The first meeting of the Ferryway School Technology Leadership Team (FTLT) was held today. The FTLT’s goal is to provide leadership on how best to integrate technology into curriculum instruction. The team will meet on a regular basis to implement a technology integration plan focused on grades 3-6. A significant part of the plan is to build teacher’s knowledge and understanding of Web 2.0 classroom strategies. Principal, Tom DeVito, welcomes the following teachers:

• Kate Ambrose – Grade 3
• Sara Shelton – Grade 4
• Diane Urban – Grade 4
• Margaret Briatico – Grade 5
• Robin Desantis – Grade 6
• Scott Richmond – K-4 Computers

Technology Specialist, Robert Simpson, presented these agenda items:

1. Ferryway early release day, September 10, 2008 debrief
2. Edutopia.org George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) update
   a. Video and article used to train today’s preservice teachers.
3. ISTE Materials
   a. NETS-S Poster (display in all classrooms grades 3-6, computer labs, technology lab, art & music rooms)
   b. Web 2.0
   c. NETS-T booklet
4. Ferryway Technology Integration Action Plan
   a. What grade level goals do you have Fall > Winter > Spring
5. Teacher Technology baseline survey and Student Tech Survey
   a. Ferryway SurveyMonkey account
6. EduBlogs [Example http://neotechlearning.edublogs.org ]
   a. Each leader needs an account. One post per month.
7. Digital Media Workshops
   a. Set schedule and topic discussion [See Digital Media Workshop tab above]
8. Set our meeting schedule, Mondays.

The Implementation Plan Committee is responsible for creating an action plan to carryout the Expanded Learning Time (ELT) grant.