October+1,+2007+Meeting+Agenda-Minutes

Agenda:
 * I. Welcome and Introductions**


 * II. Business (old/new)**
 * a.** Decision for next **meeting place/time in November** (In our last meeting it was suggested that we consider rotating our meeting locations and possibly times to make the meeting more accessible to more of our Westside members. Do we want to change the November meeting or continue to come to Pendergast?)

1. Brainstorming—recommended **action steps for each 2007-08 goal** to make the goals more concrete and measurable.
 * b. Goals for 2007-08**

III. **Share & Solve** (continuing this popular agenda item to allow members to ask questions, brainstorm/share solutions, and share new technology discoveries) Thank you RaeAnn for stepping up to share your amazing website with us!
 * Ed Tech Website of the Month: Avondale District, RaeAnn Fox-presenter**

Avondale's "Just in T.I.M.E."-Technology Integration Made Easy website http://www.avondale.k12.az.us/resources/cpt/sites.htm

Note: Laurie King had volunteered to be our first district web site presenter. However, since Dysart's website is in the midst of an overhaul, and is not ready for sharing, Laurie King has agreed to share her site in our November meeting. Thanks, Laurie! We're looking forward to it!


 * IV. Special Interest Topics**
 * a. Update on [|Qwest/AzTEA Grant application and process.]** Revisions have been made on the application form and rubric and can be found on the main AzTEA wikispace and the AzTEA website as soon as they are finalized (by Oct. 1).

b. Topic for October meeting: **AUP’s for Web 2.0 in schools-please bring examples of AUP documents that incorporate Web 2.0 tools to share with others** ( a flash drive would work great so we can project them for all to see). They don't have to be your own school/district documents--all examples of wording will be helpful whether it's from your first-hand experience or something you found on the internet). **Please attach documents or URLs at the bottom of this agenda that you think may be helpful in our discussion.**


 * V. Workshop Topic Brainstorming for 2007-08** (add your requests/suggestions to the wikispace under the "Workshop" link on the wikispace and put your name by it if you are willing to be a workshop presenter or co-presenter) We will vote on the 4 workshops we will offer this year.
 * Reminder:** the **[|K12 Online Conference]** is coming up very soon. Would anyone be interested in hosting a pizza LAN party where anyone interested could come together to experience and discuss some of the conference presentations? Maybe this could be our first workshop offering of the year? :-) Update on the conference will be provided. It's going to be great!! The 2007 conference is scheduled to be held over two weeks, October 15-19 and October 22-26 of 2007, and will include a pre-conference keynote during the week of October 8. The conference theme is “Playing with Boundaries.


 * VI. Conference Updates** (Peak, Tucson, WOW) Time to register if you haven't done this already. Registration forms and payment procedures are all online this year: http://members.aztea.org/

Monday, November 5, 2007 12:30-2:00 (come early if you want lunch from the cafeteria) Pendergast Learning Center
 * VII. Next meeting: Date/Place/Location Confirmation**

TechSavvygirl's bookmarks tagged with "acceptable use" on del.icio.us http://del.icio.us/techsavvygirl/acceptable_use?setbundleview=show
 * URLs and documents related to Acceptable Use Policies for Web 2.0:**


 * High School Blogging Policy** **http://schools.wikia.com/wiki/Blogging_policy**

http://arapahoe.littletonpublicschools.net/forStudents/AHSBloggingPolicy/tabid/1486/Default.aspx
 * AHS Blogging Policy** (Arapahoe High School, Littleton, CO)


 * Blogging Evaluation** http://www.masters.ab.ca/bdyck/Blog/

"It seems that everywhere I turn lately, I find educators struggling over how to responsibly move forward with the use of Web 2.0 tools in an educational setting. Edtech leader, Ed Barry, recently asked Vermont colleagues to share what PROCESS they use in deciding which tools to allow in their schools? Most of the answers offered referred to the school’s Acceptable Use Policies, with many of us agreeing that our AUP’s need updating. I walked away from this meeting eager to research AUP’s that supported a School 2.0 environment and the process used to design them. The insightful post and comments I collected on the topic, left me with more questions than answers. So instead of a summary, I offer you a list of questions that these writers touch on, and invite you to peruse their insight and share your own thoughts."
 * Infinite Thinking Machine Blog: How Do We Teach Kids to Cross a Busy Street? (Some guiding questions for thinking about AUPs)** http://www.infinitethinking.org/2007/04/how-do-we-teach-kids-to-cross-busy.html

http://tinyurl.com/3awcmz
 * Gwinnett County Public Schools AUP Policies and Procedures:** Acceptable Use of Electronic Media for Technology Team Personnel (Central Office Technology Personnel, Technology Support Technicians, and Local School Technology Coordinators--This is just one part of many found among the policies for Gwinnett County Public Schools.
 * AUP for students:** http://tinyurl.com/36fpxg

Published in Educational Technology, June 2007 http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/default.asp "It is, of course, possible for IT to lock things so tight that there will almost never be an “incident.” But the penalty we pay for this is the breadth and quality of our student’s 21st century learning. To make good policy, we need to get all the affected groups – including the students – in one place and “talk it out.” In doing so we must remain very aware whether the “protection” any faction advocates is for the benefit of the students, or for itself.
 * Marc Prensky article: Who’s In Charge? Who should set and control IT Policy in our schools?**


 * Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)/Permission to Publish on the Internet 2007-2008**, Oak Ridge Elementary, SCUSD (addresses websites, podcasts, wikis, blogs, videos, etc.)


