EDLD+5306+Agenda

The Agenda
The purpose of this page is to brainstorm ideas for the agenda items for the first interactive meeting of this professional learning community. Group members should think about the following as they plan the agenda: - Purpose - Objective - Grade level - Facilitator’s name - Community members - Activities: the purpose of each activity, the description of each activity, the activity’s steps, and the estimated time for each activity. An example of a beginning activity might be to have the community members create a shared vision.

=**__ AGENDA FOR INTERACTIVE MEETING __**=


 * **Purpose:** || The purpose of our interactive meeting is to brainstorm about ideas and share our experiences with intergration of technology into school systems. ||
 * **Objective:** || The objective is to come up with a model for successful intergration of technology into a high school environment. ||
 * **Grade Level:** || 9 - 12 ||
 * **Facilitator's Name:** || Ellen Zimmerman ||
 * **Community Members:** || Lisa R. Hansen, Glen Harrison, Tracy Maxwell, Craig Herman, Mandy Ternes ( The last three have recently joined.) ||

=__Activities for Interactive Meeting__=
 * ====Agree upon a shared vision====
 * __Purpose__: To agree upon what we see as the optimal outcome so that we can come up with ways to get to that outcome effectively.
 * __Description__: Share our ideas about what we see as the ideal for technology integration and decide on a vision that incorporates all of our ideas.
 * __Steps__:
 * Listen to everyone's ideas
 * See where we agree/disagree
 * Write out a vision that we can all agree upon for this task.
 * __Estimated Time__: 1 hour
 * ====Determine the components that we see as crucial to achieving full technology integration.====
 * __Purpose__: We will need to decide what elements need to be implemented or improved upon. What we feel will work in our setting.
 * __Description__: Share what each of us feel are the crucial components. Consider other subject area needs.
 * __Steps__:
 * Listen to everyone's ideas.
 * See where we agree/disagree.
 * Write out the components that we agree upon.
 * __Estimated Time__: 30 minutes
 * ====Go over each component individually and discuss the best way to implement each.====
 * __Purpose__: Come up with several items regarding each individual component.
 * __Description__: Go over each component that we have agreed upon and determine what actual steps are necessary.
 * __Steps__:
 * Within each component we need to do the following:
 * Discuss the current status of that component in the schools.
 * Identify known difficulties with that component.
 * Agree upon a solution to implement each process successfully.
 * __Estimated Time__: 2 hours