Agenda_2012-13_ITS_April5


 * 1. Lannon - Welcome and Introduction **

Thanks for Who’s Who group in Google Groups Budget - coming together Testing - discussion of issues/experiences. Lannon says “knowledge management” is important. He proposes Google Groups as a method. To-Do:  Important to record problems/solutions from this year to help with future testing.


 * Harmony
 * Inspiration
 * Service
 * Systems
 * Design
 * People

Group activity - look at four descriptor areas. Which one is primary fit for you? Discuss with others in your group;

Values and Expectations
 * professionalism
 * leadership
 * empowerment


 * ingenuity
 * sensitivity
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">measurement - as a result of ... (if we do something, what is the result? not just how people feel about us, but do we have measurable results to show?


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">resourcefulness
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">responsibility
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">responsiveness


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">collaboration
 * c<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ommunication
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">connectedness

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Focus areas:
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">TA TEKS - K-8 new for 2012-13. Get in and make something happen. All of us need to have the same education and background.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">PROC 2014 - proclamation 2014 is legal code that lets us adopt science, math, technology. We will be reviewing instructional materials for adoption. April 2014 orders input and then received by July 2014.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Prof Dev - Lot of discussion coming
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Best practices - curating best practices
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Blended learning - flipped learning
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">digital learning environments
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">BYOD
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">STEM
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Project based learning
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">College and career ready

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">McNeil has water! Testing can continue as required. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chandler Oaks and Caldwell got IB certifications. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Leslie got Google certification. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pictures from Celebration of Families on March 23. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Deer Park - Tx middle school to watch and now National middle school to watch. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Robert/Jeff presenting with Mandy Estes at ASCD in June: The Perfect Marriage
 * 2. Celebrations (Robert) **

- Table Activity --- What fits in to this category for you - Share out <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lannon says to attach these phrases to section 7:
 * 3. Instructional Technology yearly accomplishments (Section 7) **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">as a result of
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">in such a way that

To-Do: -- all self eval is due by May 1st To-Do: -- sign up form [|__Sign Up Here - 45 Min Slots__]
 * 4. Final Evaluation Dates and Sign Up (Jeff) **


 * 5. Budget deadlines (Lannon) **
 * .....PO's for Capital Outlay (6395) April 30 **
 * .....Warehouse Requisitions - June 6 **
 * .....Sub Reimbursement and AFDs (Current posted: **\\grab\stuff\Documentation\Sub_Reimbursement_for_Tech_Training\2012-2013_Sub_Reimbursement

To-Do: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Double check sub reimbursement spreadsheet and make sure all sub forms are entered properly **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Also, let Robert know if you are finished with training.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">$100,000 for our department - discretionary spending to support our campus goals <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Projections are due soon. Understand that if we want money for new things, then something else will get less money. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lannon says public money should be transparent. The money should be allocated via a plan. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Money has been spent on:
 * 6. Budget Input (Lannon) **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">TCEA registration fees
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">sub re-imbursement for technology training
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">extra duty pay
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">fixed assets and supplies

[] [] - Dates - Expectations
 * 7. Summer PD **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ryan Smith - director of professional development- in charge of summer PD <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">April 19 - submissions to present are due - link is on PD wiki for submissions <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">District-wide initiatives
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">SharpSchool - new Content Management System - every campus web page will be moved to new system; teachers can also create web pages using this system.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Google
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Think Through Math
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">iStation
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">TA TEKS
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">high school 1:1 initiative
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">other

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Challenge - two work weeks to make a PD spreadsheet and input info for tech PD To-Do: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Email suggestions for PD to Donna Owen, Robin Young, Shannon Sieber and Brandie Cain-Heard. They will collect ideas/presenters/ and work on schedule.

