January+6,+2009

=Tentative Agenda= [|Minutes: http://etherpad.com/meAJlmTM2g]  Minutes: 1-4-10

Agenda:
 * Check in re: communication with students and parents. What is working? What problems have arisen?
 * Chris, Steve, and Bill had a conversation on December 4th about email overload- shall we continue the discussion at the PLC?

Quick intro to etherpad

Question from Steve J: Auto logout of Powerschool server. Can we change the setting to more than a few minutes?

Tom will look into it.

Entertaining review of use of Etherpad in CWS class (I wonder...Can I make ths act like Ether to calm my hyperactive scholars?)

Green...Salmon...I'm a split personality. Better than a banana split!

Word: Open Office: will open a word doc Pages:

Batteries are running out after a couple hours. Why? -Batteries do fail. They are replaceable. -Different applications draw more power than others. -Charge with the computer off.

Gotta go. It's been a pleasure.

Student work from flash drives have not been showing up on laptop desktops. Why? -Send them to IT. ???

Communication: Many kids don't check email. Solutions? Facebook? We don't want to force it on students.

We already provide info in a number of ways. How many more do we need?

The school website will eventually be one-stop shopping for students to get info from teachers. Why don't they look now?

It would be good to have an infrastructure for emailing students: ePals?

Dropbox functionality: Handouts go to students. Dropbox goes to teachers. More to come.

FYI: Staff directory link in Powerschool includes staff phone numbers.

**Next Meeting Agenda: 02-03-10**
 * Compare / contrast Word, Pages, OpenOffice, etc. What are teachers using? What should students use? How do we teach them to make a document accessible to all?
 * Overview of teachers domain
 * sharing information about copyright laws