Exeter+High+School

=12-14-09 Team Building8=



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Some of us will be much more engaged than others. We will revamp all directions to suit our needs. We will laugh and be laid back We will work towards quality We will see new technologies to use in the classroom We will be able to learn from one another. We will share We will cooperate We will meet in person, at least occasionally, hopefully over beer.

=Project Action Plan= What is the best way to introduce web 2.0 to the Exeter High School Community through implementation of our webtools server with a goal of engaging as many students, teachers and parents as possible? || Begin implementation with staff and students (early adopters) of both group wikis and individual blogs.Include parents of early adopters and distribute powerschool passwords - maybe a new letter generated from PS which explains what we are up to. I think parent/student/teacher involvement may be key. We can set up mass email event.(rp). || We will set up a plan, pick early adopters, set controls and settings. Go live with a small pilot group of early adopters, eg. Humanities class, Honors class. A form letter would be created to address access, internet safety and protocol. (see attached template..//.we will need to create// ) We all should read the Wiki deployment guide I uploaded to the "PLP Plyland" wiki(rp) || Several years ago Moodle was rolled out to staff and the use of it to post homework, create an online classroom. || Relative ease of use, supports RSS feed, students can be involved/teachers can open the classroom to the global world. There is more of a permanence to it. || Server set up Done (rp) Communicate intent to Tech Dept.Done (rp)
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Contact pilot group and assign logins/pwds Several teachers have been identified and want to participate (rp) Detail info at staff meeting for faculty Send letter to parents Need guidelines (before roll out) as to expected behaviors and uses of the tools. Some things can be concrete others just guidelines. Stress the "Grandmother rule" Indiviual blogs as showcases? Use the term "Professional Blog?"(rp) I have started a group of documents on teh Wiki sever iitself. All members have read-write access and their help is requested. I have also shared this with several other teachers and have given them the same access with the hope that, since they are motivated and want to get this in gear, they will help. · Documents include: · Guidelines for student blogs · Personal Blog Setup (mostly discussees thte settings students and staff will have for their blog. Some effect appearance, others the way it works. · Using RSS  · About Tags  · Letter to parents  · Deploymnet guide (a resource for us to learn about how this works)  · Standardization ( an atttempt to guide folks in terms of filesize and formats that will work well)  · Permissions for Class/Group Wiki ||