team+meeting+notes


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REMINDER FOR NOVEMBER 30th **


 * Did the following:**
 * 1) Twitter tutorial (and signed Danner up)
 * 2) Discussed a 'summer boot camp' for other colleagues here at school (as well as having PLP members teach a Last Friday session).
 * 3) Recorded the session as a podcast (for future review)

November 17th meeting

Do you feel like Rob?** Assignment


 * Sue: You want to do something different, but it is overwhelming on ohw to get there...esp. as a perfectionist (like most teachers). I feel like I need to know it all first. I don't know what 'it' looks like when I want to tell my kids what to do.
 * Lauren: Intimidated by having to do all the posts, etc. I can do the stuff in my classroom (experiment with my kids), but hard to do all the PLP pieces that are not related directly to my students. I just want to get the theory into practice (w/ my kids).
 * Chris: I want to jump in and do the cool stuff, but I have all this stuff that is already lined up that I have to fit in...and to have to re-vamp my curriculum to do all of this? I almost need downtime to re-think/re-do some things. I have done a lot of brainstorming of possible projects to see how to make the connection to create a product out of it. To actually sit down and plan in addition to my current things feels like a tangent; takes a lot of time.
 * S: Now I have to figure out how to 'use' the technology. I feel like I need to figure it out first.
 * L: Learning how to 'put it out there as it is' (not being perfect). Learning how to trust the 'real'.
 * CH: Different on different levels (high school vs. other levels?).
 * Catherine: Funny for my HS kids re: the Spanish rap and hearing the mistakes.
 * L: Could record a lesson and send to a parent of a student who is sick/absent.
 * S: I wanted to ask some of my kids who do some of this tech to help me do this, but not sure I want to make extra work for them.
 * CD: Could be cool for him to help.
 * L: It doesn't have to be perfect.
 * S: I might have to do it (even if not perfect): just record and try to get it out there.
 * Christian: Mentions DY who needed to record a lecture or two (Flip camera) so his kids could watch him while he was gone on a trip.
 * Jason: Suggested that DY do it in mini-chunks. Record via Flip, name it, upload files.



Cool focus showing up in our conversation:
 * 1) No need for perfection
 * 2) Do mini-lessons/recordings
 * 3) Authenticity is more important than perfectly scripted
 * 4) Get kids to help
 * 5) Like our F2F PLP team experience: learn from each other in conversation (even more so than the 'network' on a virtual level)

**October 30th meeting**


 * 1. Jason hands out brand-shiny-new Toshiba netbooks to all 6 of our PLP team (with a rockin' cool Snowball mic, too!)

2. Jason -- having installed Audacity to everyone's netbook -- teaches everyone how to:**
 * record a podcast via Audacity
 * upload the podcast file to Gcast
 * use iTunes to manage the podcast
 * upload the podcast MP3 file to Edline (and a blog, wiki, etc)

October 13th meeting


 * 1. We agreed to do a 2-Hour Deep Dive during our next "Last Friday". These will be our focus points:**
 * How to create Podcasts
 * How to create Vodcast
 * Exploring Slideshare (upload a PowerPoint presentation to a website)
 * Try out Screenr of parts of our session

2. Additional goals/ideas we're considering:
 * that each of us will eventually create an on-line vodcast 'tutorial' to explain how to use 1 tool (that we originally had trouble with).
 * that we presenting a "Last Friday" session in the spring as a way to a) demonstrate what we've learned and b) to encourage others to join us.
 * that we create an internal version of our larger PLP experience here at Oakridge


 * Team Goals as of September** ** 30, 2009 (based on the original 'index card' list from Houston)

1. Meet 2x/month as a team; work to develop a true 'team' 2. We invest in the PLP; they know our names when we go to Houston 3. Discover and become comfortable with various web 2.0 tools and strategies.** UPDATE: **In the spirit of this, Jason/Christian just created a Web Tools Page for us to start using as we organize our learning process. Let us know what you think. Thanks!** 4. All of us begin to develop a network beyond Oakridge and the PLP
 * make a on-going list
 * tutorials, best practices, case studies
 * brainstorm teaching ideas and projects
 * incorporate into our classes (at least 1)
 * school culture/best practices on a larger level
 * "Last Friday" sessions


 * Initial 'index card' ideas (questions, assumptions, expectations, etc) from Day 1 in Houston:****


 * 1) I expect to learn more just within our group … being exposed to learning going on in different division.
 * 2) An awareness of ‘tools’ available fro networking.
 * 3) Less fear of the ‘tools’.
 * 4) How/when to network: face to face, video, etc.?
 * 5) Time management
 * 6) We will take something back to Oakridge that will foster a different perspective of what teaching involves.
 * 7) Personally I expect to bring new technology into my classroom to then share with Lower School.
 * 8) That what we do will not necessarily change the content of what is taught but of what it means to ‘teach’.
 * 9) Assumption – wrong or right – I don’t know enough about this to do it.
 * 10) What does Oakridge as a 21st century learning culture really look like?
 * 11) Assumption: everyone has a role in the process.
 * 12) Assumption: work together as a ‘team’ for a common
 * 13) Assumption: work together as a ‘team’ for a common goal for our entire school
 * 14) Expectation: to be able to incorporate various websites in my classroom
 * 15) How much time should we invest personally to establish an effective product?
 * 16) Who should we involve in each stage of the project: administrators, faculty, students, etc.
 * 17) Expectation: to learn ‘how to’ on a lot of this technology
 * 18) How should we begin? Simple blogging, set up a group, simple discussion?
 * 19) Wanting to shift from a “that would be a cool project” approach to “how can my entire curriculum/program be available 24/7?” (for my students, parents, colleagues, etc)
 * 20) We will meet face to face once or twice a month as an entire group.
 * 21) How do we move to a tangible ‘project’ that will have ‘value’ at our school…and will increase the # of classrooms/teachers involved?
 * 22) We will take something back to Oakridge that will foster a different perspective of what teaching involves.
 * 23) Personally I expect to bring new technology into my classroom to then share with Lower School.
 * 24) That what we do will not necessarily change the content of what is taught but of what it means to ‘teach’.
 * 25) Assumption – wrong or right – I don’t know enough about this to do it.