<p>Technology Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes (draft) Meeting Date: Oct 23, 2006 Time: 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 Place: Eureka 215 </p><p>Members of this committee: Brandon Abell, John Cowan, Jose Chavez, Karen Davis-O'Hara, Stephen Lentz, Kristine Novak, Jonathan Porteus, Ka Va, Bill Vicars Ex officio members: Virginia Dixon</p><p>Attendance at this meeting: </p><p>Business: * Approval of last meetings minutes * Additions or amendments to the agenda </p><p>Reports: John Cowan, Faculty Director of Educational Technology Stephen Lentz: Ed Tech Symposium Brandon Abell: IT </p><p>Old Business: 1. Staff Member Recruitment: (Stephen Lentz) Welcome to Kristine Novak 2. Tech Classroom Request situation (John Cowan) Our consensus was that we need to move toward a centralized, online scheduling system. </p><p>------New Business: 1. 2. </p><p>Decisions:</p><p>Action Items: * * * </p><p>Next meeting Date: Tentative: Meeting adjourned:</p><p>------Technology Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes (draft) Meeting Date: Sept 21, 2006 Time: 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 Place: Eureka 223 </p><p>Members of this committee: John Cowan, Jose Chavez, Karen Davis-O'Hara, Stephen Lentz, Jonathan Porteus, Bill Vicars Ka Va Brandon Abell Ex officio members: Virginia Dixon</p><p>Attendance at this meeting: John, Ka, Stephen, Brandon, Bill, Karen, Jonathan Absent: </p><p>Business: * Approval of last meetings minutes (approved) * Additions or amendments to the agenda (approved as amended)</p><p>* Report from John Cowan, the new “Faculty Director of Educational Technology” Ed Tech Director John will be surveying technology needs and will be presenting to the “Chairs Committee” meeting and to the TAC. He has emphasized to the Chairs the importance of having representatives from every department.</p><p>Old Business: 1. Member Voting Issue: IT representative now has a vote. (Vicars) 2. Tech Classroom Request situation (Stephen Lentz) Our consensus was that we need to move toward a centralized, online scheduling system. </p><p>3. IT Staffing situation (Brandon Abell) We are under funded in the IT department due to the necessity of upgrading and maintaining old equipment. The IT department has no budget to update old equipment or purchase new equipment. This impacts IT staff time in attempting to repair old equipment when the equipment should be replaced. The TAC committee strongly recommends additional funding of the IT department.</p><p>4. NCATE report (Jonathan Porteus) Cathy Christo is working on the university level related to NCATE. Johathan will continue to watch this and let us know of developments. Recommendation: The standardization of hardware and technology. Sample of related form: http://tinyurl.com/ohb3w/ This site is used for surveying and has a database.</p><p>5. Technology Summit [symposium] (Stephen Lentz) Proceed with discussion regarding annual Technology Summit: Official Title: Educational Technology Symposium Casual title: Ed Tech Symposium Dates: Looking at possibly Fall ’07 or Spring ‘08 Topics: - Teaching with technology - Designing a teaching college with technology as the hub Speakers: Call for Presenters: Publicity: - posters highlighting the topics. Possible breakouts: “Developing an Education Technology Vision” for the College of Education. Possible topic: Technology: “Kidstuff: Gimmicks of Today’s Youth are Tomorrow’s Educational Technology.” “The first thing schools do with new technology is ban it.” --John Cowan 2006 Possible Topic: Fear Based Decision Making: Overcoming Technophobia in Administration Offices ISSUE: Who is our audience for this symposium?</p><p>IN THE PIPE: 2007 Spring “Technology Empowerment Seminar” – headed up by John Cowan. Also a resource guide. ------New Business: 1. Proposed correction in charter regarding membership: Stephen Lentz informed us that the original (correct) wording of the membership language was “two” staff members rather than “four.” Action Item: We will correct the charter to read as follows: Membership of the Technology Advisory Committee shall consist of one faculty representative and one faculty alternate from each department elected by their respective departments, one representative from the IT department, and two staff at large. Membership is for a two-year term. Alternates will vote only when the regular representative is absent. Moved by John and approved unanimously (09/21/06)</p><p>Decisions: Action Items: * We decided to hold regular meetings at 1 p.m. on Thursdays. John Cowan will report back to us which date works well and schedule accordingly. * Bill Vicars will correct the charter according to the information presented by Stephen Lentz * John Cowan will secure us a smart room for our next meeting and announce to the TAC Listserv</p><p>Next meeting Date: Tentative: Thursday Oct 26, 1 p.m. Meeting adjourned: 2:15 p.m.</p><p>------Email list: listserv [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]</p><p>------Symposium Notes: Symposium Notes: Technology Summit [symposium] (Stephen Lentz) Proceed with discussion regarding annual Technology Summit: Official Title: Educational Technology Symposium Casual title: Ed Tech Symposium Dates: Looking at possibly Fall ’07 or Spring ‘08 Topics: - Teaching with technology - Designing a teaching college with technology as the hub Speakers: Call for Presenters: Publicity: - posters highlighting the topics. Possible breakouts: “Developing an Education Technology Vision” for the College of Education. Possible topic: Technology: “Kidstuff: Gimmicks of Today’s Youth are Tomorrow’s Educational Technology.” “The first thing schools do with new technology is ban it.” --John Cowan 2006 Possible Topic: Fear Based Decision Making: Overcoming Technophobia in Administration Offices ISSUE: Who is our audience for this symposium?</p><p>IN THE PIPE: 2007 Spring “Technology Empowerment Seminar” – headed up by John Cowan. Also a resource guide.</p><p>Dear TAC Committee, Our next meeting is scheduled for ______. The room location will be forwarded to you as soon as we have secured a room. Please forward to me any agenda items you would like to discuss. For convenient access to archives of our minutes and agendas you can visit: http://aslpah.com/tac/_index.htm Cordially, Bill Vicars (TAC chair)</p>