October+2009

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

October 9, 2009

 * 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 * Subject folders on the main UTIPS page(s) have been unpublished.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

>>> * 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.
 * 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 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.