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//**Literacy Through Digital Tools Idea Think-Tank for Summer Institute Tentative - dates (week of) June 16., 2008** Note to team:// I am starting to understand that what Deb said about our bouncing around could tip the scales for summer initiative. I don't think we have finished our work as advocates for the philosophies that Will Richardson so eloquently writes about in his book: Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools. Think how many more we have yet to capture in our fish nets. I think we need to continue on this path...first with a new group of teachers, bringing in the original group, and going on to cover RSS...then maybe Ning?
 * Possibly - August 11-12**

We could recap wikis and blogs in the classroom with an additional focus on RSS, nings, and delicious. I like the peripheral idea to show how to use the tools they already have as well.

We have also managed to offer 2 years of our peripherals workshop. Shouldn't we offer it again for the third year, and put a "twist" on it?

Jona, I love your enthusiasm and love of learning but don't you agree Pages wins hands down over Elements for now? We're just not there yet. :=)

What if I could bring someone in to do Google Earth for us those two days in August before school starts?


 * __Team Ideas__:**

Delicious bookmarks Google Earth RSS Ning Photoshop Elements Peripherals in the Classroom - Making Your Tools Meaningful Book Study - A Whole New Mind - Daniel Pink//** [|Advanced iMovie]
 * //Wiki's
 * Google Docs** - Why GoogleDocs? Students appreciate the ability to collaborate online in their own time frame. Teachers as well as students appreciate the stronger accountability for individual effort on group projects. Google Docs enables teachers to observe the projects as they unfold, giving students feedback prior to the final outcome. Teachers are able to individually assess student participation and content using the revision tab on Google Docs to see how editing is proceeding and to encourage students as they work. ([|Teacher's Stories])

//**-- Note to team:**// Please come prepared for a one hour meeting from 4-5 sharp. I challenge us! hehe Please construct your own set of agenda items that you see need worked on as a staff and/or as a leadership team going forward. Please post here:

1. Working as a team - How can we reconnect with each other and have a common goal? 2. Plan for summer institute(s)? 3. Plan for next year - focus groups? Sunday workshops for "old" laptoppers? (They are asking for something more.) Tech Tuesdays??? 4. Our own learning and implementing the "new" stuff in our own classrooms. Leading by example. 5. Personal learning goals - What do I want to do/learn this summer?

What do we need to work on? 1. Planning as a team where we are going and how we are going to get there. 2. Planning and implementing staff development - on-going and summer 3. Book Study for a focus for our meetings 4. Sharing our strengths (SmartBoard, Classroom practices...)

//**WELCOME! You are most likely here because of an invitation to share with other colleagues who think and act in different ways. Will you choose to browse around and pass .... or stay, create, learn, share - because there is something intriguing about learning in the context of Google Earth. Every participant will answer the question during their 10 minute presentation: How did/will I use this in my personal and professional life?

The race is on. How much can I learn about Google Earth in the next couple of weeks? We will host a 2-3 hour think/share-tanking session at the Tech Building on Sunday, April 20 from 1:00 - 4:00 Teacher Laptop Initiative will be held from 5:00 - 7:00 pm Sunday, April 20, 2008**//

//**Google Earth** - An exploratory learning approach// to professional development. Hook up with the links or your choice, or add your own learning links as you start your expedition in Google Earth. Enjoy! Karla's Links [|Google Earth Blog] [|Google Earth Basics] [|How Stuff Works] [|Google Earth and Geography Awareness Week] [|Google Earth About.com] [|Google Maps User Guide] [|Google Earth - Sketchup Mashup]

Tanya's Links - Thanks to Glenn Wiebe of ESSDACK for these links. http://www.socialstudiescentral.com/?q=digitalliteracy [|Google Earth User Guide] [|Google Maps Mania Blog] - Educational Uses Part 1 [|Google Maps Mania Blog]- Educational Uses Part 2 [|Google Earth Lessons] [|Google Earth Blog] [|Google Earth Community] [|GE FInder] [|Google Earth Hacks] [|Google Earth Tutorials] [|Google Earth KML Gallery] http://earth.google.com/outreach/tutorials.html

The coming of New Year's is a time to reflect on the year past and create a vision for year present and dream about the year future. As we move forward as leaders in our district, I challenge each of us to post something to our blog(s).

This wiki page is the collaboration tool we will be using as a team for the MACE event.

**March M.A.C.E. 2008**
Everything above the line are the titles and abstracts the Lead Tech Team and individual members will be presenting at March MACE in Manhattan, Kansas March 6 & 7, 2008. We're excited!

