THS+SALTT+TEAM

Below is a list of the major ISSI grant tasks for the school year and the name of one or more of our SALTT team members responsible for each of them. Keep in mind that if you are listed as the responsible party for a given task, you do not have to actually do it. You are simply responsible for ensuring that it does get done with input and help from the rest of us, from the LISD tech people, from anyone.......

PLEASE feel free to add your ideas....PLEASE send your ideas for any of the tasks to the person/people responsible for them!

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=**Chart #1** =
 * ** Task ** || ** Chair ** ||
 * Creation of pre- and post-tests for staff and students || Julie ||
 * Hardware issues (ordering, etc.) || Eric and Scot ||
 * Gmail accounts for all staff and students || Eric ||
 * Weekly Tech tips || Julie (Please send ideas to her! *See below.) ||
 * Monthly fun sites || All of us (see Chart #2 below) ||
 * Major monthly “lesson” || All of us (see Chart #2 below) ||
 * Prizes ($1000 worth!) || Jan and Julie (Send ideas to them! **)** ||
 * Publicity of the program || Scot ||
 * Storage of hardware || Jon (We need to finalize the sign-out/sign-in procedures checklist once we know exactly what is the hardware which we will be using.) ||
 * Anything else you can think of (treats and entertainment for our planning meetings, etc.) || Al – He's the man! He can do it ALL! ||

=Chart #2 =


 * Month || Topic || Presenter/Organizer ||
 * August in-service meeting || Web 2.0 || Jan ||
 * || Gmail || Eric (with our help) ||
 * || iGoogle || Several of us have a page. We didn’t decide who was in charge of this explanation and demonstration.. ||
 * September || Google tools || Scot ||
 * || wordle.net || Julie ||
 * October || Internet Safety || Al, Jon, and Scot ||
 * || Bookmarking with Delicious || Eric ||
 * || freerice.com || Julie ||
 * November || Moodle (part 1) || the Al and Jon show ||
 * || voki.com || Al and Jon ||
 * December || Moodle (part 2) || Al and Jon ||
 * || twitter.com || Eric ||
 * January || Webpage creation || Al and Eric ||
 * || education.animoto.com ||  ||
 * February || Blogs || Eric and Jan ||
 * || Wikis || Eric and Jan ||
 * || toutube.com and teachertube.com || Julie ||
 * March || Webquests || Julie ||
 * || revver.com || Al ||
 * || Virtual worlds || Scot ||
 * April || Webpage (part 2) || Al and Eric ||
 * || Photosharing website || Jan ||
 * May || Skype and Quia || Scot and Eric ||
 * || Photostory and Moviemaker || Al ||
 * || Podcasting || Jan ||
 * || doodle.com ?? || Eric ||

Some thoughts from Jan: It looks to me like in the Chart #2, there may be too much in the month of May. Does anyone else agree? Let's think about how we can remain true to the stated agenda in the grant proposal and yet not make our colleagues dizzy with too much info.

Eric, do you think you could find a second meeting time before school starts for our team? Although we have divided up the tasks pretty well, we haven't decided
 * details about how we want our monthly presentations to look. We need to plan the specifics of a few things, don't you think?.....
 * if we want our team to have a name/a new name
 * what kind of treats Al is bringing to our next meeting
 * if we want to have a "gimmick" or "theme" or "tradition" to use at our monthly presentations
 * Should we decide how long our monthly presentations should be so that we can include that goal in our planning...or will each month's lesson require a different amount of time?
 * policies and procedures for checking out and using the hardware

Scot and Al, because we know that you are such suave presenters, we are counting in you to infuse your magic into all of the lessons we do at staff meetings. We need your ideas on everything we did today. If you want to volunteer to do any of the tasks that we have assigned to someone else, please do so! Would you like to volunteer to co-present with anyone on any of the tasks?

What do you think about providing a one-page monthly thing which could be sent electronically to staff members and which they could print off and save if they want to do that or could save in an electronic folder of their choice. The page could include info on the topics for that monthly meeting, written instructions for using the technology tool and websites related to the montly topics, inspirational quotes, Al's favorite recipes, etc.

Did we decide to investigate Zoomerang as the tool for administering the pre- and post-program surveys? How will be ensure that all staff members take it?

What tactics will we use do infuse our enthusiasm for these technologies and tools into our colleagues? Al dancing to Scot's original rap??

We decided on Sunday that as we go through the year, we may decide to modify some of the "fun websites" that are listed on the monthly plan above, so if you use a wonderful one, please put it on the list.

1. Store and share your digital pictures on **flickr.com** 2. **NEVER** post a picture or information on the NET which could be harmful to you or to another person. 3. A MASH-UP is a page on internet which contains more than one kind of media (a video, an audio recording, some text, a picture, a survey, a widget of any kind, etc.) Put two or three or more of those on a page and you have created a MASH-UP! 4. A WIDGET is an internet "gadget" such as a countdown clock, a ........(Can anyone else add some ideas here which might appeal to teenagers or teachers??) 5. The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 didn’t exist in 2004. 6. 1 out of every 8 couples married in the U.S. last year met online. 7. Julie--Check out this website for some ideas: http://blogulate.com/content/shift-happens-amazing-facts/ 8. See how many cups of water you can donate by testing your knowledge about the world. Go to **freepoverty.com** 9. __[|The great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn't get bigger or heavier.]__ -- Bill Gates 10. I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. **[|Isaac Asimov]** //US science fiction novelist & scholar (1920 - 1992)// 11. Viral marketing used to be a nice to have, now it’s essential. Word of Net is far faster than Word of Mouth Gautam Godhwani ([|Simply Hired]) 12. Interested in Chemistry? Check out the cool student-produced podcasts on this site: http://www.eagan.k12.mn.us/fletcher/acn/projects.xml 13. Check out www.edutopia.org 14.
 * Type Tech Tip ideas **for Julie here: Julie: I was thinking that these might fall into four categories: safety, cool sites, and technology terminology, and amazing facts related to the world of the 21st century. Can anyone think of other categories into which some tips might fall?**

1. Flash drive for every staff member 2. Digital camera as a Grand Prize 3. Webcam
 * Type **ideas for Prizes** here.