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I.   Brief Introductions – we had a couple of newcomers II. Lisa Kimmel volunteered to take minutes this meeting. III. Rita Hughes shared information about the 2009 Technology Professional Development classes. The schedule looks very good and there are a wide variety of courses available. If there is something you would like to teach, please let Rita or Jan know and they can get you scheduled. These courses will impact our goal of getting teachers trained on the various programs/equipment. IV. Join the NING. Craig talked about that and we currently have just under 300 people. [|http://chippewavalleyschools.ning.com]. Greg F. has created a couple of great examples of groups for administrators and you should look at them. Check out the discussions that Jan and Rita have started. NINGS will have their place in the classroom in the future – you should be aware of what they are and how they work. V.   MACUL - $100 stipend (covers the sub). Go to your principal for PD funds to register – or find some other way for your expenses to be covered. Take care of that ASAP. Note – the date of MACUL conflicts with elementary parent-teacher conferences. VI. “Ideal Classroom” discussion. Jan will post the “wishes” on the CV Tech NING. Many of the items brainstormed by the building staffs parallels what was on the list that had been started by Rita and Craig. VII. NETS - National Standards are being revised and then the State Standards will be aligned to the National Standards. CV Curriculum will need to be aligned to the State Standards. There are “student”, “teacher” and “administrator” standards. We had an opportunity to watch a NETS video and look at the website for ideas. How do we want to proceed from here? Do we want very detailed specific plans or just general ideas? Revisit the website and we will discuss how we want our “website” to look in the future. VIII. Craig and World Book Encyclopedia – Craig talked about how students go about doing internet research and how much better it would be if they used World Book Encyclopedia on-line, instead. It will help kids learn to research better. Craig explained how the website has been redesigned for easy use. One of the new features is articles in Spanish and you don’t even need to speak Spanish to use this feature! Encourage students to use this at home and be sure to cite their work when they use it. Check this out at home and see if it works for free. IX. And then we went home. Homework: Think about how we will use the newly established Technology Curriculum Website; how we will get the word out about NETS this year (and METS next year); promote CV Technology PD sessions with your staff when Rita gets the calendar out before the holiday break (and continue to get the word out after!). POSSIBILITY: Chippewa Tech council video on NETS to post on website. Think about how this might look for the January meeting! Make sure you are registered for the wiki and have a Delicious account. NEXT MEETING: Monday, January 12, 2009 @ **//__Erie Elementary School__//** (note location change!)