April+16+-+2009

This is my take on the meeting. Please add your own comments, clarifications or fixes! - Sue

• We'll show the video on May 28th, followed up by Bob I. talking about where we are at the state level plus plans for Wednesday meetings. The goal of this day is to engage faculty in the issue, so that they are ready to participate in PD. Since the video may leave folks feeling intimidated, its important to end this on a "there's help out there!" positive note. • Bob (and/or Colin?) will organize a Wed. after school for high school teachers that will feature middle school teachers. The focus of this first meeting is "nuts and bolts" issues of managing individual laptops (ass opposed to curriculum applications). Lynne T. noted that for "low end users", management issues need to be addressed before teachers can take the next step and think about curriculum/instruction specifics. At this meeting we can encourage high school departments to hook up with middle school partners during the summer (or other times) to work on specific applications. • Bob (and/or Colin?) will plan other Wednesday PD sessions on other issues. • We have the May 14th workshop time to use. We did not discuss whether we'd use the program Chris training with on that day.