PPS Technology Leaders Cadre

Portland Public Schools, Portland, Oregon

About the Cadre

The Technology Leaders Cadre is comprised of technology leaders from across the district. The cadre is a networking group that helps support development of technology integration lessons and implementation strategies to utilize digital resources, collaborate with colleagues on best practices, and learn about emerging technologies.

Goals
This Cadre will identify and disseminate best practices targeting innovative technology integration into teaching and learning by:

1. providing forums for networking and ongoing collaborative work

2. effectively integrating technology standards with content standards

3. focusing on exemplary staff development skills by designing staff development structures to improve practice

4. modeling and practicing effective instructional strategies while demonstrating emerging technologies

Members

Richard Byrne's Free Technology for Teachers

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Blog Posts

Rescheduled: Final Meeting Friday, May 18

Same time and place:

8-11 a.m.

BESC, Wy'East Room

Posted by Melissa Lim on April 6, 2012 at 10:27am

April 6 PD Meeting

Agenda is here:

http://bit.ly/ppstfagenda

We will be meeting from 8-11 a.m. in the Wy'East Room at BESC.

Posted by Melissa Lim on April 5, 2012 at 4:55pm

Final Tech Bundles Summary 2011-2012

Criteria…

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Posted by Melissa Lim on April 5, 2012 at 4:30pm

James John Sample Documents for Your Classroom

Here are the documents that Sam Leach shared with me:

Reading Log

Weekend Family Learning Activity page 1…

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Posted by Melissa Lim on March 6, 2012 at 5:31pm

Meeting Notes, March 2, 2012

Following are some highlights from our March meeting last Friday. More detailed notes can be found at http://bit.ly/ppstfagenda.

We had a successful unconference with presentations on Google Earth, cyberbullying, digital signage, and social bookmarking. Links and resources can be found in the agenda above.

 

As you may remember, at the final June meeting, you are being asked to provide a summary of tech bundle use in your…

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Posted by Melissa Lim on March 5, 2012 at 5:40pm

Jan. 27 Meeting Notes

It was great seeing you all last Friday for our January PD session. As always, you can see the meeting agenda and all the resources we referenced and used here: http://bit.ly/ppstfagenda.

 

Some items I would like to specifically call out are below.

  • I am making site visits to all our tech bundles schools on Thursdays. I am visiting two schools each Thursday, usually at 9 and 10 a.m. You can see the schedule here:…
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Posted by Melissa Lim on January 31, 2012 at 10:30am

Forum

Brainstorm Activities for NETS Standards for Students

What are examples of activities that can be used to illustrate each standard? Please add your suggestions.Work with TAG coordinator to embed technology into staff meeting PD.All inclusive lesson that…Continue

Tags: technology standards, Nets for students

Started by Melissa Lim Dec 3, 2010.

Technology Articles & Reports 1 Reply

Please add any reports or articles you find valuable. Attached are the Horizon Report and the Digital Youth Report from the MacArthur Foundation.

Started by Melissa Lim. Last reply by Paul Gouveia Apr 28, 2010.

Type to Learn 4 3 Replies

I'm having a tough time getting up to speed setting up Type to Learn 4 at our school.  Looking for somebody who can point me in the right direction as far as administration and controlling how the…Continue

Started by Bruce Niemann. Last reply by Jan Tullis Mar 1, 2010.

Openers/G2KU Activities 25 Replies

ScreamerIn a circle, people look at ground, then on "heads up" look into someone else's eyes. If two people are looking at each other, they scream and are both out. Continue to see who is last. This…Continue

Tags: G2KU, openers

Started by Melissa Lim. Last reply by Jenny Gapp Feb 18, 2010.

Safe Schools in a Web 2.0 World

This is a great white paper regarding use of web 2.0 resources in schools. There are a lot of factors to consider when using these tools in your classroom. There is no formal district policy…Continue

Tags: social networking, web 2.0

Started by Melissa Lim Nov 20, 2009.

Welcome! 22 Replies

Please introduce yourself to the group: who you are, where you teach, what you teach, and one technology-related goal you have for yourself this year.

Tags: inroduction, welcome

Started by Melissa Lim. Last reply by Jan Tullis Nov 15, 2009.

Web 2.0 Tools 4 Replies

Check out these resources! Add any cool tools you've used to the discussion.animotohttp://animoto.com/Animoto is a web application that, with the…Continue

Tags: web2.0

Started by Melissa Lim. Last reply by Molly Renauer Nov 15, 2009.

Server Issues 3 Replies

Hi all,I know that some of you are having server issues at your buildings and that students are not allowed to save their work. If you are experiencing these kinds of difficulties, can you please…Continue

Tags: troubleshooting, server

Started by Melissa Lim. Last reply by Molly Renauer Nov 5, 2009.

 
 
 

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