Staff+Development+Meeting+Sept+24

Teachers explore with kids how can we use these? •	General tips for organization * Recommended structure for saving in the documents area. * Coincide with the College Readiness Benchmarks * Beginning by focusing on organization * Understand the view from a save and an open dialogue box * Writing within any class— * Using the draw tools on Notebook. * Template created by Julie * Bringing in note taking skills and use of the computer in FAS * Bell Work * Reinforce ideas over •	In other content areas

Pioneer teachers for those who are taking things to the next step and model classrooms. •	Professional Growth series (8 days total), October, January, May & Summer (16 people)--Visionaries •	Consultant—Cindy •	Henrico—first area of focus was in Social Studies

How to survive the first day or the first week. •	Surviving first day/week •	Common courses get together on how they can do this. •	SWREL—Active teaching with technology •	Baseline skills o	File Management o	Word-editing capability o	iPhoto o	iMovie •	Relearn items covered in roll out orientation. •	Create mini-sessions that can be shared with the SLC tech leaders •	Classroom management—right off the bat •	Identify core ideas/things that all can follow around SLCs •	Structured conversations in SLCs o	First day/week o	Basic o	Tips/tricks o	Brainstorm scenarios •	Student forget logins •	Mac Freezes •	12 kids no computer •	lost files •	little things that we assume that others know •	Cue in the building that the student has not been bringing the laptops—cue that it is lost or stolen? •	Tech Leaders can help develop these things. •	Model of students finding the information •	Adjust use for subs??? •	Can’t get online??? •	Immediate help—tech, SLC leader, students •	% of students who have a laptop. •	Etiquette •	Battery life •	Trouble shooting with the projector o	No negative experience o	Support beyond just the technical support o	What do I do when this happens list? o	Sharing of equipment o	Digital citizenship

Orientation at Roll Out •	Care and feeding video •	Logging in •	File management—Hard Drive structure—write something meaningful in Word and save it to the Documents area •	Word and web browser basics. •	Each teacher have the students develop a document (Word, PowerPoint, Inspiration) •	Launch the web browser and go to the BLOG •	Care and feeding document. •	What’s the hook? •

1. How to start class video/ideas for bell work/opening class/journaling and what to do at the end of class and share ideas with SLCs. Graphic organizer with the word for the day 2. Important things I should know video and what do I if list…..let them generate others. 3. Surviving the first week/classroom management video/classroom ACT prep/Career Cruising—basic assignments; create a reference guide for teachers to review

Look at freeing up SLC tech people with subs.