March+30

= = = **March 30** = = **D220** =

8:00-9:00 Cart Talk....Straight from the Horse's Mouth 9:00-10:00 Shared Folder update

= Business Items =

Professional Development Survey

 * === Please give us your feedback: survey ===

Upcoming Labs

 * ===Copper Hills===
 * ===Wilson===
 * ===Jackling===
 * ===Fox Hills===
 * ===Rolling Meadows===
 * ===Jones Center===
 * ===West Valley===
 * ===Twin Peaks===

Final Department Meeting for the Year:

 * ===Date: May 18, 2012===
 * ===Time: TBA===
 * ===Location: TBA===

=iPad Dad=

Two Ways to Use Free Online Response Systems With Students
= (Brandi Gollinger) =



=== Socrative and Poll Everywhere can be used with students who have access to a computer, cell phone, or a mobile device such as an iPod Touch or iPad. ===

they can save the website as an icon (looks like an app icon) on the device. Here's how you do that:

 * Open the browser on the iPod Touch or iPad
 * Navigate to the exact page of the website you want to make an icon for
 * Click on the icon on the top left side of the screen that looks like a rectangle with a right curved arrow
 * Choose "Add to Home Screen"
 * Name the website what you want and then touch "add"
 * It will then set the website as an icon on your iPod Touch/iPad

To take the poll today, open a browser and go to: [|pollev.com]
= UTIPS = = (Heidi) =

Browser to use:

 * ==Safari or Chrome==
 * ==In May Mark will push out a UTIPS icon onto the launch pad that will open in Safari==

Before the end of the year you will need to:

 * ==Set up teachers with a new UTIPS account.==
 * ==Help teachers move tests from old site to the new UTIPS site.==

UTIPS //How to// Documents:

 * [[file:1-Create+Teacher+Account.pdf]]
 * [[file:2-Import+data+from+pre-existing+UTIPS.pdf]]
 * [[file:3-Create+Student+Accounts.pdf]]
 * [[file:4-Create+Assessments+from+Pool+Items.pdf]]
 * [[file:5-Build+assessments+w+Own+Items+and+Align+items+to+Standards+.pdf]]
 * [[file:6-Assign+particpants+to+an+assessment.pdf]]
 * [[file:7-How+students+take+tests.pdf]]
 * [[file:8-Access+Reports.pdf]]
 * [[file:9-Share+Assessments+with+other+Educators.pdf]]
 * [[file:10-Change+passwords.pdf]]

UTIPS //How To// Screen Casts:

 * UTIPS Enrollment Code
 * UTIPS Teacher Account>