Recap - End of Fall Semester

As the semester wound down, we decided to have a final meeting with Marcie to decide what our project would be for the Spring semester. Initially, we had thought of hosting workshops for Peck teachers, although the Arts Integration Work Group had also reached out to us as they were hoping to establish an online resource for their "arts in the classroom" initiatives.

At the conclusion of the meeting, a few potential workshop topics were established:

1. Grade book with Excel
2. Finding Resources on the Internet (a session on helpful websites)
3. SmartBoard Workshop
4. Digital Story Telling
5. A workshop on Word and PowerPoint

We also wanted to help with the Arts Integration group, and hopefully will be able to help them set up some sort of database. Marcie as well as Professor Soules mentioned using a wikispace/wiki.

Our preliminary plans for the upcoming few months:

January

1. Paper survey distributed to teachers during January (after their winter break). We will communicate via Google docs over the break to set this up. Marcie has a survey that we can use as a template.
2. Get in contact with Priscilla. Possibly meet to understand the needs of Arts Integration Group.
3. Using Google Docs, we can begin to brainstorm ideas for the workshops

February /March 

1. We will start hosting the workshops. It's most likely that they will be held on Tue, Wed, or Thur at 3:30. We will be holding approx. one per week during February and March.

During the long winter break, our goals are to continue to brainstorm about the workshops, and to stay in touch with Marcie as she continues to work on the technology survey that will be distributed to teachers at the school.