January+Meeting+Minutes


 * Instructional Technology Curriculum Council**
 * Jan. 9, 2007**


 * Missing**: Joe Connolly and Lisa Cohen


 * Guest:** Ron Roberts

K-12 Standards K-8 Checklist Surveys (last year) and former teacher survey TIZ lesson list Textbook web sites (with lots of blanks)
 * Handouts:**

After much discussion, it was decided by the group that a technology curriculum committee member will work for half day with grades K, 1, 2, and 3 teachers, using the 2005 technology checklist handout as an example along with the current CV (Michigan or METS) standards, to create a checklist of skills for each of those four grade levels. By creating a checklist for each individual grade in elementary school, each teacher would know exactly what technology skills they need to include in lessons during the school year. Jill Stiger will work with kindergarten and first grade teachers. Jennifer Nelson will work with second grade teachers. Sarah Simon will work with third grade teachers. After these initial sessions, we will review the process to see if we will continue to do this through eighth grade.
 * Discussion: How should we design our technology skill checklist for our CV teachers and students?**

Ron Roberts will contact building principals to ask for four volunteer teachers to work with the tech members and contact Rita for meeting dates for these groups by the end of this week.

Middle School would be grouped by curricular area when this process gets to that level.

Eventually, using the lesson information submitted from each building, suggested lessons will be made available to all teachers that meet both the CV technology standards (METS) and other curricular standards.

Here are lesson ideas/web sites shown during the meeting: TIZ websites (handout overview) Michigan Teacher Network: [|http://mtn.merit.edu] Lessons and ideas from schools (your homework)


 * Rita will contact other curriculum leaders** to keep them posted so that these skills can be integrated into existing curriculum (maps) at each of the grade levels.


 * The committee will use the wiki**, at http://mediatech.wikispaces.com, to gather information and post for use. If committee members would like to use the wiki, contact Rita so she can “invite” you to become a member. At this time, there is information on the wiki that has been sent digitally to her and that she has posted.

By using the wiki, any technology information can be made available to all committee members for editing and contribution.


 * Copies of the yearly survey** Craig McBain uses to determine technology needs in the district were shared, and Craig explained why he wrote the questions and how he used the information. Rita passed out copies of the Teacher tech survey used about eight years ago with all elementary teachers to determine their skill levels. Please read this information before the next meeting. We will be doing a teacher survey during this school year to help in Professional Development.


 * Professional Development:** Rita presented a proposal to work with Saginaw Valley State University to design a one-hour (15 seat hours) class during the spring term for any teacher in Chippewa Valley Schools. If a teacher takes the class for graduate credit, the cost will be what SVSU charges. If a teacher would like to take the class for CEU credit, the charge would be whatever the fees are charged for CEUs. If a teacher would like to take the class for his/her professional growth, there will be no charge.

We are asking for volunteers from the council to teach these five three-hour classes during the spring term. Jill Stiger volunteered to teach Access (database), Craig McBain volunteered to fill in anywhere (most likely FrontPage), but we still need help to accomplish this task. If you are interested please call or email Rita. Presenters will be paid.

As you can tell, we are working on this one. Rita will contact John Armstrong from SVSU and the MISD to make final arrangements. Vicki Myers and Paula Goosen volunteered to meet with Rita to work on this project.


 * The next meeting will be spent reviewing the 8th Grade Tech Literacy test**. Craig will make sure each member has the data for each middle school (we need 25 copies of each school and a district report). This is important not only because we will start giving the test in April, but also because we need to see which questions may need to be reworked and in what areas we need to work with our students. Rita will bring copies of the test.

The next meeting will also need to address the **Michigan Online Learning requirement** facing the high schools this year.

http://mi.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-28753_33232_37328---,00.html
 * Please share our CV (METS) Technology Standards** with your staffs. If you would like to do so digitally, here is the web site where they can be found:


 * Podcasting, Educasting, Webcasting (they’re the same!) Overview:** The demonstration of //Audacity//, freeware used to record audio, and //LAME//, freeware used to create MP3 files, was postponed. Rita suggested that if you are interested in taking the class at the MISD, please register for in at http://www.misd.net/. For the class cost, you will receive not only instructions, but also a microphone/headphone to use for podcasting. If you would like to talk to her or Debbie Danna about the class, please contact either one (I am volunteering you Debbie!). They took it at the same time.

If you would like to download a copy of this software, Craig has created an //Audacity// folder in the P: drive. At the time of this writing, the //LAME// zip file (in the same folder) was not working.

Feb. 13 Mar. 13 Apr. 17 May 7 June 12
 * Meeting Schedule for 2007:**