March2010

=MICE= =March 27th, 2010= =8:30-10:30AM=

Brief meeting this month due to the Mini-Conference that took place on the 6th of this month.

Agenda
 * Web inservice with rep from Nettrekker
 * Great resource
 * may be a bit overwhelming for teachers
 * will want to baby steps
 * Atomic Learning/Brainpop/Nettrekker usage
 * Suggested to do geekfest illuminate session during day during summer
 * Mini-Tech Conference
 * Discovery Video - please remind your staff to log-in through their IDEAL account.
 * In order to continue having the State fund this need to show usage
 * WOW Conference
 * Wiggio http://www.wiggio.com
 * Technology Resource Guide, progress
 * Peer Observations
 * send out email about signing up for Peer Observations
 * Ideas for summer tech classes....would appreciate your input
 * building blogs and wikis (Glynis)
 * MyWebspiration
 * Camp Plug & Play, have you signed up for a class if you are going?
 * ALT....21st Century
 * Mini-Geek Fest web show, 2nd Monday of each month
 * Resources from Peggy George's wiki for this show - http://minigeekfest.wikispaces.com/Peggy_Resources
 * Word of warning, if you go to this page get comfortable cause you are going to want to spend some time here!
 * AIMS Test Prep
 * [|Office of Youth Preparation]
 * Parade of Games
 * Pete;s Powerpoint Station
 * Classroom Game Templates
 * IDEAL_Aims Resources
 * Jeopardy Labs
 * Science AZAC [[file:09-10 AZAC data sheet.xls]] for organizing and predicting results
 * Google
 * Google Wonder Wheel
 * Dog Wonder Wheel
 * for dog wonder wheel...search in google, then underneath the google logo on the results page, expand (+ sign) the "show options" and one of the options in the list will be wonder wheel
 * Google Squared google.com/squared
 * shows your search results like an excel sheet; you can sort by columns and save these sorted lists
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 * Wiffiti.com (no www.) anybody can add comments on your pics but you have to be signed on to get your choice of names
 * Pixton...anybody using this? I'm currently doing a free trial with a core of tech-savvy kids. Want their input and also want to see how much inappropriate content they're likely to access before giving all student a chance. Pixton is a subscription service. Anyone else have the pay version and, if so, what is the source for your money? It is not really cheap. (John E.)
 * Intel visual ranking tool...I saw this at Tucson conference. Allows kids to collaborate, justify, and compare their work with other teams. It's avail free to anyone. I'm just starting to use it. Anyone want a demo? (John E.)
 * Awesome web site Photoshop online www.sumopaint.com
 * Awesome web site Photoshop online www.sumopaint.com