September+2011+Minutes

Minutes of the meeting - September 27, 2011

Members present: Penny Crooks, Lynn Fisher, Laura Holland, Chandra Manning, Carla Shinn, Rhonda Washington, Tina Webster

Tina Webster led the meeting and brought us up to date on the disposition of the old teacher laptops. They were not re-imaged over the summer and at the present there is no money to re-image them (at approximately $150 per machine to re-image).

There was a meeting with the IT department two weeks ago to discuss some of the issues that are coming up. Teachers are asked to be patient in regard to the process of getting new students into our system.

Subs should have their own logins. Do not give subs passwords and access to user folders, email and Moodle.

SmartBoard bulbs are on order.

We discussed Professional Development vs. Professional Learning Communities. It appears that one to one instruction works best. Members should check with teachers to see what they want. Encourage teachers to get their students to use Google Apps. Update your web pages. We get calls when things look wrong.

Please keep in touch. We do not hear everything about teachers' technology concerns.

Respecfully submitted,

Carla Shinn Recorder