Building Technology

Ok, so after meeting last week, $187,000.00 (with all those zeros) doesn't seem so much anymore. But thanks to the great tech subcommittee team consisting of Jo Ann, Cherie, Amber, Lisa, and myself, I think we will build a well planned expense plan that will handle the deployment of our tech needs. I am trying to figure out a way to link our excel file list of technology items to this blog, but worst case, I will send to the committe via email for additional brainstorming for additions, expansions, and possible deletions, although I think we should wait on cutting things until we prioritize the needs.
Right now lets be thinking of a date to get together soon. The teamwork and collaboration group is meeting this Tuesday after school, but I am unable to do so because of a Pope/ERHS meeting conflict. How about this Wednesday or Thursday afternoon? We could always meet at portable city behind ERHS on those days or I could hussle down to the valley, maybe at ESC or Stewart (Sandi, is there a good meeting space there?) by 4:15. Please reply with your thoughts and which location(s) works best for you.
Things to have in mind for the meeting:

• let's think about our essential questions for prioritizing our list so far. ex. maximizes student learning; essential management technology; offers essential support for improving classroom instruction, assessment, and/or differentiation for accommodating all students
• software and infrastructure needs of items on our list
• training and support for items on our list
• phase in plans for some high cost items (how would we fund the later phases?)

I am going to put a web page together for Carson documents that you can access to download. Try the following web address:

http://homepage.mac.com/erdly/FileSharing2.html

Let me know if this works out or not. We'll keep trying! Hopefully we'll be smarter than the fox in the photo above!