07-08+Meetings

= **ETA Meetings for the 2007-2008 School Year** = Click on the meeting date to view the minutes in PDF format. The agenda for our first meeting will be both a look back and a look forward. Please come ready to share any updates, information, findings, revelations etc. you may have from summer conferences, workshops, summer work in district etc. This will be an informal sharing and reconnecting time with colleagues. Then we will spend some time talking about where we want the ETA to go this year - What topics, ideas, membership, format, speakers, etc. do you feel will be most purposeful and useful to the group? Your voice is important. >  SPOTLIGHT DISTRICT: CLAYTON >  Deb Sutton from DESE joins us to bring us up to speed on the **8th Grade Literacy Component of the State's Ed Tech Plan**. Please come ready to share any updates, information, findings, revelations etc. you may have from summer conferences, workshops, summer work in district etc. This will be an informal sharing and reconnecting time with colleagues. Then we will spend some time talking about where we want the ETA to go this year - What topics, ideas, membership, format, speakers, etc. do you feel will be most purposeful and useful to the group? Your voice is important. >  SPOTLIGHT DISTRICT: ROCKWOOD >  We will explore the question, “//**What technology environment best supports teaching and learning?**//” Be a part of a panel discussion on: i) **Internet Filtering** (Why can’t teachers use any Internet resources they find appropriate?, How do we protect teachers from themselves?, How does your district encourage/enable the use Web 2.0 tools?), ii) **Admin Rights** (How can districts maintain the integrity of their network resources while minimizing restrictions on teachers?) and iii) **Acceptable Use Policies** (How consistently do teachers and administrators in your district adhere to your AUP?, Does your AUP support 21st century learning and teaching?).
 * Meeting Minutes:**
 * ** September 19, 2007 ** (CSD)
 * ** October 17, 2007 **
 * **November 14, 2007**

>  SPOTLIGHT DISTRICT: PARKWAY >  Please bring a **technology integration success story** to share with the group that illustrates how effective technology integration is taking place in your classroom. Be specific, including referencing any technology resources (hardware, software, web sites, etc.)
 * **[|December 19, 2007]**

> Join us as we will be taking a closer look at **student response systems**. Representatives from eInstruction, Promethean and Smart Technologies will be on hand to demonstrate their products and to discuss how this technology holds so much promise for raising the bar on assessment and individualized instruction in the classroom! > >  NO MEETING (CSD METC Conference) >
 * **[|January 16, 2008]** (CSD)
 * February 2008

>  SPOTLIGHT DISTRICT: AFFTON >
 * **[|March 12, 2008]** (CSD)

>  SPOTLIGHT DISTRICT: THE PRINCIPIA > Four graduate schools will have representatives present to provide an //**overview of their instructional technology degree/certificate programs**//: Fontbonne University (Masters of Science in Computer Education), Southwest Baptist University (Master of Science in Education, Instructional Technology Leadership), University of Missouri @ Columbia (Master in Information Sciences and Technology (educational technology) and Webster University (M.A.T. in Educational Technology).
 * **[|April 16, 2008]** (CSD)

>  SPOTLIGHT DISTRICT: FRANCIS HOWELL > LUNCHEON SPONSOR: [|SOFTCHOICE (Software Plus)] > ** [|ETA Annual Luncheon]! ** This event beings one hour earlier (12 pm) than usual, so be sure to mark your calendar and/or PDA! We'll be announcing the recipients of our awards and reflecting back on a VERY successful year!
 * **May 21, 2008** ([|Lombardo's Trattoria])