September+23

Lower Level Conference Room
We will set goals and then look at adding teachers to the committee.Teachers we had suggested earlier wereTom Flight, Tinhai Vong, Barb Makowsky, Carmen Rohne, The decision was made to Invite Terry to attend meetings, to present updates from the provincial LwICT Steering Committee, as needed.
 * 1) **Review June Meeting minutes**
 * Need to enlarge committee -

2.  **Communication channels at Board Office** We will continue to send agendas and minutes to Senior Administration and the Secretary Treasurer and Assistant Secretary Treasurer. Discussions were held regarding our role. a decision we made to work on a divisional education plan was reversed during post meeting discussions.

3. **Budget from LwICT - 08-09 $28 400.00 for PD **

4. Update: LwICT **Parent Handbook** Teacher copies of the Parent Handbook will arrive at the Board Office around September 15. Before October 16 Sharon will finish the teacher and parent information letters, pass them to Gail and then have Stephen take them to the AC. She will make sure dates and specifics about reporting on the continuum are correct. She will count out and send handbooks and letters to the schools. Chris will find the sample of what we had decided upon as our reporting format and add it to the wiki for us to discuss and make a decision. We will try to have it done by October 16, also passed by Gail and taken with the letters to AC. The reporting template should include: Reporting will happen once in second term include K-8 and target the three Manitoba Education specified criteria Junior High teachers may have to collaberate to report. It will be a single page insert.

4. **Planning f**or this year: >
 * We discussed the divisional goals for 2008-09 and how we could fit LwICT into them. We also discussed the PD plan that we would need to work on at the next meeting. It will include the following formats. Tentative dates were set and we started to attach locations and topics.

a). Steering Committee meeting dates @ $1-2 000. September 30 Mapleton October 22 Minarik House November December 17 Planning for January meeting January April 7 June b). **study group meetings** dates and topic 7 half days@$10 500. September Hands On - Mapleton November 20 ESMS January 14 Budget planning April 21 May 13 c). **after school gatherings** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">dates and topic  $1 000. Name Smart Basics Smart Intermediate Smart Advanced Infusion Tools - applications on computers and on the web with curricular examples Troubleshooting - Smart, computers, Applications LwICT Continuum Understanding LwICT Assessment and Reporting <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">d). **mentoring** e). **TALL for tech EAs** @$2 000. f). 2 **half day workshops** that may be open to other divisions Dates Topics 5.We brainstormed the content of the September 23 meeting and assigned tasks. Meeting Adjourned at 3:30.
 * give out handbook information
 * talk about reporting
 * dates set for meetings
 * review function of members
 * Main activity: Teachers do a walk about in at least two classes at Mapleton, gathering information about how ICT is being used. In small groups apply the activities to the LwICT Continuum and then discuss activities they have used and where they would fall on the continuum.

Next Meeting at Mapleton on September 30, 1:00 pm.