2-8-11

**2/8/11**
 * Minutes from Millennium Project Team Meeting**
 * In attendance:** Amy, Max, Cyd, Linda, Cindy, Emily, Jane, Sydney, Bev
 * Grant Deliverables
 * Curriculum units – Jane will put out dates after school that she’s available to help with curriculum work. She’ll also talk with Madeline about using some of the spring PD sessions for this.
 * The draft units are stored on the TEAMS Wiki at: http://ctteams.wikispaces.com/UbDUnits. Please check with your teams to see what the status is on your team’s unit. There is stipend money available to cover teachers’ time working on completing their units.
 * 7th grade Science Feel the Beat curriculum unit has been implemented (Linda is the contact)
 * 8th grade – Chris Antaya, Bev Lanier and Marita Berry are working on an interdisciplinary unit
 * Amy will take the lead on the Grade 6 curriculum unit/s
 * Transformed teachers and students (how will we know?)
 * Pre and Post Survey for MP Team
 * Survey to teachers regarding how they are using 21st Century tools
 * Calendars – usage of the technology
 * Wikis
 * Other???
 * **Training Opportunities**
 * Twilight and Saturday Seminars – The link find out what sessions are offered is: [] . Jane will put out an e-mail to @WMS teachers explaining that the MP grant can cover the registration cost and teachers can receive a stipend to attend the training.
 * After School Sessions – Jane will put out a schedule to all staff with after school sessions at WMS throughout the rest of the school year.


 * **Expending Grant Funds Fairly and Equitably**
 * The team wants to allocate part of the money for equipment and repairs that we need and the rest for mini grants.
 * Mini Grant Idea
 * Jane will draft an application for a mini grant – if they earn the grant, they will use the technology to implement their curriculum unit but they will need to share it with others in the building. Include a questions like:
 * How will this technology enhance your curriculum unit?
 * How will this technology be useful for other teachers and students in the building?
 * Mini-labs – Purchase USB keyboards
 * MY Access – Jane will create a survey and send it out an e-mail to all staff asking: Who is using it? How many licenses should we keep? For how many kids?
 * Burning Issues/Hot Topics
 * Laptops on Grade 6 Cart have bad batteries. Jane just heard from Bill that the batteries are not covered under warranty. Sydney offered to take 6 of them and swap them for 6 of her Writing Center laptops.
 * Jane will ask Bill to get a price for:
 * Replacement batteries
 * Spare power supplies
 * Replacement keys/keyboards
 * Digital Cameras
 * Jane or Sydney will create an online calendar for data projectors and digital still cameras, Flip video cameras and scanners
 * Emily will keep the older video cameras in her room and the new Kodak digital for Grades 5 & 6
 * Sydney will keep the Flip videos in her room
 * Bev will keep the new Kodak for Grades 7 & 8
 * Broken TVs
 * Bev will submit a work order requesting that Emily’s working TV in Room 109 be moved to her room
 * Cindy will submit a work order requesting that Sydney’s working TV in Room B020 be moved to her room
 * There are other classrooms in the building who have working TVs and are not being used – Sydney will let everyone know when she remembers who told her they have one
 * Software Needed
 * SynchronEyes
 * Have Bill price for all laptops
 * Can the master controller be installed on the teacher workstations so they don’t have to use one of the laptops be used by the teacher
 * Deep Freeze
 * Have Bill price Deep Freeze for all laptops and the feasibility of its use
 * Data Projectors
 * Paula Erickson has the WWWOW cart
 * Rolando has the one from Grade 7 cart
 * Lisa Jurovaty has one – not sure where it came from
 * Sydney has both of the new ones from the MP grant; she uses one with her SMART Board and she gave one to Max for Amy Finsmith to use – Max will store it in his locking cabinet
 * From what we can figure out, there should be 5 data projectors from grant purchases
 * We could use 2 per grade level; it would be helpful to have a few data carts (Jane will ask Bill to check the prices)
 * Jane will order or look into the price of:
 * An Elmo or document camera
 * Mimios
 * SMART Software that could be used with Mimios
 * Data projectors – Sales at Staples
 * Ceiling mounted data projector for Main Office Conference Room
 * Wireless Network Issues
 * Sometimes kids are having difficulty. Make sure that WPSED is the only wireless network in the Preferred Networks list. Amy York is the expert on troubleshooting the wireless network. Perhaps we should create a “cheat sheet” showing how to do this.
 * Jane will ask Bill to check on where the Linksys router is in the building. The team thinks it may be at the Christian school across the street.

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