Agenda+for+1st+Meeting


 * Agenda for Our First Meeting **

__**Purpose **__**:** Our goal is to collaborate on ways to better integrate technology into our instruction at Park Crest.

__**Objective **__: We will create a shared vision of technology integration and create a sample lesson using technology to share with other grade levels.


 * __Grade level __**: 3rd Grade (We will discuss how to adapt the lesson for other grades levels as well.)

__**Facilitator **__: Julie Youngkin

__**Community Members **__: Ana McKinney Carol Ferrell Kim Hickman Nada Maher  Rebekah Brown Jonathan Mims 

<span style="font-size: 128%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Activities**__: <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> //<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Please add activities to include in our agenda.) // <span style="font-size: 108%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. Shared Vision <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 118.8%;">We will discuss our goals for successfully integrating more technology into our instruction at Park Crest. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> We will talk about where we are and where we want to go. (duration: 1 day (7/6)) - Julie 2. Digital Tool Inventory - We will list all technologies that are available to the campus and make a list of what we would like to eventually request from the tech ed department. (duration: 1 day (7/7)) -R. Brown <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> 3. Brainstorm - We will share ideas of how to use our current technologies to create a novel study unit appropriate for third graders. Possible Novels: Chocolate Fever, Charlotte's Web, Freckle Juice Examples of Activities: -Use a wiki for literary circles to discuss students' opinions about the novel. -Share helpful teacher resource websites that the group has found with suggestions of online activities. -Use video equipment to help students film commercials or news stories about the book and post them online. -Use www.dipity.com to create a digital timeline of book using pictures, video clips, and text. (duration: 1 day (7/8)) - Julie <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 156%;">Develop Plan <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">- Using suggested tools, activities, and websites, the group will put together a lesson plan for a chosen novel study unit appropriate for third grade. We will also note ways it can be adapted for higher grade levels in the future using a different novel. (duration: 1 day (7/9)) -Ana <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">5. Reflection - Group members will discuss how this meeting process was beneficial and discuss ways it can be improved in the future. (duration: 1 day (7/10)) -Jonathan <span style="font-size: 132%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">6. Follow-Up <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">- Set a date for a follow-up meeting in September to discuss how effective the first novel study lesson was and how to get other teachers on board by implementing the same idea in their own classrooms. (duration: by the end of day 5 (7/10)) - Julie Make sure to get administration buy-in as the effort will fail without their support. - Jonathan

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