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 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT  AGENDA The purpose of this professional development agenda is so that members of my online learning community can meet to discuss ideas for the first day of school to get teachers immediately involved in some sort of technology use. Ideas for activities, games, networking, etc., are all welcome and invited for grades 9-12.

I need for the members of my community to sign up to manage one of the following items on the agenda. Please feel free to edit and come up with your own ideas to make this meeting more successful.

1. Ice Breaker (5 min.): Darlene is responsible for grouping and social ice breaking. When the participants come into the room they will each be given a piece of candy. There will be 10 different colors of candy and five pieces of each color. The groups will be formed by the color of candy each person has. There will be 10 groups of 5 participants. Doneane will be responsible for choosing music to play during this time that will get everyone pumped up and excited about working together in teams. 2. Skills Inventory (10 min.): Laura will facilitate this portion of the meeting by introducing the Technology Applications Skills Inventory to the group. Group members can reference the following site for a preview of the inventory prior to the meeting. http://www.tcet.unt.edu/START/assess/teksurv.pdf

3. Creating a Shared Vision (10 min.): Traci will facilitate the shared vision portion of the meeting by collecting ideas and guiding the process of developing a vision. 4. List of Possible Technology Activities and Materials/Resources Available for Discussion (15 min.): Ruthie will come up with a starter list of possible first-day activities to discuss. Your ideas on this are also welcome. 5. Expectations for Future Collaboration (5 min.): If no one else signs up for this, Ruthie will suggest a future time for the learning community to meet online again to discuss future possibilities for professional development.