3rd+Week


 * Monday, February 23rd - 4:30 - 6:00 pm (Schedule A)**

The main focus of this meeting was use of the SmartBoard, beginning with the basics of setup and troubleshooting. We also looked at the Smart Notebook software, version 10, with many of its tools, capabilities, and gallery. While most teachers here are using their SmartBoards to some degree, all agreed that we should look more closely at interactive student activities, not just presentation. It takes time and creativity to put these type of lessons together and may mean a "shift" in thinking for some. Hopefully, we'll get better at this during our time together.

**__IMPORTANT RESOURCES AS YOU GET STARTED__...** [|Click here] to download Smart's full version 10 Notebook software with drivers

[|Click here] to find Smart training materials, 2-minute tutorials and free online training opportunities.

[|Click here] to find additional Smart teacher resources including lesson activities and software ideas


 * Sunday, March 1st - 9:00am - 12:00 pm (Schedule A)**

All members of the group have agreed to post and update some sort of webpage where they can interact with students. We looked at the pros and cons to using individual Google sites, free wikispaces, blogs, and even social bookmarking sites (like delicious). Everyone chose for themselves which type of website would be best for his/her class situation; we worked from there. Some have decided to pursue more than one avenue, but will for now, work on one thing at a time and expand from there. Most of this session was spent developing the website of choice, taking pictures, and sharing information.

**__IMPORTANT RESOURCES AS YOU GET STARTED__...** Click here to view tutorials and guides that might be helpful while working on educational wikis.

[|Click here] to get more information about blogging and its role in education.

[|Click here] to find help with creating and personalizing your own Google Site.

[|Click here] if you want to search for DELICIOUS sites OR to setup an account of your own in order to share website bookmarks online. Remember that there are other social bookmarking sites; you may want to search for and experiment with others.


 * Schedule B will do a minimum of 3 hours online communication rather than face-to-face this week.**