Purposed+Agenda+Items+for+Online+Course+Meeting

__**Date**:__ **Dec. 9, 2009**

__**Online Learning Community:**__ Teaching New Technology to Highland Park Students and Teachers

[|Highland Park High School]
 * __Campus:__**

9-12 grade
 * __Grade Level__**:

Jesse Cole (Facilitator) Shelly Vernable (Campus Instructional Technologist) Kristen Toney (Department Chair of Media and Information Technology) Brenda McNurgan (Computer Science Teacher Highland Park) Katie Streepey (Student Highland Park) Patrick Cates (Principal Highland Park)
 * __Current Community Members:__**


 * __Subject__**: Please use this page to propose agenda items for our online course discussion. We need current community members input to set current and future agenda items for this committee to work on. As it is our goal to improve our STaR Chart campus improvement plan, our first discussion will focus on online courses for students. As you begin to suggest items for our agenda, please keep in mind the purpose and objective for our Online Learning Community - in this case, to propose new online student courses and how we can effectively implement the courses. We also need input about which grade levels would be open to taking an online courses, how we can add additional community members to our online meetings. Finally we need to brainstorm activities that can help us create not only a shared vision of our technology goals for students and staff but will also allow us to better explore and discuss the benefits, uses and goals of online coursework for our students. Please remember when proposing any activities to fully describe the activity, including the steps to implement the activity, and the estimated time it will take to complete the activity.

I look forward to creating an interactive and broadbased agenda over the next few days. A reminder that the more brainstorming ideas you share, the better our final agenda will be, which will ultimately lead a richer and more productive discussion.

Remember to review any of the current pages and doc's posted on the wiki. A reminder that our timeline for this discussion begins Dec. 10 at 6:00 a.m. and will end at 10:00 p,m. December 12. I will take all suggestion into account and will post the agenda and timeline for completion of the agenda item on Dec. 13.

Thanks

Jesse Cole

Materials to Review [|Highland Park ISD Technology Plan]


 * __Agenda Items__**:


 * //Jesse Cole//**:

1. Introduction of Members: //Please write a few thought about yourself and what you hope we will accomplish in these online meetings. Suggested timeline: 1day//

2. Review of HPISD Technology Plan: //Please take some time to review the current HPISD Technology Plan. Discuss what is clear, unclear, needs updating. Suggested timeline: 1 day//

3. Share your vision of where HPISD is heading for online courses. We will then create a shared vision to follow as we discuss our technology goals and implementation. //Suggested timeline: 2 days//

3. Review of Current Online Course: //Please list your thoughts about the current online courses offered to Highland Park High School Students. What are the strengths, weakness and areas we need to improve in our current online coursework? Suggested timeline: 3 days//

4. Review of Traditional Courses: //Please give input of any current traditional courses that could be converted to an online course offering. What would be the benefits and downside to doing so? How could we integrate a traditional course with online coursework? How does this fit in with our shared vision? Suggested timeline: 3 days

5.// New Course Offering: //Please list any ideas for new course offerings and their impact, budget, staffing, and any other concerns or benefits to HPISD, keeping in mind our shared vision. Suggested timeline: 3 days//

6. Staff Concerns and Expectations: //Address any potential staff concerns and expectation over future course development. Suggested timeline: 2 days

Please feel free to add comments, and to raise any questions or concerns you would like the group to address.
 * __Additional Comments__**//