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STC Technology Planning Committee Meeting Minutes Wednesday 3/14/2007, 3:30-5:00 PM STC Room M201 (MS Lab) Reports Diocese Technology Update Laptops We received 38 laptops for Teachers with software. Teachers completed an orientation session and signed a laptop loan agreement. SmartBoards We discussed asbestos removal for projectors - Fr. Meysenburg said that costs are prohibitive. The current method of mounting projectors on stabilized tires works at the moment. The following rooms currently have SmartBoards installed. We are requesting more for next year through CDOL. They have been granting requests at a rate of 3 a semester, and hopefully will continue to do so. M201 MS Computer Lab Library Library M106 6th Math/Science M102 MS Science 103 HS Math 108 HS Math 105 HS Computer Lab M204 MS Language Arts M101 HS Science and Economics 106 HS Math and Business Diocese Ed Trouble Ticket Process Report - last visit on 2/23/07 addressed the following: 1441 – Sibelius software for Music & Band 1405 – SynchronEyes - Discussed being a test site for this lab management software. 1665 – Laptop down - will need to be re-ghosted on site, unfortunately the old drive was too far gone to be recovered. Additionally the image which was on a laptop used temporarily for summer installs, is gone. So that means we re-ghost from an existing laptop within the school. 1653 – UPS Down – Will be added to CDOL's March Monthly Action Plan 1647 – DV Camera – Will be added to CDOL's March Monthly Action Plan pending Joe/Sr.Mary finding a model and quotes 1646 – You will have to contact Dennis Pitzl for this: dennisp at prattav.com he can point you to where to buy replacement items. 3 Data Projectors - Joe will add it to CDOL's Action Plan for possible funding. If the donors will not fund, Joe will give us a quote to purchase at their price Cisco Router – installed Switches – 2 Cisco Switches installed - one in the Fine Arts building, one in the Library Server Room Accelerated Reader – V6.36 is now installed on the server and most client machines that need them 1 Cad Lab machine – Sent to CDOL not working; seems fine after windows restore, has been returned 1 Lab Workstation – Sent to us blue screening, has been running fine since it’s been here, have run disk and board diagnostics with no indication of hardware failure at this time, has been returned New Equipment: Workstations, Laptops, Desktops – Will be deferred until summertime, with exception of two CAD Compatible laptops, we will start looking at possible models ASAP. Chancery SMS Update Report - teachers would lose grades while using the "copy assignments" process, but I have had no reports since teachers stopped using the process. We updated between 1st and 2nd quarters. Things seemed to go well. More teachers are using it. Synchroneyes We will get to be a test site, provided that the donor approves. TOP 10 Needs Requesting more SmartBoards for next year Requesting new machines in the MS Lab Requesting new machines in the Library Lab Requesting new robust laptops to match the new lab machines Requesting 3 projectors with docks and carts for teacher use K12 Planet/Chancery Parent Link Asked Marie and Fr. Meysenburg M to ask at their administrator meeting about CDOL providing some kind of Gradebook access for parents via the Internet. We know they have been working on a Chancery/Blackboard link, but progress has stalled (as reported by CDOL). K12 Planet already works with Chancery SMS - would they allow access for our school? Perhaps CDOL could host a K12 server if security is a concern? Workshops/Trainings Blackboard - entire faculty was trained Wed, Jan 24. Some faculty are using it regularly. Would like to have a goal of teachers posting lesson plans and/or assignments for students who miss. NETA - April 25-27 Tracy and Vicki will go to this convention and share one room. We discussed additional teachers attending as well. ESU9/ESU10 training opportunities - Tracy will post via email and workroom SmartBoard and Clicker Demonstration 19-Mar TECHS: Building a Computer 20-Mar Inspiration 8 27-Mar PowerMedia Plus 27-Mar Accelerated Reader - Best Classroom Practices 24-Apr Podcasting 3/15/07 Digital StoryTelling 1 3/20/07 Digital StoryTelling 2 - PC 3/26/07 Microsoft Excel II 3/28/07 LAN Manager Meeting 4/10/07 Photoshop Elements 4/11/07 Digital StoryTelling 3 - PC 4/12/07 The Learning Web Institute 6/11/07 (2 days) TALM - Technology Academy for LAN Managers 7/23/07 (5 days) Tech Prep Coordinator Meeting - Wed, March 28 Build a Computer Day - Took All Comp II students to SCC - Milford CSE Day - Taking 6 Comp III students to the Computer Design Contest at UNL - Build the Smart Home of 2017 Tech Day - April 4th - Thanks to Greg Sinner for locating a building for the students to redesign FBLA - taking 27 students to SLC in Omaha Thurs-Sat, March 29-31 Other Web Site - Updates ready to go State Reporting - Diocese is doing this as well as the Incentive Pay Requests/Action Items AutoLibrarian Update - we will order the necessary upgrade (a little over $200) and ask if STM would like us to order one for them as well. Website vs AR book listing service - we will use the Report process in AR and host the report on our website, and reevaluate later on the user-friendliness of the process. Lunch Internet Access - we will place Marie's old laptop in the lunchroom for Pam to use, so that we don't have to upgrade the legacy Windows 98 machine running the lunch program. HS lab supervision - Ryan and Dirk will keep the lab locked so that students aren't able to use the lab without supervision. AUP & Publication Policies - will be published in the Student Handbook, noting that if parents do not wish to grant permission that they need to notify us in writing. Tech Prep - Comp III students will have the opportunity to take 2 dual credit CCC programming classes during 1st period next year. Orders or Purchases register other teachers for NETA SmartBoard marker replacements AutoLibrarian Upgrades Old Business Exchange Server - The Diocese Ed Tech Office houses a central exchange server and redeployed our old cahh-exchange server elsewhere. New Business/Comments/Concerns Attendees Tracy Adrian Vicki Buss Marie Butler Allen Harpham Fr. Meysenburg Meysenburg Sandy VanCura Larry Zabloudil Next Meeting: TBA Email Tracy Adrian with questions, additions, or concerns at tadrian@esu9.org


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