Submitted by: Clair Segal
-What does September hold for us:
-Training wise
-LS
-Celeste is trying to set up Drive accounts for the 3rd grade right now
-How young do we go and with what software?
-Drive for 1st and 2nd?
-Google Classroom?
-MS
-Connect and Email set up
-Jumprope set up/norming
-Zoom training
-I can do that via Loom explanations/one on one work via Zoom if necessary
-HS
-Teacher training
-Two new English teachers
-Device/Set Up wise
-What devices do we have/can we give for which grades next year?
-What is our file installation system? Are we still using File Wave for next year? And if so how do we get those things on our devices for next year
-LS
-What’s the plan for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th graders?
-could we get the 2nd graders 4th-grade iPads?
-could we get a set of the Chromebooks for the 3rd and 4th grades?
-11 4th graders are leaving→ how can we retrieve their devices?
-MS
-Mark and Jacob had discussed new 5th grade Chromebooks→
-5th->6th->7th->8th with devices moving up with kids each year
-HS Laptops for 9th grade
Filewave solution
External mouse also?
-Could this go on a supply list as something we ask the kids to buy?
-Overall Integration Work
-LS
-Teachers are feeling much better about their tech usage
-Things are finally starting to quiet down/feel balanced for them
-MS
-Teachers are being great, super willing to dig into things
-Since Zoom isn’t super reliable, it’s actually encouraging different models of teaching that they’re looking for tools to support
-HS
-Teachers have a lot of young kids, so they’re juggling at the same time as teaching
-We need to push them to innovate more→ everyone is rolling with it, but they’re also not going far beyond their comfort zones/trying to recreate traditional teaching via Zoom
Happy Hour
-Every other week is working for us as a schedule
-Joy will host the next one on the 7th
-Celeste will do the 21st
-What’s our general theme for the next one?
-Synchronous tools? Since we did asynchronous last time?
– how are you engaging students over zoom?
-Question for the Group:
-End of year events/plans. What do those look like? What do we need to support? What standards are we setting?