Technology Leaders, Quarter 2, Agenda

Technology Leaders, Quarter 2, Agenda

January 28 and 29, 2014 - Two Hours and Thirty Minutes

Online Assessments

Objectives / Metrics

Scheduling and maintaining the RTTT cart to accommodate a variety of online assessments and classroom instruction
Creating an online assessments aligned to Common Core
Logging students into DataLink
Administering an online assessment
Setting up the online MSA or HSA
Using online resources to prepare for online assessments

Increased usage of DataLink for test creation and online assessment administration
Increased usage of the RTTT cart
Participant portfolios
Quarterly report and participant reflections
Participation in the wiki and blog

Agenda
Introduction/Welcome
10 minutes /

Quarter 1 Conversation
10 minutes /

Open forum for Quarter 1 topics
Discuss what we did during Quarter 1 and have people share their experiences with scheduling
Participants should share what went well, what they struggled with, how we can help support them throughout the rest of the year
Ask for suggestions and discuss any problems they might have had

Using Outlook for Scheduling
10 minutes /

Introduce Outlook and explain it is a really good way to keep a collaborative calendar and get teachers using their email.
Demonstrate how to use Outlook to set-up a collaborative calendar and have teachers sign up for spots
Discuss the pro’s and con’s of this and point them to the video tutorial in CitySchoolsIT on YouTube.

Using the TSS Course/Collaborize
15 minutes /

Mention that there were some issues with how people uploaded and submitted assignments and walk everyone through the steps on how to submit them correctly
Mention that we will be using the gradebook and achievement features on TSS this quarter to keep everyone updated and make it easier to track progress
Answer any questions they have about using the TSS site
Discuss the Collaborize website and go through to see if anyone had any questions that were not answered that we can answer now

Introduction to Online Assessments
5 minutes /

Online Assessment Demo
10 minutes /

We will link out to PARCC Sample questions from TSS and have the TL’s choose which assessment questions they want to answer
They will understand that this test is more rigorous and complicated than assessments in the past

DataLink
20 minutes /

DataLink Activity
20 minutes /

TL’s will build their own assessments in DataLink. If they do not teach classes, they can just practice creating the assessments so they know how to go through and do the training for their own staff

5 minute break
Plickers
10 minutes /

We will demonstrate Plickers by using the tool to ask the TL’s what tools they use for assessment and the pro’s and con’s for each of those tools

Smart/Promethean Tools
10 minutes /

We will discuss the Smart Response and Activote systems and show the TL’s where training resources exist
Mention that in the training plan they create, they can include these types of tools as well.
Demonstrate how these tools are used and discuss example scenarios

Review Quarter 2 Assignments
15 minutes /

All participants will create a professional development plan, implement the plan and ensure that at least three teachers at the school follow through on the plan. Then, participants will reflect on the process in TSS and comment on other people’s journals. They can follow these four steps for one of two different areas:
Creating and Administering Online Assessments using Datalink
Using a Set of Response devices in the classroom

Reminders/Things to Mention
5 minutes /

Questions/Comments/Issues
10 minutes /

TL’s will ask questions about the program, the assignments, etc. and any other issues or discussions that need to take place.