 * Sample Classroom Teacher AUP Agreement form** for SCUSD (website, blog, podcasts, wikis)

EduHound Weekly: Topic of the Week-Acceptable Use Policies 8-16-07 (guidelines, sample forms, handbooks, etc.) http://www.eduhound.com/ewarchives/081607ew.html
 * AUP on Wikipedia:** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceptable_use_policy (includes terminology, common elements, enforceability, Is an AUP the best approach, external links-some examples of AUPs)

http://k12wiki.wikispaces.com/Social+Networking+Acceptable+Use
 * K12 wiki: Social Networking Acceptable Use Policy**

http://edubuzz.pbwiki.com/socialmediapupil
 * Self publishing and Social Media Guidelines:** Pupils (blogs, podcasts, wikis)

"It's time to take those AUPs off the shelf, unfold them, and add a whole new layer -- web publishing policies. It is essential that your new technology use policy is designed not merely as a preventative tool, but as an enabling document that promotes effective uses that solve problems and accomplish goals."
 * AUP 2.0-David Warlick in TechLearning Blog** http://www.techlearning.com/blog/2006/09/aup_20.php


 * Focus on K-12-EdTech-Blogging Rules** by David Warlick http://www.edtechmag.com/k12/issues/november-december-2006/blog-rules.html
 * Colorado teacher Bud Hunt has established a blogging guide that his students use. It is available at [|www.budtheteacher.com/wiki/index.php?title=Blogging_Rules].
 * Class Blogmeister, a classroom blogging service, includes a blogger’s pledge that users are encouraged to present to students. It can be found at [|classblogmeister.com/bloggers_contract.doc]

[|Acceptable Use Policy] **By Langwitches** | August 4, 2007
http://www.langwitches.org/blog/2007/08/04/acceptable-use-policy/ I was asked to write a policy to address the use of social network sites, in particular MySpace, by our elementary school students (even from outside of the school). This policy should also address cyberbullying, expressing racial and other offensive comments, etc. I turned immediately for help to my own social network, such as [|Twitter], [|Classroom 2.0 Ning] and to a Listserv “[|Forum For Independent School Educators]“. In addition I e-mailed the Technology Director from one of our feeder schools here in town. Most of responses and posts that came out of the “cry for help/info/resources” was a request to please share what I come up with and to keep the thread public. Also, there was the issue of “Are we even allowed to make a policy for our students that deals with issues that are not taking place on our campus”?

**Collaboration,** **Accountability and** **Respect.**
http://btecnationalsinsport.wikispaces.com/Wiki+Charter We searched for something similar for the students using / working with the course wiki. We went for a wiki charter - highlighting simple key words; Collaboration, Accountability and Respect. The students then designed the mini movie.
 * Wiki Charter** //'There is a choice you have to make, in everything you do. So keep in mind that in the end, the choice you make, makes you.'//

http://classroom20.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=649749%3ATopic%3A38980 One idea is to **have a part of the AUP be student-oriented, accessible, and easy to remember**. At The Peck School, where I was tech head, we came up with the **acronym "LARK" - all computer use at the school had to be L - Legal, A - Appropriate, R - Responsible and K - Kind.** The kids all got to know this and when they crossed over the line it was just a matter of saying, "Do you think what just happened is LARK?" and you could just watch them going over in their minds L - Legal, A - Appropriate, etc., and stopping at the letter that applied. Students used to send me photos of larks and even started spilling the LARK term to other ethical issues. This is also described in my book http://www.iste.org/laptop -- Pamela Livingston

At least half of school systems in a recent poll do not have policies to address students' use of MySpace, Facebook, and other such sites //From **eSchool News staff reports**// http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showstoryts.cfm?Articleid=6721 "More than three years after social-networking web sites such as MySpace and Facebook first began cropping up online, school leaders still struggle with how to set policies regarding the use of such sites both inside and outside of school--and many school systems lack these policies altogether, according to a recent survey. Among respondents who said their districts have a policy that covers social-networking web sites, the most common approach seems to be the use of a firewall or filtering software to block students' access to these sites while at school. When asked what their policy says, about half of respondents to the NSBA survey indicated their policy is simply to filter such sites, while some educators also said they require students to sign an acceptable-use policy making it clear that unauthorized use of these sites during school hours is prohibited."
 * Social-networking sites confound schools**


 * AUP search on del.icio.us:** http://del.icio.us/search/?fr=del_icio_us&p=aup&type=all

http://hetherington.learnerblogs.org/rules-for-blogging/
 * Room 613 Student Blogs: Rules for Blogging**

Minutes (Submitted by Laurie King)
In attendance: Nan Williams, State Department Rick Baker, Pendergast Rae Ann Fox, Avondale Steve Andrews, Glendale Elementary Jan Irvin, Pendergast Penny Hudspeth, Glendale Rosie Escandon, Cartwright Shawn Wheeler, Peoria Peggy George Hank Stabler Ruth Catalano Laurie King, Dysart Jessica Robbins, Dysart

II. Business

We will keep the meetings at Pendergast, however there will be some special meetings scheduled at different times to allow others to attend.

