Educational Technology Committee
Minutes for Meeting #4,
November 8th, 2001
(Unofficial
until approved at the December 6th, 2001 meeting)
-Minutes
taken by Rick Sapanaro
-Call to order 3:35 p.m.
Members present: LaDonna Bachand, Will Baty, Doni Bird, Tom Boag, Robert Ethington, John Hemenway, Linda Hemenway, Beverly Hinkle, Rick Sapanaro, Carmen Sheldon, George Sturr, Eric Umeharra, Joel Werring. Guests: Rich Abrahams, Russ Bowden.
-Approval of
Agenda/Minutes
-Introduction
of new members. Agenda review; approved
as presented.
-Approval
of Minutes; approved as presented.
-Discussion
-Brown
bag update: Carol Bennett did
Outlook. Linda Hemenway did scanning
the web. Coming…camera ready and Russ
Bowden will do “how to buy a digital camera.”
Extra flyers are available.
-What
about for spring? Suggestion was made
regarding the day and time. Wednesday
or TTH would attract a larger faculty crowd.
Suggestion was made to repeat any session to provide a Wed and a
T or TH. Topics? Training on Outlook was suggested to be
offered on an ongoing basis. What about
the Petaluma campus? Russ stated that
the turnout is small. Videoconferencing
as a possible solution. Petaluma is 70%
adjunct and 30% full-time. Less staff
as well. Field trip option was also
suggested. Tech savvy group at Petaluma
could be hooked up a…. Suggestion for a
digital art production was made. Will
asked if Russ could do something with streaming video. John Hemenway volunteered to do something
with iMovie. Networking at home was
suggested as a possible topic. John
suggested getting someone from Sonic.net to make a presentation. Linda suggested “how to do your own domain
name.” Broadband as an issue was
raised. LaDonna suggested a training
with the Palm Pilot. Roger Karraker was
suggested. CATE was suggested.
-Fall
2002 PDA. Will shared that we are too
late for spring 2002, but David Diaz was suggested for the fall 2000. He deals with educational issues of how to
use technology in the classroom.
Pedagogical.
-District
Resource Project update: Linda reported
that by next meeting there will be something to show us. Keeping track of district resources;
personnel, hardware, software, peripherals, etc. They’ve gotten a person to come in and advise on databases. Question of funding is unclear.
-Field
Trip? Tom suggested the Tech Academy as
a possible site. How about some15
minute classes? Or a tour? Russ
volunteered to drive a van. What day of
the week? Friday is a good day to
visit. Supervisors’ permission is
needed for release time for classified personnel. Will volunteered to follow up on this. February was suggested as a good time. Pixar question came up and/or Lucas Film. Tom spoke about 2 companies that are well
equipped with technology and it might be interesting to see. At ATG there is a very good tour. Test center for compatibility of
technologies.
-Role
of ETC and its interface with ITG? What
is our role? ITG are the folks involved
with implementing technology on campus.
Dr. Agrella has charged the group with creating a document about the
technology plan for the college for the next several years. Bring back to ETC for feedback. Relates to the bond issue as well. Make sure it is addressing educational needs
and the needs of all staff on campus.
Parts of the plan will be funded immediately; other parts will be funded
later, other parts not at all. Linda
suggested that Admissions and Records capture student email addresses. Carmen asked if it was like the PEP
process. Rich pointed out that Dr.
Agrella has requested the technology master plan directly. If the bond passes, most or all will be
done. Linda asked if the district
resource project could be incorporated into it.
-Other
discussion? None.
-Announcements? December 6th is the date for the
next meeting.
-Adjourned
at 4:25 p.m.