December+2009

C-Forum
December 4, 2009 Host: Canyons School District Location: Canyons Administration Building 9150 South 500 West Sandy, UT


 * **Welcome and Introductions**: PJ Giles, Colleen Bliss 9:00-9:15

> >> Introductions by Mrs. Burningham and Mr. Bettinson & waiting for contact: >> __[]__ >> Students contact ISS: >> __[]__ >> After the event: >> __[]__ >> Dave Bettinson Interview: >> __[]__ >>  >> [|Deseret News Story][|Deseret News Slideshow] [|Deseret News Story] [|ABC News Story] [|Salt Lake Tribune Story]
 * **Canyons School District**: Intro to CSD Ed Tech Team: Camille Cole, Katie Blunt 9:15-9:35
 * About Canyons School District
 * http://emt.canyonsdistrict.org
 * [|Intro. to Canyons ppt]
 * Midvalley Elementary - ARISS Event - Katie Blunt
 * [|ARISS] = Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
 * Here are the YouTube links to the video footage from Midvalley's ARISS event:
 * [|Archive of live feed on USTREAM]
 * Midvalley ARISS in the news:

=Google Search=
 * **Google Teacher Academy and Google Apps for Education**: Kelly Dumont 9:35-10:30
 * Google for Educators
 * Google Teacher Academy
 * Google Apps for Education
 * Google Wave - Demonstration
 * The Complete Guide to Google Wave
 * I have invitations to Google Wave for anyone here today that wants one, send an email address to me. theeducationalmac@gmail.com
 * The Tools:**
 * Special Features
 * Search Features
 * Web Search [|Support]
 * Don't forget the Google Operators like Define: and others.
 * Download posters for your classroom.
 * Insights for Search
 * Google Squared
 * Language Tools
 * Book Search [|Support]
 * Mark Wagner PhD's Library
 * Lisa Thumann's Library
 * [|Chris Walsh's Library of Public Domain (Full View) Books]
 * Scholar Search Support
 * News Search Support
 * See also [|News Timeline] and InQuotes
 * [|Blog Search] [|Support]
 * Add your blog
 * Google Alerts Support
 * Image Search Support
 * see also Similar Images
 * Video Search Support
 * See also Audio Indexing
 * Custom Search Engine Support
 * CSE Web Elements
 * Blogging with Students Custom Search Engine
 * Directing Learning with Google Custom Search by November Learning (PDF)
 * **Evaluating Technology Integration** - William Morgan 10:30-10:45


 * **Break 10:45-11:00**


 * **Social Media** - Jethro Jones, PJ Giles 11:00-11:30


 * Social Media Survey
 * [|Social Media Guidelines]


 * Elementary/Secondary Schools Using Twitter on their School Web Page
 * Altara Elementary
 * Bell View Elementary
 * Crescent Elementary
 * Draper Elementary
 * Lone Peak Elementary
 * Park Lane Elementary
 * Sprucewood Elementary
 * Brighton High School
 * Jordan High School


 * **Resources to Share** 11:30 - 12:00
 * Drop BoxTeleport Synergy (Synergy Tutorial) - Robert Gordon
 * Holiday Interactives - Wade Harman
 * [|Snowman]
 * [|Deck the Halls]
 * [|Pyramid Challenge]
 * [|Elf Yourself]
 * [|Payback - Elf Yourself]
 * [|North Pole]
 * [|City Creator]
 * [|Christmas Activities]
 * [|Rice Bowl]
 * [|Medical Mysteries]
 * [|Junk Bot]
 * The 2009 PNC Christmas Page Index


 * **Lunch 12:00-1:00**


 * **Thinkfinity Highlight**

> Math resource from Thinkfinity
 * __[|Illuminations]__ - Rick Gaisford
 * Rick had us break into group s and explore and share
 * Calculation Nation
 * Dynamic Paper
 * Activities
 * Lessons
 * Web Links


 * **UCET Update:** Pam Turley


 * [|UCET 2010 Conference]: A Clear Vision for Teaching and Learning in a Digital World
 * February 26-27, 2010 Murray High School
 * Call for Presenters: online registration due by December 15, 2009
 * Online Registration now open
 * Vendors still needed. Send vendor requests to ross.rogers@canyonsdistrict.org


 * **UEN Update:** UEN Group
 * December 1 - New Winter and Spring Professional Development schedule
 * The license for eMedia's current digital asset management (DMS) software expires at the end of the year so UEN has been busy setting up another DMS solution. The assets - videos, images, etc... - will be the same and you will still be able to preview and download.
 * The UEN programmers continue to resolve the unforeseen issues that arose after the Nov. 1 my.uen upgrade.
 * James Hodges, from UEN's Tech Services Support Center (TSSC) shared information about the IVC and ConferenceMe solutions. Please contact James if you have questions or need help setting things up. TSSC at 800-863-3496 James at TSSC at 801-883-4851.


 * **USOE Update:** Rick Gaisford
 * QWEST Grant due Dec. 18 - info on Rick's my.uen QWEST page
 * Project Tomorrow - SpeakUp survey - we need 1% of Utah students to complete the survey in order for Utah to get the data
 * Ed Tech Endorsement - more information
 * TEDx is a new program that enables local communities such as schools, businesses, libraries, neighborhoods or just groups of friends to organize, design and host their own independent, TED-like events. Rick was thinking it would be nice to have a Utah TED event.
 * GIS license with ESRI was renewed at no cost - if Utah can show that we provide 25K of professional development in kind.
 * UCET Conference posters are done and Rick brought a bunch to be distributed to the schools.


 * **iTunes U -- Carl Lyman**
 * [|Podcast Planning Form PDF]
 * [|Podcast Planning Form Sample PDF]
 * carl.lyman@schools.utah.gov