Preparation for Board Presentation in January

We are tentatively scheduled to make a presentation to the School Board as a group on January 26th.  Please mark your calendars. The goal is to show The Board what teachers can do to promote 21st Century Learning if given a laptop and also to encourage them to continue funding for technology for the benefit of all.

In order to prepare for this opportunity, it's a good idea for each of you to start creating your own portfolio of samples of projects/student work from your work as a Digital Leader. For now, I'd like to suggest that each of you start collecting samples of what you've done/are doing, and put them in a Google Presentation. If it's all together in one place, we can put something together for the Board that will help them see just exactly what it is we are doing.

Ideas include...

• 21st Century Projects you've launched and/or participated in
• Samples of student work
• Examples of collaborative work
• Blogs, glogs, voice threads... you name it.

Don't worry about having too much. If you  all create your own collection, we will have a lot to pick and choose from for the final presentation. We can work on this together as a group the next time we meet.

Next Gmail and GoogleDocs Training

The next Gmail and GoogleDocs training session will be held at Irving on Tuesday, October 6th.  Sessions begin at 3:30 and 4:15. Feel free to attend either, or both of these sessions.

This is a great way to jump in on many levels, and it will also provide you with the opportunity to collaborate and share the great things you are doing with some of our teachers.  Real examples from real teachers is a good selling point, and there's nothing better than all that shared enthusiasm! If you are free, we would love to have you join us!

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