Meeting+Minutes

ICT Committee 29/04/08 - Richard- the role of this group. Bring ideas for ICT development like moodle, wikis, new technologies, our web presence, training needs, questions - Software timelines- due to the expected arrival of a large number of computers which will need deployment ASAP all software which is purchased and needs to be put on the network must be to IT before week 5 term 2. Any purchases after this may see delays. - DER what it means for us at HCS- We have asked for 290 computers. We can only get computers; not infrastructure to support them, this we need to supply. We are considering having each staff member with a teaching component Yr 9-12 having access to a laptop which will be used for preparation of lessons, demonstration and class administration as well as being available for students to use during classes. These will not 'belong' to staff and will not be for their own personal use. - We are going to replace the computers that are four years old and older with new machines as well as extend the study room 901/902 to become a flexable learning area. We are looking into a new location for another lab as well as other solutions. - Office computers are being retired and replacements will be curriculum only, EDSAS will not be available. As a result of this we need to know what information staff use now from EDSAS and need to have available via a web link e.g. in I drive find a student. E.G. Student name, HG, Home contact details, attendance Generating purchase orders, class lists and other EDSAS services will need to be accessed in the RC Annex, Staff Room or admin workstation. - Equipment purchases, check with ICT first to see what alternatives are, look into total cost of ownership andsee whar deals may be done. - IWB training has been booked for Wed June 4 and Thursday June 5. Lindsay Gilmore will provide this training from 4 to 6 on each of these days. We will look at the methodology of interactive lessons and not be focussed on just using the tools. Several staff are willing to run sessions on the basic use of IWB tools and participants are encouraged to team up for some T&D on this before these sessions. - We will be purchasing a site licence for Adobe CS3 as the demand for this suite of applications is growing throughout the school. - Suggestions
 * A survey of staff survey to gleen information about staff needs for T&D. A survey could be conducted via the intranet.
 * See Greg B about this
 * Expo of Technology currently being used by staff around the school to show what people are doing. Could happen in AoS meetings, R-12 meeting, Pupil free day
 * Faculty communication blog, wiki, public folders on OWA
 * IWB v's other display options
 * Intel teach T&D