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.