December17th2011

December 2011

__**Agenda** __
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 * __**Coffee and doughnuts** __
 * __**Chit Chat **__
 * **__Volunteer __- take notes for this meeting **
 * ** __Sign-in __ Don't forget to sign-in on the "signinfor20112012 page...link on left side of this page **
 * **__Best news!!!! __ We will have a full staff of Lab Techs as of this Friday! Will share assignments on Saturday (unless Jay Mann does this before then). **
 * **More good news! **
 * **Jennifer Glueck.....Arizona ELL Teacher of the Year! **
 * **Dani Robb & Chris Hoon....AzTEA Grant Winners....$8,994!**
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">__Printer toner__ (Jay Mann will be sending out a letter to all schools this week about printer toner) **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">Teachers call-in themselves, using information on each printer (phone # for AOT, printer AOT number, model of printer) **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">They will need to be sure to ask to have their name noted on the package **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;"> We are asking the MICE at each site to help with this by....possibly.... **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">Go over process at Staff Meeting **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">Demo how to install cartridges **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">Suggestions?? **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">__<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">Weebly demo __ - Glynis **
 * **__ Weebly for Education __**– site
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Easily create a classroom website & blog
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Manage your students' accounts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Blocked until ready to publish
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Allows images, color text, 5 free pages

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 * __**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">Trackit for Avermedia software **__
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">Though it won't be high on the list of things getting done (at least not right away), please advise teachers, who have doc cams, that they can go ahead and put in trackits to have the software installed **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">__<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">Web Path Express __ - Deborah Reker may be asking for your help with this at your site **
 * __**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">Outlook **__
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">Search Folders **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">Quick way to see size of all email in all folders (Inbox, sent, drafts), hover over email to see where is it located **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">**Saving emails...a reminder**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">**Though files are archived, the best way to be sure you have saved emails and attachments is to save them to your MyDocuments folder**
 * __<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">**Sharing from your site** __
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">#1 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Track Its are getting tackled
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">John H. is helping out a lot... even with printers!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Good news... we are tackling one of our parent goals of weekly communication through GMail and gathering parent emails through Google Forms
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Send out MICE feedback forms before each MICE meeting and finally someone responded!!... 6th Grade feedback- COWs being old and not updated?
 * __**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Camelview **__
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">__Simis__ - <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Hi Kim Thomas! Please remember D2SC catnip class!! When "selling" the class, maybe tell teachers to bring their own assessment questions with them so they can input stuff that they'll actually use! It will be awesome! Thanks Kim Thomas! **
 * __**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Rose Lane **__
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">__Park__- Lenovo keyboards have a temporary fix with the external keyboards. Kids are resilient and amazing. **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">__Meadows__ - tech?? (It would be wonderful and extremely helpful to have a schedule so the office and/or teachers will know when someone will be on campus). Murph shared how get around problems with saving to docs with MeToo to during faculty meeting. **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">__Heights__..trackits getting done (John H. is well-trained), several people don't know how or why to check postini box (I will put out a PSA about this soon),what about COW carts? are they worth fixing? **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">__MTA__: Good New!! Two of our new teachers are receiving cords before Winter Break and another new teacher will get her cords right after Winter Break. Our TrackIt's are starting to get completed. Our Guild (PTO) bought us headphones for each class and they arrived about a week ago. Getting Waterford set up for K-2 teachers. I will be sending out a Winter Break Check List of how to save energy. **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Kindegarten logins...getting done for each site - <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Please let the kinder teachers know that this is in the works **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">If time....__Batch Geo activity__ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">When entering info for this activity, try to be specific to a location. Don't use something vague like "South Africa". For the larger cities, such as Paris or Buenos Aires, all you need is the name of the city.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Websites to check out....please share websites you find useful or just fun! **

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Google's 2011 Year in Reviewgoing to do a writing prompt with my students after they watch this video... what is the most memorable event (s) of their year? other suggestions for the video?


 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Magic Pen [] **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Physics and drawing....additive game!
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"><range type="comment" id="601706">Snag Films **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22.4px;">[| http://www.snagfilms.com]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**SnagFilms.com offers the broadest collection of great independent movies you can watch right now, on demand, for free****, and share with others – films that entertain and inform, engage and inspire, satisfy every taste, encourage discovery and create community.**
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Ge.tt **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">[| http://ge.tt/]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">File sharing made easy...free with limited services (enough for what we need)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Files can be up to 2GB each - WOW
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Couldn't find info on limit of file uploads

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">CATNIP Classes for Spring Session __ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">I will be putting the catalog together over the holidays and would appreciate input on what you think I should delete or add.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Various ISTE webinars (3-4) (Face-to-Face)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Blogging - Does it work for you? (This is a weak one...not sure if I will be including) (Face-to-Face)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Skype in the Classroom (Face-to-Face)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Smartboard in the Primary Classroom - 15 hour class (Jodie D. and Jennifer G. teachers) (Face-to-Face)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Batch Geo (Face-to-Face)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Various online classes from Classroom Live 2.0 and the K12 Online Conference (3-4)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Voki
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Photo Story 3 (not sure if it is installed on all teacher laptops)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Googe Docs, Level 1 & 2

**Notes from Today's Meeting:**
**Printer Toner:**
 * look for email from Jay Mann in regards
 * Don't call in for other teachers... don't enable!
 * Old cartridges- recycle program (check with each school site)
 * Once the printer toner starts flashing... call once the ink on your paper starts to diminish (the company will be there in 2 days max)
 * Reiterate the email from Jay to the staff at a meeting.... demo, calling the company, etc.

Weebly: >> [] >> Examples – 12345 is the password >> [] >> [] >> [] >> [] >> [] >> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">[]
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">__<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">Weebly demo __ - Glynis **
 * **__ Weebly for Education __**– site
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Easily create a classroom website & blog
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Manage your students' accounts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Blocked until ready to publish
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Allows images, color text, 5 free pages


 * Avermedia Software:**
 * start sending in Track Its for Document Camera software (individual track its)


 * Kim Visiting Sites:**
 * Kim in the classrooms... what will this look like?
 * Working with Kim to plan a lesson (team teach)
 * Let Kim talk to the admin at each campus BEFORE advertising to our campus
 * Outlook:**
 * If you have an email that is important to save, please save it to your documents
 * Open the email, click save as, (change file name from html to a text), and place in your documents folder
 * Saving attachments must be saved individually
 * Size limit has gone up...


 * Cows:**
 * If laptops are missing keys, batteries not working, etc email Justin Wright directly concerning these issues
 * Postini:**
 * Remind teachers to check their spam folders


 * Lab Techs:**
 * Can each site get the contact information (cell numbers, emails, etc) in order to get a hold of them if they are not responding to emails
 * Lab Tech schedules? When are they on campus?


 * D2SC:**
 * Can this be a professional development class on how to basically STEP by STEP add questions, create tests, etc.
 * maybe a 2 hour class...


 * Want to go to TNT Conference at the AMAZING UofA Campus!! || Want to Drive in District Van? || Will drive myself ||
 * **Amanda Dahl** ||  || **X** ||
 * Dani Robb || X ||  ||
 * Bobbi Holcomb || X ||  ||
 * JOhn Enright || x ||  ||
 * Scott Voss || x ||  ||
 * Karen Bergstrom || X ||  ||
 * Glynis Watkins || X ||  ||