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RESPONSE: Power Cords and Charging Stations

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RESPONSE: Power Cords and Charging Stations

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Thank you everyone for your feedback and questions around Power Cords and Power Stations. We are internally reviewing each of these and will provide a collective response soon.

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Will we have access to Hot Spots to use as back-up Wifi for all Summer Institutes?

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When using the Answer Garden, be sure to remind participants to use single words (trust; authenticity) rather than phrases (it takes trust; you need authenticity). This is different from the Padlet.

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Will there be power strips on each participant table? 

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Will there be power strips on each participant table? 

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Inexpensive College pennant resource

https://www.andersonkpt.com/ncaa_pennants

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Will the approved music list be the same for SI and Ignite?

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When do SDs find out if they have been assigned to facilitate AVID 101? Do we try to avoid assigning new staff developers?

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Can anyone give suggestions as to how to navigate Ignite using a Mac and related tech issues?

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How detailed should the response be for Day 3?

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How do I code/submit payroll for SD Training?  

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How do I code/submit payroll for SD Training?  

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table cloths on tables---please

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Why has the word "equity" been removed from CoPs?

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Is there a way for us to get power cords? Having a large number of participants with just a few options for charging may be an issue.

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Staff developer training was difficult for me as I had to interrupt my work to charge my device multiple times. This can be frustrating for our participants if this happens at SI.

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When we put our time in, do we put it in the time zone we are in now - or our home time zone?

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When we put our time in, do we put it in the time zone we are in now - or our home time zone?

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With so much of the content being online, it seems necessary to have power available at each table. Having to use the charging stations was an interruption to my own learning; for particpants, I worry even more.

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What will that set up look like this year? We struggled with the limited charging options in our SD CoP room

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My computer lost power yesterday and I wasn't near a power station. It was tricky for me to participate in the online reading without my device. Additional power stations would be helpful, if possible. Thank you.

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Is there a reason that student leaders only spend 15 minutes visiting CoPs? This is always the highlight for participants and they ask for more time. 

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Is there a reason that student leaders only spend 15 minutes visiting CoPs? This is always the highlight for participants and they ask for more time. 

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If our school site is attending a site that we are facilitating at, can we spend the site team time with our school site on each day of SI?

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If our school site is attending a site that we are facilitating at, can we spend the site team time with our school site on each day of SI?

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Charging stations would be much appreciated

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Publishing of Site Team Modules for Day 1 & Day 2

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Publishing of Site Team Modules for Day 1 & Day 2

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Is there a reason Site Team modules aren't published before they get pushed out to SDs? Reliance on SDs to publish the Site Team modules may unfairly set up some of our participants to experience lack of access in the case a busy SD forgets to publish.

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I feel as if we will lose a lot of participant's attention because of the lack of power strips. The SI has moved to a more digital in-person format over the last few years and not giving our participants access to electrical power does not support the move.

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Laptops did not remain charged for the afternoon. Many of us were not able to use our computers by the afternoon. Concerned since site teams are going to need the the computers to move through the material that teams may not have the resources to get through that work.

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Power charging was a huge challenge. Staff developers struggled. At our table, feedback was the is going to be a negative experience for our participants. Others said, "I was disengaged when I didn't have my computer in front of me." Others said, "Our district has old computers and the charge doesn't last." Overall - the Staff developers feel this is going to hinder the participants experience.

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Power charging was a huge challenge. Staff developers struggled. At our table, feedback was the is going to be a negative experience for our participants. Others said, "I was disengaged when I didn't have my computer in front of me." Others said, "Our district has old computers and the charge doesn't last." Overall - the Staff developers feel this is going to hinder the participants experience.

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I am anticipating many issues with not having power strips at tables. The expectation that participants laptops will be charged and stay charged through the duration of COP is unrealistic.

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This was an issue last year with power strips at each table, there still weren't enough in some cases. Please, please, please provide more charging options for participants. They will be vocal about not having the ability to charge when their 10-year-old district-issued laptop can't make it through even half of the day. This takes them away from learning. Thank you for considering!

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The lack of charging stations was not conducive to stay online and continuous learning. My concern is that with certain devices (like mine), we can't stay charged to last an entire session-not to mention enough charge to lead Site Team time.

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Will each room be equipped with power strips at each table. Charging stations were always packed during SD training.

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Will each room be equipped with power strips at each table. Charging stations were always packed during SD training.

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Power strips would be beneficial to ensure access and equity with the blended learning and to ensure the opportunity for frustration is limited (ie: battery life). 

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Power strips would be beneficial to ensure access and equity with the blended learning and to ensure the opportunity for frustration is limited (ie: battery life). 

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Participants need more charging stations. Maybe the mobile ones?

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Two power cords are not sufficient for our time with participants. Participants get extremely frustrated if/when they are unable to follow along with their computers. Technology when using multiple tabs, etc, does not stay charged for long enough periods of time. We barely got by last SI season with the strips on the table.
Participant: "If we are required to bring laptops and chargers to this training then why aren't there enough places to charge our laptops?"
This comment was made when there were power strips on every table.