Tabled discussion of action steps to November meeting due to lack of time.
 * Goals for 2007-08**


 * Penny Hudspeth is organizing a Guinness World Records world-wide dance contest on October 27, 3:00 PM.** If you want to help with location, photography, and videography, let Penny know.

Here is the local URL for the Thrill The World event. On this webpage there is a link to the official Thrill The World URL in Canada.

http://members.cox.net/jphudspeth/index.htm ttphoenixvally@gmail.com Penny still needs: venue 2 witnesses (people of public standing, e.g. police officer, dentist, doctor, lawyer, newspaper editor, Public Notary, politician, etc) 2 stewards (a "witness" over 18 years of age) 1 videographer/ or friend with a video camera 1 photographer/ or friend with a camera 1 media source present (radio, television or newspaper) Many dancers!

She'd also love to have a dance teacher on board.

http://www.avondale.k12.az.us/resources/cpt/sites.htm Rae Ann uses her page to support teachers in a variety of ways: How to use the projector as an instructional tool How to manage your classroom to maximize the computers Interactive websites Curriculum maps with correlated resources
 * Avondale's "Just in T.I.M.E."-Technology Integration Made Easy website**

a. Update on Qwest/AzTEA Grant application and process**. Revisions have been made on the application form and rubric and can be found on the main AzTEA wikispace and the AzTEA website as soon as they are finalized. The grant process and information will be officially announced at the PEAK conference.
 * IV. Special Interest Topics

The Quest application is up although it will change somewhat. However, teachers can get started writing now. Applicants will be asked to focus on how the technology be used for students in innovative ways.


 * CTO group is working with [|Center for Digital Education] on a conference on October 29th**, primarily for the tech support staff. For more information on the CTO SIG, click on the link on the main AzTEA wikispace-Chief Technology Officers (CTO).

b. Topic for October meeting: **AUP’s for Web 2.0 in schools**-Please attach documents or URLs on this agenda that you think may be helpful in our discussion.

Many of the technologies we are using now didn’t exist 5 years ago. How are districts re-writing their AUP’s or AUA’s to include Web 2.0 sites? We will gather documents we find online or drafts of what we are working on. A link has been created on the main AzTEA wiki for AUP policies or agreements.

It was also suggested that we add a link in the menu on the AzTEA wikispace to share job descriptions for various technology positions to help others create/revise their own district job descriptions. That page has been created so please add your documents!

Reminder: the K12 Online Conference is coming up very soon. Would anyone be interested in hosting a pizza LAN party where anyone interested could come together to experience and discuss some of the conference presentations? Maybe this could be our first workshop offering of the year? :-) Update on the conference will be provided. It's going to be great!! The 2007 conference is scheduled to be held over two weeks, October 15-19 and October 22-26 of 2007, and will include a pre-conference keynote during the week of October 8. The conference theme is “Playing with Boundaries.
 * V. Workshop Topic Brainstorming for 2007-08** (add your requests/suggestions to the wikispace under the "Workshop" link on the wikispace and put your name by it if you are willing to be a workshop presenter or co-presenter) We will vote on the 4 workshops we will offer this year.

5128 N. 81st Dr. Glendale AZ
 * Workshops for 2007-08:**
 * October- [|K12 Online Conference] LAwN party**
 * October 22, 5:00-8:00PM Catalano Conference Center. We will come together, watch the keynote and then use** our own laptops to participate in sessions. We will then have a discussion of the things we learned. Our plan is to order pizza once we arrive with everyone contributing $ for pizza and drinks. If you want beer/wine you need to BYOB. :-)


 * November-** Second Life, Perhaps Chris Johnson, Steve Andrews?? (Note: Informal discussion following the meeting raised the possibility of making this an overview, hands-on type of workshop related to several social networking sites to help educators become familiar with the networks their students are using: Second Life, MySpace, and FaceBook. Rosie Escandon will check to see if this workshop could be held in Cartwright (whether the sites will be accessible/not blocked for the workshop)


 * February**- Podcasting, Shawn


 * April**-TBD

Registration for PEAK is getting off to a slow start so it's really important that we do everything we can to promote the conference and encourage people to attend. SPREAD THE WORD!!
 * VI. Conference Updates** (Peak, Tucson, WOW) Time to register if you haven't done this already. Registration forms and payment procedures are all online this year: http://members.aztea.org/