Technology Committee Minutes

3/14/07

Present: Dottie Rogers, Scott Paterson, Ben Long, Matt Klafehn, Becky Vaillancourt, April Phelps, Anthony Vescio, Shannon Hosier, Nicole Henderson, Cindy Hermann

The following topics were discussed:

1. Minutes

a. Members approved the minutes from the February meeting. Two corrections to attendance were made.

2. Hardware

a. The committee reviewed the replacement plan and will make the following recommendations:

i. 22 new computers will be placed in the HS business lab (computers are needed to run updated software programs)

ii. 20 computers from the business lab will be relocated to the elementary school for use in the computer lab (every student will be able to have their own computer in the lab)

iii. 1 computer from the HS business lab will be given to C. Rice (for attendance purposes)

iv. 1 computer from the HS business lab will be given to G. O’Connell for use in ISS (many students are given computer work in ISS and it cannot be completed on the old computer)

v. Of the 10 computers presently in the elementary school computer lab: three will go to Becky Vaillancourt and the remaining seven computers will be dispersed throughout the elementary school according to the tech replacement plan.

3. Adult Education

a. Shannon was able to offer one Adult Education class in Introduction to Basic Computing. This has proven to be very successful! The “students” are asking for an additional class.

4. Software requests

a. Databases-

i. All departments were asked to make sure that they are using the databases efficiently

ii. It was recommended that I speak with Claudia to obtain a list of databases-she does not have one

iii. Database training was discussed-the committee will recommend approximately one hour of database training for all faculty to be given as part of an in-service training.

b. Orders-any software orders need to be submitted ASAP

5. Parent Technology night

a. Shannon would like to organize a technology evening for parents as part of her graduate studies. The committee will fully support her endeavors. The date will be determined.

6. Computer Managing Systems

a. The committee decided that they would like to preview different types of management systems. Dottie will set up the demonstration(s).

7. Tabled Until Next Meeting

a. Web Blocking

b. Technology Plan evaluation

c. Staff evaluation