October 9, 2009

Location:
Jordan School District
7905 S. Redwood Rd
West Jordan, UT 84088

Welcome and Introductions - Bonnie Muir and Lynn Sorensen

UTIPS Update - Julie Quinn

• Servers will be upgraded and moved to a single location but the timeline has been slowed down.
• CUES is done.
• NUTIPS and San Juan will be next.
• Additional migrations will be defined after these are complete.
• Item Pool Update 
• Approximately 3,000 new items.
• Will be updated after server migrations are complete.
• Should be available next fall.
• Subject folders on the main UTIPS page(s) have been unpublished.  The questions from them will be incorporated into the item pool.
• Performance Tests, reference sheets and other resources are in these folders now instead.
• UTIPS Helpdesk - help@utips.org
• Emails will be redirected to identified UTIPS trainers for each LEA.
• If no trainer is identified, emails will be redirected to the Assessment Director.
• Some Troubleshooting
• If you have troubles printing, etc. try logging out and logging back in.
• In training, help teachers learn how to align questions to the curriculum.
• Online testing is moving ahead and will hopefully be a better experience for all this year.  Working relationships have been created that should help.
• There is a toolbar that will be added for students with accommodations to have tests read to them.
• Accommodations should be offered all year long.
• There are no more listening sections on tests.
• Tests have shorter sections.
• Online Writing Assessment For All 5th and 8th Grade Students - Margaret Young
• Formative piece is available for grades 5 and 8.
• Formative practice by Measurement Incorporated at a reasonable price for districts.

Mac OS X - Snow Leopard - JSD Team member

• There are some issues with iCal, Word and printers.
• Removed 4 - 5 gigs of hard drive space
• Good sites for information:
• Snow Leopard Refinements
• 100 Snow Leopard Tips and Tricks*
• Known Issues with Mac OS 10.6
• David Pogue's Review of Snow Leopard
• Finer Things in Mac (thanks for the suggestion Kelly)

Educational Gaming - Harrison Beckett

• Games can be used for learning.
• Teachers can get results on student play.
• Chalk House - mostly secondary (video=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq1acJrEGVg)
• DimensionS Home Page - Grades 3-6, science based games (can play for free, must purchase in order to view reports)
• Dimension M-Power In Numbers - K-12, math based games (must purchase in order to view reports) video=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoFsMIsuKSo
• Nobel Prize Educational Games - primarily secondary

Interactive Video Conference (IVC) - James G Hodges & Lisa Cohne

• Student opportunity with the Center for Puppetry Arts
  • They tie in science, arts, technology and social students with curriculum.
  • Monday they will be at The Canyons district (Quail Hollow Elementary) and everyone is invited to attend.
• ConferenceMe (New UEN service) - perfect for one or two participants per site
• UEN IVC provides a classroom/conference room setting solution (used to be called EDNET classes) and ConferenceMe is a desktop conferencing solution.  
• The Puppetry Arts training will be delivered this way.
• Only available for PCs (hopefully by the end of the year, it will be available on Macs)
• Requires high-speed internet, headset, microphone, and webcam
• Technical Services Support Center at UEN 1-800-863-3496
  

New Gadget: LiveScribe Pulse Smartpen - Martha Crook and Holly De Leon

• Works like a pen and records audio.
• Built-in speaker, camera and microphone
• Can photocopy paper that is required.
• Users can easily upload data to the computer and/or internet.
• $129 - $169 each
  

UEN Update - Karen Krier and Rob Bentley

• UEN Web Resources
  • Blogging is almost available on my.uen.
  • UEN Logo Widgets an easy way for schools and districts to link to UEN resources.
  • Karen highlighted the new Utah National Parks web site that UEN created to go along with the Ken Burns PBS documentary.
  • 3-6 Social Studies Resources
• Professional Development
  • Enrollment is way up this year. (over 600 registrations within the first 10 hours)
  • Classes are offered in the UEN lab Wed.-Sat. every week. Contact Victoria if you want an on-site training
  • Online classes have been expanded to 40 students and are all full through December.
  • Providing internet safety workshops - NetSafeUtah
  • Still offering faculty lounge.
  • Trying to cut down on spam related to online classes.

