October+26th+LITE+Meeting

1. Did you add your technology integration goals yet? 2. Tour of Gaggle - Note Training Videos (Recommend: Enhanced Teacher Video on own time) 3. Sharing of Web Resources:
 * Agenda:**
 * Learn how to forward Gaggle e-mail to an Outside Address and watch a portion of a movie on how to create "Homework Drop Boxes"
 * Brainstorm ideas of how this can be integrated into the curriculum
 * ======[[file:09-10 gagglesafety pledge.pdf]]======
 * Zach Glim- Sporcle.com
 * Why wordle: [] By: Steven W. Anderson (Note the slideshow- Fourty Interesting

October 26th- 7:15-Attendance: Diane Horban Meghan Schultz Katie Carson

October 26th - 3:15- Attendance:
 * Rebecca Trsar
 * Emily Ward
 * Carol Cunard
 * Felicia Posner
 * Katie Nowicki
 * Lori Tracz
 * Marcy Ray
 * Dina Grammas
 * Amy Noonan
 * Claire Meyers
 * Liz (Ford) Bertin
 * Mary Witte
 * Brittany Norton
 * Cecilia Biller
 * Ellen Rasof

Minutes 10/26/09 - 3:15-4:15
 * Helene reviews how to navigate through attealite wikispace
 * review on how to add technology goals to wiki
 * everyone logs into their Gaggle account and Helene shows teachers how to navigate throughout
 * directory to find students or create a group
 * digital locker -- great tool to upload files! share documents with students! look at student documents that they've uploaded to their lockers! woo-hoo!
 * jump to menu --> student admin --> training videos (for tutorials on how to use Gaggle)
 * homework drop box -- you can establish different drop boxes for different blocks as a place where students can turn in digital assignments (records date and time when students "drop in" assignment!)
 * Sporcle.com -- interactive games to play with classes -- be weary of appropriateness; you may want to bookmark actual pages/games within the website rather than sporcle.com b/c not everything on website is appropriate
 * Wordle -- Helene shows a website in which teachers have shared ways they've used Wordle in the classroom
 * Notebook software -- talked about importing and using other types of curricular documents in the classroom using notebook software

__October 27th- 7:15 AM- Attendance:__ Marek Dzianott Bruce Leinbach Zach Glim Katrina Crane Katrina Moon Dave Ristow Laura Nekola

Minutes 10/27 7:15 AM
 * Show new things added to Wiki
 * Meetings
 * Goals and reflections
 * Make sure you put your goals in -
 * Make sure you have your gaggle accounts - received gaggle logins
 * Link to gaggle on student web resources
 * Allows kids to have safe environment for kids to communicate work
 * only used for school - no personal use!!!
 * 1 administrator per team to watch for inappropriate communications - can block
 * use of forwarding email or copying to glenview account - use as you see fit.
 * Use of user groups for entire teams - can set up smaller user groups for blocks
 * Rules of use of email for kids
 * use of teacher admin - user groups...
 * to create new user group add new group and drag kids into new folder
 * Digital locker - 200 mgs of space - can save there until deleted
 * good place to save pictures, add folders - good place for students to put work to go back and forth from school to home
 * homework drop box - can drop homework into box from home
 * another way to right click on mac - put 2 fingers on touch pad and click with thumb or other hand
 * no spam allowed
 * find training videos for us - homework drop box - watch - it will be great - try to use it.
 * shows how to deal with blocked mail - great place to learn more uses
 * Zack gave good site - see agenda - also 40 interesting ways to use wordle in classroom

Minutes:** -Include link to Gaggle permission slip on Wiki -Introduction/Review of Gaggle Creating student groups Discussion of forwarding Gaggle email to Glenview email address Censorship of student mail Tutorial videos -Discussion of Gaggle implementation Students with limited access to Internet Assessing student use Start small and grow into larger projects Email students absent work -Sporcle.com Games and reviews for students -40 Ways to Use Wordle in the Classroom

Helene Action Item: Grid explaining message board, chat and blog and suggested use Join 8th grade LA Job Alike meeting Wednesday, November 4th