2010-03-23


 * LITT Meeting - March 23, 2010**

8:00 - 11:00 AM Elementary 1:00 - 4:00 PM Secondary

**Welcome and District Business**

 * Opening Discussion**


 * Ed Tech Profile**
 * Site: http://www.edtechprofile.org
 * Status Update: District Completion Report
 * Brief Data Review: District Proficiency Analysis Report?
 * Video: [|How To Run A Proficiency Analysis Report For Your Site]


 * Supplemental Survey**
 * Live Survey: []
 * Short URL for Live Survey (Send this friendly URL to your staff!): http://goo.gl/QjXp
 * Status & Results: []
 * Implementation Plan
 * Timeline:
 * Send to staff now.
 * Survey DUE April 2, 2010
 * This leaves three weeks to gather stragglers before the next LITTs meeting.


 * Other Tech Planning Prep**
 * Committee and Subcommittees
 * Curriculum: Annette, Julie, Bonnie,
 * Professional Development: Amanda, Nadine, Abby, Cynthia
 * Infrastructure: Derek, Gina, Tim,
 * Funding: Robert, Christina,
 * Monitoring/Evaluation: Diane, Robert, Gail
 * Stakeholders, Authors, Consultants, and Partners (Including Students)
 * Community Survey (Community Forum?)
 * Student Survey (Include Secondary Students on Committee?)
 * Vendors - HP? Cisco? Intel? Microsoft?
 * Parents (good contributors)
 * Students (from secondary sites) - invite a representative from each site (1 student panel after school meeting).
 * ** Timeline **
 * Guiding Questions - April 29
 * Rubric for Curriculum Section - May 27
 * Curriculum Draft Goals - July 1
 * Then establish summer and fall meetings and timeline.
 * December DUE Date (Probably Dec 3rd)
 * Collaborative Tools: This Wiki and Google Docs...
 * Tech Planning Resources

Focus Question

 * What are your favorite collaboration tools? (And how do you use them?)
 * Share links to your favorite tools below (if applicable):

Google Docs

 * Create a new [|Gmail account] or a new [|Google account].
 * [|Associate Multiple Email Accounts with Your Google Account]
 * Review of [|Google Docs basics].
 * [|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!)
 * See Also: [|What's New in Google Docs]?
 * Additional Resource: [|Creating Quizes in Google Docs] via Jimbo Lamb ([|@misterlamb]) - IF formulas are the key. :)
 * Consider: [|Google Docs as part of Project Based Learning].
 * Google Docs Proof-of-Concept Projects - An example of something students would make or do, a teacher would use, or a LITT would use for professional development. Share links to your published projects below:
 * Your Links Here
 * []
 * []
 * https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGRkb2xtSkdhWXpxVWF0VVdSajA2d3c6MA
 * []
 * No link- Here's what I did...I discovered how to create folders (labels) with documents to share across our 4th grade colleagues in RBUSD. I invited my 4th grade team to share these resources as well as Samantha Leddell our professional development facilitator. -Amanda Steinacher, Alta Vista

Note: //You can setup// [|Google Apps: Education Edition] //for your own domain. It might be easiest to setup// [|Google Apps: Standard Edition] //so you can setup a new domain for $10 - and then request an upgrade to education edition.//

Even More Google (Time Permitting)

 * [|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])
 * [|Google Apps Innovation: Year In Review]
 * [|The Official Google Blog Directory]
 * And don't miss the latest [|Google Teacher Academy Resources].

Closing

 * Reflection Activity**
 * How can Google Docs help you in your teaching? (And how can it help your students, if applicable?)
 * How can Google Docs help you as a LITT with ed tech planning?
 * How else can you use this tool?


 * Discussion: Summer LITTs Plans**