Sept+Agenda-Minutes

= = Secretary for Meeting: 9-21 PM Meeting:
 * September Meeting

__Agenda:__

 * Tour of LITE Wikispaces Website
 * Goals and checklists
 * Mentors
 * Laptop Questions- Backing up, Cleaning, questions you have?
 * Online Resources on Wikispaces
 * Pdf Resources
 * Sharing of Tech Integration Plans this Year:


 * __Minutes (9/21 PM submitted by Lori Tracz):__**
 * Helene walked us through the LITE Wiki...so cool!
 * She also showed us where we should enter our goals. We agreed each person should have two tech goals for this year.
 * Helene sent out a list of mentors/mentees. She will add it to the Wiki. Mentor responsibilities are in the LITE handbook which is also on the Wiki.
 * Questions - If your doc reader is going black every 15 minutes...change your system preferences. Helene reminded us about her teacher laptop cleaning station. Helene encouraged us to bookmark the LITE wiki.
 * Helene showed us more online resources on wiki...cool again! She highlighted that Webspiration is free right now online because they are beta testing. Please try it.
 * There are pdfs too...check them out
 * The math department (Tara) wrote a grant for slates to use with smartboards, but they still limit the tech to one person writing at the same time. So, if you do NOT have a smartboard, you may check a slate out and you can use it with your projector and notebook software like a smartboard. Talk to Helene if you are interested.

Attendance: Dina Grammas Felicia Posner Lori Tracz Ellen Rasof Judy Berlin Marek Dzianott Brittany Norton Marcy Ray Tracy Kelley Amy Noonan Claire Meyers

__9/30/09 AM Agenda:__

 * Tour of LITE Wikispaces Website
 * Goals and checklists
 * Mentors
 * Laptop Questions- Backing up, Cleaning, questions you have?
 * Online Resources on Wikispaces
 * Pdf Resources
 * Sharing of Tech Integration Plans this Year:


 * __Minutes (9/30 AM submitted by Candice Wu):__**
 * Tour of LITE Wikispaces Website
 * Lots of resources in "Home": shortcuts, Doc Cam Tutorials and IDeas, and other PDF resources!
 * Goals and checklists
 * In "LITE resources", LITE handbook also
 * In "Technology Integration-Goals and Lessons" - Type in your own 2-3 goals. Please share your brief lesson ideas here!
 * Helene showed us how to add links, documents, link to someone else's wikipage, change font, etc.
 * Mentors
 * Listed In "LITE resources"
 * You will meet with Mentors to make goals
 * Laptop Questions- Backing up, Cleaning, questions you have?
 * Please use alcohol wipes for keyboards only. Use the regular wipes for screen and keyboard. Come get them from Helene!
 * Online Resources on Wikispaces
 * "American Rhetoric" Website- famous speeches, movie speeches
 * Voice Thread- NY Public Library has created many ideas in all subjects
 * Webspiration- free signup for the beta version right now. Please try! If you like it, Helene can get a subscription.
 * Pdf Resources
 * In "Lite Resources"
 * Sharing of Tech Integration Plans this Year:
 * NEXT FEW MEETINGS: Please bring your own ideas to share.
 * Math Department got wireless tablets to go with SMARTBOARDS. You can use this tablet like a smartboard drawing tool. Check them out to use in your classroom, especially if you don't have a SmartBoard! They are wireless, so you can use them anywhere in your room, pass them around to students, etc. If you want to know how to use the tablet in other programs (word, web, etc.) please talk to Helene or Candice.
 * Everyone has "Notebook", the SmartBoard software, you can use it to draw with the tablet. We have 8 of them.

Candice Wu Debby Shellard Leanne Beauregard Zach Glim Diane Horban Katie Carson Megan Shultz Liz Ford Barb Takata Katrina Crane Oscar Rodriguez Jessica Lepper Mary Witte Emily Ward Laura Nikola Rebecca Trsar Bruce Leinbach Brandon Rich Dave Ristow
 * __Attendance:__**