MeetingMinutes


 * Meeting Minutes Archive: Posted in chronological order - most recent first.**

January 2008:

Hi Folks, It's been a bit since we met. Here are some updates below:

1. AUP: A new version of the AUP has been drafted up and is available for you to read and comment on online. Students are currently debating this new version as well.

http://bbaresearchlab.wikispaces.com/webaccessandfiltering

2. PBS released a series called 'Growing Up Online' that is worth a look. It's refreshing to see some objective reporting on the issue. It takes about 50 minutes or so to watch and it is available online.

Here's the direct link:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline/view/main.html

Here's the main web site for the show:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline

We've had some fantastic discussions on the program here in the lab over the last week.

3. The laptop proposal has gone to the Business Office with financial demographics for the area (from the school lunch statistics supplied by the local Supervisory Union). I have not heard much on this as of late.

It appears that tech tips per se may not fit into the Faculty meetings at this point. There is some discussion brewing that the AUP may be on the dock for the March in-service. I'll let you know what comes of that buzz. We could offer an after school training again with students helping out. A question and answer session, where people can drop in for advice and training might fit the bill. I'll post a page up on the Tech Committee Wiki for ideas:

http://bbatechcommittee.wikispaces.com

I've been lending some thought to meeting, but it seems a good bit of our work can be done in this fashion. I'm not much for scheduling meetings if there are no pressing reviews or decisions to be made.

October 2008:

First meeting: 3pm, Thursday October 11th, 2007

Laptop Initiative: - Request from Chuck. - Review meeting with Mary Blair. - Current status: http://bbaresearchlab.wikispaces.com/1to1 - Department Head meetings. Request from Jen Hyatt to make presentations. - Ideas for visiting another 'school / University / College with laptops' school this Fall ? Necessary ?

Role of this committee discussion:

Faculty in-service training ideas: Reintroduce tech tips ? Offer sessions in the Smith labs ?

Help Desk Innovation. - Student Roles.

Distribution of Information. - Resource distribution from this committee to other Depts ?: Example: http://chemcollective.org
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__2006-2007 School Year__

Committee Training: Tuesday May 15, 2007 at 3pm

__1. Scribe:

2. Proposals for changes next year:__ - Items to address at BBA regarding access, hardware, software etc ?

__3. One to One discussion:__ - Review articles: - One to one update: - PD ideas as we move into this era**

__**4. Windows Encoder - A great tool for creating visual tutorials!**__ -Kevin watch this quick demo of this "screencasting" technology (Click [|HERE] to watch) -Sorry I can't be here to explain it -I'll play some more and get back to you

__**5. Discussion on tech committee next year:**__
 * - Attendance review for this year: Discuss frequency of meetings, role of committee, participation etc. Ideas ?**

__**Professional Development Ideas: Great ideas from Alejandro

The Washington Post**__ covers a study by the US Department of Education which finds that Educational Software offers no benefit to student performance. Read it [|here].

__**Tutorials for students and Faculty** -__ One challenge with the new machines and the 1:1 project is how to educate our community on the new technology. I have recently been turned on to tutorial screencasts (see here for [|OmniOutliner]). Of course, Dennis produced one as a way to teach faculty how to filter email messages. I found this short video appealing because it provides detailed yet succinct knowledge in the context that I need it (on the computer). Alas, I thought this method may be an effective tool for reaching the 800 or so people who will be using computers on this campus shortly. I contacted the [|gent] who made the OmniOutliner tutorial and it turns out he's got quite a [|few] of these. In our correspondence, he mentioned a network license for all past and current shows for 12 months. Although he sells individual passes for $35 per person per year, this inquiry is the first one made by a school and so he's open to negotiating a price which meet our needs and his.

Presuming this is an effective method of training, now the question is do we have a budget for this? Could //we// produce them cheaper? @Adam, could your Lab Students write, produce, edit this sort of thing? I think so. Other alternatives include [|Apple's Training Series] - a bit overly professional for our needs. Or Apple will come do a session as part of the educator [|professional development series].

__Screencast tools: [|iShowU] & [|OmniDazzle]. More resources & tutorials [|here].

-Alex

[|Virtual High School] A topic for discussion - click on link for some interesting info. Intigration with laptop initiative ?

After reading [|this] article from the New York Times, I was struck by this simple explanation of an internal market, "The idea is to let a company’s decision-makers benefit from the collective, if often hidden, knowledge of their employees." Chuck is often espousing the wonderful asset that the faculty represents. Let's assume this is not merely lip-service. How could technology optimize and extract maximum utility from this asset?
 * Internal Market** -__ bringing an economic approach to the planning process.

