February 15th, 2018

NASC Agenda
February 15th, 2018

Welcome
Please Tweet one thing you learned or an awesome experience you have had in the past week in your school/classroom! Use the #nascmn at the end of your Tweet!

Share/Discuss: How can we use Twitter to connect people within our schools, people across our schools, or even people around the world?

• This website is worth taking a look at: https://sites.google.com/site/twittereducationchats/education-chat-calendar/chat-calendar-cst
  
• Twitter Presentation for Staff from TIES Training
  
• Twitter Bingo for PD from TIES training ​
  

Help Chat

• Flex or block schedules? Anyone doing this? Esko is looking at adapting their schedule to create opportunities.
  
  • Moose Lake has went through a change from trimesters, to 7 period day, back to trimesters. Staff buy-in is needed.
    
• Anyone going for the literacy grant through MDE (20 million)? Due date of March 7th.
  
• State would train them, and it would be for two years.
  
• Cromwell-Wright is looking for information regarding FAB Lab (3D printing, laser cutting, milling machine). McGregor, Cloquet and Barnum offered help.
  
• Cloquet is starting a new book study (Mathematical Mindset)
  
• George Couros is doing a new book study.
  

Action Committees
Review where we are at (see January minutes):
Action Committees work time

• Collaboration
  
  • January 31st collaboration on Mental Health had about 80-85 attendees.  
    
  • Looking at continuing this collaboration on the 4th Wednesday of the month. This would be regardless of breaks and conflict to help set this schedule.
    
  • Some schools were not able to participate due to conflicts in scheduling.
    
  • February 28th: Genius Hour (K-12)
    
  • March 28th: Best Testing Practices (Break into Elementary and Middle/High School)
    
  • April 25th: Teacher Mental Health?
    
  • May 23rd: TBD (possibly survey to assess needs)
    
• Educational Technology
  
  • Twitter for PD Resources
    
  • Twitter for PD Presentation
    
  • https://app.edu.buncee.com/buncee/a55de48ebd074e2899e08820a51c5c8e
    
  • https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1akHf2MvFXRIbx8GPjGrXcwjCdM-aDVKDDFn_XHC8dVA/edit#gid=192738351
    
  • Majority of conversation was about ways that twitter could be used to a greater extent in our schools.
    
  • We would like to have a goal to get a NASC wide twitter chat by the end of the year. 5/23/18 - goal  for this to happen
    
  • Grid Method
    
• Professional Development
  
  • Looking at wrapping up the year with a NASC Tweet chat. Question/Answers with a prize at the end. Could use questions from Innovator's Mindset as a question guide but open enough for those that haven’t read the book.
    
    • NASC Innovator’s Twitter Chat (choose our #nascmn, other)
      
    • Possibly May 23rd, all day (8:00-4:00)
      
    • Share questions via email in advance as well as on Twitter
      
    • People respond in a A1, A2, format
      
    • Host sessions to practice ahead of time or tweet together
      
    • Prize?
      
  • Start next year with a NASC wide book chat of either Empower or Launch by John Spencer and AJ Juliani (speakers for next year). Look at purchasing for entire staff.
    
  • Need to choose a school for EDCAMP next fall. Do we want to continue with the schools in our current rotation, which means Barnum would host next year? Do we want to try utilizing some of the other schools that cannot host MLK Day? Keep the MEA date?
    

Other
Set next meeting
March 15th @ Moose Lake starting at 12:30. March 15

Members Present:
Barnum: Kelly Bonitz, Evan Lembke, Randi Lembke
Carlton: Ben Midge, Billie Waugh
Cloquet: Michelle Brenner, Jessica Gagne, Bekki Morrison
Cromwell-Wright: Tim Stark
Esko: Jennifer Hoffmann
McGregor: Carrie White, Jerod Fischer
Moose Lake: Charlie B, Matt N, Pam E
Willow River: Tana Mack
Wrenshall: Ellie Swanson