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Febuary 2, 2007

Location:
Tooele School District Office

Welcome and Introductions - Jim Langston

UTIPS Update - Julie Quinn

    • UTIPS Steering Committee met on Feb. 1st. The transition of accounts off of the SESC server to the UEN server will happen on Feb. 26. The URL will be myutips.org.
    • www.utips.org will point to a USOE page that will direct educators to the correct UTIPS server.
    • As soon as Julie has a development environment she will add the Secondary Language Arts core and get the existing test items aligned. The Operator's Group will need to figure out how to get those changes out to the various servers around the state.
    • Clint Stephens shared the blog that he is using to keep track of eDesk 2 UTIPS bugs: http://edublog.sedck12.org/
    • SEDC is using Open Source software from http://b2evolution.net/ for their blog.

Gadget of the Month - Robert Gordon showed a variety of audio related things:

    • $6 cable with a headphone / microphone jack on both end. He took the mic that Jim Langston had - plugged one end of the cable into the mic and the other into his computer.
    • iTalk Pro is a microphone for an iPod. Robert demonstrated how easy it is to download them to his computer. You will find the voice memos in the list in the left frame.
    • Mic splitter - $4 or $5 lets two people listen to one iPod or computer.
    • BlueMic Snowball - $100
    • Logitech USB Desktop Microphone

Software of the Month - Jim Langston
Principalm: Student information goes mobile.

    From any location, educators and administrators have control over student and school safety. You can have secure access to tens of thousands students, staff, and their class information, school- and district-wide. You are no longer tied to your desktop computer or the classroom. You're able to contact parents in emergencies, identify students on- or off-campus, monitor student performance outcomes, and supervise attendance levels to ensure you receive maximum amount of funding. Critical student data is available to you immediately.

    Principalm integrates with dozens of leading Student Information Systems. Tooele is using SIS 2000.

    It comes with a game to help the Principal learn the students' names.

Podcast Highlights - Karen Krier
Conference Connections

    Stay current with the latest tech news and trends by listening to podcasts workshops, forums and discussions at leading technology conferences. This podcast series, produced by Apple Distinguished Educators, will bring you some of the most innovative content from conferences across the USA and around the world. Topics include the use of social technologies in schools, Copyright Q & A and Promoting 21st Century skills.


Web site: http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/collection.php?collectionID=373

TED Talks: Ideas Worth Spreading

    Each year the TED (Technology Entertainment & Design) Conference hosts some of the world's most fascinating people. iTunes offers podcasts (in both video and audio format) of some of the conference presentations - names such as Peter Gabriel, Malcolm Gladwell, David Pogue and Al Gore.


You can also check out the TED Blog: http://tedblog.typepad.com/

Arc9 - Pat Lambrose, Jessica Anderson

Lunch

Big6 Theme: 4 - Use of Information - Bonnie Anderson
Collection of resources:

USOE Updates - Rick Gaisford

Kathy Webb

    • Update on 21st-century Teaching and Learning budget proposal

UEN Updates

    • February Features in eMedia: 18 programs on African American History Month and President's Day. Most are multi-episode programs, but you'll see links to the other episodes in the series.
    • Internet Safety: NetSafeUtah - www.netsafeutah.org
    • "NetSafe Utah: Cybersafe Your Teens"
      Broadcast Channel, Dates, & Times

      KUED – Channel 7
      Monday, February 26 at 9 pm

      UEN-TV – Channel 9
      Thursday, March 1 at 8 pm
      Saturday, March 3 at 7 pm

    • The last Faculty Lounge had the highest attendance ever. You can visit the Faculty Lounge web site to subscribe to mailing list to receive future reminders about future faculty lounge events.
    • Contact Victoria if you would like to schedule UEN workshops in your district for this summer.
    • Robert Gordon shared an Integration Training discussion they had at the Rural Technology Planning Meeting.
    • We are extending the NetTrekker trial on Pioneer Library through March 3.
    • Lisa Cohne is involved in a Water Conservation project that you will hear more about in the future.

Future meeting dates:

    • April 13, 2007 - Davis School District

     

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