Minutes+from+5_9_13


 * Minutes from 5/9/13 BCMS Technology Committee **
 * Those attended: Tom Michalek, Bill Reilly, ** **Tim Connelly, Candy Dolen, Diane Leone, Ed Gill, Kristen Armstrong, Justin Brown, Harriett Jaffe, Jody Wexler and Sal DeAngelo**
 * 3PM Thursday in The LMC **


 * Future Meeting Dates: **
 * 2nd Thursday of each month:
 * Make a Note of Our Next Meeting - **June 13**

No meeting April 11. Look over any notes from March 14..
 * Go over the minutes from our last meeting: **


 * Inventory for next year: **
 * After some initial discussion about this Sal recommended we meet separately as a committee before the next meeting on June 13 to discuss some of the items listed under inventory for next year. **
 * Laptop and iPad distribution or re-distribution for next year?
 * Procedures for loaning out carts in the summer for various workshops
 * Storage of all the carts for the summer
 * Additions of computers in the LMC and Tech labs that are not at 30 machines?
 * Color Printer for Rm. 147?
 * <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Location of any additional air ports for next year until the new installation takes place next summer
 * <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Clarification was asked by some staff? Review of the Policy?


 * **<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Items addressed at meeting: **
 * o <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Update and clarification of Protocol for iPads and apps installation - **<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Justin addressed this stating that anyone who wants a purchased app through the district should put in a helpdesk request. Once the request has been granted they can use the self service app to download the item on to the iPads. Teachers can have students help them in homebase. The can also log into the iTunes account for their iPad cart and down load the app on to more iPads at one time. **
 * o <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Updated for the teacher station in Rm. 128. **<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Steve is taking care of for Jim **

<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">There was much discussion about this item before and at the meeting. Sal expressed that other schools had expressed similar concerns about the amount **of time (10 minutes being to short for teachers. Since ten minutes is the industry standard this was felt best for a starting point. Teachers understand the reason for the extra security just that 10 minutes longer would certainly help. Since our meeting, it was announced at the BEST meeting held on 5/16 that the new time for lock out protocol would indeed be twenty minutes.**
 * <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Lock out policy? How is it working? **


 * <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">TechAcademy Summer camp? Is this still happening this summer? **
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Since this agenda was posted Laurel Jones sent out information about the camp this coming summer: **
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We can help by offering hands on professional development to assist you integrate technology into your classrooms. **
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tech4Teaching Academy **
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Bethlehem Central High School **
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> August 22nd and 23rd **
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> 8:30 am - 3:00 pm **


 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Folks can submit course offerings through May 16th. **


 * <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">SIS Update - vendor selection process -decision timeframes **
 * Sal mentioned that over the next few weeks we will be looking at several more vendors in relation to Student information systems. They went to the conference in Boston with Aspen and liked what they saw. Infinite Campus was coming next week. Through the next month narrow down the candidates, do some sight visits. Hoping to have final decisions made by July of 2013 and then go live with a prototype by July of 2014. **


 * <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">BOND Update - some timeframes have changed that will impact the MS wireless project. **
 * Since our last meeting and through some further research on the part of the tech department it was determined that the newer version of WiFi will not make a significance difference if we were to wait on installation. However, due to delays in state approval for some of the items we want to install we are still looking at wireless installation to be completed by September 2014. **