Planning+for+Collaboration

=Planning for Collaboration= 9:45 - 11:00 - Arrive from Bloofield to Goodwin School; Visit with Kim and Nancy and Steve, Jim and Jane 11:00 - 11:15 AM - Travel to MMS; meet in Computer Lab B 11:15 - 12:00 - Demos with Grade 7 Team in classrooms 12:00 - 1:15 PM Meet in Lab B for Lunch at MMS (all participating teachers and visitors), demonstrations, Q & A 1:15 PM - Leave to return to Bloomfield & Windham
 * Agenda for Bloomfield Visit on 3/31/09**
 * TO DOs:**
 * 1) Grade 7 Team decides how to do the demos before lunch.
 * 2) Jim and Steve arrange for food.
 * 3) Steve & Jim arrange for "treats" for participating students.

Click here for notes regarding planning for collaboration and visitations with Bloomfield, Mansfield and Windham teachers who are participating in the EETT grants:

Click here to go to the Bloomfield Public Schools MATRIX (Modern Academic Technology Real-world Integrated Xperience): http://www.blmfld.org/uploaded/photos/tech_in_ed/The_Matrix.pdf


 * Who is Willing to Meet with the Bloomfield Teachers on 3/31/09?**
 * 1) Jon
 * 2) Melissa
 * 3) Mark
 * 4) Donna
 * 5) Barbara
 * 6) Deb
 * 7) Kim
 * 8) Nancy
 * 9) Steve
 * 10) Jim
 * 11) Jane

The following people are willing to go to Bloomfield on 4/30/09:
 * Who is Willing to Visit in Bloomfield on Thursday, 4/30/09?**
 * 1) Jon (need sub)
 * 2) Melissa (need sub)
 * 3) Sue (need sub)
 * 4) Cathy (need sub)
 * 5) Linda (need sub)
 * 6) Steve
 * 7) Jim
 * 8) Jane
 * TO DOs:**
 * 1) All teacher whose names appear above (4/30 visit to Bloomfield) arrange for substitute coverage.
 * 2) Plan times and activities for 4/30 and let participating teachers know.
 * 3) Steve and Jim will finalize plans with Gail Deutch.

Jim and Steve will confirm the visitation dates with their teachers and administrators. We discussed the following tentative schedule: · Steve has two 4th grade classes that meet in the computer labs at 9 AM – 10 AM with a meeting with Steve from 10 - 11 AM. · Then they can move the Bloomfield team to the middle school for lunch from 11:30 AM – 12:25 PM. · Bloomfield team visits in classes or talk with teachers from 12:30 - 2:00 PM. · Jim will inquire about whether teachers are available for either visitors in their classrooms and during their planning periods. Jim will also inquire with the cafeteria about whether they can handle 10 guests for lunch on 3/31. 2. Gail will confirm the visitation dates with her teachers. After their visit in Mansfield, they can design their visit to address the needs of the Mansfield teachers. 3. Jane will e-mail her notes to Steve, Jim and Gail. (gdeutsch@blmfld.org) and post Mansfield 2.0 Wiki. 4. Jane will talk with the Windham team to see if anyone is interested in joining in on these visits to Mansfield and Bloomfield. 5. Gail will post her matrix of 21st century skills on the Bloomfield Web site and will e‑mail Steve, Jim and Jane the URL so they can share it with their teachers. 6. At a later date, Gail and Steve will further discuss the possibilities of having an after-school videoconference with all three districts participating sometime in the spring. Details will be worked out then. Mansfield can provide access to their videoconferencing server free-of-charge. Bloomfield and Windham will just need to call or Skype into the videoconference for audio contact and use a small eyeball Web cam for video contact. Steve will e-mail directions for Gail to test the access to the Mansfield videoconference server to make sure Bloomfield can participate.