"The world’s largest steel maker, Arcelor Mittal, now runs an internal market allowing its executives to predict the price of steel. Best Buy has started a market for employees to guess which DVDs and video game consoles, among other products, will be popular."

Clearly, we are not selling CDs or steel, but we are offering a service and we are in effect competing for limited resources from the surrounding community - tax dollars, students, support (financial or otherwise). What if we developed a similar system for faculty (or even students) to do these two things - 1: predict future outcomes (Will town XZY support the tuition increase? Will Peru support the mountain campus? Will you benefit from 1:1 computing?) 2: suggest actions or solutions based on predictions.

You know, this idea is grandiose and I'm just spewing info right now. But, when I look at that survey we asked students to fill out months back, I really think Burr & Burton could bring a more quantitative approach to these sorts of exercises. Don't ask for details, yet. I'm still thinking.

More media: [|NPR story] on futures market in health care.
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Tech Committee**
 * Minutes from March 8, 2007**

Meeting started: 3:00pm.

Present: Kevin Morrison, Mary Rita Manley, Dennis DeWeerdt, Jeff Falace, Adam Provost, Mary Diaz,

Scribe: Mary Rita Manley


 * Agenda and Minutes:**


 * //3:00 meeting time from now on//
 * //Move meetings to Tuesdays//
 * //Unblock foreign email and translators - Dennis to review//
 * //Revisit communication if you cannot attend meetings. Please send a note to Adam if you cannot attend.//
 * //Review curriculum meeting. - Adam has notes from this meeting (//**Adam, paste in the minutes)**
 * //Tech comm. members should approach the dept. chairs about one-to-one computing (We are talking about putting a computer into every student's hands, what do you think?) Dave Miceli to do SS dept., Mary Diaz to do Science//
 * //Dennis is looking into the bandwidth question to// see //if he can push the hour back to 4:00 instead of 3:00.//
 * //Service disruptions need to happen at times during the day, so therefore there will be disruptions, however they will be avoided, if possible//
 * //Next faculty meeting - let's do the **Tech Ten Minutes** segment, maybe on How to use Help, or Office '07 - Adam will send note to Jen Hyatt about getting on the faculty mtg agenda for tech tips//
 * //?????"No Tech Day"???????//
 * //Tech committee internal training - let's all bring tips to share with each other at the next meeting//
 * //Next meeting on **Tuesday, April 9th, 3:00**//

Adjourned at 4:00 PM


 * Tech Committee**
 * Minutes from February 8th, 2007**

Meeting started: 3:00pm.

Present: Kevin Morrison, Mary Rita Manley, Dave Miceli, Adam Provost, Mary Diaz,

Scribe: Kevin Morrison

Revisit meeting time: 2:45, 3pm, or 315pm start time. Reminder to be prompt. If we start on time meetings should last about 1/2 hour.

Revisit changing days. Alex and Dave sit on the scheduling committee. Meet on Mondays or Tuesdays ?

Revisit communication if you cannot attend meetings. Please send a note to Adam if you cannot attend.

Review curriculum meeting. Adam

Next step: Expand out to curriculum areas with ideas / support for one to one computing:

Bandwidth question: Is is possible / cost effective to maintain access until something in line of 4pm ?

Question from Brian: Could service disruptions / maint. upgrades be done after school instead of during the school day ?

Next professional development session for this committee ? Topic ?

Assess how the laptop roll out to Faculty went for next meeting ? Note to dept chairs ?

Adjourn:

This was a very brief meeting, the sole purpose of which was to review and discuss all of the financial documentation for the 1 to 1 initiative compiled by Adam, Dennis and Rick. The data is incredibly detailed and well organized, covering all aspects of the initiative from network infrastructure, software licensing and administrative costs. There are even various purchase scenarios outlined to allow for debate over the ultimate cost of the initiative.


 * Tech Committee**
 * Minutes from December 14, 2006**

Meeting started: 305pm.

Present: Alex Sheets, Kevin Morrison, Mary Rita Manley, Dennis Deweerdt, Adam Provost

Scribe: Adam Provost

Alex reviewed:

http://del.icio.us/asheets/BBA_Tech

[|http://labs.digg.com]

[|http://www.zotero.org]

[|http://www.swivel.com]

Adam reviewed:

Google desktop: http://www.google.com/ig

Email: Routing student mail by subject to pre-defined folders. Easy to grade papers, keeps records, etc. Excellent for revisions. No extra paperwork to keep chronology. Search sent items, or class folders by student. Good to intro this method to the English dept. Makes grading papers and keeping chronology of writing improvement and feedback convenient.

