Agenda+for+July+9+meeting

Agenda: ( notes from meeting - 5/12 / updated info - 6/12) / updated 7/12 Attendees: Norton Gusky (recorder), Mike Baker, Matt Strine, Justin Driscoll, Nikki Navta, Amiena Mahsoub, Kevin Conner, Kelley Beeson, Dustin Stiver, Frank Muto, Sean McDonough

1. Pre-Conference (November 13)
 * Focus - gaming and gamnification with Constance Steinkuehler (if available) - ETC will pick up travel costs / Kim Harvey will make arrangements this week / Constance left Department of Education and fee went to $10,000 / sub-committee formed with Kelly Beeson and Kim Harvey to investigate other options/ Kelly has been in touch with Brian Waniewski, the Managing Director, from Institute of Play and will finalize the arrangement in the near future
 * CoSN connection - Sean will follow up with Vince Humes who has been in touch with Keith Kreuger, executive director for CoSN, in the next week to find out more about the opportunity to provide a CoSN Framework for Essential Skils workshop / Sean has been in touch with Gayle Dahlman and Jean Tower from CoSN who will conduct a 3 hour workshop aimed at Chief Information Officers interested in taking the CoSN Certified Education Technology Leader (CETL) exam
 * 1:30 - 3:30 Workshops - student led on app development (Winchester-Thurston Norton contacted WT about joining the session/ Aileen Owens confirmed participation of both South Fayette and WT / South Fayette), Scratch (South Fayette), and Robotics (Norwin) / Christy McGuire contacted Tom Lauwers,BirdBrain Technologies (Finch robot) who agreed to conduct a workshop/ Tom Lauwers will submit a presenter application / Max number for workshops - 15 => need for pre-registration
 * 4:00 - 5:00 Keynote
 * 5:00 - 7:00 Vendor Reception

2.. Full Conference (November 14) >
 * Gary Stager for Keynote ( Jana and Kevin in touch with SmartED for sponsorship/ Justin has a call with Mark DeHaven from SmartEd this week) / Norton will reach out to Gary to set up workshop and keynote
 * Spotlight presenters
 * Distinguished educator - Apple ( Justin will contact Apple/ Justin talked with Apple – they are running the idea up the flag pole to do a PETE&C like block of presentations at TRETC)
 * Aaron Sams - Flipped Classroom ( Sean will follow up and see if Aaron is available and interested in presenting ) Sean reached Aaron Sams who has agreed to be a presenter / Kevin Conner suggested we use the term "invited presenter" / Kevin suggested we ask Aaron to conduct two sessions - an introduction to Flipping the Classroom and a session for people already using the strategy
 * Other ideas - PAECT teacher of the year ( Jana bill follow up and offer travel expenses on behalf of SWPAECT )/ Jana will finalize arrangement after PAECT meeting on Saturday, June 16


 * Special sessions / panels
 * Blended Learning (Mike Baker) - Discussed inviting districts using this approach, e.g. Quaker Valley, North Hills / Mike will investigate connecting with experts from out-of-state, possibly Texas
 * STEAM (Justin Driscoll and Matt Strine) - Justin will work with Kim Harvey / Kelly from the AIU will reach out to STEAM grant recipients to present / Norton will contact the Fox Chapel Area School District team and partners (ASSET, Children's Museum, North Hills, and Riverview)
 * Global Conversations and Awareness (Tim Devlin and Amiena Mahsoub) - Amiena will follow up with Tim Devlin to identify schools and possible partners for a panel session
 * Gaming K-12 (Nikki Navta) - Nikki will talk with Elizabeth Forward about sharing their delivery of Gaming through the Ages
 * Digital Media - Take a Shot winners
 * Other ideas - CREATE Lab / CMU (Norton will contact);
 * DiscoveryEd (Jana will contact) / no word after initial email request
 * Tech Directors - Online Assessments ( Sean will follow up with PDE for possible presentation/ video conference ) / Sean will set up a virtual session with PDE tied into the Tech Readiness checklist and the state plans for online Keystone assessments
 * Gary Stager - Creativity in the Classroom (Norton will contact Gary after sponsor has been identified or before ISTE with focus on "creative production" - project based learning/ Maker/Tinker activities / ( see above)
 * Children's Museum/ ETC - Designing Maker Spaces for Learning Environments - Norton will ask Kelley Beeson to connect with Children's Museum / Kelly will follow up the Children's Museum
 * Kids and Creativity Showcase (Dustin Stiver) - best examples of projects shared by the Sprout Fund


