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EdTech Meeting Tuesday, March 8, 2005
Attending: Mike Battig
(chair), John Devlin, Joe McLaughlin, Greta Pangborn; and ex
officio members: Steven Burks (Libr),
Dennis Voigt (CEPC).
1. Minutes of the last
meeting (15 February, 2005), previously distributed, were approved
as submitted. John was appointed scribe for today’s meeting.
2. Comments, Suggestions &
Feedback from “brown bag lunch” (March 1, w/ Richard K.)
- Food was good
- 12 people attended—5 were “unexpected”,
including some staff
- Mike suggested it might be nice to have more
frequent lunches to discuss uses of technology—“tradecraft
lunches”
- Mike volunteered to send an email to heads
of departments to sound them out on interest in a series of
lunches that offer “hints on combining technology and pedagogy”
which could be targeted to specific disciplines.
- Joe suggested having Bill (and others too)
do a “future of technology at SMC” presentation. There was
general agreement that this was a good idea and Mike will email
Bill.
3. Final version of
McGrath proposal (additional comments, send to Jan?)
- Mike is adding to the initial figures,
bringing our total for the eCollege proposal to $4K and the
faculty grants proposal to $12K
- Proposals would be accepted until after the
TWTW (laptop workshop) is completed this year—Mike will attend an
early meeting during the week to pitch the idea and answer
questions
- The faculty members of the committee may
need to meet after the TWTW is completed in order to assess
proposals—late June.
- As an aside, Steven indicated that there are
currently 14 signed up for the workshop this summer.
4. Other
Business/Updates?
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“IT Budget” (Bill)—Bill
was at another meeting and unable to attend
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There was a brief
discussion of moving the campus to a wireless environment—it is in
the works, but security is a primary concern.
5. Next Meeting: TBA
Respectfully submitted,
John Devlin
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