Grant+Leadership+Forum+-+Summer+2010

**Grant Implementation Forum** **for School Leaders**
 * Partnering with Our Digital Natives**

Agenda resides at: http://tinyurl.com/pdnleaderforum toc **ProTraxx Issues:** Felton Thomas | Email: Fthomas@schools.nyc.gov
 * Dates/Times**: July 27th at 2:30, August 4th at 2:00, August 6th at 10:30, August 11th at 2:00, August 23rd at 9:00
 * Free Con Call:** 760-569-0800x877564#

= = =**Welcome**= = **[|Grant Overview]** = =**[|Grant Components]**=
 * ==Grant Goals:==
 * 1) To develop and implement Innovation Roadmaps
 * 2) To develop and implement platforms to share innovative technology practices school-wide
 * 3) To develop technology-infused ELA curriculum units
 * 4) To improve student academic achievement through the use of technology
 * ==Minimum requirements==
 * Teacher has their own laptop and projector
 * Access to a lab or cart at least 3 periods a week
 * Willingness to publish student work. Please note that student identity can be kept private if your school is not ready to support students in the development of their digital footprint.
 * Reading: [|Just Say Yes to Publishing! Exposing The Man Behind the Curtain If He’s Still Saying No.]
 * ==[|TED21C - Our Learning Network]==
 * [|Partnering with Our Digital Natives]
 * [|School Leaders]
 * **// Activity: Register on the http://TED21c.ning.com site. Join the PDN and Leader groups. Comment on or create at least one discussion forum topic. //**
 * ==[|The PDN Website]==
 * [|Upcoming Professional Development]
 * School pages
 * Level on continuum of 21st Century Success
 * School Mission
 * Innovation roadmaps
 * [|Review of sample roadmap]
 * [|NETS - Essential Conditions for Success]
 * ==[|Innovation field trips]==
 * Sample Field Trip Planning Materials PS 4
 * Innovation field trips website - [|http://innovationfieldtrips.org]
 * **// Activity: Register on the http://innovationfieldtrips.org site. Look at the field trips. Find a school of interest. Comment. //**
 * == [|Innovate My Class] ==
 * Overview of site tabs
 * Review of hardware
 * Know what equipment you ordered. Request support from vendors.
 * Importance of a platform to publish, showcase, celebrate the work of teachers and students.
 * Featured teachers could lead a PD at your site around using this technology.
 * You can require any teacher to publish projects on this site.
 * **//Activity://** **//Register on the http://innovatemyclass.org site. Watch the three videos at http://innovatemyclass.org/about. Look at innovative projects at http://innovatemyclass.org/featured. Comment on one you like. Visit available funding (http://innovatemyclass.org/grants) and write a proposal for $500.//**
 * **// Activity: Read //** [|What I Learned Recently in NYC Classrooms]
 * ==[|Writing Matters]==
 * [|Demo the Online Classroom]
 * Consider additional units of study for this year or next
 * **// Activity: //****// Visit your class eZine on [|TeXT.] //** // **You can get your school's domain and username/password from your literacy teachers or in the "Deliverables" tab of the [|Status Report] document** //

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 * Select a date for 2 hour face-to-face meeting at HRTC

=Activity Completion Tracker= > Note: You will need to have a Google Account or [|create an account] using your professional email address. You and your teachers will need Google accounts for much of the work in this grant.
 * ** Indicate items completed on //"//** [|Principal Activities] **//"// tab of the //"//** [|Status Report] **//"// document //.//**
 * **Activity Summary - Your Five Take Aways:**
 * 1) Register on the http://TED21c.ning.com site. Join the PDN and Leader groups. Comment on or create at least one discussion forum topic.
 * 2) Register on the http://innovationfieldtrips.org site. Look at the field trips. Find a school of interest. Comment.
 * 3) Register on the http://innovatemyclass.org site. Watch the three videos at http://innovatemyclass.org/about. Look at innovative projects at http://innovatemyclass.org/featured. Comment on one you like. Visit available funding (http://innovatemyclass.org/grants) and write a proposal for $500.
 * 4) Read [|What I Learned Recently in NYC Classrooms.]and [|Just Say Yes to Publishing! Exposing The Man Behind the Curtain If He’s Still Saying No.]
 * 5) Visit your class eZine on [|TeXT.] You can get your school's domain and username/password from your literacy teachers or in the "Deliverables" tab of the [|Status Report] document.