meetings

Meetings Dates
November 1
 * needs: [[file:Tech_Needs.doc]]

March 7
 * Capacity Building
 * STaR Chart Data
 * Texas Long Range Plan for Technology
 * Homework-Marc Prensky Articles (post your discussion)
 * Questions to answer: Online Course Guidelines from TEA

March 28

April 11
 * "MySpace Generation" article
 * [|KISD Student Technology Use Survey]
 * We viewed survey and came up with adds/deletes/changes
 * If you have any other thoughts, please email Anna Adam
 * Who takes the survey?
 * HS: 2 Language Arts/English classes (1 AP and 1 non-AP) from each grade level from every HS
 * MS: 1 Language Arts/English class from each grade level from every MS
 * ES: 2 Teachers from each grade level (K-5) from every ES
 * Who coordinates the survey?
 * Principal, CIT, CIS, Curriculum Director
 * Rachel, Karl, and Helen will draft the email for the DNB
 * When do we send out the survey?
 * April 23 - May 4
 * Timeline and Activities for Technology Plan
 * Our deadline: A final plan will be ready to present to Superintendent and Superintendent's Council November 20, 2007, with the intent that it would go before the School Board in January, 2008
 * District Policies--sub-committee
 * We are needing to update the district Acceptable Use policies for staff and students to address current and emerging technologies
 * TASB has samples that we can look at; Barbara Adams would be a good contact for this
 * We will have a another committee work on this and present a final product to this group in May to go before the School Board for inclusion in policy for 2007-08
 * Next Meeting: May 23rd (April 25th/May 9th canceled)
 * Update on policies
 * Look at student survey data
 * Identify objectives for technology plan
 * Identify objectives for technology plan

May 23, 2007
 * Student Survey results
 * Identify goals/categories for technology plan
 * Summer plans

October 8, 2007
 * In attendance:
 * Anna Adam
 * Mike Berger
 * Joyce Howard
 * Helen Mowers
 * David Rushton
 * Beverly Street
 * Herb Taylor
 * Karl Walker
 * Summer Work
 * Professional Development group (Berger, Howard, Shoemaker)
 * provided handouts with sample survey questions and their planning
 * teachers want more technology training, but they don't know what they want/need
 * create a survey to send out to teachers; maybe administered by CITs
 * would like to sort data by campus for CDT and CITs to design campus learning
 * not one-size fits all
 * familiarity with TA TEKS
 * need more PL going beyond learning the basic skills of the app--application/integration
 * students do not have basic skills b/c we don't emphasize the TA TEKS (no accountability)
 * how do go beyond the STaR chart--accountability for technology application with student
 * Infrastructure (Walker, Taylor, and 2 others not on committee)
 * implementation of infrastructure for servers on campuses
 * District Technology Audit
 * Results will be ready around Nov-Dec
 * May affect our plan
 * Where do we go from here?
 * Meet Nov 1, 8:30-3:30
 * Work on the Teaching and Learning section of the Tx STaR chart (maybe Ed Prep--if we get there)
 * Develop objectives/strategies/activities for each of the focus areas
 * Resources needed:
 * 2007-2008 STaR Chart
 * NETS for students/teachers/administrators
 * Tech Apps stds
 * To do:
 * familiarize ourselves with the T&L section of the STaR chart
 * handouts (Helen will gather these)
 * location (Kristie)
 * food/lunch (Kristie)
 * Need to continue thinking about staff survey to assess for professional learning/infrastructure