October+Meeting

iSITS Meeting: October 2, 2012

=Agenda=

9:15 - 10:00 - Sharing
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10:15 - Donna - updates and cool tools
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 * Role of the iSITS Committee - suggestions based on the spring discussion
 * Fall reminders - quick demos
 * [|Global Issues in Context]
 * [|Passport to the Internet]
 * [|Digital Citizenship Continuum]
 * [|Discovery Education]
 * [|Learning Resources]
 * [|Science Tools]
 * [|Yammer]
 * [|PD booklet]- online PD
 * Discovery Education - Beginner - Oct 3
 * Discovery Education - Advanced - Oct 24
 * Twitter
 * [|Saskatchewan School Organizations and Educators on Twitter]
 * Donna's cool tools
 * [|Eventbrite]
 * [|Google Hangout]
 * //Word//

Things that Suck – Activity based on a presentation by [|Dean Shareski]
[|Online Stop Watch] - 5 minute discussion per topic
 * RULES **
 * 1) Take a side or stay in the middle
 * 2) Say your name and your school - state your case
 * 3) Be kind and respectful


 * Topics **
 * 21st Century Learning
 * BYOD
 * [|Point/Counterpoint: Should students use their own devices in the classroom]
 * Computer labs
 * [|Point/Counterpoint: Are computer labs obsolete?]
 * Network filters
 * Admin access to laptops for teachers
 * iPads in the classroom
 * [|Point/CounterPoint: Will the iPad Revolutionize Education?]
 * PLNs
 * [|Point/Counterpoint: Can your PLN replace traditional PD?]
 * Our students are digital natives
 * [|Point/Counterpoint: Is the Digital Native a Myth]?

12:15- 1:00 - Jason

 * Deployment to date
 * Admin Access
 * Content Filter
 * Help Desk
 * Ordering Procedures
 * Apple Support

1:00 - iSITS Learning
Google - search tips and techniques (1980 Iran Hostage Situation)
 * Searching** (Donna and Shawn)
 * [|Effective Search Practices] - adapted by Saskatoon Public School Division via [|Techy Teacher] [|from Alan November]
 * [|Country Codes]
 * [|Google Search Posters]

Searching Ideas - Goolge, yahoo, Bing, Ask.com [|Point - Counterpoint - To flip or not to flip] [|The Flipped Classroom as a vehicle to the future] [|The Flipped Classroom: the full picture] (video) [|Flipped Classroom Creates Magic and Controversy in BC Schools]
 * Flipped Classroom** - discussion - pros and cons

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[|Flipped Classroom Pros and Cons]

//Flipped Classroom screencasting tools// //Sources of videos//
 * [|ScreenCast O Matic]
 * iPad Apps
 * ScreenChomp
 * Explain Everything
 * [|Khan Academy]
 * [|Discovery Education Video]
 * [|R.O.V.E.R]
 * [|TED Talks]
 * [|National Film Board]

//Make your own//
 * iMovie
 * WMM
 * SMARTBoard

Exit Slip
e-mail Donna with the item that you will be immediately sharing with your staff and why.