Test+Meeting

Hi, gang!

So, my new goal in life is to minimize the amount of time I spend in meetings.

I have noticed that many of the topics we cover in meetings could quickly and easily be covered in a forum such as this wiki. It would allow people to digest information at their own speed and free up required meeting time for collaborative planning or sharing effective techniques and strategies.

Do me a favor and see if you think online meetings would work as well as in-person ones __//**in some instances**//__. I've set up this test page to show you what I mean.

For something as important as testing procedures, we could print and sign forms. For something more casual, teachers could be required to comment. The comment could be as simple as "I, Laurie Green, have read and understand" or, for discussions, teachers could be required to say something substantive. It would look like this:

include component="comments" page="Test Meeting" limit="10"

Administrators would have documentation that everyone had seen/heard/been exposed to the information. Questions and areas of disagreement could be covered in the comments.

There are other cool things we could do, too. We could embed videos. I would have created one using my webcam, but I haven't showered, dressed, or combed my hair yet. (I'm classy like that.) Also, my voice is squeaky on tape. Instead, here's my favorite Taylor Mali poem from youtube. Noah prefers "What Teachers Make," but this one cracks me up.

[|Taylor Mali's "I'll Fight You for the Library"]

We could vote on stuff.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=0Gh1eirktpPf4vWrBdviIg_3d_3d

We could create a page for a particularly challenging student (or parent,) allowing teachers to share information and creating electronic documentation. Like this.

Let me know what you think.