Research Lab Wiki: Students are editing docs. Working on proposals. Proving to be a great development space.

Updates:

Dennis dropped off a list of revised pricing options on one to one initiatives including: 4 yr warranty, complete care. Now we'll begin assebling all this data into a final proposal.

Dennis updated the committee that the new server is in and the Tech Crew is imaging new laptops and installing new wireless access points. They are looking for a Monday - Tuesday rollout.

Dave, Mary, Dennis and Adam have an appointment Wednesday 12/30 at 1130am to review the Blackbaud gradebook.

Next meeting TBD after the break.

Adjourn 405pm.


 * Tech Committee**
 * Minutes from November 30th, 2006**

Start 3pm

Present: Jeff Falace, Kevin Morrison, Alex Sheets, Adam Provost

One to one update: Jeff provided quotes on infrastrucutre costs. Waiting for information from Dennis on 4yr warranty cost.pricing from Apple.

School Admin package updates: Demo of Powerschool Teacher module online. Adam reported that Phil will be working with Mary G. to eval the administrative backend of Blackbaud and Powerschool. Should have a report from that evaluation at the next meeting.

Adam demonstrated links from the Research Lab on startup costs / training options for a bio-technology course. Jeff agreed to write up an introductory proposal for these links and send it on to the committee for review. We'll pass the data on to Dave Curtis for review / consideration with the Science Dept.

<<< Links / Basic Research:

Bio Technology Resources : Drafts : Proposal Notes

From: http://success.shoreline.edu/NWBBECC/educators.html "Starting a High School Biotechnology Program The resources below may be useful for teachers exploring how to start a high school vocational biotechnology program. The result of three years of researching, planning and developing biotechnology programs, this information was originally presented at the National Association of Biology Teachers Conference in Montreal, November 2001, by Mary Glodowski (Juanita High School), Connie Kelly (Shorewood High School) and Tracy Stoops (Shorewood High School)."

Basic bio-tech for beginning teachers: http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/WWC/1993/basic.html

VT Resource: http://www.bio-link.org/centersVT.htm

NY resource: http://www.empire.state.ny.us/High_Tech_Research_and_Development/HighBio_Tech/default.asp

>>>

Discussion on advanced training options for this committee. Formal training on a specific topic or start out with a 'best practice / helpful tips' style session. Decided on a 'best practice' session. Example: Adam demo'd a few new search engines:

Recommend trying each site with the same search criteria: aka search for Batman on each site and see how they display information.

Move the mouse over the binoculars to get a site preview. You'll see: [|http://www.ask.com]

Google's new search engine experiment: [|http://www.searchmash.com]

[|http://turbo10.com] (does not work in the Safari web browser)

[|http://www.mooter.com]

[|http://www.kartoo.com]

[|http://www.ujiko.com]

[|http://www.rollyo.com]

These search engines provide a map of searches and most popluar tags / categories rather than generating a list. Good alternative to see all the data "around or associated with" a certain subject. Great option for some students who have trouble with the volume in Google searches.

Committee members are asked to come to the next meeting with tips and ideas. We'll go through a few quick updates and dive in to some great ideas.

Next meeting was scheduled for December 14th, 2006.

Adjourn: 3:41pm.


 * Tech Committee**
 * Minutes November 2, 2006**

Present: Mary Rita Manley, Mary Diaz, Kevin Morrison, Adam Provost

Started 310pm.

Scribe: Kevin Morrison

Discussed Faculty in-service coming up on Nov. 8th. Wiki and blog follow-up session. Inviting people to the Smith labs. Adam has recruited five students from the Research Lab to help on the 8th as well.

Last meeting we decided to create a separate wiki to assist users with publishing questions. Adam created this help space http://bbawebhelp.wikispaces.com and has tossed some information up there already. Directions posted to help people with common questions: Uploading images, finding home page.

We'll ask Rick and Dennis about having Faculty login in the labs to work with their documents.

Adam walked us through steps to upload images to a wiki. Same directions are posted on: http://bbawebhelp.wikispaces.com

Google just purchased jot.com ( a wiki company) that may lead to more robust wiki options in the future.

