May15Meeting

//Meg DeMont, Candace Langer, Christopher Kersting, George Brady (LHRIC), Ursula Carbone//**
 * May 15, 2007 Preliminary Technology Plan meeting 8:00 a.m - 12:00 noon Room 171 High School


 * Definition of task
 * Overview of plan contents - former tech plan [[file:Technology Plan.doc]]
 * Sample of updated plan [[file:PortChester Plan121806.pdf]]
 * 21st Century Skills [[file:Metiri-NCREL21stSkills.pdf]]
 * Distribution/review of materials - [|NETS standards] for students and teachers (staff development)


 * Items discussed and for follow-up include:**
 * Staff survey for staff development needs
 * Transformational Technologies: Blogs, Podcasts, Wikis, Video, Internet Radio, RSS feeds, remote access for students and staff, USB - Fash Drives, cellphones, PDAs, Moodle, docs.google, Open Office, Deep Freeze, e-mail for students, expansion of video conferencing.
 * Elementary Schools - blueprint for what every student accomplishes K - 4 with technology
 * Need for updated model to support printing - 80 %+ of building technology budgets exhausted by printing supplies
 * Additional Wireless carts - 1 to 1 computing in classrooms
 * Extended hours for after school access
 * Service call requirements including development of pre-call "Guide Sheet"
 * FOIL and archiving guidelines for electronic documents/e-mail