FYI - What's next ...

Good afternoon!

Thanks again for all of your hard work during the EC³ Teacher Academy! It has been a privilege to work with such dedicated, exemplary teachers and I look forward to seeing what the 2012-2013 school year brings! We have covered and discussed a number of things over the course of the Teacher Academy, so I wanted to send you an email with some of the dates and resources that were mentioned:

• Please don't forget to complete the Workshop Feedback Survey for each day of the Teacher Academy. You can find the survey by clicking on this link:

https://docs.google.com/a/ecisd.net/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGx3UzhETVZ4b2t3XzdMQUlJT05lS0E6MQ#gid=0

• You will find the resources that we discussed on the ECISD Technology wiki at http://bit.ly/ecisdtechprojects
• Click on EC³ 
• Your teacher page and blog are in the Teaching and Learning section
• Resources from the Teacher Academy can be found in the Professional Learning Opportunities for Participants section

• Don't forget to use our Edmodo group to ask questions, request feedback, and solicit assistance.

• As we discussed, please compile a list of FREE apps that you would like to have pre-loaded onto the student iPads for the beginning of the school year. Email this list to me by July 1, 2012.

• Good news! We have received the information on funding for the iTunes gift cards and Jill will be ordering them in the next few days. Please watch for an email from me to schedule a time to come by Technology to pick these up. At that time I will share the App Evaluation Request form and the App Recommendation form. 

• We have selected two dates for our Pre-Launch staff development - July 31st and August 13th. It is only necessary for you to attend ONE day. Two options have been given due to the fact that a number of our EC³ teachers had schedule conflicts. Please email me and let me know which day you will be attending. Topics to be covered at this time include ipad and cart management, use of the Apple Configurator tool, utilizing the WebDav solution, and training students to use Google Apps for EDU, etc.

• It was also decided that we would use Adobe Connect to facilitate monthly virtual meetings next year - with the exception of the beginning of school. The group consensus was to connect several times during the first few weeks of school in order to facilitate a successful implementation.

I hope that I remembered everything. As always, please feel free to call or email me with any questions or concerns.

Mary

Mary Ray, M.Ed

District Instructional Technology Specialist

East Central ISD
6634 New Sulphur Springs Road
San Antonio, Texas 78263

(210) 649-2343
(210) 649-1434 fax