April+28th,+2012

MICE Gathering April 28th, 2012 District Office Board Room 9-11:30AM Agenda
 * Coffee and breakfast
 * Sign-in (link to sign-in sheet on left side of this page)
 * Welcome to our newest MICEr, Teresa Belnap from Heights
 * Who will take notes?
 * Technology Curriculum
 * Spent 2 days, middle school, get first draft approved by the board.
 * TIM - did you do your homework? :) Kim shared the TIM in Google docs. Where are you?
 * Partner Share
 * Group Share

PD - CATNIP Classes (57 Total CATNIP hours)
 * 13 Google Apps Classes offered from April -June. (26 hours worth)
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.6667px;">Google Docs 1 (3 classes)
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.6667px;">Google Docs 2 (3 classes)
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.6667px;">Goggle Sites (4 classes)
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.6667px;">Gmail (3 classes)
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.6667px;">9 Face-2-Face Classes offered in June (18 hours worth)
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.6667px;">7 Online classes (13 hours worth)
 * <span style="color: #4b5634; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.6667px;">School Sharing
 * Please help promote at your school
 * Reach out on a personal level
 * Working as a team, some type of message to the staff
 * See if you can have some time during TCT or staff meeting!
 * Consider "Parent University" in the beginning of the year.
 * Share technology tools used in the class with the parents. (other tools than SmartBoard)
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.6667px;">Google page for PD <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.6667px;">[]
 * <span style="color: #4b5634; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.6667px;">Discovery Education Activity - See March MICE wiki
 * <span style="color: #4b5634; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.6667px;">AzTEA WOW Conference, Saturday, May 5th
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.6667px;">Sign up in Moodle and/or create an account.
 * <span style="color: #4b5634; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.6667px;">Attend virtually at home, or...
 * <span style="color: #4b5634; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.6667px;">Join us at Kim's house
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.6667px;">You don't need to be there all day, let Kim know if you are going, and bring your drinks!!
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.6667px;">8 am-3:30 pm-ish
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.67px;">[]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.67px;">Time to work with your school team
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.67px;">Leah Jenks will be sharing All Google at our next TCT. She will have each teacher set up our new Google accounts. The teachers will play around and fill out different parts to start with.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.67px;">Getting information out to your school
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.67px;">emails
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.67px;">One person or take turns
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.67px;">wiki
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.67px;">Could take turns

<span style="color: #ff00ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Congratulations to Jessica Hyuck....introducing,Baby Hazel

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.6667px; text-align: left;">Resources to share
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.6667px;">President Reports from Bobbi Holcomb's 2nd graders.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.6667px;">[]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.6667px;">Ask a Biologist
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.6667px;">[|http://askabiologist.asu.edu]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.6667px;">Digital Pyramid (posted on wiki in March)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.6667px;">[]

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https://docs.google.com/a/madisoned.org/document/d/1dxssb9yRGVacOwIxUJbmTTGSQTXylwwu6ptZ8_4-l8g/edit ~ Kim will print a copy of the above Digital Pyramid || include student teachers choose key people at each grade level/PLC team || volunteer ourselves (MICErs) to be the secretaries for our committees put agendas, notes, projects on a google doc secure COW carts? ||
 * School || Communication with Staff || Additional ideas and/or questions ||
 * MTA || Leah Jenks will facilitate our next TCT about Google. || MTA End of the Year Teach Checklist
 * Heights || survey staff with current use and comfort levels
 * Meadows || Increase communication with staff and submit a Google form to understand staff knowledge in Google || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[] ||
 * Park || Parent University –

On-going information for teachers:

Email use: || 1st week of school teach parents what we use and why Maybe during registration
 * Should be done quarterly
 * Possibly by grade level
 * Policies - safety
 * Standards
 * Tools and applications that will be used and why
 * Give them user and pass to get them in

Google sites: Julie offered – maybe Lindsay will share responsibility??? Pages pre built and hidden until release – allows for flexibiblity Timely topics and reminders: Postini Panda Tool Spotlight – tool and summary, link

reinforce proper use Add to webpage for monthly notice “Going Postal” - Exploding mailbox or crazy postman – then tip for the month of email etiquette || We'll send out e-mail reminders to access the site || Site will include a Google Form where teachers can add links and resources to share ||
 * Rose Lane || Developed a quick PPT for presentation at TCT this week on PD available. || Create a GoogleSite for resources, etc. similar to Camelview's idea ||
 * Simis || see Madison #1's link- modified slightly for elementary ||  ||
 * Camelview || Developing a one-stop shop Google Site for teachers to access
 * Camelview || Developing a one-stop shop Google Site for teachers to access
 * Madison #1 || Mice Notes with our thoughts || Top Ten List to use Google Apps, morning announcements, putting up flyers in the bathrooms, by the copy machine, and in the staff lounge... oh and also sending out a email conveying the notes ||