Sometime in the 3rd week of August

• Video warm up: Are you past, present or future oriented?

June 11th, 11AM Japan Standard time: Live stream is here

• Warm up video

June 4th, 11AM Japan Standard time: Live stream is here meeting in Dean room in M202, Frank and Adam will be absent

• We have guests from St. Maur's IT Department, Craig & Ray

  From Craig - "We are looking forward to discussing teaching strategies and other issues related to technology in education today. Thanks and see you tomorrow"

• Warm up video

• update from Wednesday HODs meeting
• BTG
• YIS Social Media Policy?
  • http://mashable.com/2009/06/02/social-media-policy-musts/
  • How should we approach this in the form of trying to distribute information to students, staff, families and alumni?

May 28 11AM Japan Standard time: Live stream is here 

• Ideas for renaming our department: warm up video
• James will join the Team again for BTG update and brainstorming
• St.Maur IT Department guests will be coming next Thursday to see what we do

May 21st at 11 AM Japan Standard time: Live stream is here 

• Warmer: watch Project-based Learning at High Tech High Length 15 minutes

   

• Tokyo BarCamp Recap

• Discuss BTG

   

May 14th at 11 AM Japan Standard time: Brian L will be Absent for this meeting 

• Warmer: watch the 1st 20:26 of "A Portal to Media Literacy"

       in this portion Professor Wesch discusses what the traditional classroom wall says... & shows why it's irrelevant today

  

• Discuss BTG

May 7th at 11 AM Japan Standard time: 

• Warmer: 
• One Book Sakura Medal Project (Christine, Brad)
  • Description: Have PK-12 students read Sakura Medal award-winning books (6 books) so that it can be played back in a digital format for the community to hear.
  • Goals:
    • Build ties across curriculum, disciplines, and grade-levels at YIS and the community
    • Promote Sakura Medal Program
    • Promote literacy in English and Japanese
  • Needs:
    • Support from Library, Elementary ICT Facilitator, Curriculum Coordinators
    • MP3 Players
• Question: When are the Deliberators meeting to discuss the 2009-10 Tech Plan? Maybe this should be first presented to the HODs. When's the next scheduled HODs meeting?

April 30th at 11 AM Japan Standard time:  live stream is here

• This might be a good warmer for the IT meeting, found this resource when preparing for presentation last week.
• Review and reflection of JASCD "Try it on Monday"
• Brad's Music Vermont Midi project recorded and streamed. Could this be done in other classrooms?

  • YIS & Vermont Midi Project from Yokohama International School on Vimeo.

• IT LAB Design change proposal

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April 23rd, 2009 

• Watch the 1st 12 minutes of this video

• JASCD Try I.T. On Monday Workshops update & needing support (Christine)
  • Who from YIS is presenting? Needs?
  • Who from the meeting is going to be at what workshops?
  • Which rooms will be used & what is are Unconference sessions.
  • Student Tech Team involvement. Possible live streaming by Angus in Grade 6. Anyone want to assist him?

April 16th, 2009 at 11 AM Japan Standard time:  live stream is here

• Special Guest today
  • Kim Cofino  21st Century Literacy Specialist at ISB Thailand
  • Alex Guenther Middle and High School ESL Teacher at ASB Thailand
• Last week we talk a little bit about the AERO standards this week I'm interested in this question
  • What is successful Education Technology and how is it quantified?
• (Time permiting...) Future direction of our portal (classroom) websites

April 9th, 2009 at 11 AM Japan

• Next week's IT meeting will be extra special as Kim Cofino will be joining, her schedule for the day.
• Teaser watch of few minutes of this video (note to self 2:08 - 7:07)
• update of last week's Elementary Proposal
• Education Plan a look at the Aero Standards

Tech Tips  - Adam

April 2nd, 2009 at 11 AM Japan Standard time:  live stream is here 

• Elementary iBook implementation improvement proposal:
  • Change homeroom names to generic scheme of A,B & C ending eg: 2A, 2B, 2C
  • Auto distribute 4 iBooks for every homeroom teacher
  • Benefits to this plan
    • would have computers ready to use for elementary on 1st day of school
    • easy to manage from an inventory stand point
    • less stress for elementary ICT & PreK-12 ICT position at the beginning of the year
• Update: Gaming document is sharing on google docs all of you should have an invite to it
• Update: Learning Hub is online and being hosted by edublogs
  • What's next: all of MS Student accounts have been created, student learn how to export - import