First+Meeting+Agenda+and+Activity

Hello Benavidez Technology Community members!

We all had a busy week. The Wednesday deadline for posting items passed, as well as the Friday meeting deadline.

There were 4 items on our tentative first meeting agenda. They were: 1. Technology integration 2. Professional Development 3. STaR Chart data 4. The benefits of using a wiki for our interactive meetings.

I think that to make participation in the wiki community easier, we should address only 1 item at a time. I also propose that we post by Friday of each week so that we all have adequate time to reflect and post.

First, let's briefly address wikis and their benefits. A wiki is a web page that can be edited by members of a wiki community. It is an effective tool for colaboration. Instead of face-to-face meetings, we can use the wiki to collaborate and communicate. For a wiki meeting to be efficient and effective, we all need to post our input by the proposed meeting date.

For our first meeting activity, I would like for everyone to view our STaR Chart data and then comment on your technology strengths and weaknesses on the chart below. Please click on this link [] to view a Power Point presentation on our campus' STaR Chart data.

Mr. Doherty, our campus' technology teacher, is going to be providing technology professional development after school for those who are interested. I will share this information with him so that he can take our technology strenths and weaknessess into consideration when he is planning his sessions. To all your comments to the chart, please click on the edit icon at the top right of the page, add your comments, then click save.

I can't wait to hear from all of you!

 Word, Various HISD Business Applications ||  Wiki's, Twitter, Social Networking || Publisher ||  Excel || aspects of Word || Excel || 
 * B.T.C. Member || My Technology Strengths || My Technology Weaknesses ||
 * M. Garza ||  MS Outlook, Power Point, Publisher, Excel
 * L. Ramirez ||  ||  ||
 * M. Madison ||  Word ||  PowerPoint, Excel ||
 * L. Diaz || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">S. Feux || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">E. Marroquin || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">M. Sasmita || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">S. Pipich || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">T. Rollins || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> E-mail, Power Point, Word
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">S. Yarsa || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">G. Allen || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">M. Tan || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">K. Miller || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">P. Doherty || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">P. Zilch || E-mail, Power Point,some