1. HOW CAN WE USE TECHNOLOGY TO COLLABORATE AND COMMUNICATE IN A CONSISTENT MANNER? WE COULD DEPLOY A “LEARNING CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM”…

2. WHAT IS A LEARNING CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM? Learning Content Management System (LCMS) - provides a multi- user environment where teachers may create, store, reuse, manage, and deliver digital content from a central object repository. LCMSs also provide virtual spaces for student interaction (such as discussion forums and live web-conferences).

3. HOW WOULD WE USE A LCMS? Our teachers would continue to deliver the bulk of our students’ instruction in the classroom We could use a LCMS to enhance teaching and learning and communication with families.

4. HOW CAN A LCMS HELP TEACHERS? An LCMS can improve learning through better communication, collaboration and increased access to curriculum and supplemental content. Here’s one example: Video: Managing Daily Teaching Tasks

5. WHAT DOES A TYPICAL LCMS INCLUDE? Calendars Resource folders Blogs Discussions Quizzes Assignments Dropboxes Bulletins Media galleries Social networking and messaging

6. FREE VERSION VS AN “ENTERPRISE” VERSION? “Basic” Package (free) Personalized homepage Course profiles Calendar Online homework submission Create assignments/events Create quizzes/tests Mobile apps for iOS, Android, Kindle Fire Online gradebook Course analytics App center (Dropbox, Khan Academy, etc…) Professional network (share lessons, etc…) Email/text notifications Discussions Group workspaces “Enterprise” Package SIS integration (Powerschool) System-wide grading scale setup Application integration management (Finalsite calendars for athletics, Turnitin.com, Office 365 OneDrive, etc…) Audio/video recording Custom branding and domains Increased storage and file size limits Priority support Remote authentication and single sign-on Advanced analytics System log and event reporting Training (on-site and web-based)

7. A MAJORITY OF COLLEGE STUDENTS RANK THEIR COLLEGE WEBSITE, LMS AND LIBRARY WEBSITE AS HIGHLY IMPORTANT FOR THEIR ACADEMIC SUCCESS: From the ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2013 https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1302/ERS1302.pdf

8. HOW CAN WE OBTAIN THE LEARNING CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT WILL BEST HELP US TO COLLABORATE AND COMMUNICATE IN A CONSISTENT MANNER?

9. Form a committee to: define our requirements compare products select the Learning Content Management System that best suits our needs, with the capacity to adapt to change