Mary Rita asked about advertising on wikispaces.com: Adam mentioned if wikis were created in the 'advertising (commercial) section, people can send an email to help@wikispaces.com Let them know you're a teacher, the address of your wiki and they will convert it over to the non-advertising version. New wikis should be setup at: http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K or by visiting the wikispaces.com site and go to the lower right hand corner of the wikispaces.com web page and look for "We're giving away 100,000 free wikis for K-12 education."

Budget: Mary Rita asked about projector setups. Cumbersome in her classroom to setup and tear down. Heavy projector users may benifit from the Tech Committee providing cost analysis for ceiling mounted projectors in certain rooms. See if we can nail down pricing options with Tech Department.

One to One update: Adam reported that cost analysis is still underway. Dennis is getting preliminary figures on 4 year warranty options. Too rushed to pull off in the 07-08 school year. Discussions with Chuck are looking to the 08-09 school year. Time table is better for professional development.

Adam reported that some students from the Research Lab are currently working with the BBA Tech Dept. as interns as part of their projects in hardware and infrastructure support. This is the precursor to establishing a student help desk for the one to one initiative and for Faculty training by appointment. Great opportunity for students. Discussions on the structure for this intitative is underway.

Discussion on meeting time: Now that the calendar for the one to one proposal and budget timelines are established, Adam proposed adjusting the meeting schedule to meet bi-weekly with one committee meeting and the other as a professional development session for committee members. Q and A, topics that people bring, demo new technologies (docs.google.com etc), skill building sessions. Vote was accepted unanimously and also voted to keep the meeting on Thursdays. We will send a note out and ask for 1st and 3rd weeks or second and fourth weeks of the month. We can post meeting dates on the Tech Committee wiki.

No new business.

Adjourn: 349pm.


 * Tech Committee**
 * Minutes October 19, 2006**

Present: Jeff Falace, Rick Armitage, Dennis Deweerdt, Kevin Morrison, Adam Provost, Mary Diaz

Started: 3:15pm.

Scribe: Mary Diaz:

Betsy Hubner and Jeff Falace requested a recap of the in-service on 10/18. Adam agreed to send a note to each user to request an appointment with a member of the Tech Committee.

Reviewed Faculty in-service. Successful. Smith labs were full. Initial setups went better than anticipated and users moved on to more advanced concepts. Encouraged people to go slow and prowl the help menus. Lots of sites were established.

Reviewed uploading documents. Adam sent out a note earlier today and added a section to he Tech Committee wiki.

Discussed home pages for teachers, how to list mulitple sites that teachers may have. Looked at Bill's blogger page and the home page for each wiki user and thought this would suffice. We'll send out notes on this or include it in the next review session.

Revisited the 'Tech Tips' that were sent out last year by Kevin. Kevin agreed to continue this this year.

Training session update to be offered. Decided not to offer next week due to exams. We will pick a date soon.

Discussed creating a question and answer page for Faculty to post questions. After some discussion we agreed to create a separate wiki for this activity. Adam will setup the new page and advertise to Faculty.

Agenda for next in-service: Dennis will get back to us on the status of the new mac server and the distribution of new laptops.

One to one update: Dennis has a call in to Apple requesting a four year warranty rather than three as provided in the last quote.

New business:

External links displaimer on the Faculty Page: Dennis and Rick mentioned that they would like ot see a splash screen (click on a link to a teacher page, get redirected to a disclaimer page for a few seconds, and then proceeed. Adam brought up that the listing currently is consistent with University web structures.

Dennis reported that three people are beta-testing the new laptops. Tests are going well. More problems on the Windows OS side than on the Mac.

Dennis brought up the idea for a future in-service on using the help menu, how to seach for stuff etc. We will discuss other tech in-service adgendas at the next meeting.

Agenda for next week: Cancelled due to exams.

Adjourned: 3:50pm.

Minutes October 12, 2006
 * Tech Committee

Scribe: Dave Miceli**


 * Approved previous minutes
 * Review of Sam and Troy's outline for presentation on 10/18
 * Outline of In-Service session
 * Overview of docs.google.com - online storage of documents and spreadsheets
 * uniform name formats for blogger

Minutes October 5, 2006
 * Tech Committee

Scribe: Kevin Morrisonn

• Approved previous minutes • October 18th Faculty In Service Plan o Begin with a discussion of Blogs and Wikis in Hunter Seminar Room o Demonstrations by student volunteers (from Adam’s Research Lab class) o Blog/Wiki Q & A session o Any faculty interested in building their own Blog or Wiki will meet in the Smith PC labs o Student volunteers and tech staff will be available in the labs to assist faculty • Blog and Wiki questions and concerns: o Rules/Guidelines around Blog/Wiki content o Copyrighted material? o Development process (i.e. importing docs, rules naming conventions, storage) o Using online services such as writely.com or network service space? • Dennis, Adam and Kevin spent the remainder of the meeting (approx. 30 min.) to explore, test and troubleshoot wikispaces, blogs and writely.com to determine best practices.

