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Members of this wiki: Suzan Brandt, Mandy Fox, Jeff Richardson, Ray Dunn
 * Video on Demand Research Notes

1/29/2009 ** Talked with Ray Dunn today regarding the VOD PD solution for the district as well as the video streaming/hosting solution for HCS teachers and student. He will be glad to collaborate with us on this project.

Ray suggests that Hoover content and PD VOD content to be separated.
 * HCS Created Video**


 * PD VOD-**
 * Currently we have $3,500 dedicated from BMS. $3,500 has also been allocated to SMS and RFBMS for a total of $10,500.
 * Jeff is Checking with Dr. Brown and Brian Cain regarding their use of funds.
 * Please see VOD Page for information from Ron Dodson about the PD VOD funds.
 * Deborah camp will dedicate $5000 after this year to keep it going for HCS content.
 * Expert Speaker, http://www.schoolimprovement.com/expert.cfm


 * Questions and concerns:**
 * Like the idea of the VOD and AD working together for PD VOD as well as HCS student created content.


 * HCS Content Video Hosting

PHP Motion** Used by Eric Marcos, MathTrain TV

This is ScreenCast Mr. Marcos shared with us on how to set up PHP Motion on our server. Suzan had to bypass the filter to view on campus.

media type="custom" key="3119396"



**[|http://learn.customguide.com] login: cgober@hoover.k12.al.us Pass: formula849 We have this free? until the summer/fall. We can check it out now and see what it looks like. "Over 10000 tutorials"
 * Custom Guide


 * VOD PD Online Considerations**

PD360 Kathy Bailey can provide additional information. [|**http://www.schoolimprovement.com/**]

**Knowledge Delivery Systems** This is who Suzan and Jeff saw at FETC. Provides content presented by expert presenters and authors. http://www.kdsi.org/

Example: Chicago City Schools put together a list of courses for their program and then work with Adams State Universtiy. (Look at the Chicago link on the KDS website for grad credit informaiton.)


 * Atomic Training Quote and Overview**- [[image:http://vod.wiki.hoover.k12.al.us/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://vod.wiki.hoover.k12.al.us/file/view/Hoover+City+Schools+Atomic+Training+2009-10.pdf"]]

**PD360**- $2,895 per building/ per year
 * Can upload unlimited number of HCS created content
 * Unable to customize pages as of now. (Everyone sees all the content.)
 * Not able to connect with Active Directory at this time. Upload list of users exported from Active Directory.
 * Includes tracking feature for all users.

http://www.learner.org/resources/series172.html**********
 * Annenberg

From: Dodson, Ron Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 10:59 AM Secondary principals, As I shared with everyone this summer, one of the recommendations from our Title II professional development planning committee in June was to explore the use of online professional development as an option for teachers working either individually or together in small study groups on selected topics that are deemed appropriate based on your building’s professional development needs. There are a variety of web-based vendors out there (ASCD, PD-360, and many others) who offer either text-based “college” courses, video-based lectures from famous speakers, or various media combinations on a diverse range of topics. This market is a bit like the “wild west” right now, so rather than picking a source for everyone, we are encouraging each school to try different sources. We will compare notes at the end of the year and share successes, challenges, etc. for the future. I told you this summer that the amount would be around $2,000 per school, but thanks to some last minute budget wrangling, that amount has been increased to **$3,500** per school. Some companies charge a flat rate per school, some charged based on the number of students or teachers, and some charge on a per course basis. As you explore the options you want to pursue for your school, you just need to keep this total amount in mind. ASCD charges $99 per course for example, so if you just used ASCD, you could pay for 35 teachers to complete one course. You may decide to put in additional building-based funds if you want to do even more, but that is entirely left to your discretion. When you have decided on which options you want to pursue, go ahead and arrange for accounts to be set up with key contacts in your own building. When you get ready to pay, just send a purchase order or check request to me with the order information, and I will cover the funds here at central office. Please note that these are federal funds, so I __cannot__ reimburse expenses. If you pay for this with building funds, it will remain a building-level expense. If you want me to pay, then send the order information to me and be patient. Things usually take a little longer to work through bookkeeping here than in the schools, but it will get done. Thank you! P.S. If you choose to __not__ use these funds, please let me know and I will re-apportion the amount to the remaining schools. A lot of our “building-based” PD needs in Title II were left unspent last year, so we don’t want that to happen again. Thank you!
 * To:** Broadway, Billy; Hulin, Don; Smith, Terry; Whitney, Anna; Hood, Amanda; Cain, Brian; Brown, Joy; Wheaton, Kathy
 * Cc:** Jarnagin, Kenneth; Barber, Carol
 * Subject:** Online professional development, Title II funding