October+11,+2011

Hi everyone, Here is a brief overview of what we discussed this morning:

PD ideas gathered from Departments since our last meeting:

Look at resources CBE for texting and cyber bullying Fill in reasons why Monty will sign off I hope I didn’t miss anything, Diane
 * General PD (possibly sessions for morning) **
 * Mandt training – Student Services
 * D2l
 * Blogging
 * Smart board
 * Wikis/edmodo
 * Cyber bullying
 * Texting
 * <span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif';">Department PD topics (possibly for pm) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif';">Create bank of questions
 * <span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif';">Store online questions
 * <span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif';">How to create good questions
 * <span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif';">Tech update from Cam: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif';">Form coming out for teachers who want to have admin access on their Teacher 1:1 laptop
 * <span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif';">Student password reset tool – students should be encouraged to use this tool. They can re-set their password from home or by using the internet on another student’s computer at school. The link is on our website.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif';">Coming soon: Students personal devices for exams using quest a plus software to lock out Internet