Eastside+Planning+1-9-2008

We wish everyone a Safe and Wonderful Holiday Season!
January 9th, 9:00 – 11:00, Tempe ESD =Agenda :=


 * February event in Maricopa.** - Amy
 * Environment – Middle School - Equipment: PC, hard wired (no wireless), 2 labs prox. 30 machines per, Library, Large Classroom…. We can request more space if needed
 * **//Jane thinks leveling of classes might make teachers more comfortable//**
 * **//pexagontech.com has a sweet deal on Jump drives w/ names $16.99/ Gigabyte (Jane)//**
 * **//AzTEA purchased last year from Memory Suppliers//**
 * **//Files and examples could be loaded on the wiki, a cd and on the jump drive//**
 * **//Bring your own Lesson to this session.//**
 * Please be thinking about who can present, what we would like to present, how to promote at your Districts.

//**Session Ideas**//

 * //**Keynote Speaker** - Cathy and Nan (library) 20 minutes - They can stay to be avaailable for session or Q&A - let's make a space for them, any suggestions? perhaps they can be in the library mingling - informal? Any other ideas for a more formal? We can use a classroom too - or parse the library ....//
 * //**Thinkfinity** - two sessions (math science) (reading Writing Social Studies) Tammy (lab)//
 * //**Using Office** for differentiated instruction-(Jane) Teachers bring a lesson plan (lab)//
 * //**Work w/ Office** to modify my documents (Jane)//
 * //**Photo Story** (Library)//
 * //**Discussion** - Bring a lesson plan to integrate using smartboards, doc cameras other tech (Library)//
 * Link to this page to see list of some areas of interest from survey sent to MUSD Principals

We have Maricopa, Casa Grande and Florence staff who have expressed interest in coming to Maricopa, but we’d like Maricopa County to participate as well.
 * __C____athy Poplin and Nan Williams__ (ADE) can come present IDEAL at Maricopa in Feb (not Thursday nights), but the sooner the better to get firm date on Cathy's calendar, Cathy could be keynote if she is still available
 * __Cherie Stafford__ - I am able to attend and present. I can do an overview of Web 2.0, or Blogs or Wikis or Social Networking or Google Earth, whichever of those there is a need or interest for. (Thanks Cherie - Amy)


 * For Discussion: Neediest Districts for Classroom Integration Support** - Julia and I were discussing districts with serious need for integration support. Do we want to focus Eastside resources toward engaging these districts. Challenge - they may not know what they have a need - Julia/Amy
 * If this is the direction we want to take, how do we identify these districts, how do we approach: Committees....


 * Teaching and Technology** – AzTEA Tucson Conference is January 26th http://www.aztea.org/conferences.html#info - awareness only

//**Amy will check on the using the conference calling for AZTEA**//
 * For Discussion:** Skype, iChat, AzTEA Board Conference Call - to convene Planning Committee at a distance - Amy

//**The MU cannot be used. The former catering company cannot be used. Amy wants to check out the room. Tammy offered to check things out w/ ASU since she works closer to ASU than Amy.**//
 * MEC Gala Update** - Amy

=Please add other issues, concerns, and Celebrations here!=

//**Tech collaboration May Second Life training Salem Project Jamestown Project Jane - has a dragon project

AZTEA Planning on Monday Chris will you do a Second life training for the Eastside We need to use a the Bridge for a conference call**//