Week of March 29 - April 1, 2016

Spring Break, so I'm not working :)

Week of March 21 - 24, 2016

Based on feedback from Joseph C. and James A., I'm in the process of redefining my work. I've been spending too much time on technical things, fixing and deploying, and not enough time on my actual innovation work.

Some of the big things I'll be spending more time on include

• Developing and promoting resources for computational thinking, programming, robotics, and maker education (e.g. Programming and Robotics in Junior High).
• Supporting CTS teachers in practical uses of CNC machines, 3D printers, etc.
• Organizing and promoting esports.
• Drone training and videography.
• Science and math data collection with DIY sensors.
• Invention Convention planning assistance.
• Office 365 professional learning for teachers (and continuing with Google Apps of course).
• Digital citizenship training and resources.
• Maker kits and carts.
• Learning Commons ideas and support.
• Intra- and inter-district collaboration.

I'm also looking forward to being a part of the UofA's Education Maker Day tomorrow afternoon.

Week of March 14 - 18, 2016

Monday:

• Apple School Manager and iOS 9.3 demo with our Apple representative
• Elk-nition event planning meeting

Tuesday:

• Apple Education coding event

Wednesday:

• LT bullet round
• ElkFest planning meeting

Thursday:

• Learning Services staff meeting
• ATLE Convergence Conference planning meeting

Friday:

• NXT lunch

Week of March 7 - 11, 2016

First a few of my calendar things for the week:

Monday:

• arranging pickup of computers for esports
• Wi-Fi design meeting

Tuesday:

• meeting with Learning Technologies and Facilities
• teaching Maker course in the evening

Wednesday:

• Learning Technologies bullet round meeting
• live streaming the CASS Conference keynote in the evening

Thursday:

• Scratch Day event!

Friday:

• meeting regarding decision of keynote speaker for Convergence Conference

And a few interesting things from my to do list:

• helping create CTF robotics and computing science course activities
• reattaching the wheels on two mBot robots that were involved in accidents
• getting some TVs on rolling stands out to schools for experimentation
• helping investigate how Dell Latitude 10 tablets perform off the domain
• exploring Fog Project as a possible bulk imaging solution for Linux machines
• coordinating digital resources for high school auto mechanics teachers
• getting another staff member up to speed on Moodle management
• perhaps building a MeArm
• exploring my new C.H.I.P. computers