CFF Networking Meeting
February 19, 2009
9:00 AM

1. Welcome

2. Reminders from PDE Mentor - Capital Day is Wednesday, May 6th. Look for teachers and students who are doing great things to show off.

3. Presentation Equipment Overview
4. Mobi
5. Now that the equipment is installed - advice for Cohort 3 schools. Carl asked the newspaper to follow the teachers from start to finish to document the changes! Ask teachers what one thing they would like to do and that will be the teacher's "specialty". Try a lesson, then keep that lesson for the "Flip the Switch". Plan ahead and do it earlier. Send a questionnaire to the teachers asking them for a lesson that they want help with. Throw out certain tools to the teachers and ask if there is any interest in it. Check the listserv for help, also

6. Flip the Switch or Spotlight on CFF Events - Lehighton, May 1st; Panther Valley still waiting; Weatherly is doing a Spotlight; March 23 will be a meeting with the Lehighton School Board; Anne is having a teacher come each month to the School board to show what they are doing. Let Cathy and Virginia know if we are doing anything special with CFF. Let Kara Thomas know c-kthomas@state.pa.us when are you having it and afterwards, who came.

7. Results from Collaboration Day Surveys - Will email those to everyone. Cathy is working on a letter to our legislature about CFF and will include some of the comments by the teachers in the surveys.

8. April 17 CFF Showcase - March 31st @ 5:00pm to 7:00pm. (set up will be 4 pm or 4:30pm). There is a school board retreat at the IU. Could a teacher from each district showcase at this. CFF, ESL and teacher leaders will be featured. Precursor to our showcase in April.

Invitations - Start creating invitations for the event, email. RSVP was April 8th. There will be a breakfast. (9am - 11am) Set up between 8am and 8:30am. We want to do a single sheet to give data and extent that out to in the state. Four different sessions for the afternoon. Hand pick teachers for the this. Looking for a product. Rigor that shows what CFF is all about. Not a presentation but using technology into the curriculum.

Afternoon PD: General session: TiGlobal, Google Apps and Education, CPS, Scratch, ePals, Thinkfinity/Nettrecker, Moodle for teachers. Teachers get one session in the afternoon of their choice.

9. Date Updates 2009 – 2010
a. Networking for Feb 2010: moved to Feb 10 (because of PETE&C)
b. PETE & C 2010: Feb 21 – 24 (CFF pre-conference will be on February 20)
c. Showcase? March? Definitely not during PSSAs
d. Non-core Content Collaboration Day? Probably in March

10. Sharing- Ideas for Embedded Learning Course. What do we do when teachers are slowing in their excitement and we become IT helpers? Be sure to do a zipped up backup on your Moodle files.

11. Individual PD needs