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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#006600" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#006600;">A couple of questions I've gotten about attending the conference.</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#006600" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#006600;"><b>How do I get into the conference room?</b></font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#006600" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#006600;">When you go to the web address, </font><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#006600" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#006600;"><a href="https://www.bigmarker.com/ohio-gifted-plc/room3" target="_blank">https://www.bigmarker.com/ohio-gifted-plc/room3</a></font></span><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#006600" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#006600;">, you will see a large blue bar across the top of the page (or very near the top) that has a count down to when the meeting begins. When the conference room is open (at 10am) this bar will change colors to green. Just click on it and you will enter the conference meeting.</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#006600" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#006600;">I've got another commitment tomorrow, but am very interested in the topic. <b>Will there be a recording?</b></font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#006600" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#006600;">Yes, but you will need to sign up on Bigmarker.com and join the community to view it. The community's web address is: <a href="http://www.bigmarker.com/ohio-gifted-plc" target="_blank">www.bigmarker.com/ohio-gifted-plc</a></font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#006600" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#006600;"><b>Are there handouts?</b></font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#006600" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#006600;">Yes. You can access them on the conference page. See the link in the first question. Dr. Huber suggests you print them out ahead of time.</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#006600" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#006600;">This community's goals include collaboration and sharing ideas in the interest of the gifted children we serve here in Ohio. You may be a Gifted Intervention Specialist, Gifted Coordinator, or serve gifted children in some other capacity in our state. We often work in isolation. This community is meant to help break down the barriers that come with isolation and promote collaboration across the state.</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#006600" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#006600;">I look forward to seeing you Saturday!</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#006600" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#006600;">Heather Cachat </font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#006600" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#006600;">Gifted Intervention Specialist </font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#006600" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#006600;">Holt Crossing Intermediate </font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#006600" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.swcs.us/~heather.cachat/" target="_blank">www.swcs.us/~heather.cachat/</a></font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#006600" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#006600;">Twitter: @HeatherCachat</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#006600" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#006600;">"The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are." ~Franklin Delano Roosevelt</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><b>Heather Cachat on Friday, February 22, 2013 at 5:45 PM -0500 wrote:</b></font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#006600" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#006600;">Final reminder about tomorrow's Gifted PLC meeting with Dr. Donna Huber. There are handouts on the conference page at <a href="https://www.bigmarker.com/ohio-gifted-plc/room3" target="_blank">https://www.bigmarker.com/ohio-gifted-plc/room3</a>. Again you'll need to sign up on Big Marker to gain access to the conference. I hope to see you there!</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#006600" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#006600;">Heather Cachat </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#006600" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#006600;">Gifted Intervention Specialist </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#006600" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#006600;">Holt Crossing Intermediate </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#006600" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.swcs.us/~heather.cachat/" target="_blank">www.swcs.us/~heather.cachat/</a></font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#006600" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#006600;">Twitter: @HeatherCachat</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#006600" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#006600;">"The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are." ~Franklin Delano Roosevelt</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><b>Heather Cachat on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 8:23 AM -0500 wrote:</b></font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">A reminder of this Saturday's presentation on Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) by Dr. Donna Huber.</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Also, would we want her to include OTES and student growth measures in general (like Value-Added) in addition to an overview of SLOs in Saturday's presentation?</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">I hope we can have a good number of people attend! SLOs is something that we will be responsible for coming this fall, and, at least in my district, very little has been said about them. I would assume this to be common around the state. Please consider attending the meeting this Saturday and joining in the conversation about SLOs.</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Sincerely,</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Heather</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Heather Cachat</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Gifted Intervention Specialist</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Holt Crossing Intermediate</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><a href="http://www.swcs.us/~heather.cachat" target="_blank">www.swcs.us/~heather.cachat</a></font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/hacachat" target="_blank">www.diigo.com/user/hacachat</a></font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/HeatherCachat" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/HeatherCachat</a></font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><b>Heather Cachat writes:</b></font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Ohio Gifted PLC announces our Saturday, February 23rd meeting topic:</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Student Learning Objectives with Guest Speaker Donna Huber, Ed.D.</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">We will be focusing on Student Learning Objectives in our February 23rd meeting. Our guest speaker will be Donna Huber. She is a Student Growth Measures and Alignment Specialist with the Mid-Ohio Education Service Center, located in Mansfield. Donna will present information about Student Learning Objectives and answer your questions. We look forward to discussing this topic!</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">To join in on the conversation, you will need to join the Big Marker website, its free, at: [ <a href="http://www.bigmarker.co" target="_blank">http://www.bigmarker.co</a> ]<a href="http://www.bigmarker.com" target="_blank">www.bigmarker.com</a>.</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">To join the Ohio Gifted PLC community, go to: [ <a href="http://www.bigmarker.com/ohio-gifted-pl" target="_blank">http://www.bigmarker.com/ohio-gifted-pl</a> ]<a href="http://www.bigmarker.com/ohio-gifted-plc" target="_blank">www.bigmarker.com/ohio-gifted-plc</a>.</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">To join the conference on Saturday, February 23rd from 10am-11am, you will need to login to Big Marker, and then you can use the following link: <a href="https://www.bigmarker.com/ohio-gifted-plc/room3" target="_blank">https://www.bigmarker.com/ohio-gifted-plc/room3</a></font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">If you want to ask questions during the presentation, you will need a microphone. You can also type your questions. This presentation will be recorded for future viewing, but I believe you will need to join the site to view it.</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Donna will be sending me some handouts that I will put up on the conference page. We look forward to seeing you next Saturday!</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Sincerely,</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Heather Cachat</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Heather Cachat </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Gifted Intervention Specialist </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Holt Crossing Intermediate </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><a href="http://www.swcs.us/~heather.cachat/" target="_blank">www.swcs.us/~heather.cachat/</a></font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Twitter: @HeatherCachat</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">"The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are." ~Franklin Delano Roosevelt</font></span></div>
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