April+Minutes

 Minutes for April 7, 2008 **  Jan and Rita talked about the PhotoStory inservice that they did; Rita discussed the Front Page inservice she did. Both were very well attended and feedback was positive from staff. A third inservice was cancelled (Brian Hadfield’s Advance Word), because of lack of interest. Cynthia was not present to discuss her two classes. Fall Presenters: need more! We have been contacting vendors and MISD personnel to help with the inservice on Aug. 26. We are also considering a possible speaker for half the day so that we would only need to have our presenters do one 2 ½ hour inservice. The pay for a teacher presenting on the inservice day would be $60, whether all day or half day. The pay for preparation/planning time would be $75. Rita discussed setting up time the week before the inservice for presenters to use the Admin office for prep and making copies. An email will be sent out before the next meeting with information for presenters. If you have anyone who does something with technology that you think would be a good presenter, please send the name to Rita. Presenters may choose a topic; we have many areas that could be covered in the fall (including Integrade Pro). Schools that will most likely be used for the inservice are the Ninth Grade Centers (if finished), Cheyenne, Dakota, Ojibwa, CVHS, and possibly the MISD. If needed, other school building labs can be accessed; teachers can bring laptops for training, too. Good news—issues with middle schools have been resolved (as of 5/1/08). Middle school media specialists have been contacted with information to share with teachers; also, each has graciously tested the system in the buildings. The test is available and must be taken before the end of the school year.  A copy of national teacher standards and administrator standards was shared with the committee, along with a discussion about both. Teacher standards (from ISTE) will be updated in June 2008.  IV. **//Del.icio.us//** [|Presentation] ; Not done; time ran out. Digital video cameras (RCA Wonders) were explained, demoed, and distributed to all members. Please give your camera to the media person in your building to add to the collection (make available for check out). Schools without a representative at the meeting will have their cameras sent to the media person in the building. ||
 * Instructional Technology Curriculum Committee
 * I. Professional Development Developments! **
 * II. 8th Grade Technology Literacy Test **
 * III. National Standards **