March

= = =March 09, 2010 Meeting= back to monthly notes

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**Attendance**
Sign In Sheet

PETE&C Sharing
Ann Johnston (with Kelli Murphy) - presentation about us, the TIENet group. All about you! Ally Tapp - presentation about [|www.edmodo.com].
 * Signing-up students. Recommend using the same usernames and passwords as the district account. Edmodo 'cuts' off the student's last name so that only their first name with last initial shows. __Email addresses are not required__.
 * A teacher account gives you the option to create groups and classes. Once the group is created, a code is given to share with the students. Brings them into the group.
 * We all created accounts and joined Ally's PETE&C group. Some of the options are great, but have only basic options such as polling (not a survey tool but just a poll, one question at a time only). The chalk option is not live until the teacher of the group launches it. The controls are from the teacher.
 * Chalk option is good place for real time conversation (like skype text) and peer editing. All editing are recorded and plays like a video,
 * Edmodo is a private community. The teacher can control what is seen publically so that the parents can see it.
 * Some discussion was had about whether showing student work, comments or whatever is legal to put on the Internet without parent permission. Should that be covered in an AUP?
 * Does this resource replace MOODLE? No. The CMS Moodle is built for better navigation that this. edmodo is just a listing according to date entry.

Flip Flicks:
//presented by: Ann Johnson//
 * Round 1, For teachers. Present tips -- has been out for a bit
 * Round 2. student videos has been opened this week.
 * []
 * Ann still has some cameras available for teacher use. Please contact her for more information. All cameras will need to be returned by summer as she needs them for other programs.
 * WARNING: some have stated that the videos aren't able to be seen in Firefox or other programs. Gettysburg/Kelli mentioned that one must install a CODECs file on the actual computer. Once loaded, no problems at all.

__Keystone Commons__:
//Presented by: Vicki Barr//
 * Her district is using this resource for blogging with teachers and students. REcommend putting everyone into a group blog to avoid needing to "become friends" with someone to read and comment on their blog.
 * Must be IN THE GROUP to make entries or your input will default to your individual page. Making sure everything saves to the group.
 * Create a GROUP, add your individual users and then make sure all happens there.
 * WARNING: Limitations to editing -- page names cannot be edited, nor can comments to posts.
 * RECOMMEND:
 * the LOTi site - []
 * Internet Safety Page - []


 * Registration cut-off is Friday.
 * Following the last Collaboration Day, Sue will send out the bill to districts. The bill will reflect dates and numbers but not names.
 * TO DO (summer project): Categorize tools to include purpose, recommendations, and examples. Tie it to Blooms and LOTI.
 * Include criteria for some of these tools.
 * Should we build the criteria list before picking the tools? Should we break out groups to specialize in specific areas? Should we put it on a separate wiki to be shared with everyone but linked to TIENet?

Collaboration Days 2010-2011

 * No Thursdays for next year (from Marge's school).
 * October, early December, early February, late April and May are the choices.
 * Possible dates: Oct. 27 (Wednesday), Dec. 7 (Tuesday), Feb. 9 (Wednesday), May 3 (Tuesday)

TIEnet Meetings 2010-2011

 * Oct. 19
 * Nov. 16
 * Dec. 14
 * Jan. 12
 * Mar. 22
 * Apr. 26
 * May 24

Other Topics:
Capital Day for CFF districts, May 11 - who is going??? NECC in Denver - who is going??? End of the year luncheon - When???

District visits for CFF districts who are contracted for this year. Please reserve your date today.
Sign up for a visit by Ann. If you're the first district to sign up for a specific date, add your county there, as she'll try to visit another district in that county for that specific date. Thank you in advance!