Minutes+9-24-2010

2010

 * September 24, 2010**

Attending: Robert Rodriguez, Alhambra; Jason Buchanan, Monrovia, Sherry Callen, Duarte; Frank Schlueter & Katie Warren, Glendale; Tim Scholefield, Rosemead; Mike Leffin, LACOE, Gen Naydo, So Pasadena; Lydia Johnson, San Gabriel; Gary Carnow & Jamie Monroe, Pasadena, Enoch Kwok, La Canada

Gary opened the meeting, after a lengthy and unexpected fire drill, with a review of the Agenda. Self-introductions followed and everyone took time to introduce themselves.

Sherry re: Servers going off due to extremely high heat
 * UPTIME - approximately $200 - plug it into every MDF.
 * Set a threshold for temperature and it will email up to 5 people.

Enoch spoke about Alan November's BLC 2010
 * Speaker, Michael Wesch - Google him to see his videos which are truly impressive
 * Web 2.0 is changing communications is significant. When the medium changes the relationships change.
 * The web is moving from html to xml
 * XML focuses on categorizing content while HTML was organizing content and opens publishing to everyone else


 * K-12 Learning 2.0: Tools for 21st Century Teaching & Learning
 * http://k12learning20.wikispaces.com/

Mike Leffin
 * ARRA Competitive Grant - //Focus:// College and Career Readiness or Improving Graduation Rates
 * Money must be spent or encumbered by September 30, 2011 and grant is completed by June 2012.


 * Gary recommends joining the EETT listserv to receive the notices of the ARRA grant.


 * Title II, Part D, $11.5M, roughly 1/3 of normal.
 * Budget must be passed before sent


 * K-12 vouchers are being held up although rumor is $50 per student. More user-friendly and spending period is up from 6 to 7 years.
 * Tech Academies - 3A will receive $5,000 for academies, 68 slots for the 3 academies, so they are free to the teachers.
 * Flyers for CA Digital Art and Digital Voice Awards
 * Data Director Lunch Group - great group for networking and discussion. Kip is the facilitator.

How many districts are members of the consortium? Can we get a list?


 * 1) Alhambra
 * 2) Arcadia
 * 3) Burbank
 * 4) Duarte
 * 5) El Monte City
 * 6) El Monte Union High School
 * 7) Garvey
 * 8) Glendale
 * 9) La Canada
 * 10) Monrovia
 * 11) Mountain View
 * 12) Pasadena
 * 13) Rosemead
 * 14) San Gabriel
 * 15) San Marino
 * 16) South Psadena
 * 17) Temple City
 * 18) Valle Lindo

Future Meetings:
 * October 29th - Glendale
 * December 3rd - after Thanksgiving but far enough from Winter Break -
 * January 28th -
 * February 25th -
 * March 25th -
 * April 22th (Good Friday) -


 * Web 2.0 Tools**

Gary -
 * School Fusion - Web site and KLRN TV
 * Schools can create their own websites; easy teacher interface for class web site. Each school has an administrator who handles the site's needs
 * Once you have class web site there is access to blog and wiki
 * $30,000 but eRate-able so cost is $6,000

How are the social networking sites being handled in each district?

Gary - http://learn.ausd.us/cybersafety/InfoLite/Home.html (CyberSafety)
 * Chavez Legislation - charges that students and teachers be trained in
 * Lists what we do at 7th, 8th, and 9th grades

Enoch - LightSpeed and MyBigCampus
 * Teacher approves assignment in MyBig Campus and student logs in to see the video
 * As teachers have more content, they approve in MyBigCampus and it enters a repository that all MBC users can access

Lydia
 * Needs to be in tandem with HR with all the other personnel issues
 * Website, email, and social netowrking, should be sent from HR as this is what you're doing professionally.

iSafe - roughly $1500 per district or $500 per site

Check your Board policies for CyberBullying and CyberSafety

Phones, PDAs, and Other
 * New York City - 2 yrs ago you could not bring a cell phone on campus
 * parents were upset that they couldn't get hold of their children in NY
 * Kids would turn in cell phone to a mom-pop type store and turned it in for the day

Frank -
 * need to find a way to make cell phones and other tools usable within a district
 * it's potentially a very power learning tool
 * what are we doing to move with the students not following behind

PUSD has cell phone form for student cell phone accessibility. Students are allowed to have it on campus but it must be off.

What as a group do we want to do about Social Networking policies and strategies?
 * Perhaps create an education resource page like the one at Alhambra
 * GAMUT online -[| http://www.gamutonline.net/]

How can we get better trained?
 * Let's consider adding it to the agenda as a standing topic
 * Everyone commit to looking at the Alhambra site and see what can be added to it.
 * Netcetera books - lots of resources in the back of them

iPod touches
 * check Oswalt Academy that has 1-to-1

eRate -
 * Dark fiber eligible for eRate
 * Telephones only does not require Technology Plan

CETPA - CA Educational Technology Professional Association Conference
 * 50 Years of Gold: Monterey, October 19th - October 22nd, 2010
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