Technology Committee**
 * Minutes September 28, 2006**

Scribe: Adam Provost

In attendance: Mary Diaz, Rick Armitage, Jeff Falace, Dennis Deweerdt, Adam Provost, Kevin Morrison, Dave Miceli.

Presentation: Guest Speaker: Nancy Westlund, and Keith Nemlish from Floodbrook School.

Presented on Floodbrook history with 1 to 1. Insurance, battery life, potential pitfalls, items to consider. Reviewed communication systems and academic structure centered around First Class product.

Adjourn: 3:45pm.


 * Technology Committee**
 * Minutes September 21, 2006**

Scribe: Alex Sheets

In attendance: Mary Diaz, Adam Provost, Dave Miceli, Dennis Deweerdt, Rick Armitage, Kevin Morrison, Jeff Falace, Alex Sheets

I. Review past minutes a. Minutes approved

II. Update from Dave’s inquiry to faculty regarding faculty needs a. 18 responses, 1 asked for extra time (1/3 of teaching faculty) b. Microsoft Office suite was a top vote getter i. Microsoft Campus agreement is leased and permits take-home copies. ii. 350 copies costs 10,000. Adding 700 units may triple the cost iii. How long is the lifespan of a version? iv. Lease method provides the most current version. Dennis recommends sticking with the campus lease agreement v. What happens when a student leaves? 1. erase from machine 2. pay for the rights 3. we may examine more end-of-lease options c. Photoshop & other specific drawing programs (illustrator and Painter 9 or Corelle Paint) for art i. wicked expensive products ii. probably continue with lab-based system iii. perhaps we need a less intensive & less expensive photo program d. Auto CAD for Drafting program i. wicked expensive products ii. probably continue with lab-based system e. 3D choreography for Jacques & the dance program f. Pete McNealus recquests software for non-verbal students g. Inspiration, Universal Reader, Bookshare for Special Ed. h. Math: GeoMeter Sketch Pad & a freeware graphing program i. French in Action - Brigitte said quicktime would allow students to access this, I will check with her. j. Text books online or on CD i. Dave suggests Department Chairs submit a list of textbooks & their prices in order to compare prices between books & CDs k. GarageBand, iSight cameras, Chat capabilities, Imovie l.GPS Navigation system (software already purchased by Science dept.) m. Final Cut Pro & Adobe Photoshop for News

III. Update on 1:1 computing

IV. a. Group assignments: i. Infrastructure: Dennis, Rick, Jeff ii. Training needs: group 1. Adam mentions cross marketing of (ISP - how users connect to the internet) services when schools announce 1:1 initiatives 2. Can we bundle services for our students ? Local vendors: Adelphia (ComCast, Verizon, Dial-up (SoverNet, SD as possibilities)? 3. For example, offer discount internet access iii. Tech support personnel b. Dennis inquiry to Apple for pricing & wireless survey i. Dennis phoned & but has yet to make contact. No call back c. What are the support requirements i. Staff ii. Space d. How to assemble proposal i. see below

V. Budget proposal sheet draft a. Overview i. Brief general description of budget item ii. More detailed examination of use iii. Technical needs of the item 1. from software to power b. At what level does this budget request apply? i. In the classroom, for a department, new initiatives, software? ii. This process is designed to request money from the Technology Fund iii. Not designed for departmental requests c. We examine the needs & prioritize them for Chuck’s approval d. Items to consider: i. Calendar ii. Wish list iii. Evaluation process after funds awarded

VI. Upcoming tech conferences a. Florida Education Tech Conference – January 26-27, 2007 i. Adam has attended in the past & praises it b. NSBA Tech & Learning: Dallas, TX Nov 8-10 c. NECC: July 5-7, 2006 d. Apple Tech Seminar: October 5, 2006 Portsmouth, NH e. Dave proposes asking Chuck if funds are available for such conference

