Agenda11-12-08


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LHS CFF Teachers’ Agenda ** //** November 11, 2008 **// //** Room 208 **// >  media type="youtube" key="_A-ZVCjfWf8" height="421" width="519" >>
 *  Introduce web2hotspot.wikispaces.com
 *  Everyone get into the LHS CFF Google Calendar? If you need help, let me know. Try to check it at least once a week. Feel free to create your own Google Calendar ***Andy, Amy, & Patrice need help.**
 *  Review Coach’s LHS CFF Surveys Results—Google Doc
 *  CFF Coach is here to help you accomplish what you want to do with your students in making them better learners that create and achieve.
 *  Show A Vision of K-12 Students Today Video
 *  Promethean Board Installation hopefully Friday, Teachers will not need to stay for training
 *  CFF Teachers will want to take the free online tutorial at [|www.prometheanlearning.com]
 *  Create a new account (recommend using school login or email)
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Click on their Courses link
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Click on the Activstudio for Windows link
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Choose the Free course: Activstudio Level 1 Foundation Skills course
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Print out the certificate at the end and give me a copy of it
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> There are 10 Topics each with about 4-8 tutorials and 4 assessments
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Try to get a good start on this course within the next week
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> The course is setup in a Moodle.
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Use of CFF Equipment and Laptops
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Use the laptops, equipment, and applications as often as you feel comfortable. Some of you will want to take baby steps. Others will dive in head first.
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Be careful with your teacher laptop and personal use.
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Student laptops need to have a useful life of 3-5 years. Students need to use them carefully and teachers need to monitor student activity. Please have students report problems immediately
 * Before students print, they need to make sure it will print to your classroom printer and not the other classroom printer that is sharing the laptops.
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> I will require every teacher to fill out a [[file:CFF Laptop Assignment Sheet.doc]] for each class or use Todd Gantz's one sheet for all students [|Computer Sign Out--Gantz_version.doc]. Each student must be assigned a specific laptop and use that laptop every time. Each teacher must keep a copy for his or herself. I strongly suggest each class have one or two laptop managers to handout and collect laptops and place them back into carts.
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Please secure equipment. Lock your room when no one is there. Lock the carts with the combination lock. Don’t share the combination with students.
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> I suggest you give your class at least 3 minutes at the end of the period to shut down laptops and return them to the carts.
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Please share other ideas or procedures with me and other CFF teachers.
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> All teachers must complete the PSU Teacher Survey this week too.
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Training
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Collaboration Days at York School of Technology: Did everyone turn in their LASD green form? I have registered each teacher for their subject day (check Google calendar).
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Mandatory 30 hour Embedded Learning Course. Let’s start in December before we leave for Christmas break. You will need your teacher PPID # to setup an account. We will meet prior to break to focus solely on course setup. Administration has promised a stipend and time during the school day to collaborate.
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> CDW-G Open Box Training for Teachers at CAIU—one 3.5 hours of training either AM or PM (upcoming dates November 21, December 4 or 5). Five-six teachers plus coach to attend. Attending: Kara Meckley, Todd Gantz, Jeff Morse, Josh Finafrock, Andy Hicks, and Scott Staub...pending Administration approval for AM on November 21. Don't forget your laptops.
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Promethean Training online at [|www.prometheanlearning.com] (see above) complete as soon as possible.
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Mini-shops (30 – 40 minutes) after school conducted by me and offered to any LASD teacher. CFF teachers should try to attend as many as possible. Will try to offer the same workshops on different dates. Future Mini-shops: Wikis, Forums, Blogs, Photo Story, podcasting, Audacity, Movie Maker, etc. Please give me suggestions.
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Comments, questions, other items of discussion