School's out....but not for me

Since school is over, I know you all will be checking the blog everyday over the summer....haha. If you want to keep up with my progress, check out the wiki (http://tinavigatorplan.wikispaces.com/). 
When we return in August, I would like to:

1. Meet on the first day back.
2. Distribute the Navigator systems immediately and begin the training as soon as possible, as discussed before. 
3. Share the plan with the math department (and maybe the whole school) during our welcome meeting.

Also, please keep in mind ideas about these topics:

• copyrights when borrowing ideas for lessons
• monthly professional development (at PLC's)
• how to increase teacher buy-in

Happy summer!

Informative links and video about the TI Navigator System

The video above is of a teacher demonstrating how to use the TI Navigator system in the classroom. 

Click here to watch a TI video created to introduce the Navigator system.

Click here for a list of video tutorials from TI about using different features of the TI Navigator system.

The Plan

Here is another copy of the plan.  Of course, no dates are set in stone, but are just estimates.  Lesson creations can take place during PLC's to create activities for us to use with the Navigator system. 
***To see the table format, check your e-mail.

Year One Projected Schedule

Component Start Date End Date Total Time

Initial Training 6/14/10 6/14/10 2 hours

Summer Lesson Development 6/14/10 8/27/10 ongoing

Installation and set-up and testing of 6 existing sets 8/23/10 8/27/10 5 days

Training 8/25/10 8/25/10 2-3 hours

Lesson Creation 1 9/16/10 9/16/10 1 hour

Lesson Creation 2 10/14/10 10/14/10 1 hour

Evaluation 10/18/10 10/18/10 30 min

Lesson Creation 3 11/18/10 11/18/10 1 hour

Lesson Creation 4 1/13/11 1/13/11 1 hour

Secure Year Two Funding 1/13/11 5/12/11 5 months

Evaluation 1/18/11 1/18/11 30 min

Lesson Creation 5 2/17/11 2/17/11 1 hour

Lesson Creation 6 3/17/11 3/17/11 1 hour

Evaluation 3/22/11 3/22/11 30 min

Lesson Creation 7 4/14/11 4/14/11 1 hour

Lesson Creation 8 5/12/11 5/12/11 1 hour

Purchase Year Two Items 5/12/11 5/12/11 1 hour

Evaluation 5/17/11 5/17/11 30 min

Inventory and restock 6/13/11 6/13/11 5 hours

Implementation Team

Dina Vigliotta – Implementation Project Manager, Grade 7 Math+*
Juile Diefenderfer – Grade 8 Math, Math Dept. Co-Chair+
Amy Grundy – Principal +
Rob Vigliotta – Grade 7 Math*
Kim Givens – Grade 8 Math, Special Ed.+
Karen Miller – Grade 6 Math*

* New to technology
+ Need to be involved