BECKET-CUMMINGTON-DALTON-HINSDALE-PERU-WASHINGTON-WINDSOR
TO: CBRSD Technology Committee
FROM: Robert R. Putnam
DATE: January 4, 2012
RE: Technology Meeting 3:30-4:30
on January 3, 2013
Quick Points:
·
The
meeting was held using WebEx. Andrew
Garcia, Hal Westwood, Katylin Manns, and Dave Lennon participated via WebEx
while Melinda Gowdey, Kelly Markland, Gary Stergis, and Rick White attended in
person. Gary Stergis suggested that the
use of a conference telephone would improve the presentation for participants. The members who joined via WebEx said that
the shared desktop was helpful.
·
You
can log into the CBRSD Google Apps by going to http://www.google.com/a/cbrsd.org.
Your initial username is your CBRSD e-mail address and your initial password is
cbrsd0320. Remember to change your password once you are in. You will want to
look under the “Sites” tab to find CBRSDTechCommittee.
·
The
Marshall Memo featured the following link for Digital Literacy. Please give attribution to the Marshall Memo
and to the authors if you share the link because this complies with their
guidance on copyrights: Digital literacy website – Digital Passport is a free
web-based tool from Common Sense Media to help students in grades 3-5 use
online and mobile technologies wisely: https://www.digitalpassport.org/educator-registration
. For more information, see this article: http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/blog/digital-passport-educators-grapple-digital-literacy-citizenship “Towards Digital Literacy” in PEN Weekly
NewsBlast, Dec. 21, 2012
January 3,
2004 Notes
1.
Strategic Tech Plan Review
a.
Hal
made a suggestion that the staffing section clearly indicate the goal of hiring
2-3 Technology Integrators, one dedicated to K-5, one dedicated to 6-8, and one
dedicated to 9-12. He also suggested listing the technology we currently
own. The group agreed that Rob should
include a table listing CBRSD hardware and software currently available as was
done in the Burlington Hich School Technology Plan.
b.
Committee
members will review the draft plan on the CBRSDTechCommittee website and insert
comments in the comment section on the “Strategic Plan” page.
2.
Copyright
Law and Education
a.
The
issue of copyright law and education was illustrated in an example given by
Gary Stergis in which a school promised students a viewing of a Disney movie if
some goal was achieved. The school was
successfully sued by Disney for copyright infringement. The committee agreed that CBRSD teachers should
be aware of copyright laws and that the Technology Committee needs to identify
the key information and determine a way to disseminate that information to
staff. The following websites served as
a starting point. Members will look into
the issue and post resources to the comments section of the Copyright Law and
Education page of the CBRSDTechCommittee website.
3.
Proposed
Professional Development
a.
Andrew
Garcia’s CBRSD course will start on Jan. 7.
There are currently 11 participants.
His course description is available for download from the website on the
under the Professional Development Proposals tab on the “10-15-12 Google Apps
Proposal by Garcia” page.
b.
If
you or someone you know would like to offer a 10 hour professional development
course, you can download the Request for Proposals from the “Professional Development
Proposals” page by selecting 9-10-12 RFP for Pro Dev.
4.
iPad
Proposals
a.
The
group reviewed the Marshall Memo summary of the Tom Daccord article in Edudemic
http://edudemic.com/2012/09/5-critical-mistakes-schools-ipads-and-correct-them/. Of particular interest was the bullet
dedicated to Unprepared Teachers. It was
observed that the RFP process required applicants to imagine how they would use
iPads before they had an understanding of all of the issues involved. Rob explained that he is negotiating with a
trainer who specializes in the training “on workflow issues like cloud
computing, the interaction of different apps and file types, file format compatibility,
file conversion tools, all-in-one management solutions, and translating these
concepts so students can use them.”
b.
Kelly
brought up the view that the 10 iPad RFP was not well suited to implementation
ideas discussed among high school staff.
The high school staff has been discussing implementation based on
classroom carts of 20+ units. Rob will
work with Kelly to prepare a proposal.
c.
The
issues of printing from iPads, voice recognition, and management software were
raised as difficulties to be overcome in any iPad implementation.
d.
CBRSD
Google Apps slipped into the discussion.
Rick observed that any student email accounts required parental
permission, but that Brian Rabuse had already worked through the development
and had a form that could be shared district-wide. Rob said he would support any professional
development necessary to increase the use of the CBRSD Google Apps.
e.
Rick
reported that the distribution will commence after the arrival of the carts in
late January. Rob said that all of the applicants
will receive some iPads. The
administrative team believes that professional development is a key component
of a success full implementation so Rob is organizing training for grant
recipients.
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