Minutes+from+11_13_14

// **Those attending: ** Justin Brown, Mike Klugman, Sal DeAngelo, Navaar Johnson, Merissa Taylor, Diane Leone, Linda Gellman, Shannon Casso, Tom Michalek, Eileen Pasquini, Tim Connelly Candy Dolen //
 * Minutes for 11/13/14 BCMS Technology Meeting **

//Mostly summarized from the meeting on 11/6 with Sal, Tim Mike and Tom//
 * Go over the minutes from the last meeting:**
 * Future technology issues: A new protocol….**
 * We want to move away from the Tech meeting being about tech issues and more about solutions and future training for staff. Now we would like to make the new protocol be that If you have tech issues:
 * //First put in a help desk ticket//
 * //Email Mike, Sal, Tom or Tim//
 * //We will talk about the issues at our pre- meeting the week before the tech meeting//
 * //The intent is to providing answers and solutions to these issues at the our regular meeting rather than having these issues dominate our discussion//
 * === Went over Help desk tickets ===
 * Frontpage solutions were discussed—Other alternative like google sites ,Aspen
 * Virtualization –
 * Time table for roll out- Discussed concerns mentioned at the meeting on 11/7
 * No roll out would happen until LanSchool was fixed
 * Teachers in labs would assist with the image
 * Tech person would be on hand the day of roll out for labs and LMC
 * Went over cart protocol and the progress on the building wireless
 * //Sal mentioned that right now we have BCSD, BCSDi, BCSD public//
 * //Public access in the LMC, Café, Auditorium//
 * //Should be all up and running//
 * //Carts default to old network BCSD just a simple switch over to BCSDi//
 * Carts will be distributed to assigned classrooms after the meeting
 * //Was decided that by the December faculty meeting all staff will have a cart key//
 * //There is a need for printers. Can we just set up each cart for the printers used for the teachers on the team. I will talk to Steve Owens and get a list of all the teacher printers that not network printers to see about replacing them and then setting up with the team carts//


 * Bring Something New to Share:**


 * Wireless goes live building wide 11/13, cart PC cart distribution 11/14….Now what?


 * What training do we want to provide/offer to staff?
 * Aspen Atlas conversion? //Taken care of in January//
 * Online textbooks? Are we using them to their full potential? //Possible item to discuss when inviting supervisors to a future meeting…find out what technology priorities are by department//
 * Better ways to Google apps in the classroom across all three-grade levels?
 * to staff to be offered through Model Schools or at a future faculty meeting
 * LanSchool //training to staff to be offered through Model Schools or at a future faculty meeting//
 * //Possibly setting up a future technology night was also mentioned//


 * Apple TV- What do we do with them? Where are they? Find out for the next meeting. Two should be in the science department. One is in the LMC.


 * Item for future Faculty meetings:**
 * //December//
 * //Briefly go over PC cart protocol December//
 * //LanSchool – Tim Connolly presents December//
 * //Socratic – Sal//
 * // January //
 * //Discovery Streaming January – Diane//
 * //Info on Breadth of curic tools//
 * //Process for using saving media//
 * // Future meetings //
 * //Google Apps Tom/Jim//
 * // Promethean – Kristen ////Armstrong//
 * //iPads???//

Wish List / Project development – Future tech ideas:
 * //PDF converter software//
 * //Network printers for all teacher classrooms//


 * Other Business:**


 * Minecraft in Rm. 147
 * //Does not function well in the virtualization//
 * //Another option will be to set up on the software on the LMC cart and begin the club in January//