Centennial

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Attendees:Lynne Rerucha, Chris Swallow

We're on our way to TIE and we hope to learn: more about the many Google tools that we can incorporate into Centennial's tech curriculum.

At TIE, we attended sessions on (give a couple of sentences for each session by each member. You do not all need to attend the same session, however if you do attend the same session then work together for a single response) : lynne || SESSION keynote/Tim Tyson || How it influences / changes / supports proposed TIE student project Spoke about self-directed learning and project driven instruction(mostly short films) which are two philosophies that I have always believed in. The no-worksheet, constructivist model allows for greater engagement. The questions that he reminded us of have been on mind mind ever since--What is your point? Does everything about your project make your point? Is it compelling? || Phil Biggs || Good session but not good when the wireless connection went down. I have used both Google Earth and Google Maps but never together. I have been able to incorporate this into my two middle school tech classes. We did a lot of Google Earth during the Haiti tragedy including "day after" images of the destruction. This then led to viewing the ocean floor mapping of the fault that runs under Haiti. Ended up looking at the ocean maps of the "ring of fire". || Tools in the Classroom. || I did fanally manage to sign up for a Google account that I did write down login and password. And I have been using it all year. Not the best presenter. Too many stories about her life,hobbies, family etc. This session also had some wireless problems. Didn't talk much about Google Docs, which I was hoping to have some hands-on time with the program. ||
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 * lynne || Amy Tharpe & Dean Jacobs || Wonderful sesson describing the way in which Amy connected her low reading and writing second graders with Dean, who is a world traveler and blogger. her kids were so motivated to write Dean on the computer eachand every day and he responded not only on the blog but using live video to talk to them fro the far reaches of the planet--including a side gig that he got as photographer for the Dianne Fossey Gorrilla Center in Africa. ||
 * lynne || Karl Fisch || Challenges to use technology exclusively for some thigns instead of the ridiculous and repetitve way that everything seems to be still paper and computer. Kids need to be able to produce and comsume using tech at school. movie--Did you know? ||
 * Chris || Power Libraries || Wanted to see what all the buzz is about. Not sure I could pull this off being only a part-time librarian. ||
 * Chris || Google Geography
 * Chris || Technology Literacy Assessment Project || Went out the TLAP demo lab set up in the house on the golf course. Very interesting test and I think fairly challenging. I'm hoping our use of Learning.com helps my eight graders improve their scores on the technology assessment. Nice gig hanging out at that house week, while a handful of people venture out there. ||
 * Chris || Yet another Google session. Karen Webster Google

Our classroom learning project for students is:

Our timeline for implementation of our plan is:

**Below are posted the projects we developed and used as a result of attending TIE:**