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Ryan Fuller, Cobb County School District Amy Waters, Gwinnett County School District Co-Chairs, GA iNACOL Committee. Georgia. Committee. Agenda: 12-9-11. Welcome iNacol Updates, Rob Darrow Today’s Topic: Virtual School Symposium (VSS) Topic Suggestions, Upcoming Events?

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  1. Ryan Fuller, Cobb County School DistrictAmy Waters, Gwinnett County School DistrictCo-Chairs, GA iNACOL Committee Georgia Committee

  2. Agenda: 12-9-11 • Welcome • iNacol Updates, Rob Darrow • Today’s Topic: Virtual School Symposium (VSS) • Topic Suggestions, Upcoming Events? • Future Meeting Dates • Wrap-Up • Questions/Comments

  3. iNacol Updates from Rob Darrow,Committee Conduit

  4. Report from iNacol • Follow Up from VSS • Evaluation: Please complete the evaluation emailed to you. • Video Presentations to rebroadcast: http://www.kzosites.com/inacol/ • VSS Overlay/Wiki to view comments/Ppts: http://vss11.wikispaces.com/ • Twitter Feed: https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23vss11 • VSS 2012: October 21-24, 2012 in New Orleans.

  5. Report from iNacol • Recent Fordham Reports – Online Learning • http://www.edexcellence.net/publications-issues/publications/creating-sound-policy-for-digital-learning.html • Other recent reports. • Sloan-C – (college online learning) - http://sloanconsortium.org/publications/survey/going_distance_2011 • Keeping Pace (K-12 online learning) – http://kpk12.com/reports/

  6. Report from iNacol • iNacol Webinars - • Ongoing Webinars – Informational and then Teacher Talk – Next one: Dec 14: Keeping Pace with K-12 Online LearningOngoing: http://www.inacol.org/events/ • Gates Foundation Next Generation Learning Challenge Wave 3 Grant: http://www.nextgenlearning.org •  And, just for fun on Twitter, search the hashtag #pencilchat - http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23pencilchat

  7. Today’s Topic - VSS….Time to Share! • Conference sessions attended? • Exceptional speakers? • Nuggets of wisdom? • Resources you can share?

  8. Pre-Conference Session • bit.ly/inacol-gwe • Google Voice, image search, custom search engine, calculator& dictionary through search box, Alerts, Scholar, Search Story, Docs, Maps, Earth, googlelittrips, Sketch Up, Sky, Moon, Mars, Ocean, Talk, Apps Marketplace (mail chimp, tungle.me, manymoon, grockit, easybib.com, learnboost.com, aviary, etc.), Moderator, google.com/educators (for OER), Cloud Connect, Body, Google+, ePortfolio… • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1svktCoEiPqvGkBCzD-kw-3dSxGIqwD1pUf6CDxBX-xk/edit

  9. OER for Moodle Users Presenters: Intermediate District 287 MoodleShare: http://courses.moodleshare.com, www.facebook.com/moodleshare Open Source Discussion Platform: http://www.phpbb.com/

  10. Free Mobile Learning Apps, Nancy Howell • Survey Tools • Survey Monkey- http://www.surveymonkey.com • Poll Everywhere- http://www.polleverywhere.com • Podcasting Tools • Aviary.com -graphics creating and editing, music, etc. http://www.aviary.com • Audacity.com- online podcasting tool http://audacity.sourceforge.net • Vodcasting • Mac only – http://apple.com/life/garageband • Windows only - http://explore.live.com/windows-live-movie-maker • Blogs • Posterous – http://posterous.com • Meeting Site • Join Me - share with everyone http://www.joinme.com • Mobile Study • Create mobile study content • Mobile Study – http://mobilestudy.org

  11. It’s Time to Share! • Conference sessions attended? • Exceptional speakers? • Nuggets of wisdom? • Resources you can share?

  12. Planning Ahead…. Topic suggestions? Mobile Learning Apps (N. Howell) (offered) Tools of Delivery for Personalized Instruction (requested) Project Based Learning, http://www.bie.org/about/profile/andrew_miller Best Practices for Online Teachers: differentiation, time management, academic integrity, assessing, discussion boards, hybrid courses, at risk students. Presenters are available for webinars. Contact Matlea Parker, SREB Project Based Learning:Andrew Miller (What does the online classroom look like and how should it be different from the traditional classroom? Most still look like traditional classroom. http://www.bie.org/about/profile/andrew_miller How to address IEPs with online learning, differentiated instruction (requested)

  13. Current/Upcoming Events • http://k12onlineconference.org/ (current) • "MOOC" - http://change.mooc.ca/ (ongoing) • SREB: Upcoming event: SREB's Teaching and Learning Symposium - March 1-2, 2012 at Atlanta Airport Marriott Gateway! Registration opens next week. (upcoming)

  14. Future Meeting Dates • These are all the second Friday of each month via Elluminate/Collaborate beginning at 9:30 AM September 9th October 14th November 11th ? VSS! December 9th January 13th February 10th March 9th April 13th May 11th

  15. Session Recordings • All session recordings will be posted in the iNacol Georgia Committee Forums • iNacol.org > Forums > iNacol Committees and Sigs > iNacol Georgia Committee

  16. Happy Holidays to you and your families! Ryan.Fuller@cobbk12.org Amy_Waters@gwinnett.k12.ga.us

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