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= **Our Future Is Now---Valley View's First Ever Technology Committee** =

=__ Marcey has posted the draft of the teacher email that is scheduled to be sent on March 27th. It can be found on its own page in this wikispace titled, "Teacher Email". Please provide feedback as soon as possible! __= __ Meeting Agenda- March 21, 2012 at **High School Library** __ MORE EFFECTIVE/ MORE ENGAGEMENT FOR STUDENTS/ MORE CONVENIENT AS STUDENTS CAN LOOK UP SOMETHING ON THEIR DEVICE INSTANTLY/ EFFICIENT/ BOTH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO GET MORE ACCOMPLISHED/ STUDENTS KNOW THEIR DEVICE MORESO THAN THE SCHOOL COMPUTERS/ PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE WORLD OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL/ INCREASES THE HARDWARE AND POSSIBILITIES WITHIN OUR CLASSROOMS/ CUT COSTS
 * 1) As a group, revisit the work from last meeting. Brief discussion of the goals for each team.
 * 2) Create a timeline for completion of work. "Pilot" for BYOT to begin January, 2013- 2nd semester.
 * 3) Discuss answers to the following questions:
 * What is the purpose of BYOT?

MORE PROJECT BASED LEARNING/ WEB-BASED OPPORTUNITIES/ MORE RESOURCES FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS/ PROBLEMS SURFACING--LOST DEVICES--LOCKING UP/ QUIET CLASSROOM DURING INDEPENDENT TIME/ ELEVATED STUDENT ENGAGEMENT/ STAFF SUPPORT/ TRAINING/ SERVER SUPPORT/ PARENTAL SUPPORT/ DIGITAL DRIVER'S LICENSE SOLID AND IN PLACE/
 * What will look different in the "pilot" that is not currently happening in traditional classroom?
 * What supports are needed to make the "pilot" happen --


 * Create a wholistic look to the goals created by each team and compare to "Expectations", "Dreams" and "Barriers".


 * __Next Meeting- April 11, 2012- 6:30 p.m. at the Board Office__**

**First Meeting-- January 18, 2012**

--Committee members please share research review summaries through this wiki on the "Research Review" Page
 * Next Meeting--February 8, 2012 **
 * __Next Meeting- February 29, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. at the Board Office-__**
 * 1) **Continuation of the work of the Subgroups for the Goals.**
 * 2) **Create SMART goals for your committee**
 * 3) **Post your work on the Wikispace**
 * 4) **"S****hare out" the last 45 minutes of the meeting.**

Plan for February 8, 2012 Meeting-- 1. Share common research topics from the Research Review 2. Establish goals and timelines from the brainstorming exercise 3. Next steps

**__Future Is Now Technology Committee Agenda__**

**__February 8, 2012__**

**__6:30-8:00 p.m.__**

**__Board Office Meeting Room__**


 * Introduction of new attendees and their expectations for the committee

Mark Cline, Quinn Hutchison, Marcey Hutchison, Heather Keating, and Kieran Wilson

Dr. Paton discussed Citrix software that serves up multiple platforms. He suggests the focus to detour away from hardware and funnel our energies on software.

Separate the delivery (vehicle) and the mastery of content.

The best way to learn something is to teach it! Let our students co-teach. It needs to be a collaborative effort.


 * Discussion of Expectations and Dream as Goals


 * 1) Technology Blended with Instruction

Mark Cline Neil Paton Michele Hodson Marcie Hutchison Candice Sears Sarah Schleehauf

Amy Vorrasi Heather Keating Bill Lauson Paula Eby Kevin M. Kieran W. Quinn Hutchison Karen Becker
 * 1) Student Usage of Technology

Sherry Dawn
 * 1) Board Policy that reflects Technology Usage goals


 * SMART goals and how to write them


 * Divide into sub committees to focus on goals and write strategies for the goals based on dreams and the research on the Wikispace.


 * Share with whole committee


 * Next steps/meeting