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8/24 (Orientation Week) What is the role of the CRT? Chronicle Research Teach

What are some things we have on our plate this year?

Video activity In 30 seconds, talk about an example of innovation in a classroom, either yours or someone else's. Record this in Photobooth, and put the video file on Pai.

**__CRT MTG.: Cooke Hall Conference Room, 8/25/10__** Present: Doug (DK), Dan (DG), Bruce (RBS), Paula (PH), Lara (LC), Trish (TC), Chai (CR).

· Doug: CRT leader. · Lara: will post minutes to our CRT Wikispace: crtseminars.wikispaces.com

1. Doug would like to meet w/ individual CRTs to discuss what we've been doing as CRTs: what's worked well, and what's not? Schedule mtg. w/ DK.

2. Current Role of CRTs: Discussion · Doug's acronym: C: Chronicling: share stories of what's going on in different depts, documenting change in teaching/learning over time. R: Research; being up to date on current studies. T: Teaching: tech and other stuff. · RBS: Determining the resources we need in re: tech? Maybe reallocate funds previously used for JB's salary into other things (not a given that they'll appoint a new Director of IT; wait-and-see situation.  · DK: has set up CRT Wikispace: http://crtseminars.wikispaces.com as a centralized site for our work.   · DK: think about 5-10 minute curricular topic bursts we can share w/ DH group, e.g. how to use PunApps Calendar.   · CR: Revisit list of topics from last year, and spend some cycles extending our material to subdepts and larger public.   · DK: Kevin Conway suggested that we attend dept. mtgs: finding out what diff. depts. wish to achieve/needs in Semester I.   · IDing outside resources needed.   · RBS: Aggregating best practices in one spot. DK: maybe using Ning that JB created for LabSchool.   · Cross-training: skills we need as common group. Do workshop internally in CRT "A" Day Mtgs.  o DG: recommended Deb P. to train in Skype. o PH: YoLink, Sweet Search (link mining software that embeds in browser; highlights; provides bibliographic info) tools. o DK: Moodle. DG suggests bringing a list of top 5 Moodle issues. o RSS Feeds o New Quick Time software that can record what's happening on screen, take it to a Punahou site where code's generated to embed on blog. o DK: Interactive Whiteboards: Everyone has Promethean and SmartBoard software. Apparently cross-platform; can use sans board. Clicker function to enter questions.

3. Issues requiring followup: · TC: Follow-up on ePunahou and when it's going to be eliminated, so teachers have ample time to move resources. · LC: Issue in re: changing from Punalink to VPN to remote-access files from school servers. IT changed the system w/o notifying faculty of the change. DK to periodically meet w/ Wendi K., so he can report updates that affect faculty as a whole.

Next mtg.: F, 9/3/10, "A" day. (8/26/10 mtg. cancelled due to Convocation.)