Agenda_Dec_13_2011

Agenda Dec. 13, 2011
Committee Members Present: Katie Leining (Wells Branch), Jesse Sosa (Caraway), Mary Ellen Frick (Teravista), Erika Pierson (Live Oak), Vicki Crain (Cactus Ranch), Trana Allen (Anderson Mill), Robert Costello (Canyon Vista), Ed Robinson (Hopewell), Robert Sormani (Chisholm Trail) ,Leslie Lopez (RRHS), Walter Lee (MHS), Dayna Dees (Chandler Oaks), Christine Carter (Jollyville), Amy Lott (Deerpark), Len Bryan (CRHS), Erik Weiler (Great Oaks), Debby Acevedo (Robertson), Lori Warren (Walsh), Anne Mattingly (SPHS), Angela Solis, Laura Segers, Lora Darden, Tim Lowke, Snow White, Mike Beeson, Crystal Cotti Strama, //Jeff Uselman, //Ed Zaiontz, Mary Jo Humphreys, Alan Albers, Randy Staats, Pete Galaviz, Debbie Lewis, Carla Amacher
 * Agenda Dec. 13, 2011 **

- Welcome

Dr. Chavez—This committee should be looking toward where we are, where we want to be, and where we are going. Introduce Regional Teachers of the year: Erika Pierson (Elementary) Walter Lee (last year Secondary)

Take some time to see where we are as a district. We should be pushing the envelope for having more devices so that students and teachers in their everyday work can use the power of technology. What are the next steps that we need to take? How are we integrating technology every day? Bring everyone along. Training and staff development need to become part of the plan. Look at funding. Everything we have now is funded by bonds. Think forward. Set the stage in the community showing that our students need these tools—not all at once, perhaps beginning with high school. We may have a bond election 18-24 months from now. We have money for refresh of current technology, but not money toward new devices. There are challenges with funding having to go into the fund balance in the coming years.

- E-mail Task Force Recommendation [|Recommendation.docx] Mary Jo Humphreys— History: A task force was created to look at email with all parts of the district academic and business community represented. After a careful look at various solutions, a committee decision was made by December 5th to use Google Apps for Educators. The implementation will come this spring after the STAAR test, so it will most likely occur in June.

- Introductions of committee members..... Introduce self, position, what technology would you like to have that you don't currently have available? Members introduced themselves.

Ed Zaiontz: Members represent those across the district in that position, not just self or campus. Some members were absent due to other commitments and because it was an introductory meeting. The effort of membership was to represent areas and campuses across the district. Will narrow our focus on instruction for students and teachers.

- [|2012 Technology Committee Charter.doc] and [|Technology Committee Members.docx] (link)

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- Meeting Norms - [|meeting_norms.doc] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">... parking lot and sticky notes for questions and comments to be answered at a later time <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Attend as many meetings as possible. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Notes on wiki after every meeting. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Cell phones on vibrate/calls in lobby. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Water and light snack. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Begin and end on time. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Everyone is equal; all input valued. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Be aware of dominating the conversation. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">No Breaks for efficient use of time. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Laptops available at meetings. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">All documents will be posted on the wiki. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Limit side conversations during large group presentations. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Advance agenda posting.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- [|Bond Considerations for 2008 (r4).pdf] ..... Desktop and laptop refresh schedules <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Ed Zaiontz: Look at 2008 Bond Recommendations (begin with the end in mind). Two parts—Existing Technology Investment/protecting the current environment and investment, then Enhancing Technology to Improve Curriculum Delivery/above and beyond current environment and investment. (Review Bond Considerations for 2008 document) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">View 2008 Bond refresh schedule and future plans waiting for Board approval from fund balance through 2015. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">--Historical look at 5-year refresh cycle including laptop cart refresh schedule. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">--Bond money can be held and used at different times as necessary. --Bond money from 2008 runs out this year. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">-You can’t just put these devices out there without thinking about how much money it will cost to replace them in the future. There are a lot of things to consider, such as the infrastructure needing to be upgraded to support the bandwidth increase that more devices will cause. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">-Overview RRISD WAN Infrastructure---Bandwidth increasing next semester and again next year <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">---BYO technology will use bandwidth-Upgrade, expand, replace existing central systems <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">--SchoolPLUS to eSchoolPLUS <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">--email <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">--centralized SAN--cloud environment managed by RRISD <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">-Increase availability of tech---classroom data projectors and doc cams--cafeteria projectorsFunding:--Technology Allotment Funds discontinued by state--TAF reserved funds used 2011-12

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- [|2011 2012 Funding Proposal - Business Administration.pdf] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">2011-12 Funding Proposal adds campus technology funds and web based textbook management system.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- [|2011-2012 Funding Proposals - Instructional.pdf] Samsung Galaxy tablet for Principals and Assistant Principals/ITS as supportSecondary SMART SlatesCareer and Tech at Deerpark MSNetbook carts for secondaryInteractive whiteboards for elem.Interactive whiteboards for secondary science

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- Closing Be thinking about what is important to you in the future and how we want the future to look in education.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">6:32 p.m.