From "To Give A Teacher A Laptop" to Web 2.0. Come to this session to see how far you can go using Web 2.0 tools. This session will showcase the blogs and wikis that teachers have created to use in their grade-level teams and classrooms. See a wide variety of curriculum-based examples that teachers are currently using. Brainstorm ideas for using these tools in your classroom and begin creating your web.
 * Create My Web** (45 min. talk) Presenter: Nona Mason Co-presenter(s): LTT

1. Talk about our summer staff development. 2. Blogs and wikis can be very global, but we started small. Using them within our own district. They aren't something big and scarey - but very useful. 3. Made a big step - from new applications on our computer - to using the web and its free stuff to create blogs and wikis. 4. After the summer training - Our groups starting using and creating wikis and blogs for their schools and classrooms. 5. Will's book - tell how we have adapted each of those things back in to our inservices,etc. Webpages, Wikis, Blogs, etc. 6. Enhanced curriculum and used them for support. 7. While our focus was so much on blogs and wikis - we may have neglected some of the "regular" tools that we have always used. 8. While sharing the blogs and wikis - explain "Why" we did it. 9. Refer to http://usd352academyone07.wikispaces.com/

Blogs, Wikis and Podcast and other Powerful Tools for Classrooms by Will Richardson

Central: http://usd352laptop.wikispaces.com/central Grant: http://usd352laptop.wikispaces.com/grant GHS: http://usd352laptop.wikispaces.com/ghs North: http://usd352laptop.wikispaces.com/north West: http://usd352laptop.wikispaces.com/west
 * A technology staff development plan developed by each school using a wiki http://usd352laptop.wikispaces.com/

Nona: Aimee: Tanya and Aimee: Deb: Karla: Tanya: 7th grade math wiki http://usd352math7.wikispaces.com/ Jona: New Teacher Info Blog http://newteacherinfo.blogspot.com/
 * An elementary school wiki that is organized by subject http://westschoolwiki.wikispaces.com/
 * A high school Government class blog http://witmanwisdom.blogspot.com/
 * A high school History class blog http://worldhistory1500stopresent.blogspot.com/
 * A high school principal’s blog [|ghsplc.blogspot.com]
 * A high school technology class wiki (21C)  http://ghs2-0.wikispaces.com/DailyPlans
 * 3rd and 4th grade Book Club Blogs http://www.usd352.k12.ks.us/teachers/central/rhodges_site/Reading.html
 * 4th grade Writing Blog http://writingideas4.blogspot.com/
 * A tech team wiki developed as a collaboration and communication tool http://usd352tech.wikispaces.com/ThePlan

The Race is On: As GHS students began their fast-paced senior year, they had the opportunity to enroll in a class called 21st Century Skills. Lined up with a MacBook and revved up for the greatest opportunity of their high school career, students [are learning] learned 21st Century skills as they [create] created many projects. With the finish line only a few months away, we'd like to share their successes and challenges around the track.
 * Racing toward 21st Century Skills** (45 min. talk) Presenter: Aimee Stoffel Co-presenter: Tanya Gray

With the finish line only a few months away, these students would like to share their We will discuss our successes and failures and share ideas for future plans with this class. We will share many class projects and student created content, including our class wiki.

Tips and tricks on organization and infusion of the iLife package into your elementary classroom. Curriculum based tie-ins from preschool to 6th grade will be offered. Using GarageBand, iTunes, iPhoto, Keynote, iMovie and iDVD can enhance and inspire children's learning through multiple modalities.
 * Create a Life. . . it's Elementary!** (45 min. talk) Presenter: Jona Neufeld Co-presenter: Deb Bantam

Would you like to sharpen the skills of you and/or your students? Would your students benefit from on-line curriculum but you don't know where to start? You will leave this session with a new wiki page and an understanding of the power of wikis for both professional, personal, and classroom use.
 * Wikimania** (90 min. hands-on) Presenter: Karla Murray Co-presenter:

Ingredients: a pint of searching skills, a pound of google tools, a pinch of tabbed browsing, a teaspoon of multiple search windows, and an ounce of creativity. Mix together and quickly you'll have your research organized and you'll be ready to type. Thanks to the inventions of Googleplex; Google Notebook and Google Docs for adding to our recipe. (abstract remixed by Mary Frazier)
 * Research Recipe** (90 min. hands-on) Presenter: Mary Frazier Co-presenter: Karla Murray

Presentation Proposal Ideas **(add & edit)** //Here are Karla's ideas.....// Great idea for presentation from the CoLearning Conference Do you know what a podcast is? Would you like to see some great projects and get inspired to design one for your classroom? This session is for you! Explore and be inspired? [We will start out exploring the podcast section of the iTunes Store focusing on PK-20. Don't be left behind. Come see what can inspire your students. By the way, no iPod required, just a computer with iTunes installed and a set of speakers.
 * I do, you do, we do....**a model worth adopting
 * The Power of Radio**

Do you have a blog? Would you like to create one for your family or classroom? Have you posted comments on a blog? Would you like to know how? Come and explore the power of the written word!
 * Blogs Deciphered**

The best of 2007. [|SlideShare]......still editing.....trying to add one great/cool or learning example for each tool/app
 * Got Web 2.0 ??**


 * The Power of Search**


 * Web 2.0 Playlist** / **Web 2.0 Tools**


 * Googleify Your Life (iGoogle, GoogleNotebook, Google Docs)

Googleosity - A model of doing business differently! [Summer Institute idea]**