2011retreat

Date / time / location

 * Presidential Suite, [|Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1375 S Broadway] (near UK / Keeneland)
 * 9am to ??
 * Breakfast is on your own; CASTLE will pay for beverages, snacks, lunch (and dinner if need be)

Preferred beverages/snacks for retreat

 * Jayson = Diet coke, any nuts, dried raccoon [can you order that? think you'll have to make that yourself!] [JN-get the organic raccoon. I don't like the ones with preservatives]
 * Justin = Ideally, [|Lunch Beer] - but otherwise, Coke, tea or whatever. I'm less into snacks, but am happy to contribute whatever. [okay, who's driving to [|the Liquor Barn in Louisville] to get the Yanjing?] [JN-can we ask an LB here in Lex to order it or xfer it from another store?]
 * John = Diet Coke, regular and peppered beef jerky, raw almonds
 * Scott = ?

**Agenda items** (in no particular order)

 * History
 * Started in 2003 with a STLI grant, CASTLE name in 2005
 * Affirmation of the co-directorate model of governance (along with roles/responsibilities)
 * Complementary / overlapping skill sets, areas of focus, niches
 * Fiscal outlay policies
 * Fixing up the studio / lair / keep / dungeon
 * Private consulting / helping v. CASTLE consulting / helping
 * Making It Happen jackets and other awards
 * Preferred means of communication (Email? Google+? Don't worry about it?)
 * STL classes / programs
 * Scaling up
 * Web site(s) v. personal blogs, other resources
 * EDL principal redesign
 * How do we move forward while also keeping some EDL folks safe / on board?
 * Big wishes - if we dream, what do we wish for?
 * Broad Goal -
 * We want schools to be relevant to the digital, global age.
 * Positive Impact on Schools on Tech. Front through the empowerment and support of Leaders.
 * Concern about "Technology"
 * Leadership for Learning in the Digital Era
 * leadership that can create and effectuate digital learning environments
 * Leadership for Digital Learning
 * Drum Beating v. Doing Something
 * **Who we are:** The thought leaders of the leadership aspects of learning in a digital age.
 * **We want**: Empowered leaders that can operate effectively in this environment
 * **What we're about:**Shaking crap up + getting people to think differently.
 * A little quirky, a little playful ... very serious.
 * The world is digital, the world is global, schools are neither ... if learning environments are ever going to get to where we need them, leaders are going to work differently.
 * **What we have done**:
 * Iowa 1:1 Gear Up
 * Blogging Network
 * 40 million YouTube hits
 * Informed Scholarly Community
 * Small Boutique
 * Grants / funding sources / Kickstarter[[image:http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/t_mini-a.png height="13"]][[image:http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/t_mini-a.png height="13"]][[image:http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/t_mini-a.png height="13"]][[image:http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/t_mini-a.png height="13"]][[image:http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/t_mini-a.png height="13"]]?
 * Training / PD initiatives (incl. SM update on Apple) / Evite[[image:http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/t_mini-a.png height="13"]][[image:http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/t_mini-a.png height="13"]][[image:http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/t_mini-a.png height="13"]][[image:http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/t_mini-a.png height="13"]][[image:http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/t_mini-a.png height="13"]] / Pam Moran & Ira Socol
 * Who else can do Rah-Rah keynote?
 * NextGen Academy debrief
 * Writing initiatives (articles, books, white papers, CASTLE briefs)
 * Affiliates? (faculty / educators / groups)
 * PTLA version 2
 * Institutional assessment that uses items from PTLA2 + things like [|this] and [|this] and [|this] and [|this] and [|this]?
 * International teaching / research partnerships\
 * Visiting scholars - Memhet and Sathia
 * International video competition (students / schools / teachers)
 * Nick Sauers update (nationwide 1:1 info w/ Kevin Flora?)
 * Nick Sauers update (nationwide 1:1 info w/ Kevin Flora?)