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=May 16th, 2009= We bring another school year to an end....


 * 8:00AM Bagels and coffee
 * News from your school
 * Summer PD
 * Equipment check-out for teachers leaving MSD
 * Thurs. 12-5, Board Room
 * Fri. 7:30AM-5PM, Board Room
 * Certificates with MICE hours, can be used for recertification
 * Grades, going well at your site?
 * Summer work, interested?
 * PBS resources
 * Tech Standards
 * Next year...
 * Returning to the MICE Program next year?
 * Julie's way in - sorry you can't keep me out - just try, hi ya'll!
 * Web Wise Program
 * For middle schools
 * Considerations....time to complete, will all schools participate
 * New(relatively speaking) report cards for K-3
 * Uniform, out for teachers and admin to look at and provide feedback
 * Tech Assessment
 * All MICE will have a login to go through the assessment. Would like your feedback as to if we should use this for next year. If it is a "go", would like to get this scheduled so it isn't a "surprise". :)
 * Discussions
 * 60 questions...too many, can we customize?
 * Like getting answers right away
 * Might be a teaching tool - for someone teaching tech
 * Teachers take?
 * What grade levels would this apply to?
 * What is intended outcome? What will we do with information?
 * Now teaching technology is not a requirement,...how can they get to this if they don't have enough time
 * Do we consider having a list of "you should know" about tech for staff? - District wide
 * For classroom and on a personal/professional level
 * MICE....mentoring at their site...this would be their safe contact

= = =April 25th, 2009=

Welcome Mighty MICERS!
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ASSET Conference
ASSET has a 1-day conference this June and is looking for //some// teachers who would like to attend the conference at no charge, //in exchange for working 90 minutes.// I don't know how many teachers they will need. I wanted to pass this on to you first. We can talk more about this on Saturday. To learn more about the conference - http://asset.asu.edu/new/think_upstream.html

End of the year

 * Tech Equipment
 * Please ask your staff to pack up their technology over the summer
 * Misc items for SmartBoards, all cords, etc.
 * RIF teachers
 * Turn in all items to District when checking out
 * All items boxed and labeled
 * Laptop bags with all cords //(power cord, doc camera cables, mouse, audio cable,)//, label on bag as well - one that won't come off //(Kim will post pictures after checking with Jay.)//
 * //Catnip equipment from RIFFED teachers needs to be returned to Kim.//

PD, What Does It Look Like For Next Year?

 * Getting ideas
 * Things to think about
 * Take a look at http://ex.susd.org/its/onlineprofdev/
 * What do you think?

CATNIP Hours and Equipment Data
Good news.....only 73 more rooms to install boards in....9831 CATNIP hours, to date

TCT Next Year....Talk with Your Admin
You can provide insight for tech integration and inservicing for your staff during TCT //Best if it is linked to stated school goals//

//One topic should be a follow-up staff discussion after Atty Gen'ls office assembly on predation/cyberbullying.//

Are You Using Tabs in Firefox?
After working with some teachers, and seeing how frustrated and/or confused they get when working with many windows, I realized there is a need to share this tool.

New websites to checkout....if time, would like to share and discuss.
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 * http://amphi21stcentury.wikispaces.com/
 * http://www.21cif.com/
 * http://trails-9.org/
 * Peggy Steffens, Instructional Technology Coordinator from Amphitheater Schools provided the three websites above
 * http://www.schooltube.com/
 * http://www.iwaswondering.org
 * "Ask It", online resource to model the scientific method
 * http://animoto.com
 * Create videos online (able to add music)
 * My first try.....