Nov+22+Agenda

Agenda 11/22/2008

Glendale Elementary School District Office 7301 North 58th Ave Glendale, AZ 85301

8:00 - 8:30am Welcome, getting to know each other, Leaning community configuration, paperwork

8:30 - 8:40am Introduce the SCC team

8:40 - 10:10am LMT pre-test

10:10 - 10:20am Break

10:20 - 12:20pm Problem Solving - engagement, planning, making conjectures, connections within math, stategy selection, alternative solutions, and verifying

12:20 - 1:20pm Lunch - Table talk at lunch..."How can the problems today be adapted and used at your grade? What math standards at your grade level are applicable to the problem?"

1:20 - 1:40pm Identify standards from Problem Solving session

1:40 - 3:00pm Technology Connection - Voice Threads

3:00 - 3:30pm Reflecting on your experience today

[|C3 Math Grant Problem on Voicethread -]

[|A Vision of K-12 Students Today]

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Welcome to the Math C 3 - an MSP Project for 2008-2009. Please take a moment to introduce yourself to your colleagues in this VoiceThread. [|VoiceThread] 

You can download free clip art for creating student identities at Discover Schools - go to this site http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/?pID=clipart

Use this link to register for VoiceThreads..[|Register]

This is the main VoiceThread website. http://voicethread.com

This is an overview of VoiceThread. View this VoiceThread to learn a little about it. [|ed.voicethread overview]

Again, this is the overview of VoiceThread. http://ed.voicethread.com/about/k12/# LogiTech webcams are approved in DVUSD and already have the drivers available.

**VoiceThread Examples**
Triangles http://voicethread.com/#q+math.b44033.i232765 Math Jokes http://voicethread.com/#q+math.b168598.i898225 Order of Operations http://voicethread.com/#q+math.b165408.i881330 Smartnotebook recordings https://voicethread.com/#q.b105590.i537904 Reducing Fractions https://voicethread.com/#q.b61079.i316541 https://voicethread.com/#q+math.b95788.i486508 Estimating http://ed.voicethread.com/#q+math.b49076.i257498 math teachers project https://voicethread.com/#q+math.b164318.i874732


 * VoiceThread Handouts**

Please follow the link and leave your comment on our first problem. (comment moderator has been turned on so your thread will not appear until the next meeting) http://voicethread.com/share/268009/
 * Voicethread Problem 1**

In response to the need for more support and step-by-step assistance, DVUSD has scheduled 8 open-lab sessions at the IS&T training lab.

Time: 3:30-5:30 Location: IS&T -Administrative Service Center, 18400 N. 51st Ave, 2nd floor training lab

Dates: Dec 8th, 10th, 16th, and 18th Jan 8th, 13th, 22nd, and 27th


 * Focus: Think about the problem solving work you engaged in during the math workshop. How might you use VoiceThreads to support the implementation of the various techniques or strategies you explored and discussed?**

The open-lab sessions will provide assistance with navigating VoiceThread as well as using the various functions for
 * creating a VoiceThread
 * uploading images & documents
 * creating additional identities for student use
 * setting options
 * editing
 * sharing options
 * naming conventions for easy retrieval
 * saving favorites
 * comment moderation

All handouts provided at the workshop as well as links to various sites are located on the Math C Cubed wiki. http://mathccubed.wikispaces.com/Nov+22+Agenda

Please take a moment to look over the handouts that were distributed. You will find simple instructions on how to use the VoiceThread site as well as tips for teachers. These tips include: - Do's & Don't for Students - Permission Slips - Reflection guide for making comments - Lesson Plan