ETC Minutes: April 18th, 2002 – 3:30pm-4:30pm

Plover Library, Room 1, Meeting #6, 2001/2

1. Call to Order at 3:35pm

2. Selection of Minute Taker – Robert Ethington

3. Roll Call – members present: John Hemenway, Doni Bird, Robert Ethington, Jennifer Royal, Rick Sapanaro; guests: Rich Abrahams, Russ Bowden

4. Approval of Agenda/Minutes (1/31/02) – agenda (as amended), minutes (as presented)

5. Discussion

q Brown Bag Lunches for Spring 2002 (Ethington)

It was reported that of the 3 sessions held so far, 12 attended Dayne Jasper’s, 5 attended John Hemenway’s and 4 attended Roger Karraker’s. The fourth and final session is being conducted next week by John Hemenway. There was a legitimate concern for the drop off in attendance at the Brown Bag presentations and a lot of discussion about whether to continue them or to change the current paradigm. It was felt that the new class template and the increased availability of technology education had perhaps made these sessions obsolete. There were suggestions to change them to “Hi-Tech Tea,” “Brown Bagel” sessions or “Muffin Mania.” There was strong support to refocus ETC efforts into PDA presentations and other creative “Information Education” outreach efforts.

q Debrief February 8th field trip to the Tech Academy (All)

Those who went were very appreciative of Tom Boag’s efforts in setting up the tour at the Tech Academy, and all had a great time.

q ETC Listserv (All)

Robert Ethington will consult with Ken Fiori on the possibility of replacing the current listserv with an Outlook distribution list.

q District Resource Project: Data management plan (progress) (Hemenway)

It was decided, unanimously, to scrap the district resource project. It’s too big an no one has the time or money to make it happen. There was some serious discussion regarding setting up a resource web site that would feature online pedagogical resources. Much humor was found in the possible acronym of R.O.P.E. or Resources for Online Pedagogy in Education. Robert Ethington agreed to talk to EPCC about removing it from ETC charges.

q Staff Development/PDA Proposal (Sheldon/Sapanaro)

Rick Sapanaro and Jennifer Royal agreed to work on the continued efforts to have David Diaz present at the Fall PDA. They also will work on getting a flex plan in place for those faculty who would like to attend a multi-session workshop in the Fall. In addition, there was discussion about sending an email to all faculty with a link to flex info.

q Ed. Tech Master Plan Review (Baty)

You can send an email to Will Baty to receive an electronic copy of the Ed. Tech Master Plan.

q Tech Ed. Conference (Hinkle)

Beverly was not present but maybe she will present at our next meeting.

q 2000/01 End of Year Report (Royal/Ethington)

Robert & Jennifer finally presented the 2000/01 end of the year report to the committee for approval. Jennifer agreed to email a copy to Russ for web posting.

q Other (All)

The new goals we informally discussed for ETC are:

1. Refocus energies into PDA workshops

2. Provide timely Information Education

3. Develop pedagogical resources web site

6. Announcements

7. Adjournment