Meetings


 * Meeting Information**

Tuesday, May 25 at 7:30 pm Skype

For this meeting, we will use the communication platform Skype. Although Skype is currently blocked in our network, it is used widely throughout the world and you may find yourself using it for committee meetings and to communicate with professionals during off-hours. It's also a great way to keep in touch with family and friends. Currently, you can only use video with two people, but Skype has announced that they are developing videoconferencing for up to five persons. You can also communicate by using audio and via chat.

To prepare for the meeting, if you do not have one already, create a Skype account at @http://www.skype.com. Then, download the software at @http://www.skype.com/intl/en/get-skype. Launch the software to log in. Go to Contacts > New Contact > Find leperez333 > Add contact. We must accept each other's invitation to view each other online. It is possible to both be online, but not see each other's online status until we have both accepted contact invitations. On the evening of the meeting, wait for me to call you to bring you into our group call. Please add your Skype ID to your directory page in this wiki. If, for any reason, you have problems connecting, go to the ning chat room to let me know you are having problems. During the meeting, use a microphone to talk or you may also chat.

__Agenda__ 1. PLN update 2. Journal update - 14 or more entries 3. Audioboo update 4. Slideshare update 5. Class project updates - VoiceThread, Wikis, Animoto, Glogs 6. Culminating presentation: Final meeting, Safari Live

Tuesday, May 18 at 3:30 pm Professional Library

__Agenda__:

1. PLN update - [] 2. Journal update - 14 or more entries 3. Audioboo update 4. Google Maps 5. Discussion: Using the right technologies at the right time @http://projectelite.titanpad.com/1 6. Teach just in time or in advance? 7. Plans for our culminating event/project wrap-up 8. Next online meeting: Skype

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Monday, May 10 at 7:30 pm 2nd Life - CPS Professional Library @http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cybrary%20City%20II/34/63/22

Second Life has recently released a new viewer called Viewer 2. It allows much more interactivity with objects including viewing webpages. However, we did not train on that viewer and since most Project ELITErs have not used the new viewer, let's use the older viewer 1.23. If needed, scroll down the page at @http://secondlife.com/support/downloads/?lang=en-US and download that viewer. Do this at least 15 minutes in advance of our meeting. I will be using voice, so make sure your speakers are on. If you would like to use voice, make sure you have a headset/mic. Alternately, you can type in chat to interact.

__Agenda__ 1. Tour the Professional Library 2. Discuss experiences in using wikis with students 3. Discuss collaborative pads 4. Tour the Illumination Library at @http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island%20International/200/183/32

Monday, May 3 Professional Library

__Agenda__ 1. Review PLN activity and journal 2. Embedding a google calendar in your wiki 3. Talk about Flickr asynchronous activity 4. Animoto book trailer activity 5. Discuss culminating activity

Tuesday, April 27 Online in Safari Live []

__Agenda__ 1. PLN Overview: Share your Twitter experiences 2. Christie Thomas: SOAR widget 3. Glogster Update 4. Wiki Updates - Private messaging, adding international clock widgets @http://www.timeanddate.com/clocks/free.html, online database widgets http://cpslibraries.wikispaces.com/Online+Databases 5. Google forms ideas/questions

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Monday, April 19 CPS Professional Library

__Time__: 3:30 pm (firm 4:00 pm start time)

__Agenda__: 1. Review: PLN/Journal/Glogster 2. Twitter: A Powerful PLN Tool ([] - Wendy Stephens preso) 3. Wikispaces (Advanced) - Review student assignment - Discussion tab - History tab - Notify tab - Uploading images - Inserting widgets - Inserting tables - Embedding video - Editing navigation

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Monday, April 12 Online: Safari Live Enter at @http://cpslive.cps.k12.il.us/sml/join.php?id=982b0c431487bf1f232f9df3b5e682c9&afid=0&pw=

__Time__: 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

__Agenda__: 1. Presentation on using Safari Live: Marty McGuire 2. Learning to administer Safari Live 3. Project ELITE updates

Tuesday, April 6 CPS Professional Library - Glogster Wrap-Up/Wikis

__Time__: 3:30 pm (firm 4:00 pm start time)

__Agenda__: 1. Review PLN/Facebook/Google Reader 2. Debrief on Safari Live experience 3. Review VoiceThread student activity to-date 4. Complete Glogster glogs (import video and voice), discuss how to import code to the wiki, talk about managing a class with Glogster, talk about Glogster Project ELITE activity #2 5. Wikispace: Create your own wiki 6. Project ELITE individual review

Thursday, March 25 Online - Safari Live (watch for an email link on Thursday) Please log on using a headset/mic. Lisa should appear on webcam. Others will be able to communicate in chat and with microphones. (Alternately, if we have problems with Safari Live, we will switch to the Project ELITE ning chat)

__Time__: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

__Agenda__: 1. Review PLN/Facebook activities 2. Share 2nd Life activity 3. Review VoiceThread student activity to-date 4. Glogster building update 5. Using Safari Live with students



Monday, March 22 - CANCELLED Professional Library

__Time__: 3:30 pm - 6pm (4pm firm start time)

__Agenda__: 1. Review PLN/Facebook activities 2. Review 2nd Life activity 3. Review VoiceThread student activity to-date 4. Glogster building activity 5. Glogster classroom management 6. Project ELITE review

Thursday, March 11 Location: National-Louis University

__Time__: 3:30 pm - 6pm__ Address __ : 122 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603-6191 __Room:__ 4024 __Parking__: Public transportation or underground garage: Grant Park South (best), Millennium Park (alternate) __Agenda__: 1. Facebook as part of your PLN (bring your FB account ID info) - creating friends, joining groups, creating a Fan page, managing an account 2. Second Life (bring your 2nd Life avatar log in information) - logging on, navigation, communication, joining groups

Thursday, February 25 Online: Chatzy chatroom at [] Time: 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

__Agenda__
 * 1) VoiceThread feedback: Update on your library VoiceThread
 * 2) VoiceThread feedback: Ideas for using it with your students
 * 3) Creative Commons licensing artifact: Share your experiences
 * 4) Following your PLN: How is Google Reader working for you?
 * 5) Journal: Subscribe to your colleagues' journals to get great ideas and feedback.
 * 6) How can you use chatrooms with your students?
 * 7) Next meeting: At National-Louis University on Thurs, March 11 (Topics: Facebook and Second Life)

Tuesday, February 9 Online: Project Elite ning chatroom Time: 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

__Agenda__
 * 1) Social bookmarking: How can you use this with your students and teachers?
 * 2) Wiki: Make sure your directory page is up-to-date
 * 3) Google docs spreadsheet: overview
 * 4) Journal: How's it going? First journal check, Tues Feb 16 in the AM.
 * 5) Ning/Google Reader: Discussion on Google reader websites. Have you added your recommended sites to the ning? Do you have your eight sites yet in your Google Reader? Read entries that interest you at least once per week to keep current professionally.
 * 6) What's coming up next? Next week we will look at avatar generators for our asynchronous activity and begin meet on Tues, Feb 16th at Medill Training Center for our Digital Storytelling session.