May+27

=iSITS Meeting= //May 27, 2014//

Agenda
9:00

Greetings from Jim
//priorities and highlights//

Digital Citizenship
9:15 - Report about Ministry [|actions] with regard to Digital Citizenship and Cyberbullying
 * Professional Development Opportunities
 * [|MOOC]
 * [|Summer Short Courses]
 * [|Twitter Chats]
 * [|Google Plus Community]
 * Digital Citizenship Continuum - in progress
 * Digital Citizenship Procedures and Guidelines - in progress
 * MediaSmarts: [|//My World and Passport to the Internet//]- our logins and password are NOT going to change. See your library for login information.

This week of #DCMOOC will introduce ways in which educators can use new digital technologies in positive ways with their students. Key sub-themes will include the development of students’ positive digital identities, digital portfolios, student activism, and using technologies in augmented, BYOD (Bring your Own Device) or 1:1 environments. Repeat Wednesday at 3:45 - 5:15.
 * Next MOOC session - today - [|May 27] at 7:00 - 8:30pm****

Watch: a short portion of the recorded Week 2 MOOC with Alec Couros
 * Respond - Week 2 Q1 //How do we ensure that learners are critical, ethical, and knowledgeable creators, consumers, and participants of digitally mediated environments? How can we develop students’ abilities to become self-regulatory in the appropriate use of digital media, rather than relying on external filters and restrictions? //


 * Sharing - Digital Citizenship Focus (what are you doing in your school?)

Social Media Policy Discussion - needed or not?

//10:15//

Break
10:30

Mapping the Internet and the SAMR Model

 * **[|Post] from Dean Shareski**
 * watch the video
 * see [|examples] of mapping the internet - Demo
 * map your version of the internet
 * **SAMR Model**
 * [|Improving the Journey - SAMR]
 * Discussion: What connections do you see between the //Visitor --- Resident// continuum and moving towards transformation in the SAMR model?
 * Task: in small groups - move meeting an outcome using integrated technology from Substitution to Redefinition
 * Science 4 - [|LI4.2] Analyze how light interacts with different objects and materials to create phenomena such as shadows, reflection, refraction, and dispersion
 * Health 9 - [|USC9.6] Analyze the health, economic, and social supports and challenges of addictions (e.g., tobacco, shopping, alcohol, gambling, Internet, drugs) on self, family, community, and the environment.
 * ELA 7 - [|CC7.1] Create various visual, oral, written, and multimedia (including digital) texts that explore identity (e.g., Exploring Thoughts, Feelings, and Ideas), social responsibility (e.g., Taking Action), and efficacy (e.g., Building a Better World)
 * Math 2 - [|N2.1] Demonstrate understanding of whole numbers to 100 (concretely, pictorially, physically, orally, in writing, and symbolically) by:
 * representing (including place value)
 * describing
 * skip counting
 * differentiating between odd and even numbers
 * estimating with referents
 * comparing two numbers
 * ordering three or more numbers.
 * Social Studies 8 - [|DR8.2] Describe the influence of the treaty relationship on Canadian identity.
 * Workplace and Apprenticeship Math - [|WA10.3] Demonstrate using concrete, and pictorial models, and symbolic representations, understanding of measurement systems including:
 * The Système International (SI)
 * The British Imperial system
 * The US customary system

12:00

Lunch
12:45

Apple VPP and Meraki
//Jason and Kelsey//

1:45

Word Processing Skill Set
//review expectations and iSITS committee role (handout)//  
 * [[file:Word Processing Skill Set.docx]] ***Grade 3
 * Difference between iPad and Laptop skills
 * Discuss - teacher knowledge set and needs (Assessment?)
 * Discuss implementation - professional learning needs; priorities; scheduling use of devices
 * [|Some keyboarding links]
 * Other resources (please add)
 * [|Microsoft Word Assignments]
 * [[file:Using SmartArt in Word.docx]]