TRT Training Day - May 2007

Item One:

• Remember our Norms for today's meeting/training..
• Clock Hour forms and sign in sheet are at the table in the back of the room under the clock.

Item Two (starting at 8:00):

• Conversation Starters!
  
  • Shift Happens
  • Web 2.0
    
    
• Some Misc. Stuff
  • Because of bandwidth issues Google Video and You Tube have been blocked. If you or your staff would like access for an instructional purpose please contact Dave with your IP number and he will unblock your static IP.
    
    
• Hands on Training:
  • Demo - Web Based Data Collection Tool - Link to tool
  • Grade Posting to Online Grades
    • Another round of Grade posting to the grades.wsd.wednet.edu server with Easy Grade Pro.
      • This server will combine all schools and it would give parents the capability to see a student's full schedule with one log in, they could also see multiple students with one login
    • Wenatchee Custom EGP 4.0.1
    • Here are the sites for the system:
      1. Main Grades Site - grades.wsd.wednet.edu
      2. Student login
      3. Parent Login
      4. Faculty Login
      5. Admin Login
      6. Handout specifically for our district. pdf
         
         
• Open Source - Opensource Software for OS X or FreeSMUG.org
• Web 2.0:
  • ThinkFree
  • Ajax Writer
  • Joomla
  • TeachTube
  • Joost
  • Second Life
  • Who Links 2 Me
• Downloads:
  • NeoOffice
  • Freemind
  • TuxPaint
  • iPhoto2Gmail
  • Blender
  • Nvu
    
    
• District Tech Plan
  • Download our tech plan for 2007-2010
    
    
• Another conversation about backup.....
• PSyncX is a program you can use to back up your files
• Download Here.
• Handout - Thanks to Ray Birks at FMS.
  
  
• Pilots
  • All the Right Type - we are trying to evaluate this typing software to use possibly in place of Mavis which is slow and buggy on our Macs.
  
  
• What's Up for Next Year?
  • August Work day:
    • If you would like a day to work in your building in August you must arrange this ahead of time with Ron and coordinate it with your building TRA. You will be paid for 7 hours.
  • Training Dates:
    • TENTATIVE training dates: Next year's WSD calendar
      • Day 1 - All - 10/3/07
      • Day 2 - K-5 - 11/8/07
      • Day 2 - 6-12 - 11/15/07
      • Day 3 - k-5 - 2/12/08
      • Day 3 - 6-12 - 2/19/08
      • Day 4 - All - 5/14/08
        
  • Articulation Meetings: Meetings will be built using an online agenda builder. If there is not enough agenda items meeting will not be held. We will "broadcast" the meetings using Adobe Acrobat Connect for those who cannot attend.
    • Meeting 1 -
    • Meeting 2
    • Meeting 3
    • Meeting 4
    • Meeting 5
    • Meeting 6
  • Summer Training dates:
    • 8/8 Digital Photography - Rick Williams
    • 8/8 EGP, Grade posting - Dan Myers
    • 8/9 - Podcasting with GB3- Todd Busse
    • 8/13 Dreamweaver
    • 8/14 Microsoft Office
    • 8/14 Contribute - Brock Hurt
    • 8/15 iLife - Brock Hurt
    • 8/16 Moodle - Ron Brown
    • Moodle Summit at NCESD August 13 and 14
      • Registration is $100