HS Technology meeting 12/4
Alden High School
Technology Meeting
December 4, 2007
Meeting Minutes
Presentation of proposals
Q and A to follow.
- Art presented proposals –
- Committee discussed the best way to update macs for instruction
- update current- notlikely since the software will not run on them ven with updated RAM
- be part of a shared new mac cart
- Cameras
- Scanner
- Laptops
- Committee discussed the best way to update macs for instruction
- Foreign Language
- Rover all in one media cart
- 2 projectors and carts?
- Library
- screen and projector
- Mac cart by Rachel Hazen
- Mac cart by Jean and Andy
- discussed fixed desktop labs vs laptops
- Projectors by Nicole these may be prioritized within.
- Tech
- Business
- Science 2
- FL 2?
- Math
- Art
- Music 2
- Technology
- pc lab and updated pltw software
- scenario for this was to create SMART lab in 231 with pcs and PLTW software.
- Science
- Tablet pc
- Venier probe racks (priority #1)
- Math
- Graphing calculators #1
- Exam Gen software
- Green Glob and graphing equations software
- Geometers sketchpad
- Math type 6
- Projector and base station and cart
- Physical Education
- idea for handhelds
Yearbook: Color Printer
- Other
- Studio 8 for building by Nicole
- Should items be put through departmental budget?
- CPS laptop and cart? no maybe tc grant
- Prioritize proposals using the Intel Ranking tools
- Discussion identified need to figure what proposals are district and high school building. Committee questioned how we can prioritize one department over another if the need is the same?
- Tuesday committee will return for an hour to prioritize proposals according to impact purchase will have on the largest number of students and which purchases are have a greater tie to curriculum of course at the top of the list.
- Justification to add base stations was discussed.
- Went through many ideas for cable and streaming from marty and came up with idea for projectors.
- Project: Streaming our school into the 21st century: Create oneprojector ( per classroom)
- SVGA adapter/Fiber optic cable to teacher computer
- How will we hook the mounted projectors to DVD players?
Depts will decide what should be allocated to tech vs. dept budget then rank remaining for tech budget.
- High School integration specialist
- ideas for job description and daily utilization
- Staff Development ideas
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