Dear TAC Committee,
I appreciate those of you that provided feedback regarding times when you could meet. (I requested feedback in an email on August 12, 2006 if you are wondering "when" I asked.)
It seems that a number ofus can make it on Thursday, September 21st as long as the meeting is at 1:00 p.m. or after, so I'm officially setting the meeting for Thursday, September 21st at 1:00 p.m. I'll send out the room number as soon as I find it out.
Cordially,
Bill Vicars
(TAC chair)
Technology Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes (draft)
Meeting Date: Sept 21, 2006
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 2:00
Place: Eureka 223
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
Attendance at this meeting: John, Ka, Stephen, Brandon, Bill, Karen, Jonathan
Absent:
Business:
* Approval of last meetings minutes (approved)
* Additions or amendments to the agenda (approved as amended)
* 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.
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.
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.
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:
This site is used for surveying and has a database.
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?
IN THE PIPE: 2007 Spring “Technology Empowerment Seminar” – headed up by John Cowan. Also a resource guide.
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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)
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
Next meeting Date: Tentative: Thursday Oct 26, 1 p.m.
Meeting adjourned:
Technology Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes (draft)
Dear TAC Heroes,
Below are the (draft) minutes for our Thursday, May 4th, 2006 meeting.
Our next meeting will be near the beginning for Fall Semester after I send out an email inquiring as to the best time slots for as many members as possible.
On a personal note, I would like to express how much I’ve enjoyed working with you this year and how grateful I am for the efforts of so many of you in creating a positive technology environment for students, staff, and faculty.
Cordially,
Bill Vicars
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Technology Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes (accepted)
Meeting Date: May 4, 2006
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 noon
Place: Eureka 213
Members of this committee: Susan Baker, John Cowan, Jose Chavez, Karen Davis-O'Hara, Stephen Lentz, Jonathan Porteus, Bill Vicars
Ex officio members: Brandon Abell, Virginia Dixon
Alternates: Louis Downs, KaVa
Attendance at this meeting:
Brandon Abell, Stephen Lentz, Bill Vicars, Karen Davis-O'Hara, Jonathan Porteus, Ka Va, John Cowan
Business:
* Approval of last meetings minutes (approved)
* Additions or amendments to the agenda accepted as amended
Items:
1. Member Voting Issue: Follow up regarding voting rights for the IT representative.
Action Item: Bill Vicars will create and send a copy of the ballot, to Stephen Lentz who will make 60 copies for the College of Education meeting.
2. Tech Classroom Request situation (Stephen Lentz)
*Action Item: Bill Vicars will repeat the email to the Dean and CC Suzy, as well as Cory. Also, will send an email to Cory asking for an update.
3. IT Discussion (Brandon Abell)
* Action item: Brandon will put a paragraph into the IT newsletter that he is working on addressing the topic of what upgrades and purchases are in progress and where the monies are coming from. As well as other information.
4. NCATE and/or AITC report (Jonathan Porteus)
Johnathan discussed the current progress of the Academic Information Technology Committee. Currently there is a focus on the campus technology infrastructure, in particular, data collection, manipulation, storage, and retrieval.
Karen pointed out that there appears to be a persistent college-wide lack of awareness regarding availability of campus technology resources.
5. Technology Summit (Stephen Lentz) Discuss the idea of holding an annual Technology Summit in the late fall. Possible topics could center around teaching with technology, designing a teaching college with technology has the hub. Perhaps something along the lines of BM spring conference. We could get a main speaker and have a call for papers and posters highlighting the topics.
Brainstorming notes:
- A type of symposium by and for individuals who are using technology in the classroom.
- email Stephen Lentz your thoughts regarding this topic
- Since we are teaching the people that go out and teach, we should be the forerunners of applying technology to teaching
- going beyond “PowerPoint” presentations
- now moving from technology as gadgets to technology as tools
- an opportunity to look ahead beyond the technology curve
- a gathering of educational technology futurists
- using technology as a tool to understand the topic. For example, there are many math teachers who are still considering calculators as a generator of answers and not as a way to “understand” math.
- invite representatives from groups like Apple
Possible ideas:
Semester: Spring ‘07
Duration of Workshop: one day
Venue: CSUS campus
Decision: As a committee, we have decided to pursue the establishment of a technology symposium. Stephen Lentz has stepped up to be team leader for this project. John Cowan and Bill Vicars have volunteered to work as co-team leaders. Ideas and potential resources for this project should be forwarded to Stephen Lentz.
Agenda Items for first meeting of Fall Semester:
1. Technology Summit
2. Tech Classroom Request situation
Next meeting Date: To Be Determined at the Beginning of Fall ’07. Bill will send out an email at beginning of Fall Semester.
Meeting adjourned: 12:15 p.m.
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Note: This ballot was passed by the College of Education at a General meeting on May 4, 2006:
Ballot
Proposed Mission Statement Changes: (Subject to the approval of the College of Education Faculty)
Whereas there is a representative from the College of Education Department of Information Technology on the Technology Advisory Committee.
Whereas it is appropriate for this person to be able to fully participate on the committee.
Therefore it is resolved that we recommend our charter be amended to allow voting privileges for the IT representative:
Old Language:
Membership of the Technology Advisory Committee shall consist of one faculty representative and one faculty alternate from each department elected by their respective departments and four staff at large for a two-year term. Alternates will vote only when the regular representative is absent.Additionally one representative from the IT department shall serve in a non-voting advisory capacity.
New Language:
Membership of the Technology Advisory Committee shall consist of one faculty representative and one faculty alternate from each department elected by their respective departments, four staff at large for a two-year term, and one representative from the IT department. Alternates will vote only when the regular representative is absent.
Approve: ______Disapprove: ______
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