Satirical / Humorous Videos on Technology - Margo Shirley

• Funny Video on Facebook, Twitter Revolutionizing How Parents Stalk Their College-Age Kids.
• The "Simpsons" Debate the Role of Social Media and Cell Phones In the Classroom
• Saturday Night Live Fred’s Fix It Map

INTEL Free Teaching Resources, Tools and Lessons - Margo Shirley

• http://www.intel.com/education/teachers/
• Order CDs for offline, self-paced learning
• Additional Resources for 21st Century Project Based Learning 21st Century Skills Maps ( download files at the bottom of the page )
  • Geography Map (2009)
  • Science Map (2009)
    
  • Social Studies/B&W version of Social Studies Map (2008) and Geography
    
  • English/B&W version of English Map (2008)

Web Sites - Margo Shirley

• Edutopia
  • Find video examples of 21st Teaching and Learning  (search by core subject)
  • Top Ten Tips for Teaching with New Media (download document
• Thinkfinity
• Apple Learning Interchange: Do a search for subject specific
• Web Pages Margo created and wanted to share if you find them helpful for your needs. I hope we can create a way to share our most recent resources with each other so that we all don’t need to work so hard to "reinvent the webpage."
  • What Every Student Needs to Know and Do
  • Dr. Leu’s Presentation
  • Life is a “Twitter”

Thinkfinity Highlight - EconEdLink - Rick Gaisford

• Children's literature is used to teach many concepts.
• The group was surprised to find that there were good lessons for kindergarten as well as secondary students.
• CyberTeach - interactive games, activities, and ways to think about the concepts in a different way
  • Related lessons go along with each activity.
• Current Events - lists current events in reverse order with related lessons,
  • New events are posted every day.
• DataLinks - links to additional sites that have activities for students
  • National Stock Market Simulations has even more links and activities
• WebLinks - current data for classroom use and interpretation
• New Finance In The Classroom web site that UEN developed for USOE and other partners

Hot Potato - Nancy Lagerberg

• Create online activities that you can embed into websites and blogs.
• It's free, easy, web based and cross platform.
• There are good tutorials available on the site.

USOE Update - Rick Gaisford

• Superintendent Larry Shumway - New vision/mission statement for Utah's public education - "Promises to Keep"
  • Ensuring literacy and numeracy for all Utah children.
  • Providing high quality instruction for all Utah children.
  • Establishing curriculum with high standards and relevance for all Utah children.
  • Requiring effective assessment to inform high quality instruction and accountability.
    * There are likely to be more budget cuts for USOE this year. Not anticipating any state funding for technology this year and potentially up to an additional 10% cut.
• There is info. on how to use technology to create accountability standards on Rick's myuen site.
• Qwest mini-grants for teachers will be available soon. (Up to $2,500)
• Three options for ITC training:
  • Schedule traditional workshop during school day with subs
  • Friday and Saturday training
  • Online
• SURWEB is no more - it's considered a malicious site.
  • UEN will work to get the pictures/resources into eMedia.
  • They're bringing SURWEB back up for a week so teachers can grab their own stuff.
  • TIPS is gone also.
• Pioneer Library things to think about and discuss next month:
  • Is it a relevant resource for students and are they using it effectively?
  • What are some strategies to help teachers and students use the resources more effectively?
• October 21st - Take a Veteran To School Day
  • Veteran's Oral History Resources (UEN)

UCET Update - Pam Turley

• UCET web site
• This year's theme is UCET 2010 - A clear vision for teaching and learning in a digital world.
• Feb. 26, 27 at Murray High School
• Anne Collier is the keynote speaker this year.
• Two changes:
  • Seven sessions will have a 200 seat capacity.
  • Saturday workshops will be five 3-hour hands-on sessions and require pre-registration
• They are still looking for presenters
• ISTE is in Denver this year. UCET will potentially charter a bus to go and cover half the transportation cost.

          

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