May+6

Here are the minutes Bill took at our meeting:

May 6, 2009 2:30 pm-3:45 pm
 * Tech PLC Minutes**

__Attending__: Bob Iannuzzi, Sue Klemmer, Margo Murphy, Bill O'Brien, Chris Walker-Spencer, Ken Vencile, Lynne Taylor, Stephen Jordan, Valerie Hamlin, Kathy Filip

We have from 11:45-3:00 on May 13th PD Day

What is our goal?
 * Discuss logistics
 * Discuss our needs
 * Discuss our desires
 * Gather ideas for staff development

Suggestions for format
 * Use Google Docs for everyone to participate in discussion and edit simultaneously- decided against
 * Need to be more concrete in our examples- avoid abstract
 * Aspirations type fair
 * Discussions after seeing concrete examples

First hour- all in Lecture Hall together
 * Bill introduce- incremental learning, one-to-one ideas
 * Chris- post homework assignments
 * Sue- concept mapping
 * Bill- instant feedback
 * editing in English
 * Chris- paperless "green" aspect
 * Margo- organizational piece

Second hour- follow this model
 * Debrief one-to-one laptop
 * 21st century learner
 * Chris and Margo to facilitate