Agenda_9-8-08



Time: 12:00-1:30pm Location:** Pendergast Learning Center
 * Date: Monday, September 8, 2008

In attendance: Peggy George, Laurie King, Rosy Escandon, Steve Andrews, Dave Beard, RaeAnn Fox, Penny Hudspeth, Amanda Hughens, Jan Irvin, Sandra Israel, Ruben Montoya, Irma Sandercock, Sandy Luedke, David Duarte, Noreen Strehlow

Agenda:
Introduction of Westside Officers for 2008-09** Laurie King/Peggy George, Co-Chairs; Rosy Escandon, Secretary; Steve Andrews, Workshop Coordinator 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?
 * I. Welcome and Introductions

a. Meeting dates/times/locations for 2008-09** (first Monday of the month-12:00-1:30) Sept. 8, Oct. 6, Nov. 3, Dec. 1, Jan 12, Feb. 2, March 2, April 6, May 11 Review goals for 2007-08 and discuss/recommend changes for 2008-09. Do we want to continue these goals, refine them or add new goals? Continue brainstorming and planning for this event. Form ad hoc committee to work on arrangements. Set date/time/location. The purpose of this event as discussed in last year's meetings is to help raise awareness and increase active involvement of many more districts from the West Valley in the various AzTEA opportunities throughout the year. Do we want to create a special Westside brochure for distribution at this event? We need people to view the Google spreadsheet of District Technology Administrators to provide us with the most current information possible for invitations to this event. (see link in left menu bar "District Tech Admins-Working Document") Possible options: host a "happy hour" social event w/o alcohol at Cartwright Learning Center-provide cookies, snacks, beverages. Possibly find a sponsor for this? "Each one bring one"-bring someone with you from another district. Have something to give away provided by sponsor. Invite as many of the district technology leaders as we can. Schedule for first week or two in October. Tucson has selected these sessions: Conversation with Keynote Digital Interactive 21 Projects for the 21st Century Classroom The Power of One (repeat of Peak’s keynote)
 * II. Business (old/new)
 * b. Goals for 2008-09**
 * c. Kick-off social event for all westside district administrators and technology leaders**
 * d. Review possible break-out sessions for Howie DiBlasi at WOW and select 2 sessions** (in addition to "Conversation with the Keynote") to recommend to the WOW Planning Committee.


 * d. Brief update on website/wikispace/communication** plans for AzTEA

Introduce new concept for this topic (Managing Up: Leadership Development) for future meetings. Brainstorm possible topics.
 * III. Share & Solve (continuing this popular agenda item to allow members to ask questions, brainstorm/share solutions, and share new technology discoveries)**

Noreen has some exciting things to share with us, both from her district and her new professional development site for teachers on Second Life (second floor of AzTEA's Second Life location). Here's a video created by Noreen of the presentation she shared with us.Her creative aproaches to professional development generated a lot of interest and conversation. Thanks, Noreen! media type="google" key="-8212458499347376859&hl=en&fs=true" width="400" height="326"
 * IV. Ed Tech Website of the Month:** Noreen Strehlow, Instructional Technology Specialist, Phoenix Elementary School District #1

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 b. Suggestions for future meetings??
 * V. Special Interest Topics**

Workshop Topic Brainstorming for 2008-09. Do we want to begin to explore ways to capture these workshop via ustream.tv or some other online streaming site to archive them and make them available to people who aren't able to attend? Do we want to require AzTEA membership for participatin in these workshop or possible a fee for the workshops with a reduced fee for non-members? This relates to our previous conversations about what we are offering as benefits of being a member in AzTEA. What other issues should we explore related to Westside workshops and professional development opportunities?
 * VI. Westside Workshops**-Steve Andrews, Chair


 * VII. Conference Updates (Peak, Tucson, WOW)**

**Envisioning Transformation**
**Conference Series Keynote Speaker ** Featuring Series Keynote Speaker Dr. DiBlasi, Digital Journey Called "The Emerging Technology Evangelist" a Durango, Colorado resident is currently the C.I.O. (Chief Information Officer) for the Durango School District. Howie has been recognized as "Vocational Teacher of the Year" for the State of Arizona Dr. DiBlasi has been featured in several magazines as " A CIO that really thinks outside the box". Known as a highly energetic, compassionate and approachable speaker, Howie is a trainer who blends humor, applicable stories of best practice and high levels of audience involvement. Over the past fifteen years, he has presented programs, courses and speeches to thousands of administrators, teachers, technology specialists and professionals around the country. Registration opens August 5, 2008 Call for Presenters opens August 15, 2008 • Saturday, November 8, 2008 .... **10th Peak Performance** **Conference -** **November 8, 2008 at Northern Arizona University - Flagstaff, AZ** Keynote - //The Power of One: Changing the World of Education One Teacher at a Time// Conference Registration: http://members.aztea.org/?q=conferences/ Proposal to Present: http://grovesite.com/page.asp?o=aztea&s=peakpresent&p=69045
 * [|Dr. Howie DiBlasi]**

Monday, October 6, 12:00-1:30, Pendergast Learning Center (come early if you want lunch from the cafeteria)
 * VIII. Next meeting:**

media type="custom" key="1928164" (See attached document above to review the presentation topics-file:2008-09_confernce_titles_AzTEA.doc.) FYI: These are the keynote presentation topics for all 3 conferences.

November 8, 2008 Peak Performance Conference Flagstaff, AZ at Northern Arizona University Keynote - The Power of One: Changing the World of Education One Teacher at a Time

✱ January 31, 2009 Teaching and Technology Conference Tucson, AZ Empire High School (Vail USD) Keynote - Building Learning Communities: Projects for the Global Classroom Connection

✱ May 2, 2009 WOW Way-Out-West Technology Conference Glendale, AZ Raymond Kellis High School (Peoria USD) Keynote - Digital Magic for the 21st Century Classroom

If you're interested, this survey was created on Google Forms. It is a fantastic, free survey tool! When you get the responses they look like this. So far this **screenshot of the responses** is based on 6 people. Love the graph of the results! Unfortunately, this is not a dynamic result so you can't see the changes as you vote. Maybe this will be a future feature for Google Forms. :-)