- Prompted by a gap in training and information since the initial roll out - It was decided to do a one hour refresher/update training in August 2013 - There will be 2 sessions [elem and secondary] - ITSs are asked to [|submit questions, comments, concerns] starting ASAP to help the trainers create a meaningful training time.
 * 8. MFP Update **

To-Do: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> There will be refresher training in August for MFP - submit questions/problems that we have experienced. ITS input only on form.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Shannon S and Robert H <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">more casual this year. No speaker. 6-7 campuses participating. S’more invitation. certificates for volunteers. Robert Heard send Sumo Bots info. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Signs on tables and kids set up robots to show off. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Just a chance to show parents what they have done. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Acknowledge robotics volunteers for their help. Linda N. will create certificates for volunteers.
 * 9. Robotics Showcase on April 30th [update] **

To-Do: - All campus is due April 5th or as soon as possible. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">System is broken right now. Jeff says - if just a few incomplete, make them inactive and submit campus form. More info coming about whether or not there is a principal part that needs to be submitted.
 * 10. STaR Chart **


 * 11. Service Calendar **
 * - [|__https://www.roundrockisd.org/modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=43558__] **


 * 12. I <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">TS_2013 Emp Service Years List **

To-Do <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - check the list that Lannon will email to make sure your years are correct.


 * 13.MARK G Update: **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Distribution of paper copies of Tech Updates and Fidelity of Implementation. Mark said he would share digital copies of paperwork. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Jennifer Adams assisted with presentation and will email refresh schedules for teacher PCs and laptop carts. 2013-14 is really small, 2014-15 is really big.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Elementary schools will get wireless access points in every room and will also add a network drop in every room so projectors can be controlled remotely. Brent is visiting schools to make plans for this now.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">School Messenger - district call-out for emergencies and also allows principals to do call-outs via phone, text, or email. Principal may select 2 additional people to participate in this besides him/herself.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sharpschool Content Management System - integrated district, campus, and classroom web sites. Also provides intranet. Again, what content do we want staff to internally access? Planning is just beginning. Migration of district content as well as campus content is necessary. Complex, complicated project - original deadline of June 1 will probably be July 1. Will need to choose logos and campus content. More info to be shared after next week’s meeting. Sharpschool is for ITS at campus level and teacher level. Mark wants district/campus web sites to be migrated first and be looking good.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assume that ITSs will still train Sharpschool in June. We will have practice site to train with.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Symantec Antivirus - Chris Melton tried to upgrade to new system and problems were created. V 11 had to be configured exactly like v12. Everyone will be up to date in a few weeks.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bandwidth - 600 mb until July/August - then 2 gb. We are paying $26,000 per month plus penalty for going over. Mark wants committee to look at bandwidth utilization and come up with solutions. Pandora/iHeart/YouTube take up more than half of our bandwidth. When testing ends, bandwidth goes way up.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Steering committees to be formed for hardware/software and policies: Mark wants folks to look at standards for hardware/software/staff dev./policies & procedures. Membership will be 1/2 campus based, 1/2 district based. Standing committee will meet often and regularly. Mark wants decisions to be made based on group approach.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">32,000 computers in RRISD. Enterprise solutions required for district this large. Mark is negotiating with Dell on pricing and standards, and so far price reductions seem to be available. Smaller carts that hold more laptops are possible (In the works - 36 laptops for same price that we have been paying for 24). Monitoring netbooks over time - they may need to be replaced sooner if they do not last as long as laptops.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Server virtualization - easier to manage and support. RRISD has 270 servers and 3 SANS that need to be consolidated - difficult to manage and support, costly to maintain. Will be looking at software on campus servers - some may not work with server virtualization.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">More collaboration needed within district for software choices. What software programs are most critical? What do teachers need to use these programs with their students? Think of this as an opportunity to move toward district-wide software solutions. Examples - IXL is drill / practice that evaluates student level and provides practice that meets student needs. Kid Pix 3D is being piloted at Great Oaks and teachers really like it. They want it on their teacher PCs.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Microsoft Enterprise Solutions - cost of $250,000 per year but allows upgrades to latest OS and Office. Will probably replace Symantec and Altiris. Decision was made to work toward Office 2010 implementation in RRISD. Will also require training for teachers. RRISD in 3 year agreement with Symantec, so that change will be longer in coming. Elementary microscopes and software deployment - not Enterprise solution, so hands-on installation required. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We need to spend more time on good software selection and professional development for teachers.Mark says professional development is the key! Easy to buy things but harder to get teachers to use it.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Atomic Learning - online PD that is very good - Mark says valuable resource for both teachers and students, and home license allows parents to use it, too. Also need to figure out how this integrates with eCampus - teachers need PD credit for time worked on Atomic Learning.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Fidelity of Implementation - Mark’s handout. Whatever you do, do it well!
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">If one of our objectives is for students to master TA_TEKS, what programs facilitate this?
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">See what vendor recommends about usage and manage data to track progress. (iStation and Think Through Math)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Like pieces to a puzzle - all items have to fit together. How does Google Apps line up with curriculum and how do we implement with fidelity?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mark wants committee to make decisions that affect equity within district - not just make arbitrary decisions about who gets more stuff.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Re: Mark’s visit with Carlyn Gray, library director -
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How are Region 13 virtual field trips being used at our campuses? This is distance learning and kids take electronic field trips. Google Hangouts can do scaled down version of distance learning. Many ITSs were not aware of this resource.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Discovery Education - ITSs said this is used heavily and found in ARRC.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Google accounts questions - Someone asked about when elementary / middle students will get Google accounts. Mark talked about need to monitor to protect grades 3-8. Gaggle can be used for monitoring - it integrates with Google and provides human monitoring for language / bullying / etc. and adults are notified.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Google Apps - what should be turned on for what levels? To-Do: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Contact Robert/Jeff about desire to provide input on Google Apps. Committee in Abilene decided to give students unfiltered access to Google, so that students can be taught responsibility.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mark says role of ITS is lifeblood for getting technology used on campus (he created Northside ISD model). Troubleshooting, modeling, teaching.
 * 13. Updates/Announcements **

