13...June+9+Agenda

SPECIAL PARKING NOTES:
== Please allow extra time as there is often limited parking at the High School. If you cannot park at the High School park next door at the Frank G Lindsey Elementary School lower lot, 57 Trolley Road, Montrose, NY. You can walk to the High School from the parking lot and enter through the main doors. The library is to your right upon entering. Directions can be had here. ==

=8:30 Refreshments, informal gathering= = 8:45 Welcome, review agenda for today = = 9:00 Small group discussion by cohort = = 10:00 Cohort report to full group = = 10:15 Full group sharing of projects = = 11:15 Continuation Survey = = 11:30 Lunch = = 12:15 Full group sharing of projects continued= = 1:15 Plans for 2011-2012 = = 2:00 EETT survey = = 2:15 District meetings = = 3 :30 Dismissal=

Cohort Discussion Questions:

 * 1) =Which topics or areas were most beneficial?=
 * 2) =iPad was very beneficial, portable, accessible-lots of great apps used fo vocab, spelling, etc.=
 * 3) =Reading A-Z was very beneficial=
 * 4) =Podcasting was a great skill=
 * 5) =All liked PhotoStory for digital storytelling=
 * 6) =Flip cameras were a great tool for student use too=
 * 7) =Which topics or areas were most challenging?=
 * 8) =Ellis was very problematic-crashing, server issue=
 * 9) =Wikispaces was hard to use, not user friendly=
 * 10) =Rosetta Stone licensing was an issue-we did not have enough access for all to use it well=
 * 11) =Overall technology can be problematic=
 * 12) =What topics or areas do you want to explore further?=
 * 13) =Digital Stories=
 * 14) =Will need continued supprot to continue using these tools=
 * 15) =Alternative to Ellis-we need somethign to replace it=
 * 16) =E-books=
 * 17) ==What had the greatest impact on your instruction?==
 * 18) ==ESL kids felt positive about the access they had to technology tools==
 * 19) ==Kids felt very motivated by the grant and the opportunities==
 * 20) ==We thought differently about how we teach in the classroom==
 * 21) ==The program helped kids to achieve and to use new technology tools==
 * 22) ==Beginner students were helped by being able to practice and hear and see themselves played back==