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**Notes from meeting.**
Tammy Hernandez Robin McNulty Ann Lumm
 * Attending By Phone Bridge**

Amy Chaysky Julia Lott Coy Ison Brett Hinton Jann Wolfgramm
 * Attending in Gilbert**

Tammy would like help reviewing ABLE IT Award – Email her today. You will have all week to read them.

In Rooms for 30 only about 15 attended In rooms for 60 only about 10 there Some sessions were well attended: Thinkfinity Session – Standing room only Tony Vincent – Well attended Amy commented that sometimes people left when they discovered that an application was not Mac compatible • Revisioning/Rebranding of AzTEA - Board Discussion and Vote, March 11 Meeting - Julia, Amy, Coy were in attendance at that meeting. Briefly- • Some feel AzTEA will not change • Some are willing to help and embrace the new plan
 * MEC –** Sessions were sparsely attended
 * Coy presented a 1,000 day concept and will publish his work to a collaborative place for all to review.
 * Remember our responsibilities to the CATTS Corporate Partners, Administrators, Teachers, Technology directors.
 * CATTS cannot be herded, they must be led
 * Coy has been visiting the corporate partners.

Ann Lumm – AzTEA needs to be a more open organization. How can we do that as a chapter?


 * Group Discussion -** EdTech Collaboration, 2009-2010 - What is the value AzTEA brings to members, technology directors and corporate partners? What are the subscriber benefits?

Can we survive another year with the current conference model? Coy has a proposal some innovative ideas and will send his thoughts to the conference committee. Some ideas include: 1. TED Conference model Go to http://www.ted.com/ 2. Discovery Webinar –

Amy reminded us that we have tried some new delivery options: 1. NETS day – Tried to use the unconference model. 2. Perhaps we needs to add a webinar to target specific audiences. 3. Site facilitator and people who could join the conversation on their own.

Robin likes the targeted webinars.

Coy asked - Why do people go to conferences? • Keynote is inspiration • Break-out sessions targeted to topics of interest to me • Location is one you want to visit • Collaboration opportunities • Food or to get out of the office

What prevents people from attending a conference: • No money • No time off • On Saturday (off contract)

Ideas: Perhaps we need to group around topics or interest groups What would this look like? How would this be organized? Could we do just one big conference and include the MEC folks?

Here is the big question: What do teachers and Ed tech trainers need?

We need a Chapter Theme for Training: What can we do to add value for teachers between the conferences? How can we continue the conversation sort of a conference after the conference extension. Here are some ideas: • WE 20 – Professional Learning communities (http://www.we20.org/) • 21st Century Interactive Classrooms • Disruptive Ideas (Positive and focused on Education) No more 2-hour professional development ideas (Only 14+ hours are required)
 * Ideal
 * Ning
 * Smartboards
 * Doc Camera
 * Responders
 * Kindal
 * Craig’s list
 * iPod

Contact the districts that are not AzTEA members (Find out what they are doing?) (Would you be willing to help us?) • Higley • Queen Creek • Which others?

We need to find Webinar tools that will allow us to continue to collaborate. Any suggestions? • Dim Dim • Illumination • Skype • Others?

Consider funding options- Let’s get creative • Stimulus money We may get 2.5 times what we normally get for Title 2D • Consider competitive Grants – partner with charter schools • Could our chapter collaborate with others for an interesting grant proposal? • What about purchasing Webinar tools?

That’s all Folks!!!

RSVP: Brett Hinton, Julia Lott, Amy Chayefsky, Robin McNulty Tentative: Jane Nesdill Regrets: Ann Gaskie

You will be able to SKYPE in or join by phone bridge.

When: (Ed Tech Collaboration Day)
 * Revisioning/Rebranding of AzTEA - Board Discussion and Vote, March 11 Meeting - Julia, Amy, Coy
 * EdTech Collaboration, 2009-2010 - Group Discussion

