February+14,+2012+Tech+Meeting

Lopatcong Hosted for Valentine's as we discussed all things mandated from the state...or things soon to come:

@http://www.parcconline.org/new-jersey Sounds like the state assessments will someday soon be online for grades 3-8? Here is some of the info: March 2012 - assessment of infrastructure of all NJ schools Summer 2012 - review of data from the assessment of infrastructure Spring 12-13 - pilot of online assessments? Spring 13-14 - official rollout of online testing Not much more info is available yet..Oh by the way - this is unfunded...
 * PARCC Online Testing**

@http://education.state.nj.us/broadcasts/2012/FEB/16/5843/Guidance.pdf The timeline for this unfunded mandate is Summer 2012 (ready for the 12-13 school year) If you have an account, there is more info now at @https://www.njsmart.org This should equalize all classes across New Jersey and the NJSMART reports should be able to see which course is being taught by which teacher (SMIDS) and which students are enrolled in that course.
 * Common Course Codes**

@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZkHpNnXLB0 Pretty interesting guess at what classrooms will look like in the next 5-10 years
 * A Day Made With Glass 2**

@http://www.fluency21.com/ Great website from Ian Jukes and crew with great info on current fluencies students need to have
 * Become a committed sardine!**

We quickly mentioned school safe social networks to help teach students to model digital citizenship http://www.mybigcampus.com/ used by Lopatcong @https://gaggle.net/ used by Franklin @http://www.edmodo.com/ used by Blairstown
 * School Safe Social Networking**

And don't forget to register for the Friday, March 16th Tech Day! @http://lopatsd.org/tech/

Matt Shea - Lopatcong Diane Bower - Lopatcong Karen Wester - Franklin Mike Hann - Great Meadows John Morsillo - Hackettstown Kim Sigman - Washington Township Sharon Harpster - Knowlton Nancy Morera - Greenwich Adam Tucker - Warren Hills Staci Horne - Phillipsburg Rosemary Rinker - Phillipsburg Kelly Fox - Blairstown
 * IN ATTENDANCE:**