402 days ago

In our last blog Beauty and the Beast we told you about our speakers for this session. We regret that have had a change of speakers for this session. Lindsay Casmaer, Miss Missouri 2007, is involved in Alzheimer Research at her job and is helping setup another research organization. As a result, she is unable to join us. We will greatly miss her, but understand the importance of this research and her involvement. We wish her well with this endeavor.

As a result, we have the great opportunity to bring Lt. Joe Laramie to the stage. Lt. Laramie is the Director of the Missouri Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. He has been an officer with the Glendale, Missouri Police Department for 27 years, with nearly 25 years of experience in the area of child protection. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our panel and we are excited to have him join Chris for our discussion.

Make plans to join us for this Postscript session to hear how to keep kids safe on-line.

402 days ago

Below are our notes for the presentation!

Will Blaylock, Jeff Puls and Mark Pennycuick, Rockwood School District
Rockwood School District has been using SharePoint for the past three years. Hear about the successes and bumps along the way. Rockwood is currently using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, but began the trip with SharePoint Portal 2003. See what can be done.

NETS: Student-2, 3, 5; Teacher-2, 5; Admin-1, 3
Tags: 21st century learning, administration, authoring tools, blogs, collaboration, community, convergence, distance learning

Welcome
Introductions
Will Blaylock – blaylockwill@rockwood.k12.mo.us
Mark Pennycuick – pennycuickmark@rockwood.k12.mo.us
Jeff Puls – pulsjeffrey@rockwood.k12.mo.us

What is SP?
In computing, the Microsoft SharePoint product sold by Microsoft includes browser-based collaboration and document-management platform. It can be used to host web sites that access shared workspaces and documents, as well as specialized applications like wikis and blogs from a browser. SharePoint is not intended to replace a full file server (it imposes, by default, a file-size limitation of 50 megabytes). Instead, it is targeted as a collaborative workspace. SharePoint interface is through a web interface, such as a task list or discussion pane. SharePoint sites are actually ASP.NET 2.0 applications, which are served using IIS and use a SQL Server database as data storage backend. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SharePoint

Users managed through Active Directory.

How We Are Using It
Tech Tools for High Schools – http://insider.rockwood.k12.mo.us/technology/itech/TT4HS/default.aspx
Insider – http://insider.rockwood.k12.mo.us

My Site is a personal site that gives you a central location to manage and store your documents, content, links, and contacts. My Site serves as a point of contact for other users in your organization to find information about you and your skills and interests. Content providers can use My Site as a method of customizing the information they present to users.

Facebook comparison – social networking

Crystal Maier – http://personal.insider.rockwood.k12.mo.us/MySites/Person.aspx?guid=F2B032CA-DF78-4042-BC72-64F517041359

Teacher Site – blogs, wikis, document library (This is our district solution for blogs/wikis)
History – Where we were – Managed webserver —>SP 2003 —> SP 2007 – Why we needed it: workflow shared folders accessibility at work and home meeting collaboration no need for software purchase Teacher web pages Blogs and wikis – district solution Access control and tracking (see who made the changes and when) Potential for student portfolios

Implementation:
Think about structure for site
Decision to create mysites or not and where to place those sites (think about the server configuration)
Decision to migrate away from existing web server
Be aware of other sites: CBC- http://www.cbchs.org/cbchspublic/default.aspx
Professional development training/staff development (face-to-face, webinar, podcast, on-line training site)

• Face-to-face (individual, summer workshop, department)
  - Webinar
  - Podcast – informational only
• On-line documentation http://www.rockwood.k12.mo.us/itech/ritdog/sharepoint/index.htm

Things to remember:
Expandable hard drive ability (we store on our SAN)
Rights – access control (with great power comes great responsibility) User can modify the rights at a granular level.

Road Ahead – Distance Learning – looking at the SharePoint Learning Kit – http://www.codeplex.com/SLK – provides ability for drop boxes, assignments – course management (tie to student information system) – single sign-on – Student mysites

Conclusion

403 days ago

Greetings,

How many sleeps until destination Osage Beach? For my three-year old, time is now counted in the number of sleeps as he doesn’t quite get the concept of a day or week. Even if I say we’re going to the cottage in four sleeps he doesn’t quite understand. He just wants to be there. “Are we going to the cottage now?” “Are we there yet?”

Is it possible that, in terms of integrating technology in the classroom, we will never get there? Is this the journey that never ends? Where is there? What are kids really saying when they are in the backseat asking if we’re there?

I will be presenting this session with a focus on changing the destination of where we are going with technology in classroom by reframing how we are going to get there. This will be an exciting time of learning and reviewing practical research that affects every classroom teacher that aims to integrate technology in the classroom.

403 days ago

Thanks to Stan Smith, John Riley, Carolyn Snodgrass and Diana Dell!!!
In order to meet the needs of our attendees, they have agreed to do repeat sessions on their very popular topics.

The added sessions will be:
Monday 9:15 – 10:15
F017: HOT Multimedia Projects ~ Stan Smith

Monday 11:00 – 12:00
F038: SmartBoard + Getting The Most From Your SmartBoard ~ John Riley

Monday 3:45 – 4:45
F077: Applets: Evaluating Alternative Distance Education Activities For The Online Classroom ~ Carolyn Snodgrass

Tuesday 10:00 – 11:00
F112: Moodle Mash-Up ~ Diana Dell

We have also raised the class count on
F014: Online Learning And Collaboration ~ Marla Walker

If you are already registered and would like to register for any of these classes, please send an e-mail to conferences@more.net

Thank you! See you in a couple weeks!!!

417 days ago

Didn’t get a seat for the following??? Here’s your chance!!!

MONDAY
9:15 – 10:15 a.m.
F013: SharePoint – Sharing Content and Information Is The Point!!!

11 a.m. – Noon
F033: M & M Tech Resources

3:45 – 4:45 p.m.
F074: Digital Media Madness

Please email conferences@more.net if you would like to be placed into one of these sessions.

Working on several repeat sessions ~ Check back soon for more information