April+12+2011+Tech+Meeting


 * APRIL 12, 2011 MINUTES**

Shelby Flakker Integra One 484-223-3480 sflakker@integra1.net
 * GUEST VENDOR:**

Shelby from Integra One came out to briefly talk to the Tech Coor about their services. Integra One is an A-Z support company located in Fogelsville, PA. Here are some of their services: For more info, contact Shelby with the info above
 * Network Design and Support
 * Wireless Design and Support
 * HP & Acer Sales, HP, Acer, and Apple partner for warranties and repairs
 * Managed Print Services
 * VOIP Telephony (cisco)

1) Assistive Tech - text to speech and speech to text Washington Borough considering Dragon for some assistive tech needs. North Warren has Dragon but many of us are using Kurzweil and Write Out Loud as well. 2) Skype for Education - @http://education.skype.com/ Using your skype account, you can now register your class with the Skype community to be partnered with other classrooms globally for similar projects/grades. This was just released in March and already has over 10,000 classrooms signed up. 3) Tech Standards and implementaion This topic always seems to pop up. Karen shared that her 5th and 6th graders are starting to use wikispaces as an e-portfolio for students to showcase some of their digital artifacts. The big issue currently seems to be how to use the NJTAP-IN rubric to fit the new 2009 Tech Standards and how to implement that rubric. 4) Digital Citizenship and Internet Safety Adam Tucker at Warren Hills shared some of their lessons they use for a 7th grade project to teach digital citizenship [|WH Presentation.pptx] - presentation from Adam about digital citizenship [|WH Lesson Plan.docx] - word document from Adam about the lesson plan Karen from Franklin has been using guides and info from @http://cybersmartcurriculum.org/ Here is a nice resource also in Brainpop: @http://www.brainpop.com/technology/digitalcitizenship/ We also discussed how social networking tools might safely be rolled out for integrating into other curriculum. Here were a few ideas: http://www.edmodo.com/ - free and safe social networking tools for education http://www.mybigcampus.com/ - if you purchase a content filter from Lightspeed Systems, you get access to their social networking tools @http://www.schoolwires.com/swcorp/site/default.asp - if you have a school wires website, they have some social networking tools as well
 * TOPICS:**

Adam Tucker - Warren Hills Becky Snyder - Washington Borough Jeff Louw - North Warren Matt Shea - Lopatcong Marilyn Kosiorek - Great Meadows Karen Wester - Franklin Township
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