Tech Committee Meeting Minutes
3_6_2006
Attending: Diane Stacey, Steve Grindle, Scott Griggs,
John Pandolfo, Ric Nudell
1. Scott reviewed previous meeting and committee
priorities
a. the
charge of the committee: definition of purpose
1)
make technology functional/beneficial for all
2)
work with State technology standards
3)
have technology demo at each meeting
b.
reviewed priorities
2. Review of Committee Priorities
a.
recommendations for
b.
recommendations for distribution of technology $$
c.
continuation of education of staff ($$ and time)
d. review
of policy issues
1)
student and faculty accounts
2)
student and faculty web pages
3)
removable media and email access
3. Steve brought up the question of embedded technology
versus standalone technology courses. He used the example of the business
foundations courses (Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Database; Desktop and
Internet Publishing) and suggested that students need to be taught tech skills
and then use them in regular classes
(not in isolated circumstances/courses) so regular class time isn’t used in
teaching it, and so that the application is directly tied to content and
context.
Diane had concerns about block scheduling and
students not having and English or math course to apply the skills immediately.
Scott gave an overview of the IC3 Certification (Key Applications, Living
Online, Basic Hardware and Software) and said Karen Baron has suggested that
the certification be a part of the
4. Recommendation to
First we
reviewed the VT 9-12 Grade Level Expectations.
Draft Recommendation:
‘All Freshmen should be able to demonstrate
verifiable technology skills as defined in the 9-12 Information Technology
Grade Level Expectations for Vermont’s Framework of Standards and Learning
Opportunities.’
i.e. implement Grade 9-12 expectations in
grade 9)
5. Next Steps: we looked over the list of priorities
left after
1)
recommendations for distribution of technology $$
Diane and Scott gave overviews of the present system.
It seems we need to have Tommy for a realistic discussion of this, how it works
now on both the tech and regular technology budgets, and what is and isn’t
possible.
2)
continuation of education of staff ($$ and time)
3)
review of policy issues
a)
student and faculty accounts
b)
student and faculty web pages
c)
removable media and email access
Respectfully submitted,
R. Nudell