October+26,+2005

  Robin Mitchell, Linda Parry, Angie Clark, Heidi Dudley, Linda Gray, Corey Brueckner, Michelle Cain, Darrell Meredith, Jason Whitehorn, Tina Baca, Kevin Keena, Mert Martens  The real deadline to submit the grant proposal is December 1, 2005 but Darrell feels if we could be ready by November 1 our chances of winning the grant might be better. Heidi reported that Mike Zehner, Network Manager for LPS, recommends that we start with COWS which need an uninterruptible power source and a dedicated line. Power requirements depend on the size of the COW cart. The computers must be charged up each night. A firewall for each cart would also be necessary and at least two access points and possibly a printer.  Heidi pointed out that teacher training is imperative to go along with the COWS. The committee needs input on what would work best for teachers. Conferences for individual subject areas? Training during school hours with possible ½ day sessions? The committee needs to know what specific topics teachers need to learn and will need feed back from each department.  Darrell reported that we must have our grant submission in by December 1 **//at the latest//**. He reports that we are asking for 2 COWS and a computer with a video projector in every room. Darrell would like to increase screen sizes in classrooms. The pricing is $875.00 for a projector and the mounting bracket plus wiring makes the total cost $1360.00. Darrell asked for written feedback from each department as to how grant money would help teaching.  Corey asked if departments could write their own grant and ask for money for other things since Science already has a computer and projector in each of their classrooms. Corey wants to ask the Grant Committee for 11 Promethian smart boards. He and Tina also thought they might write another grant for TI “click” technology. Darrell said this would be OK. Some committee members wondered if these other two grants from Heritage might hurt the chances of the one coming out of the Technology Committee written to improve technology throughout the entire school, not just one department, i.e., science. These grants will be competing with the grant from the Technology Committee to be funded from the same pot of money.  Jason suggested the Technology Committee meet with the contractor who will be handling the remodel of the building to see the final building design for planning purposes. Darrell said he would try to set up a time.  Heidi explained that HHS is allocated a fixed number of software licenses (Norton Anti-virus, and the Office package) and if we exceed the number allocated, we pay the license fee of $65.00 per machine. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Next meeting: November 30, 2005 at 2:30 p.m. in the ILC <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Narrow'"> 1. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Share all technology resources in the building equally <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Narrow'"> 2. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Get a computer and projector in every classroom <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Narrow'"> 3. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Replace all iMAC carts <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Narrow'"> 4. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Consider practicality and accessibility when making Technology decisions
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Heritage ****<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"> High School **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Technology Committee Meeting Minutes **
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">October 26, 2005 **
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Committee Members Present: **
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Grant Discussion: **
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Technology Committee Goals for 2005 **