Educational Technology Committee

 

EdTech Meeting Monday, Sept. 11, 2006

Attending: Alain Brizard (Chair), Anthony Richardson; and ex officio members: Bill Anderson (CIO), Sue Breeyear (IT), John Payne (Libr), Dennis Voigt (CEPC),  

  1. General Business

·         Alain will maintain the web site.

·         Monday noon is an acceptable meeting time for the committee (Cheray 119)

  1. Review of last year's activities (including summer) from              Bill Anderson

·         Classroom renovation (forward plans await change of leadership)

·         Lifecycle replacement (desktop, laptop, servers,…)

à Tablet deployment during December-January period

à 2 focus groups for Tablet (now and early November): SB

à Servers to blades: easier disaster recovery + network redesign

·         IT controls audit (at trustees’ request)

à image controls

à improved student services

à Web interface (dorms + labs + classrooms)

à VPN

·         Portals: Admissions + Alumni à Campus (Datatel commitment?)

·         Student mandate? Student computer mandated by SMC à better student services

  1. Next Meeting is Monday October 23