March+12,+2013+Tech+Meeting

Thanks to Bob Cammarota & Rob Zebrowski for being gracious hosts at Warren County Tech School (breakfast was great btw)!

Here are some highlights of what was discussed:

Karen attended an NJEA Meeting
 * NJEA moving away from live meetings and doing more webinar trainings (real time and recorded)
 * detailed notes about using thinkfinity.org
 * NJEA recognizing technology integration achievements? moving away from prizes but recognizing users in their magazine/newsletter?

The dreaded PARCC conversation - here was what was discussed:
 * 3rd grade testing a real concern due to typing skills
 * Franklin Twp tried pushing Typing Pal at home for 3rd grade students but the parents pushed back and want typing taught at school
 * Diane Mandry from Pohat went to NJDOE meeting - NJDOE not empathetic about the costs to prepare for PARCC
 * Are there any best practices from any pilots or from ISTE?
 * someone heard that they may require four feet in between test takers...
 * what happens during a power outage?
 * COMCAST users can upgrade bandwidth for one month with no contract issues

Tech plans *send links of tech plans to matt to upload to the wiki
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Franklin had good response to parent needs assessment
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">A few schools did needs assessments on students and staff but did not share with community
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Franklin used google docs for form for surveys

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Computers for kids for recycling
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Jeff from North Warren said vendors should have iso certifications and state waste handlers cert from nj to recycle?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Computers For Kids refurbishes and is not a recycling company
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Many of us use EZPC recycling for recycling and they provide certificates of destruction

Document cameras?
 * ipevo?
 * hovercam

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Upcoming Conferences/PD:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">ESU spring into technology march 23rd $40
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">April 11 villanova tech expo free (Thursday)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Iste san antonio june $250? Webinar and resourcesClassroom 2.0
 * member of iste $99
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Njea core content in april on a saturday
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Google summit 3/14 & 3/15
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Edcamp NJ unconference november 13
 * kevin jarrett
 * kevin jarrett

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Library Software: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Check with county library? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Bookstream, bookshelf, tumblebooks, onemorestory.com ($1.10 per student) - 240 books, lexile levels <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Razkids.com? Many more tools built in including writing, data collection, lexile and dra

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Textbooks <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">IBooks, ck12 (open source), epub made by kids, classroom set of books but then using online versions <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">PIM?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Amplify Tablet from SXSW - education android tablet complete with classroom management []

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Matt shea Lopatcong <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Dawn Gizis Bethlehem <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Lisa Garrison Knowlton <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Karen Wester Franklin <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Adam Tucker Warren Hills <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Greg Cottrell Warren Hills <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Diane Mandry Pohatcong <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Kim Sigman Washington Twp. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Jeff Louw North Warren <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Brian Quigley North Warren <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Robert Zebrowski WCTS <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Bobby Cammarota Wcts. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Nancy morera Greenwich
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">IN ATTENDANCE: **