Technology+Training

Technology Professional Development Committee Notes 8.31.11 Joan Harmon, Betsy Jackson
 * Curriculum Team Meeting Notes:**

__Technology skills PK-5 students should learn this year:__ We are currently reviewing skill lists for PK-5 from the Michigan Educational Technology Standards for Students (2009), a rubric from the state of Maryland’s standards, and the ISTE Student NETS (standards). We will work to create a sequence of skills across PK-5 for LCS.

__Website platform for teachers:__ Any will work as long as the URL is embedded in the elementary school’s website.


 * Training Opportunities:**
 * 1) PDF - Traci Wass will come to your room to train you
 * 2) Scanning - Luann Willemin will train you in the Main Office

[|Sept. 15 meeting.pdf]

September 21, 2011 __**Technology Self-Assessment (online survey given to PreK-5 teachers)**__

[|Self-Assessment #1.pdf]

September 26, 2011 Betsy found a series of Technology Lessons for K-5 that is based on N.E.T.S., grade level and developmentally appropriate, and affordable. Joan purchased these for teachers in K, 2, 3, 4, and 5th grade. First grade teachers already own this.

October 3, 2011 Joan called REMC and discussed PD offerings. They will come to our school and lead PD sessions for no charge. She created this PD schedule: [|Professional Development Schedule 2011-12.pdf]

January 25, 2012 Betsy and Traci met afterschool and discussed the outline Sheila gave us. 1. Current technology training needs
 * See notes and pdf. from Sept. 21, 2011

2. Current PD plan
 * See notes from Oct. 3, 2011

3. Summer PD plan We thought that possibly we need to develop guidelines for what we expect teachers to learn through summer classes. Maybe we could create these from the results of the technology self-assessment given Sept. 21, 2011.
 * Think about having teachers take classes either online (Michigan Virtual School) or through REMC classes (Summer Institute).

4. 2012-13 PD plan the next objectives to be.
 * See what other courses are offered through REMC (blogging? interactive whiteboards? tablets?)
 * Create the PD plan from what we are requiring teachers to know about technology and how to use it in their classroom teaching AND what we would like