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Will materials (like those given to SI participants) be shipped to those registered for Ignite? If so, what materials?

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How soon will it be confirmed if we are presenting alone?  I have an IGnite the first week of June that I have not yet been assigned a partner for.  I am worried about the prep time and the delivery being smooth for my participants in the digital format.

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My experience this weekend had added stress due to charging my device! It seems like this will happen on a large scale with participants. Can we please consider adding table top charging?

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I understand that providing charging stations at each table is a significant cost. Nevertheless, with the shift to the eLearning platform and eBinders, we must support our partners to remove barriers to their participation. In addition, our feedback will reflect frustrations based on the lack of charging stations. What shows up on the feedback form is a fraction of the frustrations that staff developers will face within their CoP rooms over the course of the learning experience.

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What is the plan b for path since we bring our own devices and will not have the back up PowerPoint on our room device?

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Could there be consideration to have time built into next year's staff developer training for co-facilitators to plan together? It is very challenging to meet outside of the 2 days with current agenda times.

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The lack of charging stations at each table is a significant issue. I realize the cost may be considerable, but participants will expect this and rightfully so at near 1000 dollars or more per participant.

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I would like to add my voice to chorus. The frustrations around charging computers last year should have resulted in MORE charging options rather than significantly fewer options. My school issued computer is 6 years old, and can only hold a charge for 3 hours, tops.

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Are we permitted to bring independent charging station for our rooms

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Besides Staff Developers and District Directors, who can deliver APLMs?

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I ditto the charging concerns. School laptops often do not have the best battery power. No power AND not giving out hard copy of the curriculum books may cause frustrations.

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At the end of SI/Path, etc., staff developers must complete the summary form. Is that 1 summary for the CoP or does each staff developer have to do their own?

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Will hardwired rooms have a handheld mouse?

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If we have an air mouse, is it okay to use that while presenting the e-learning course pages?

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Do we need to grade participant feedback for it show up as completed for badging/myAVID credit?

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Is it possible to have the syllabus added as a PDF for easy downloading/printing? Word docs are downloading weird for me and cutting off text when printing.

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Does AVID allow new staff developers to sit in on other strands in order to expand facilitation strategies/AVID foundational knowledge?

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I completely understand the rationale to save money by not providing power to tables. Having to not engage in the modules over the last two days as a participant made me feel uneasy and guilty when my laptop needed to be charged. I feel having power strips at tables allows our participants to engage fully. Without the power to tables, participants will disengage. Please consider rethinking this, and add power strips to all tables if the ask from AVID Center is to have fully engaged participants using the e-learning platform.

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In my CoP, there was a definite consensus that less than 10% of the staff developers here were able to engage in the training without charging our devices. There is a definite need for power strips to all tables in all CoPs if the expectation is that participants are following along in Canvas.

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What is the current rate for traveling? I heard conflicting pay rates during the training. Thank you!

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Will Staff Developers be leading Site Team Facilitation during Summer Institutes? I see some mention of it in the syllabus, but this was a topic that was not covered. It was great to be together! Well done.

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Computer batteries lasting through the day will be an issue. Using charging stations will interrupt the flow of participant engagement with the content.

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If we are to continually tie our work to the framework, it might be useful to include 2-3 framework posters in each rooms package of posters. They are rather small and it would be impactful to have them in several places so participants could see and refer to them more easily.

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I think I know the rationale, but I'd like to confirm, what is the reason we are not to bring candy/snacks to give to participants?

I've had participants ask (complain) and I'd just love to not make up the official reason. ;-)

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From a Cultivating Writing SD: I got several questions from participants last year about the Goose Chase. Do you have more information? Is there a prize, where can we direct students to find all the clues, etc.?

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Will a single file containing all of the handouts be uploaded to the SI Facilitator Resource area of the course?

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A long standing frustration is that participants are not provided lunch and have to go to restaurants or stand in long lines for the grab n go option. My concern is that participants who need to charge at lunch and do not have enough charging stations in their room (because clearly there are not enough for everyone), will either 1)leave their laptops unattended by some random outlet in the venue and likely lose or have it stolen, OR 2) skip lunch to sit with their device while it charges.

We know better, let's do better.

We are saving money by not printing and shipping curriculum. Can we please use some of that budget to take care of our participants access needs. This is a huge issue that will create very unhappy participants if not addressed.

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Will we be able to raffle off the table copies of the CoP text or are they being shipped back to AVID Center?

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Can anyone share their preferred method(s) for organizing their presenter syllabus?

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Can anyone share their preferred method(s) for organizing their presenter syllabus?

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Older devices will have trouble staying logged in for the 4 hours of learning. 

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Older devices will have trouble staying logged in for the 4 hours of learning. 

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I'm nervous that the experience may be disrupted due to only two charging stations.

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Is there a room moderator when we are facilitating solo for Ignite?