Wednesday Sept. 3, 2008

Whew! lots going on today.

This morning I worked on finishing up rosters of last year's workshops and tallying the numbers of teachers taught and workshops offered. Later in the morning I went to G.E. Massey to help re-sync a Palm that had been transferred to another teacher. When I arrived I spent a few minutes talking with principal Kirby Oldham who moved to Massey this year from Union. We discussed what I did there last year with 3rd grade and his tech needs for the year to come. We decided that training on document cameras would probably be good and that the once-a-week workshops on a particular day of the week were very successful at Union and that we should try it here. After sycning the Palm I made sure C.J. Wiedert knew how to fix any other problems that come up.

I then went to Kiser Intermediate to check out their broadcast/powerpoint system. I want to check the systems at each school to try and get them all operational. So far I know these:

Pumpkin Int - ppt and broadcast system set but comp is down
Pumpkin Pri - ??
Rock Springs - ppt not connected, work order in, broadcast works
Love - ??
Cat Springs -
St. James - Broadcast up, ppt???
Iron Station - Broadcast up, ppt?
Massey - ??
Lowder - ??
Battleground - ppt up, broadcast in progress
Love - ??
Union - ??
Childers - broadcast up, ppt ??
North Brook - ??

In the afternoon I met with Lee O'Neal and discussed a number of topics, including ITS collaboration, parts for Smartboards, computer specs at elementaries and education city pros and cons.

Tomorrow I will try to contact schools with new media specialists and set up meetings.