Meeting notes 12/18/13

Tech committee meeting notes

12/18/13

In attendance: D. Parker, L. Lynch, P. Conis, M. Joyce, M. Hauck, C. Bosco, K. Roos, M. Nelson

Discussion of making contributions to the digital literacy curriculum overview.- some contributions have already been made.  Look over existing contributions, add to them, comment on them, continue to add to it

Need to make the document explicitly clear so that others can use it easily- need clear definitions so it is explainable and understandable to others

Next steps is to decide how topics fit into existing classes and curricula and distribute them accordingly

 Next meeting- solidify working definitions and get to next steps

Mike will crosswalk with DESE and ISD standards

Next meeting: January 8, 2013

Minutes of Meeting 12/4

Attending: Courtney, Doris, Laura, Matt, Mike, Tammy, Michael

meeting materials used for discussion.

Following the planned agenda, we first discussed the definition of Digital Citizenship, beginning with the suggested options in the meeting materials.  After brief discussion it was agreed that a good working definition is the one from Cable in the Classroom group:

“Digital Citizenship is a holistic and positive approach to helping children learn how to be safe and secure as well as smart and effective participants in a digital world.”

Next, we discussed what would constitute the breakdown into primary or principal components.  Again, using the meeting materials as a guide, we looked various schemes and decided that the five component breakout made the most sense.  This is Communications, Awareness, Information Literacy, Technical Literacy, and Health and Safety.

Finally we discussed what the final product of this effort would be.  It will be a comprehensive curriculum map which will match each component & topic of Digital Citizenship to an appropriate place in the academic and or vocational curriculum and grade level.  Each row (discreet topic) would map to the DESE Tech Literacy Standards.  Each entry on the map (row and column entry) would contain the topic or topics to be covered, links to support materials, and example lesson plans (where appropriate).

Next Steps:

• Refine, republish curriculum map template - Micahel
• Refine definition of each major category (5) - teams assigned by Michael
• enumerate the sub components of each major category - each team

Next Meeting: Wednesday, 12/18 2:30 pm Library

Meeting Agenda Wednesday, Dec. 4

At our last meeting we discussed next steps for implementation of our Strategic Technology Plan.  We decided that the next significant 'project' to take on was the development of  a Digital Citizenship curriculum to cross all departments and grade levels.

I've posted several documents to the shared folder regarding digital citizenship.  The document Curriculum Resource List has a variety of links to other useful materials.  Please try to take a few moments and scan over some of this material.

For our meeting discussion:

1. What is "Digital Citizenship"?
2. Examples of comprehensive curricula
3. Materials and resources to draw on
4. Organizing our approach

Meeting Notes 11/20

Tech Committee Meeting Notes:

11/20/13

2:30-3:30

In attendance: D. Parker, C. Bosco, M. Nelson, T. Quin, K. Roos, P. Conis, M. Hauck

- Google Apps for Education:

Mike reporting out on themMeeting re: GAfE. Meeting went well.  No decision was made, but information was positively received

Questions were around cost, data security, archiving email (what are the requirements and can GAfE really meet our needs?), do we continue to get e-rate funding if we use google?

Discussed what we already have that GAfE would replace, and what we would still need

Question about is do we just have to archive email? What about other forms of communication?

We need a more comprehensive software architecture- discussion about x2, power school, etc

- Strategic Plan:

Copies of strategic plan have been delivered to admin.

- Devices Policy:

Cell phone policy has been changed in the handbook.  New policy says electronic devices in front of a teacher in a classroom for educational purposes.  Also in café.  Not in halls, and not walking across campus.

This means we need to make changes to acceptable use policy.  Tammy is bringing copies of other schools’ acceptable use policies from her principals’ meeting tomorrow

- Strategic Plan Implementation:

How do we want to implement this?

Paula made a bid to put digital citizenship as our next priority, as it has the most impact on student learning

Every teacher should incorporate digital citizenship into the curriculum for their class as appropriate.

Mike N. made a bid for 1-to-1

Wifi system was built to be able to support up to 4-5  devices per person

Meetings shift to Wednesdays 

12/4 next meeting date

Meeting Agenda Wednesday, Nov. 20

Updates - GAFE proposal; Technology Strategic Plan   [Discussion]
At our last meeting we were only able to cover the first two of several agenda items.  So we'll pick up where we left off from last meeting with these items:
Acceptable Use vs. Responsible Use policies   [Discussion]
Cell Phone policy change      [Discussion & Feedback]
Building the 5 yr tactical plan    [Discussion]

Meeting Notes 11/6/13

Tech committee meeting notes

11/6/13

2:30-3:30 Library/media center

In Attendance: C. Bosco, K. Roos, M. Hauck, P. Conis, M.  Nelson, M. Joyce

Tech committee strategic plan approved as a final document

-          - Mike will present it to the admin team

GAfE presentation

-       -    Looking for feedback on presentation for admin team

- Mike H will edit the presentation based on feedback from committee and present edited version to Suzanne and other members of admin team (as appropriate)

Meeting Agenda Wed 11/6

Due to the faculty meeting on Monday, we moved the committee meeting to Wednesday.

Proposed Agenda:
Tech Committee Strategic Plan (what we created last year)  [Discussion & Decision]
Google Apps for Ed proposal presentation  [Discussion & Feedback]
Acceptable Use vs. Responsible Use policies   [Discussion]
Cell Phone policy change      [Discussion & Feedback]
Building the 5 yr tactical plan    [Discussion]

Meeting Minutes 10/21/13

Tech committee meeting 10/21/13
In attendance: T. Quinn BJ Chauvin, R. Fitzpatrick, P. Conis, M. Hauck, K. Roos

Topic of discussion: Priorities for upcoming year

• 1-to-1
• google apps/google school
• cell phone policy change- already in progress.  comments and feedback have been submitted to Tammy.  A draft proposal will be presented to the committee
• Acceptable Use Policy change- needs to be updated to address change in cell phone policy and addition of wifi to campus.  Paula nd others will research other schools' policies and put copies on Tech Committee blog
• addition of wifi to campus
• creating a digital citizenship curriculum
• professional development program that encompasses all tech needs

Next meeting: 11/4/13

Committee Meeting Agenda

Monday, October 21 @2:30 in Library

• Review Tech Plan draft (completed end of last year)
  draft document to view and comment
  slideshow summary to view and comment
• Finalize Tech Plan, submit to Administration for adoption
• Set priorities for committee work (possible list):
• acceptable use policy revision
• cell phone policy revision
• planning for 1-to-1 deployment
• planning for adoption of Google Apps for Education
• creating a "Digital Citizenship" curriculum

Tech Committee 2013-14

It's time to get the Tech Committee back on track.  We have a lot of work ahead, given the technology changes we've made and those soon to come.

Everyone is welcome to participate, of course.  If you are interested, please let me know (use this poll) what days are workable for you to meet.  We'll plan on meeting every other week as we did last year.  I'm targeting our first meeting of 2013-14 for the week of 10/7.

If you're unable to attend, we'll continue to maintain this blog so you can stay abreast of issues and what's going on.