October 29th - Team Meeting 7

dScribe meeting - Oct. 29, 2008

Preparation for the meeting

 * 1) Try to get as many of your content objects cleared (green) or at least "in process" (blue) in OERca. Review the dScribe Task List for guidance: https://open.umich.edu/wiki/index.php5/DScribe_Task_List (Main Page -&gt; Fall 2008 dScribes -&gt; dScribe Task List)
 * 2) Take note how much time you spend on each of these tasks using the journal template. (https://open.umich.edu/wiki/images/9/9e/DScribe_Journal_Template.xls) (Home -&gt; Fall 2008 dScribes -&gt; Journal). Fill in tab for the given week and email the updated spreadsheet to Garin.

What to bring to the meeting

 * Laptop
 * All of the course materials for weeks 1 - 8 uploaded and in progress or cleared status in OERca
 * Journal
 * Questions

Here is what we will be covering at the meeting

 * General Questions (15 min)
 * Status Update (5 min)
 * Collect journals for this past week
 * For those without journals, ask for a rough estimate of how much time they spent this past week
 * Poll: What night next week works best for a 4-hour work session? (5 min)
 * Work sessions: dScribe 2s will work individually with dScribes to on clearing course materials (60 min)
 * Action Items:
 * Clearing: Individual commitments for each dScribe
 * See other Action Items below

Action Items for the next week

 * Aim for green: Clear as much of the course content for the first half of the semester.
 * 4-hour work session - date and time TBD
 * Sign up for one of our regular work sessions at the office: http://doodle.com/participation.html?pollId=fkyxht9upzux9ybr