Agenda+Final

media type="youtube" key="-dnL00TdmLY" height="344" width="425" Points of discussion:


 The purpose of our online community is to help improve technology use on our campus as well as integration of technology into our classrooms. (Ms. Gomez)


 The purpose of our online community is to help improve technology use on our campus as well as integration of technology into our classrooms. (Ms. Gomez) {I think that the purpose and objective are one in the same}


 I fell that all grade levels will eventually be included but for now we should start with one, 3rd grade. (Mr. Guia)


 The facilitator should be Mr. Guia, he spear headed this project. (Ms. Gomez)


 Mrs. Creighton - 3rd Grade Teacher (math) Mr. Balkama - Music Teacher Ms. McKeinzie - Computer Teacher (Campus tech) Ms. Hill - P.E. Teacher Ms. Gomez - 3rd Grade Bilingual Teacher Mr. Guia (computer lab teacher)

**__Activities__**
1. Professional Development (Mr. Guia) 2. Increase Technology in the Classroom (Mr. Guia) 3. Technology Integration in the Classroom (Ms. Gomez)
 * I think we need more professional development, especially in the area of Web 2.0 items such as Wiki's, blogs, etc (Ms. Gomez)
 * Agreed, we can have after school professional development in one or both of the school's computer labs. I think that Ms. McKeinzie and myself are fully aware of such technologies and are capable of teaching them to the staff. Once we return to campus in mid August I will make up a schedule and post a sign up sheet on the network drive. (Mr. Guia)
 * That will be great, we should also look into some summer courses the district might have gong on as far as professional development in Web 2.0. I will post a copy of what they be offering here by our next scheduled meeting. (Ms. Gomez)
 * Since we really don't have a say so in the budget of the school, we can put together some kind of technology commetee to bring suggestions to our school's administrators. (Ms. Gomez)
 * There is actually a technology commetee that meets bi-weekly during the school year. If there is anything someone will like to buy just bring it to me and I will bring it up during the next meeting. This can be an ongoing item. (Mr. Guia)
 * I think that technology in the classroom should not be treated as an award but rather as a valuable teaching tool. Forn the classrooms that are fortunate enough to have a newer computer(s) they should focus on becoming student-centered and be used fir collabrative projects. (Mr. Guia)
 * I agree, I think once we get some professional development under our belts, we can better map out our curriculum to fit the students needs. (Ms. Gomez)
 * Okay that sounds reasonable. I will in the mean time go through and develop a list of great online resources that would include online lessons, interactive activities, Smartboard templates, and educator resources for us to pull from and send out to the rest of the staff at the start of school. (Mr. Guia)

Okay good stuff and a very productive hour. I look forward till our next online meeting and hopefully next time the rest of our community can join us. (Ms. Gomez)

Agreed, good session. I will speak with you on next time and I will send out messages to the rest of the community to go online and add to what we did. See you on our next scheduled meeting. (Mr. Guia)