February+16

Location: Puxi Campus
 * Agenda Items** for the February 16th Cross-campus Tech Meeting.
 * What software will the school use next year in lieu of Frontpage? (From an elementary teacher)
 * Will all in-service and tech support be available to whole school, or just those computers purchased through the 1-to-1 program? (From an elementary teacher)
 * Will teachers who currently have Mac computers issued by the school be able to maintain our computers, or will we have to switch to a new computer? (From an elementary teacher)
 * See this question in the Ning PD Forum regarding [|using PD Funds to purchase tech hardware/software] - thoughts? (Tom)
 * Posting tech resources for teacher use. How can we improve the organization of our growing set of hand-outs, tutorials, PPTs, etc. ? (Tom)
 * BIG QUESTION - will we be using GroupWise next year? (Tom)
 * ANOTHER BIG QUESTION - what is the future of Novell in our Mac environment? Will we maintain the current set of servers? (Tom)
 * Software Licenses that are now PC being swapped(repurchased) for Mac license eg TI Calculator software (Simon M)
 * Any early copies of iWork 09 and/or iLife 09 to explore? (Pat M)
 * Assembling group of teachers (volunteers) who WANT to be part of 1:1 initiative (middle/high school); what their role would be, AND any PD money for them to attend 1:1 conferences, etc.(Pat M)
 * Geek Squads for 1:1 Initiative: Will the school put these groups together and if so, who will manage them?
 * Comparing Summer Conferences, i.e. November, 1:1, etc. (Pat M)
 * What is starting day (2009/10 school year) for integrationists? (Pat M)
 * Further development of PD plan (Torris)
 * Comb through Apple proposal. Let's make a list of issues.
 * PD planning for Orientation- Pudong Integrationists!
 * REVIEW of Communications Plan for 1:1 Technology Fee and The Digital Leaders Responsibilities
 * Follow up on printer network solutions? (JD)
 * Adding items to SAS Laptop Handbook
 * Mac version of Windows OneNote or similar app (Pat M) - Aquaminds.com - Notetaker

Meeting Notes: Morning Afternoon
 * Orientation PD outline discussed and presented by Amanda. Members added items to the list.
 * Going green from day one by encouraging a paperless environment in MS/HS.
 * Create screencast tutorials for school specific technology if it is not on Atomic Learning.
 * Discussion on presenting AUP this spring. It was decided that Integrationists will introduce it to teachers at staff meetings who will then present it to students in homerooms.
 * Discussion on families getting their own insurance. Parents need to be made aware of this need.
 * Security issues for the laptops were discussed. Simon Power suggested the school putting in place bars attached to the wall so that students can lock their laptops to them. (Outside PE and Band rooms were suggested)
 * Andy will talk to principals about making it clear that teachers who are getting Mac laptops will have their desktops taken away.
 * Discussions on updates and bandwidth.
 * Don will add doing OS updates at home to the Laptop Handbook.
 * Disucssion on the needs for the MS labs for next year. Andy suggested Tom and Pat have this discussion with their principals. The MS/HS principals on the Puxi side need to select a space for the Apple service center.
 * Will all in-service and tech support be available to whole school, or just those computers purchased through the 1-to-1 program? (From an elementary teacher) Yes and yes but not for the laptop retreats (just in time training) that will be offerred to teachers in grades 7-10. Later in the year, in-services will be provided for the entire staff.
 * The group divided into two groups to discuss Apple's proposal. One group for tech support, the other for PD. Notes for this are on another wikispaces page.
 * Watched a video on Apple deployment.
 * Using PD funds to purchase hardware/software: TWill be he point was brought up that there is a current way of ordering software which is reviewed by the tech department to verify that it can be supported and it will run on our system. If teachers by pass this sytem, then problems may occur.
 * Will we still be using Groupwise next year?: yes
 * Will we still be using Novell. Yes. in the short term and possibly long term.
 * Software issues. Most have been tested and only two pieces won't make the transistion.
 * Discussion on Apple certification and conference in Hong Kong. Contact Andy if you would like to attend this conference.
 * Discussion on summer conferences. A Ning discussion is being made to open up this discussion.
 * Communication Plan to be completed by Feb 25th. Submit drafts to the sasdigitalleaders wiki. John & Amanda for staff, Tom & Kris for students. Andy and Don for communication. Andy will send out laptop specifications to members sending out communication Please include concerns about pieces of software teachers are using on PC side that they feel they cannot get on Apple platform.
 * By Wednesday, please add and/or edit items in the Goggle Document about the 20 steps. DOn & Andy will compile this document.
 * Notetaker was discussed as an alternative to MS Notes