November+30th+Minutes

It is being addressed. What are the spaces and what can be put into the plan?Goal 100% of teaching spaces have equitable resources. Currently product is not meeting our needs. Still trying to tweak it, need to deal with it for this school year. Behaves differently in different browsers and versions. Frustrated with implementation from a tech level. Need to back off of filter that still keeps out inappropriate content. Need to use intelligent filters that take words in context. email Sal if there are issues so tech can be aware. Pinnacle in learning lab 1. They are spaced out in the lab for small groups. One license will need to be put on the teacher’s station. There also 3 more that are out. One will go into the tv studio. There will be minutes from the BEST meetings. This months meeting included time for sharing resources. Talked about giving students a valuable global perspective. Root zone searches- get resources from other countries for their perspectives. Wonderwheel, custom search feature to reference students to. Distinct hash tags, twitter fall, twitter, [|www.waybackmachine.com] Heidi Hayes Jacob was keynote at NYSCATE, Sal went. Todaymeet (back channel) Long term planning: all resources need to be brought under one umbrella. Google apps for education? Google sites wikis look nice- Dr. Tebbano created a new wiki there. There are so many options that we need to find a structure and all of this from a single sign on perspective. Mywiki’s is a app that organizes all your wiki’s. Sal and Greg will go over through the building for permanent electrical set ups. Expression training on the 1st or 7th What the MS does with the promethean boards- start where you are, grow where you go- DI for teachers Demo Introduction Training Explore Use Refine, Learn more advanced features Integrate these new features Help desk issues- things are done and partially done but there is not enough information. Next Monday there will be a change- Discreet zones will be assigned to techs. Navaar- HS, Steve- MS, Chris- all elementary, .4 will be added support elementary schools. Additional help to the help desk phone system. There will also be a 2 tiered system- you will get Mike or a call tree- leave a non-urgent message or a message that emails major problems or errors to Lynn, Peter Teal, Sal and Gary.
 * LCDs **
 * iBoss **
 * Pinnacle **
 * BEST **
 * Sharing information **
 * Promethean boards **
 * Tech aides **

**Future meetings:** Start at 3pm, Thurs. Jan. 6 and Thurs. Feb. 3