Docs] Forms. (I recommend the latter.)

Discussion (Continued): What questions would be best to include on the survey? And how would this best be implemented district-wide, especially given the need to also implement the Ed Tech Profile?

 * [|Google Moderator for Your Ideas]

**Planning: How do you plan to implement this survey with the staff at your site?**

 * Post your plan here!

=Part 3 - An Overview of New, Powerful, and Free Tools (or Features) from Google=


 * NOTE: This was put off until our next meeting. **

This is an update for the last 18 months or so. ;)

Search

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

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])

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]

Thanks to Chris Bell ([|@cbell619]) for suggesting several items on this list.

What else am I missing? Please add links to you own favorite features below:
 * Your favorite new Google feature here!

=Reflection Activity=