Minutes+From_9_12_13


 * Minutes from 9_12_13 **


 * Future Meeting Dates: **
 * This year's meeting dates: 9/12...10/10....11/14...12/12...1/9/14....2/13....3/13....4/10....5/8....6/12 (2nd Thursday of every month)


 * Go over the minutes from our last meeting: **


 * Follow up to p rocedures for loaning out carts in the summer for various workshops? How did it work?
 * Worked well. A sign out sheet was created. Darlene Ward was in charge of it. When an issue came up. The procedure was followed and we found the missing item. We use this procedure next year.
 * Tech labs that are not at 30 machines? Updated over the summer and now working
 * Color Printer for Rm. 147? Was approved by Mike and now just awaiting purchase and installation
 * Location of any additional air ports for next year until the new installation takes place next summer? PE? The Music wing?
 * Additional airports were placed in PE and Science and seem to be working much better now. No signal in the pool area. No port added for below the LMC for Music. Will be taken care of with the bond.


 * Opening Week Issues**:


 * Firefox? Why are we getting rid of Firefox when certain website and programs are needed for it? Decided
 * W e would keep with the option of floks loading it on their desktop if they wanted it.
 * Help desk Log in, BC@home, Eaglenet - Will use at least for one more year
 * Discussed setting a plan in the Spring to head off issues in the Fall:
 * New images were made in the LMC and throughout the building. We were told that new images would only be made in the labs? In the process of being fixed
 * many of the settings were not changed for the specific areas or certain links did not work
 * Easy Grade Pro was not on many of the machines
 * Labs 137 and 128 were missing many of there default settings:
 * Type to learn icon is not on the desktop - All set now
 * Google Apps were not set up for sixth grade - All set now
 * LMC Issues:
 * LanSchool is not on lab computers and does not work on Mona Larsen's computer
 * Ghost images on the computer desktops that do not work - they need to be re-installed
 * Color Printer 4650 is not installed on all computers Now is set
 * Word 2013 is very different from 2010 - students and teachers are having issues with it
 * Talked about ideas for possible training and setting things up for Model schools
 * For the above items- Justin asked us to send a list to him and he and tech staff would take care of it

Many of the video ports, cables were damaged over the summer when the custodians moved items in and out of the classrooms. Many of these cables were damaged and needed to be replaced. Thank you Steve:) Sal and Mike said they would look int to this...

Possible Solution? Is there anyway we can set up stations that are more like a shelf attached to the wall so the DVD player and possibly even the computer do not need to be unplugged or removed each summer? Talked about as a possible idea for next summer.

Other opening Week issues? Please add:


 * Other Business:**
 * **Apps on iPads**
 * Use the Self service for this to put apps on the ipads