Instructional Technology

ITS Town Meeting

Agenda :: November 7, 2008

Technology Services, Conference Room A10

11 Linden Park, Rochester, NY 14625

Last week at our ITS Town Meeting we asked that you bring a book or list of books to add to a Summer Reading list for educators.  Well, we've got an Educator Library started on the wiki that you might find helpful when you visit Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.  If you are wondering why the list resides on the wiki, it is because the list will be added to in the future by our community members.  If you haven't started an account on the Model Schools Wiki, here's you chance to contribute.  It's easy.

During our June 6th ITS Town Meeting we took a little time to map out our current Personal Learning Networks (PLN).  First we brainstormed some ingredients for a PLN recipe:

• People (colleagues, friends, family)
• Traditional Text (books, journals, periodicals)
• Traditional Media (TV and Radio)
• Social Media (weblogs, wikis, podcasts)
• Time (reflective time)

We then took time to actually map out our PLN and followed up with a look at some existing diagrams of other's PLNs that included the use of social media tools. 

We will be meeting again next Friday, June 6th here at 11 Linden Park (get directions) from 8:30-11:30 AM for our regularly scheduled ITS Town Meeting.  In the past, these meetings have consisted of great ideas and projects that members of our community have cared to share, software and hardware demonstrations, and many engaging and thought provoking discussions.  This meeting should prove no different. Please join us in this engaging, collaborative and forward looking agenda next week: