Agenda_9-13-10

 **Date: Monday, September 13, 2010 ** ** Time: 12:00 - 1:30 pm ** ** Location: VIRTUAL meeting via Elluminate ** To join Elluminate session as a Participant, use the link below and type in your name on the sign in page: []

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In Attendance: Peggy George, Ruth Catalano, Ann Lumm, Irma Sandercock, Sandy Israel, Laura Sheehy

 **I. Welcome and Introductions** Introduction of Westside Officers for 2010-11  During self-introductions, take some time to tell us about your current positions this year and/or any rewarding technology experiences you had over the summer. What are you excited about and looking forward to this year?
 * Laura Sheehy and Sandy Israel - Co-Chairs
 * Nan Williams - Secretary
 * Open - Westside Workshop Coordinator

<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">**II. Business (old/new)** <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">**a. Westside Workshop Coordinator Position is open** Due to small meeting size, will address this next time.

<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">**b. Meeting dates/times/locations for 2010-11 (first Monday of the month-12:00-1:30)** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> 2010: September 13, October 4, November 1, December 6 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> 2011: January 10, February 7, March 7, April 4, May 9 Discussion of dates and virtual/F2F meetings. Survey results were small; 10 responses so far. One new request to join Planning Team. Displayed form for attendees to see results. Next month's meeting will be held at the same time virtually. Looking for more feedback about meeting time and style.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Discuss VIRTUAL/F2F ALTERNATING MEETINGS and Times

<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">**c. Goals for 2010-11** <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Review goals for 2009-10 and discuss/recommend changes for 2010-11. Do we want to continue these goals, refine them or add new goals?

Goals for 2009-10
Goal 1 - Host events and use Elluminate, Wikispaces and website to share, showcase and explore the integration of technology, curriculum and innovative instructional strategies. Goal 2 - Increase participation and communication with membership and stakeholders using current technology tools and advertising the value of being an AzTEA member. Goal 3 - Work collaboratively with the AzTEA Membership Committee to increase and retain membership by promoting the value of AzTEA. Goal 4 – Host 8th annual WOW conference. Goal 5 - Westside members will commit to offering and/or actively soliciting a monthly Elluminate webinar presentation for professional development.

Goals for 2010-11
Unanimous approval to delete Goal 3 from last year since there is no membership committee. Also, supporting AzTEA members is part of Goal 2. Peggy suggested a new goal to encourage membership to provide PD via Elluminate. We need to fully utilize the service so we won't lose access. Discussion about whether this should be a new goal or if it is included in Goal 1. The need for a goal to make the commitment was expressed to encourage our tech leaders to share. Discussion was revisited at the end of the meeting. Sandy discussed including some of her district's Moodle training in a webinar.
 * Goal 1: Host events and use Elluminate, Wikispaces and website to share, showcase and explore the integration of technology, curriculum and innovative instructional strategies. **
 * Unanimous consensus to keep Goal 1 as worded.
 * Goal 2: Increase participation and communication with membership and stakeholders using current technology tools and advertising the value of being an AzTEA member. **
 * Unanimous consensus to keep Goal 2 as worded.
 * Goal 3: Host 9th Annual WOW Conference - 1st Virtual **
 * Consensus to accept Goal with rewording: 5 Approve, 1 Abstain.
 * Goal 4: Westside members will commit to offering and/or actively soliciting a monthly Elluminate webinar presentation for professional development. **

Discussed and wording of goals decided. Peggy suggested creating action steps and timelines to be able to make sure we achieve our goals. Irma suggested we use a Google spreadsheet to collaborate on action steps/timelines. Laura will create the spreadsheet and send out to Planning Team for feedback.

These goals will be voted on for final approval at the next meeting to allow for more input.

@https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHlSdGFscDZKRVFIR2xUYWJWdTBQWFE6MA Still looking for responses. Laura will resend form to the Westside Distribution List.
 * d. Please complete the form to give us feedback on what the Chapter can do for you: **

<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">**III. Share & Solve (continuing this popular agenda item to allow members to ask questions, brainstorm/share solutions, and share new technology discoveries)** <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Brainstorm new concept for focus for this year's meetings. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Possible ideas: Steve Anderson volunteered to help with wiki last year. Have not heard from him this year. Looking for a larger audience to draw from to find a wiki person.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Create a "Resources" page on wiki that lists the resource and describes how to use it in the classroom.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Consolidate tried and trues from existing wiki either place.

<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">**a. AzTEA/Qwest Classroom Grant** : Laura The Arizona Dept of Education’s Ed Tech unit has partnered with AzTEA (Arizona Technology In Education Association) for several years on a variety of projects. This particular opportunity allows teachers to apply for a classroom mini grant. Through Qwest, teachers can request up to $10,000 for a well conceived, project-based learning idea. You can go to http://www.aztea.org/content/qwest-grants to see what projects have been funded in the past to get a better idea of the types of projects that have been successful. There is $95,000 to be awarded this school year. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Applicants who submit their application by **October 5, 2010** will be notified during week of **Nov 1st, 2010**, applications received by **December 3rd** will be notified the week of **Jan 3rd, 2011**.

**Overview Webinar Tonight: Monday, Sept 13 at 6:30 PM**. Register via the ** AzTEA Event Calendar. ** <span style="color: #6600cc; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Peggy asked about registering for event, whether it was expected. The email Laura received asked participants to register.

<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">**b. Mini-Geek Fest - Tonight - Monday 9/13 at 8:00 pm** g for resp Do you get excited and energized by talking with other educators about technology tools and resources? Do you often feel overwhelmed with all of the new tools and feel you don’t have time to keep up with everything? If you do, then the Mini-Geek Fest is here for you! No homework, no assignments, no cost—just an hour online, once a month to listen, share and discuss technology tools for your classroom, websites and more. Join co-hosts Kim Thomas and Peggy George in AzTEA Elluminate from the comfort of your own home. <span style="color: #6600cc; font-size: 13pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Please join us and share!

c. **ESC Region XI** 3rd Annual Virtual Technology Conference (VTC) November 9th thru the 12th, 2010. Connie Swiderski, Conference Organizer, is presenting on Classroom 2.0 LIVE next Saturday, Sept. 18 on how she organizes this entire conference from start to finish on Moodle. http://live.classroom20.com <span style="color: #6600cc; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Peggy shared about this conference that she attended and presented last year. She mentioned it would be great for us to attend since we are planning a virtual conference for WOW. Connie Swiderski is also discussing organizing virtual conferences on Saturday's Classroom 2.0 show. Check out the recording if you are not able to attend.

<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">**IV. Wow Factor – PD Moment: Laura Sheehy** <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> (What is it and example for use in the classroom?) > [] Reminder: Log into IDEAL to access Discovery Streaming.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Discovery Streaming - What's New this Year
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">5th Annual Discovery Streamathon - Tuesday Sept 14
 * Discovery Education Virtual Conference on October 23.
 * Day of Discovery in Tucson on October 16. // (Note: This has been postponed.) //
 * To access Discovery Streaming, Arizona educators log into IDEAL. Click on Curriculum Resources, then click on Discovery Streaming.
 * When you enter Discovery Streaming, you will see a pop up hint. You can click to save the hint and, if you want, turn off seeing them. Click the "x" in the top right corner to close the box.
 * Scrollable window of highlights on My DE page: On This Day, Featured Content, News and Events.
 * On the right side of the page, towards the top is a link to "Personalize Page" which allows you to customize your page with the content you want. Default layout gives you links to valuable content.
 * "Making the Most of DE" on the right side, gives you 3 tabs of help according to user experience.
 * Click on "DEN" and access the Discovery Educators Network. Access the Arizona Discovery Network Blog and others too.

Irma talked about the **new and improved Learning Resource Manager in IDEAL**. Thanks to the efforts of Vicki Schmitt and some of the IDEAL development team. Log into IDEAL then click on Curriculum Resources; then Learning Resource Manager. IDEAL webinar introducing the new Learning Resource Manager tomorrow night (Tuesday). Contact Irma to attend. Registration is now open for Fall IDEAL courses. Successful partnership with ADE's K-12 Literacy and classes are in IDEAL about that as well as about using interactive whiteboards.

Asked for a volunteer for next month's meeting. Looking for someone to share or to invite someone to share during our PD/Wow Factor next month. Maybe someone can share about the Discovery Streamathon.

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">a. Come prepared to share any tech initiatives you are using in your district such as professional development models for teachers to earn technology equipment, etc <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> b. Suggestions for future meetings?? No one has anything to share at this meeting.
 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">V. Special Interest Topics **

<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">**VI. Westside Workshops:** <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">a) Ideas / Planning <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">b) Yolink Workshops - Peggy George Peggy is working on a plan with Yolink to provide 2-3 workshops on Yolink with teachers. To share how it works and how to use it. The idea is to give people time to work on using it and include people who are actively using it. Dates are not determined yet, but maybe in October. They will probably be around an hour in length.

<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">**VII. Conference Updates (Peak, Tucson, WOW)** <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">a. Peak/Peer Coaching Summit - Saturday, November 6, 2010 <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> b. Teaching & Technology Conference - Tucson, AZ - Saturday, January 29, 2011 <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">c. WOW C3 Conference: Virtual - Saturday, April 30, 2011 WOW Report - Ruth > Theme > Looking for feedback on 2 power presenters: beginning and end with others in middle. //Unanimous consensus to start and end with a strong presenter.// > Feedback on who to open and close event. > Call for presenters for in between opening and closing.
 * Ruth shared a logo/graphic (looking for help with it) for WOW. Somehow incorporate Westside logo.
 * Discussed the scheduling. Scheduling needs to be decided first, everything is subject to change.
 * The list below is some of the possible keynotes for kicking off the event and possibly a strong finish person.
 * Hot spots to allow people to attend in person if they want.
 * Form for presenters to complete. They must have Elluminate/webinar experience as a presenter.
 * Discussion time and Smackdown are being looked at.
 * Ruth's Questions:
 * Ruth suggested convening the WOW Planning Committee to get decisions on the theme and presenters, and call to presenters.
 * Ruth will work on getting the WOW Planning Committee meeting scheduled.
 * Ann and Ruth are going to create a collaboration document.

Theme idea: Connecting, Collaborating, Communicating- PD on Demand
 * Possible keynotes for WOW 2011 virtual conference: **

Please explore the sites of the following so that we can make a decision about our keynote speaker(s)

Wes Fryer: Moving at the Speed of Creativity []

Joyce Valenza: []

Rushton Hurley: [|http://www.nextvista.org]

Silvia Tolisano: [] blog: []

Steve Hargadon: [|http://][|www.stevehargadon.com]

Angela Maiers: [|http://www.angelamaiers.com]

Kevin Honeycutt: [|http://kevinhoneycutt.org]


 * <span style="color: #c00000; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">VIII. Next meeting: Monday, October 4 **