Mid Year Review
And you ask me what I want this year
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
~Goo Goo Dolls
1) Math & Science Curriculum Support and Implementation
Cognitive Tutor2) Building & District 3 year Technology Planning
Growing w/ Mathematics
Connected Math
Status: Colleen & Leska have been indentified as the Sponsors
Evidence: Classes reflect Cvitanich Pyramid of Instruction
Challenges: Ongoing training
Status: Shaun has assumed full responsibility of this task
Evidence: None
Challenges: NA
3) Communications between ITC and SLIS
Status: Improving
Evidence: Monthly Status ITC Status Meeting, Monthly Steering Committee Meeting
Challenges: Passive Aggressive tendencies, Power struggles, Personalities
4) Procedures
Software Approval Process5) Administrative Technology Competencies
K-8 Scope & Sequence Review
AR Philosophy
Status: Steering Committee will begin to review
Evidence: Draft documents, AR is Complete
Challenges: With mounting requirements K-8 Scope & Sequence widespread ownership & buy-in
NETS A6) Web 2.0 Technologies
Treo
Laptops
“The World is Flat”
Status: Ongoing
Evidence: Treo Talk, 1 to 1, Executive Council, SLIS meetings, Elem Principal Retreat
Challenges: Time and focus, Meeting diverse needs
BlogsConferences
Podcasts
Wikis
Teacher Websites
Student Folders & Accounts
Teacher file sharing
Status: Great progress in this area but still much to be done.
Evidence: 40 Blogs Established, Successful daily personal blog post, Wiki Writely used for planning, SWIFT implementation, Bloglines
Challenges: ITC cooperation, Student work storage, Easy Teacher file sharing, Time and fit with mounting pressures
NCCE PortlandBook List:
NECC SanDiego
OSPI Summer
Status: Portland and OSPI complete
Evidence: Reflected in Daily work & knowledge
Challenges: Funding vs. Purchasing computers
Got Game?Personal Goals
X A Whole New Mind
Small Pieces Loosely Joined
Cluetrain Manifesto
X Blink
X Working on the Work WOW
Status: Reading Got Game
Evidence: 3 Books complete, Pink Blog, Others are reading the books
Challenges: Time
Daily Biking
Weight Control
Spritual Health
Family Time
Status: 2 out of 4
Evidence: Increased weight, increased blessing
Challenges: Focus1. Temperance: Eat not to dullness and drink not to elevation.
2. Silence: Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself. Avoid trifling conversation.
3. Order: Let all your things have their places. Let each part of your business have its time.
4. Resolution: Resolve to perform what you ought. Perform without fail what you resolve.
5. Frugality: Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself: i.e. Waste nothing.
6. Industry: Lose no time. Be always employed in something useful. Cut off all unnecessary actions.
7. Sincerity: Use no hurtful deceit. Think innocently and justly; and, if you speak, speak accordingly.
8. Justice: Wrong none, by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty.
9. Moderation: Avoid extremes. Forebear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.
10. Cleanliness: Tolerate no uncleanness in body, clothes or habitation.
11. Chastity: Rarely use venery but for health or offspring; Never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another's peace or reputation.
12. Tranquilit
y: Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.
13. Humility: Imitate Jesus and Socrates.
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