To-Do: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">TheTeacherToolkit.com - free resource that helps with strategies, activities, classroom management, instructional ideas, etc. Share info about this site with teachers.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">SharpSchool is vendor selected for content management. Committee that looked at CMS systems chose this one as the best. Angie asked about strengths that were part of the system, so we can use this to sell. More info will be provided. Phase in - 4 pieces

> To-Do: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> What goes on employee portal - intranet? Start a list and get ready to share.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">intranet - get input from everyone about what needs to be on intranet.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">district web site - 11,000 files and 8,000 pages
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">campus web sites - “nifty” templates to choose from for campus web sites. What goes into new sites? They sent spreadsheet for what info needs to get transferred - lots of planning to do.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">teacher web sites - now TeacherWeb, Google sites, and others. Most teachers will be asked to “start over” with new site. Vickie question - what if teachers want to pay for their own TeacherWeb? Lannon says it is basically a campus-based decision. Campus principals will be asked to set a campus expectation for teacher sites. TeacherWeb is not really a viable option anymore, since they were bought out.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Baltimore transitioned 167 schools in 3 months. Gregory-Portland ISD uses Sharp School.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What is the best way for us to determine what stays and what goes for campus web sites? Teacher web sites? Brainstorm ideas for what really belongs on a web site. What will it be used for? What content is required? For campus web site, there is a really structured guide for what needs to go on web site.

To-Do: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Go ahead and begin communicating with staff about end of TeacherWeb. Use Michele’s plan below for getting info from TeacherWeb:


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">save docs in another accessible place
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">save links
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">take screen shots of what pages look like
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">build document that says what you really want to have on a web page for your classes

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Training - large amount of money will be spend on training us. Two days for us - campus webmaster/trainer of trainers. When? No dates yet. Maximum of 50 people per session. We will teach teachers on our campus. Also online training modules that are “mostly good.” Another training will be held for district web masters for departmental web sites.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">June (dates?) - Teacher Academy for SharpSchool training. 8 straight days of training for teachers on SharpSchool. 12 of us will do training for district teachers. 6 labs at SPHS. Structured time to build web sites for teachers. Also two days in July-August in PD training. Length of training? 1/2 day or whole day? Extra duty pay covers prep time for June SharpSchool training and prep and teaching of classes.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Swivl -** 10 little devices that act like a camera person - allows camera to follow presenters around and videotape them. - check out from Ryan Smith and start using them. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Learn more here: []


 * PIZZA Lunch **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Session 1: 1 pm -2 pm <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
 * Afternoon Learning Topics **
 * End of Year Procedures (esp. for new to RRISD)
 * Moodle 2 Demo
 * How I use my Tablet
 * Branding our Work ( cheat sheets, twitter has tags, teacher Guides, Etc.)

Session 2: 2:05 - 3:05 pm


 * Goals and PD needs for 13-14
 * Google Ninja Program
 * On-Boarding for Elem Newbies
 * Work/collaborate on preparing for EOY evaluations, getting it right blog, web page updates, etc.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Wrap-up and debrief.