October+6th+Meeting

= **October 6th Agenda:** = = = = Meeting Notes: =
 * Continue- 1st Tuesday or move to another day?
 * **Review processes and procedures for reserving laptops on the Reservation System**
 * **Discuss laptop reservations for x-block**
 * **Gaggle Accounts at Attea- (730 Accounts)**
 * **Condition of new laptop carts**
 * **New resource for pulling down Youtube Videos for use in the classroom**
 * **A "Greener" School!**

In Attendance:
Helene Davitz Candice Wu Felicia Posner Karen Liszka Beth Hennessy Claire Meyers Marek Dzianott Danae Ciske Marcie Ray Laura Nikola Dave Ristow

Type Minutes Here( typed by Candice Wu):


 * **Our Meetings are changed to the FIRST Wednesday **
 * **Our charge is to go back to teams to make sure teams are in the loop of the tech discussions! **
 * ** Any documents and links will be placed on the wiki. PLEASE SHARE THE WIKI WITH TEAMS. **
 * ** Please review the handouts and the Tech Committee Notes our teams **
 * ** Tech Committee Highlights **
 * 41 Smartboards added to the District
 * Science Teachers, At Risk are the focus
 * Science teacher Smartboards are to be installed this week.
 * 210 Doc Cams
 * 95 Projectors
 * 360 Laptops for Intermediate Buildings to take away labs
 * Projectors will be installed this week for FA.
 * Parent concern: Pictures of students on website, there is a conversation going on, Committee believes policy is correct: no names with student pictures
 * iSafe- safety for the net with students
 * In the reservation system, please write one sentence/phrase about what you are using the technology for so that our district can see how we're using tech and what the needs are
 * **Youtube video-** If there is one you want to use, you can download it to your computer. Tracy Murdach made a handout. This will be added to the wiki. Please share with teams.
 * **Reservation System:** Most of the time if you are on the waiting list for LRC Laptops you usually get it. By 8:00, check the reservation system again and the name of the cart will be in parenthesis if you got one. Tell us how many laptops you need in the res. system also.
 * We will fill people with no laptops before others that have a full cart already.
 * We are thrilled about so many teachers checking out carts.
 * Discussed how to make it easier for teachers to pass carts from one team to another when some teams are only using it during X Block time.
 * Remind teams that if they take SINGLE Laptops from carts, they must put in a note in the cart. Helene is dying her hair too much because of this!
 * SINGLE laptops are the responsibility of the person that is using them.
 * Teams must always RETURN and PICK UP carts to the LRC. LRC is the HUB.
 * Keys should be LOCKED in the carts.
 * Beth will put a huge note on the cart doors to note the time it must be returned and when it can be picked up.
 * Tech Team kids starting Oct. 19, Names will be placed on the inside door of the carts.
 * **Gaggle Accounts** at Attea- (730 Accounts Purchased)
 * Teachers and students will have accounts.
 * CANNOT use it for personal, school/educational use only.
 * ** Condition of new laptop carts- ** one new cart has a huge scratch in the middle of it. They are very expensive. Remind students about being careful.
 * Helene will give cleaning wipes for students to clean laptops at least once a month.
 * **A "Greener" School!-** Let's talk about this next month. Printing, paper, toner, etc.
 * Helene will give cleaning wipes for students to clean laptops at least once a month.
 * **A "Greener" School!-** Let's talk about this next month. Printing, paper, toner, etc.

