March+21,+2007

1)  Heidi called the meeting to order at about 2:35. Members present: Heidi Dudley, Catherine Bratton, Corey Brueckner, Diane Frank, Jentry Byleveld, Linda Parry, Darrell Meredith, Kent Sauls, Jason Whitehorn. Guest: Mike Porter, Curriculum Integration Specialist from the ESC.   2)   ** The HHS Technology Proposal Request Form ** was the first item discussed. Heidi handed out copies of the draft of this form and asked for everyone to go over it and come back with any corrections/ideas to improve the form. It was decided after some discussion that there should be two forms: one for monetary requests and a simpler one for requests requiring IT notification. Heidi and Diane will work on this and get back with two separate forms for the next meeting. 3)  ** Budgeting: ** Remotes and wireless presenters were discussed. The remotes that came with the projectors will work as a pointing device but they will not work as a wireless mouse. Heidi and Diane said they have researched a “wireless presenter” which is like a remote but has wireless mouse capabilities. This is something departments could invest in for their projectors. Cory also mentioned Kevin Riebau’s wireless keyboard as another alternative.   4)   ** Registration Materials ** : The technology fee was discussed again and it was decided that we will request a $30.00 technology fee on next year’s registration form bringing our fee up to the same level as Arapahoe’s. We will put a blurb in the next newsletter about how the fee will be used to update equipment, printers, wireless technology and licensing for computers. 5)  ** Update on Grant ** : Installation of the projector brackets are progressing and Heidi said that the 2nd floor is all done, the 3rd floor has World Languages completed and the 1st floor has the library labs, the community room and the tech lab completed. The rest should be installed over spring break except for the extra brackets that were ordered for existing projectors and those will go up when they come in. Now Heidi needs each department to report back on where the computers will be placed in each classroom. Placement needs to take in consideration where the power and Ethernet ports are in relation to the computer. Heidi has another map available for each department to mark where to put the computer in each room.   6)   ** Delicious Bookmarking Site: ** Heidi has information on the bookmarking site: [|http://del.icio.us] She offered to demonstrate how to register and get started using this new site that helps organize and keep your bookmarks in a central location that can be accessed from any computer. The site also creates “tags” for your bookmarks so that you can look up and find your sites in various ways by using key words to identify them. Time ran out for the demonstration but this is something that will be covered in the tech classes that are being offered June 4-8 with Mike Porter. Other topics covered then will be United Streaming and Smart Board usage. 7)  ** Remaining Meeting Dates ** :
 * HHS Technology Committee Meeting Minutes **
 * Wednesday March 21, 2007 **
 * 2:30 to 3:30 ILC **
 * April 25
 * May 16