P12+Technology+Meeting


 * P12 Technology Council Meeting: September 24, 2010**

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Standards Transformation and Realignment in Thompson (START)

 * District START Documents - [|District START flow chart.docx]
 * Building START Documents - [|Bldg START flow chart.docx]
 * Thompson SBE Learning Cycle - [|R2JSBETLCycle copy.docx]

**Meeting Notes:**

 * **Introductions:**
 * Members present: Val Downing, Diane Lauer, Scott Elias, Marcy Cochran, Layne Arakaki, Michelle Logan, Quinn Van Horn, Roger Boettcher, Kim Watchorn, Jeannie Sponheim, Julie Cunningham, Brian Brown, Diane McInturff, Jeanie May, Steve Kennedy, Monika Hardy.
 * Members absent: Kellie Bashor, Ken Gwynn
 * **Purpose of Council:**
 * Diane Lauer spoke about the purpose of the P12 Councils. (See START documents above)
 * **Trust**
 * Val Downing spoke about trust and expectations.
 * Members responded to a writing prompt: "What capabilities do I have that make me credible and that inspire trust and confidence in others?"
 * [[file:p12 writing.pdf]] (Please refer to the first half of this document.)
 * **Setting Goals for this Council**
 * Diane asked that this Council identify 3 main goals to focus our work on for the year. We identified 8.
 * A district shared repository and someone to manage it
 * Explore and demonstrate ways to collaborate other than face-to-face meetings.
 * Conduct trainings/alignment/exposure/awareness of Digital Citizenship standards
 * Paid Tech Coach position at every building
 * Develop a framework for inquiry and problem solving
 * Create a centralized location of tech "How to's" and support
 * Breakdown the SMART goals so that higher level thinking skills can be evaluated
 * Explore a web-based product to house curriculum maps and standards
 * Val will post a poll to narrow this to 3. We will base our work for the year on these 3 identified goals.
 * **Closing:**
 * Writing Prompt: How will the contributions that I make to this group be carried forward to others? [[file:p12 writing.pdf]] (Please refer to the second half of this document)