 * Poster Sessions
 * Game Development
 * Other student projects


 * Digital Playground

3. Vendors / Sponsors > Carnegie Learning - interested in participating / need to submit application > Derek Lomas (playpower.org)
 * Microsoft / Questeq/ Enterasys - Norton Gusky met with Questeq and is still waiting to confirm any vendor participation
 * Safari Montage - Sean McDonough / Norton contacted Jim Snyder - Sean will follow up with Andrew Schlesinger at ISTE / Sean has a meeting set up with Andrew Schlesinger
 * Solutions - Tim Devlin
 * Google - Justin Driscoll / Justin will follow up and see if Google would be interested in a booth or bringing Chromebooks for the Digital Playground
 * Smart Solutions - Justin Driscoll
 * Apple - Justin Driscoll - considering a series of sessions/ Need to review at corporate level / Decided not to participate
 * GenevaMars (ed video game startup, CMU spinoff, alphalab) - Christy McGuire
 * Brainpop / Study Island - Matt Strine / Brainpop is booked for this year / Study Island still a possibility
 * Barnes & Noble - Matt will meet and report in possibility of brining Nooks for Digital Playground
 * SmartEd - Justin will follow up

4. Review marketing plan site moved to main Tech Council URL / || Jana Baxter contacted Denise Decheck for STEAM projects / || 5. Discuss other ideas
 * < **Activity** ||< **Time-frame** ||< **Responsibility** || **NOTES** ||
 * < Develop marketing campaign (theme, logos) ||< 3/12-5/12 ||< Tech Council || New logo by end of May ||
 * Identify keynote speaker(s) || 3/12 – 6/12 || Planning Committee || Norton in touch with Gary Stager ||
 * Update web site || 4/12 - 6/12 || Tech Council / Planning Committee || New logo / Presenter application online / Problem with website - malware infected
 * < Identify potential sponsor/vendors ||< 4/12– 6/12 ||< Planning Committee/ Tech Council ||  ||
 * < Identify presenters ||< 5/12-8/12 ||< Planning Committee || Norton contacted Carl Kurlander to have students present videos
 * < Identify sponsors for workshops ||< 5/12 - 8/12 ||< Planning Committee/ Tech Council ||  ||
 * < Register presenters/vendors/ participants ||< 6/12– 11/12 ||< Tech Council ||  ||
 * Use Twitter and Facebook to share information || 6/12 - 11/12 || Tech Council / Planning committee || Nikki suggested that we use Twitter to share information/ Mike asked if we had a Facebook group set up / Norton sent follow-up note on Twitter / Justin will set up Facebook group ||
 * Distribute marketing materials || 6/12 – 10/12 || IUs/Tech Council / PAECT || Mike will include TRETC info in August PAECT email blast ||
 * < Evaluate proposals ||< 8/12- 9/12 ||< AIU/ Planning Committee (sub-committee) ||  ||
 * < Arrange for equipment needs ||< 9/12 – 11/12 ||< Tech Council/AIU ||  ||
 * < Arrange for food ||< 9/12 – 11/12 ||< AIU/ Tech Council ||  ||
 * < Pay bills ||< 10/12 – 11/12 ||< Tech Council ||  ||
 * < Evaluate /Act 48 ||< 11/12 - 12/12 ||< AIU/ Tech Council ||  ||
 * Bring in new presenters/ groups who have not participated in TRETC - e.g. South Side Beaver to present on their 1:1 initiative (Mike Baker follow up)
 * Create a forum to share best practices in the Digital Playground and via Twitter hashtag
 * Develop virtual mentors for people to contact to follow up on ideas at conference
 * Nikki Navta suggested that TRETC invite "Assemble" to conduct workshop for participants/ Nikki will conduct Nina Barbuto / Include activity as part of Digital Playground
 * Norton will contact Rita Cavalone at the Fred Rogers Center to ask for their participation to showcase their new early childhood apps

6. Other Issues > //We did send out a save the date for TRETC with a STEM Summit email.// / The Tech Council moved the web site and the new format is up and running
 * News from Justin: //It looks like I may have to move the TRETC site internally since it is still infected with a virus and our web host doesn’t seem to know how to work it out.//

//NEXT MEETING - August 13//