Title IID Grants 

Digital Destinations In History

Orientation Meeting
Office of Educational Technology
8201 Rockaway Blvd, Ozone Park NY 11416
Agenda
September 21, 22, 2010 4:00- 6:00

Session 1: Welcome, Sign in,

Session 2: Meet the Staff of Office of Educational Technology Queens

● Winnie Bracco, Technology Innovation Manager, Queens
Digital Destinations in History
● Frances Newsom-Lang, Instructional Technology Specialist
(fnewsomlang@schools.nyc.gov )
● Frances O’Neill, Instructional Technology Specialist
(foneill@schools.nyc.gov)
Voices in History
● Ellen Phillips, Instructional Technology Specialist (ellenquilt1@gmail.com )
● Michael Swirsky, Instructional Technology Specialist
(mswirsky@schools.nyc.gov )
● Richard Gross, Instructional Technology Specialist
(Rgross3@schools.nyc.gov)
● Title IID Staff
○ Robert Sweeney
○ Kelly Gallagher
○ Kathleen Roberts
○ Phyllis Berkowitz
○ Kin Leung

Session 3: Grant Overview

● Purpose
● Goal
● Evaluator: State funded: Data required for the state
○ Jody Imbimbo
○ Cynthia Leger

Session 4: Responsibilities
● Syllabus
● Face to Face Meetings, Dates.
● Assignments, Products, Projects
● “I Have Read It Statement”
● Consent forms
● Participant Information form
 ● Student Opt-Out forms

Session 5: Web Presence

● Website: http://oitqueens.com
● Blogs: http://oitqueens.com/communities/ddih,
http://oitqueens.com/communities/vih
● Wikispaces: http://ddih.wikispaces.com
http://voicesinhistory.wikispaces.com
● Moodle (online only) http://oitqmoodle.com
Session 6: Surveys
● Purpose, location- Where to find them?
Session 7: Creating a Gmail account
Session 8 Closing and assignment for next workshop