November 5, 2009

AberdeenArlingtonColville NEW ESD 101ESD 112ESD 113 Olympic ESD 114 ESD 123NCESD 171 HighlineKelsoTonasket Mt. VernonOkanoganPullman SequimStevenson- Carson Union Gap Bethel

9:00 Introduction and Welcome  Conn McQuinn, PSESD 9:10 PBS TeacherLine and NCCE Capstone Program  Jeff Allen, ESD 114 9:25 PILOT Update  Anne Allen, PSESD

9:40 ETSC Statewide Website and Leader Announcements  Forrest Fisher, ESD :00 Thinkfinity Online Course Announcement  Anne Allen, PSESD 10:15 Trends in Educational Technology  Jeff Allen, ESD 114

10:50 Use of Netbooks for One-to-One Computing  Walt Szklarski, Tahoma School District 11:25 Google Apps for Education  JB Fitzpatrick, Kris Hagel, and Ron Stark, Peninsula School District 12:00 Adjourn Videoconference

Through Washington’s Ed Tech Support Centers

 An online collection of over 55,000 standards-based K-12 lesson plans, student materials, interactive activities, and other instructional content tools  Resources reviewed and endorsed by the nation’s leading education organizations  Through a Verizon Foundation grant, the ETSCs are working to roll-out Thinkfinity in Washington

 Goals ◦ Spread the word about Thinkfinity’s free resources ◦ Eventually all educators know about it and use it  Two major efforts ◦ Online Moodle courses ◦ Train-the-Trainer program

 Introduction to Thinkfinity  Thinkfinity and Elementary Music  Thinkfinity Science Resources  Thinkfinity and the Arts  Thinkfinity and Science  Thinkfinity and Reading  Thinkfinity and Social Studies

 Equivalent to ten hours of on-site workshop, this structured online course is self-paced for the participants, providing them an overview of the rich educational teaching and learning resources that are offered on the Thinkfinity web site that they can complete at their own pace

Clock Hours: 10 clock hours Registration Limit: 25 participants Dates: November 16 – December 18 Registration Instructions (details on ) 1. Go to and click on courses Search for “Thinkfinity” and click on the course. 3. If you are a new user, you will be asked to create an escWorks account. If you already have an account on the ESD 112 escWorks site you will need to login. 4. Once you are logged in, you will be taken to the registration page

Goals:  Establish a network of Washington Thinkfinity trainers coordinated through each ESD  In 3 years ◦ A trainer in every district ◦ Awareness in each building

1. Each ESD will announce a date 2. An invitation to districts to send one person for training 3. Training is free, clock hours available, and a stipend will be offered 4. Trainers commit to training at least 10 teachers or 50% of their staff, whichever is less 5. Additional stipends possible if/when teachers become ESD adjunct instructors and teach Thinkfinity courses for the ESDs 6. Starting late 2009 and early 2010

ETSC Website