ITS Town Meeting

Agenda :: November 7, 2008

Technology Services, Conference Room A10

11 Linden Park, Rochester, NY 14625

8:30am - 11:30am

Welcome & General Announcements

Upcoming events, conferences, etc.

• NYSCATE – November 22-25^th, RRCC, Rochester, NY
• K12Online Conference - Ongoing
• Summer Teaching, Learning & Technology Conference @ Nazareth College
• Meeting Dates & Locations – February 13, 2009 & May 15, 2009

Care-to-Share

Take time to share/listen to what's happening with regards to teaching and learning with technology in districts within our area. Some of the topics to be shared:

• Election 2008 & Survey Monkey - Anna Gorbold

• World Wide Telescope – Bob Schlegel

• Re-SMART! - Doreen Pietrantoni

• Moodle – Tadge O'Brien

• Virtual Worlds – Jeremiah Frink

• Community Plumbing – Brian C. Smith

   

Topics of the Year (TOYs)

Communities of practice, much like our ITS Community, have a focus. Our TOYs, Topics of the Year, will help guide our work, meetings, casual conversations around learning and the sharing of resources throughout the year. The best part? You, the community, choose the TOYs! We will generate a list of TOYs for this year and select a few to address in the coming months.

Hands-On

We don't often have time to learn with our peers here's a chance to explore emerging technology as well as revisit some "old" technology and how it is being used for teaching and learning.

Google Tools

If collaboration is the name of the game, Google is the playing field. We'll provide a brief overview of the tools that are taking the Web by storm. To take full advantage of this part of our meeting go ahead and get yourself a handy Google Account before November 7th.

• Care-to-Share - Bill Arcuri – Uses of Google Docs & Blogger

• Docs (write, presentations, forms)

• Calendar

• Gmail

• Gtalk

   

   

Already using Google in your school or district? Would you like to share a use? Speak up.