July Sign Up Available

Summer lab sessions are scheduled in order to provide new digital leaders with opportunities to put in the required 15 hours of seat time. They can also be used by the original digital leaders to work in a collaborative setting, touch base, or to complete Virtual Classroom coursework in person.

Sessions have been scheduled based on availability submitted and also availability of a meeting space. Please click on the tab above to sign up for Summer Sessions.

If we need to add additional dates, we will need to first secure a space. Please let me know if the dates listed aren't going to work for you.

Announcements:

1. If you are a new digital leader and you haven't checked in yet, please do so before July 7th. You can check in by joining the wiki, signing up for lab sessions, or sending me an email. 
2. I'm trying to go off the grid this weekend. Enjoy the holiday!

Virtual Session Sign In, wordled

Virtual Session Today

Good morning! For lack of a meeting space, the 1 hour lab session scheduled for today has been moved to our virtual classroom. If this idea sounds frustrating, you can come to Central Office and work on it in person between 10:30 - 11:30 on Wednesday. The work is meant to be seat time for New Digital Leaders.

Tasks for today 
Do what you can and remember to take it at a slower summertime pace.

1. Sign in. See sidebar.
2. Join the wiki. You need to create an account to join. Use your teacher username and password to avoid future login confusion. See sidebar to go to our wiki.
3. Begin to complete tasks found on home page to get started using the wiki. 
4. Go to Summer Signup at the top of this blog to sign up for seat time if you can work in person. More sessions are becoming available over the course of the next few days and then the schedule will be finalize.

Work Sessions This Week

This morning it was a scramble to find a room and I appreciate those of you who came and worked amidst oboe lessons and maintenance crews. Tomorrow's location will be equally as challenging, so I have decided to move this Meet and Greet session to our Wiki. Feel free to join us if you already set aside the time, or wait until Wednesday morning when we do have the 1st floor conference room at Central Office booked.

I will update this blog with directions for joining the Wiki after I work out a few bugs discovered during our work today. I appreciate the test pilots. I won't update until tomorrow morning, but it will be ready by 10:30.

Drop-In Schedule:

• Tuesday: Virtual meeting 10:30.
• Wednesday: Drop in 10:30-11:30, Central Office, 1st Floor Conference Room
• Can we setup an Original Digital Leaders Meeting at CO either before or immediately following the Dell Training planning session?

6/28 Drop in Session @ Julian

Sorry about the last minute scramble to find a workspace. No one is answering phones. :-)
I am at Julian now and will work here until 12:00. If you want to put in 1 hour, get going with the Wiki and have a chance to ask questions feel free to drop in.

I am working on drop-in locations for the remaining two days.

Thanks!

News: June 27th

Lab Sessions during the week of July 12th are open for sign up - See tab at the top 

• Topic: using our Wiki
• Several sessions available
• Sessions are scheduled based on results of submitted forms and they are still coming in. 

Virtual Classroom VoiceThread
If you have an avatar and would like to contribute to our VoiceThread, it would be greatly appreciated. If you don't have an avatar and are just beginning, stay tuned. Our Wiki includes a lesson on Using Avatars for Internet Safety and this is where you will begin.

What Wiki? 
Wiki kickoff starts on Monday. View it in person if you drop in, or view it online. It will be available on this blog.

News: June 26th

Drop-in sessions:
On June 28th, 29th, and 30th there will be drop-in sessions. All Digital Leaders are invited to spend about an hour of your time meeting each other and discussing the program in person. If you are unable to attend, please email me and I will send you the Wiki with a little explanation.

Things to collaborate on:

• Introduce our Wiki 
• Schedule Lab Sessions / Seat Time
• Discuss participation for U97 credit
• Discuss your goals and ideas

Logistics: 

• Location: TBD (Brooks or Julian) Will post on this blog as early as possible on Monday morning.
• Time Frame: Anytime between 10:30 - 12:00

Note: Remaining Lab Sessions for the summer will be posted on this blog after the drop-in sessions end on Wednesday.

Dell Trainers Information:

New! Laptop Pickup - Important
For original Digital Leaders who are facilitating Dell Training only.

In order to participate in the first train-the-trainer session on June 28th, your laptop needs to be up and running before the start of the session so you can use it during the training.  As a special courtesy to trainers and to avoid crowds on the first available pickup date, the tech department has agreed to hold special pickup sessions for trainers on Wednesday or Thursday of this week. 

Please email Julie Mullen if you would like to pickup your laptop at CO between 1:00 and 4:00 on June 23rd or 24th and let her know what time you are available. The pickup should take about 15 minutes. Also, please included your originally scheduled date so she can take you off of that list.

Train-the-Trainer Workshop:

1. June 28th 1:00-5:00 pm, Workshop with Dell Trainer, U97 credit earned 
2. June 29th, 1:00-5:00 pm, Workshop with Dell Trainer, U97 credit earned 
3. June 30th, 1:00-3:00 pm. Collaborative planning to prepare for facilitating workshops in July, 2 hours paid 

Training Schedule: 

Published in a tab at the top of this blog

Changes to Training Schedule:

Trainers have an initial chance to be employed as paid trainers for two Dell Training Sessions. This means you and one other person will be facilitating the training. 

• If you need to cancel a training session you are scheduled for, please email me with the dates.
• If you are not scheduled for two sessions and would like to sign up, please email me with the dates.

Questions? Please email me

Welcome 2nd Generation Digital Leaders!

Our blog will be used as the primary source of communication for Digital Leaders work. It will serve as  the launcher for many other online communication tools and it is updated frequently. Please bookmark it and check your email regularly for blog update alerts.

Help Wanted: Teacher Leader for Instructional Technology

During the final rush of the school year, the Teacher Leader positions were advertised. The email attached to the posting was not clear. We are increasing the Instructional Technology team by 2 teachers, due to changes in positions of Harla Hutchinson and Amy Vogt.

If you are interested in taking on something completely new and exciting, please apply. The interview process will begin next week.

-Susan

Dell Training Schedule Published

The Dell Training Schedule of Trainers has been published. If you need to make a change, please email me.

View the Dell Trainer Schedule

Dell Training Information

Here is the latest news about Dell Training:

Train-the-Trainer Workshop:
After a tech group meeting, decisions have been made that change the time allotment for train-the-trainer. The first two days have been extended by one hour and will be dedicated to working with a Dell Trainer on an intro to using the Dell, Windows 7, etc. After that, our group will need a couple of hours to put together the 21st Century Learning part of the training and work out the details.

1. June 28-29th, 1:00-5:00 pm, Workshop with Dell Trainer, U97 credit earned 
2. June 30th, 1:00-3:00 pm. Collaborative planning to prepare for facilitating workshops in July, 2 hours paid 

Trainer Availability:

A spreadsheet has been shared with you. Please take a look at what you submitted and revise as needed. Trainers will be assigned next week, and once final decisions about 2nd Generation Digital Leaders are made, we will invite them to pick up the extra sessions.

View Trainer Availability

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