October+7,+2009

=Tentative Agenda=

I. Welcome (Minutes of 10/7 Meeting Below) II. Individual goals III. Share new gradebook tips
 * Organizational structure--It was voted at the meeting that the Tech PLC will be for professional growth and training for members. Tech Integration Team will meet separately but all Tech PLC people are welcome to participate in both.
 * personal growth-Post discussion points for open discussion on the technology discussion link. You can monitor click on subject then the monitor button. Don't start a new thread for each point.
 * May 14 PD Day notes are archived. (See below for Archive link.)
 * To sign in, get account. Use your fivetowns account. See Bill or Margo for help with this.
 * This wiki--this space can be edited by all members. feel free to bookmark this page.
 * Wikis are managed in three ways--protected, membership (edit if member), and open to world (anyone can access and edit). This site is open.
 * A discussion was brought up about the legality of posting. Bob I indicated tech is working toward having an internal link to host teachers' wikis.
 * Members were asked to post reason for being in Tech PLC. It was decided that everyone editing and saving would result in saving incorrectly. So we are using the old fashioned white board to record members' needs. See classroom applications and learning groups below for these notes.
 * Office vs. Snow Leopard--Bob talked about the lack of funds. **__Update__**: Bob reports back that our version of Office works in Snow Leopard.
 * Members questioned how all these tech concepts would get covered and the subject segwayed to EPal and it's benefits and emailing students and parents--Managing Communication.
 * NEXT MEETING MANAGING COMMUNICATION WILL BE THE FOCUS.
 * Members were concerned that a month is a long way off, and Bill encouraged folks to pair up for assistance in the meantime.
 * People were asked to go into CLASSROOM APPLICATIONS and LEARNING GROUPS after the meeting and enter our names next to tech concepts we can assist with.
 * GO TO AGENDA TO ENTER NEEDS IN THE AREA OF COMMUNICATION FOR NEXT MEETING.
 * share in classroom applications
 * share in learning groups
 * develop list of tips to share with staff