VII. New Business a. Nancy Westlund from Floodbrook will be here Thursday, September 28, 2006 to discuss their1:1 initiave

b. Blogging: commercial or in-house solution ? i. BBA announcements began a year ago on blogger ii. Adam recommends farming out these services & Rick agrees 1. Tech crew is strapped already 2. Costs are marginal 3. We need guidelines: links, structure, iii. Bill Muench has his courses online on Blogger (muench12.blogspot.com) iv. Performing Arts has a wiki page: (bbamusic.wikispaces.com) v. Adam has started a wiki for this committee to collaborate & communicate: bbatechcommittee.wikispaces.com vi. How do we handle onsite / offsite issue? 1. links from BBA to outside sites may pose risks (caches, server names) 2. content should be school related 3. disclaimer between BBA & third party vii. Blogs are easier than web editors. viii. Adam will request Freddie to draft letter regarding blogs 1. will post on wiki for our approval 2. ix. We need to verify the license agreement

x. Storage issues 1. blogger 2. on our servers 3. third party

**Minutes September 21, 2006**
Scribe: Adam Provost

Review minutes from 9/13/06.

<<< 9/13/06: Start time: 245.

Present: Rick Armitage, Jeff Falace, Mary Diaz, Mary Rita Manley, Dave Miceli, Kevin Morrison, Adam Provost

Introductions.

Reviewed notes for the structure of future meeting and potential projects for the year.

Dave Miceli volunteered to send a message out to Faculty asking about projected needs for for departments if we introduced a 1 to 1 initiative. Dave sent out a draft yesterday to tech committee members yesterday to see if people had additions.

We agreed to meet weekly for about a month or so to work on the 1 to 1 proposal for Chuck and also on the Technology proposal process for the next budget cycle.

Next meeting time: Thursday 9/21 from 245 - 315 in Kevin's room in Smith basement (RLab 1).

Proposal from Dave Miceli to investigate technology conferences that we could attend.

Dave Miceli showed the a test taking system (iclicker) that he uses for classes. Each student is issued a clicker and the system records each persons selection and gives data feedback on the fly.

Adjourn: 320pm.

End Minutes from 9/13/06 _


 * 9/21/06:**

Scribe:

1. Update from Dave Miceli on note to Faculty.

2. Update on 1 to 1 investigation:

Dennis: Inquiry to Apple for pricing and wireless survey.

Discussion on how to assemble the proposal for the 1 to 1 initiative: Propose we assemble the following data and then draft up a presentation / cost analysis:

Update from faculty survey: Dave Software pricing: Group Infrastructure: Dennis, Rick, Jeff Assemble training needs: Group Tech support personnel: Dennis, Rick, Jeff

Additions ?

3. Budget proposal sheet draft: Review, make some changes, and potentially pick a date to send it out. If time allows, discussion on how to process these sheets when they return.

4. Review a few tech conferences coming up:

Florida Education Tech Connference (FETC): Already happened in 2006. January 24-26, 2007

NSBA Tech and Learning: Dallas, TX Nov 8-10.

NECC July 5-7, 2006.

Apple Tech Update Seminar Locations: > > Oct. 3, 2006 > > > Choate Rosemary Hall > 333 Christian Street > Wallingford, CT 06492 > Location: Getz Auditorium > > > > Oct. 4, 2006 > > > Holiday Inn Boxborough > 242 Adams Place > Boxborough, MA 01719 > > > > Oct. 5, 2006 > > > Sheraton Harborside Hotel Portsmouth > 250 Market Street > Portsmouth, NH 03801 > > > > > > > > - Mac OS X and Windows compatibility - Boot Camp, Parallels and other > - Web Help Desk: > > > - Apple Biz Update and Q&A: The Apple regional K12 Education Manager > - Lunch > - Tip of Day: > - What's New in Professional Development and Training: Apple continues to > offer a variety of hands-on leader-led courses. Come and see what new > courses are available for help desk personnel, service technicians, tech > coordinators and teachers in a presentation and Q and A session. No > matter what your role Apple wants to help you make the most of your Mac. > (Presented by Melanie Chasse, Training Coordinator, Apple Computer ) > - Apple Remote Desktop 3: > - The iPod is more than Music: > - Raffle and Closing - Must be present to win

5. New business.

Update on blogging at BBA:

Commercial vs in-house: Demo. Discussion.

Update on ecommerce for Advancement and school lunch payments.

Investigation into new school admin package: Scheduling dates to review companies.

Draft agenda items for next week:

Adjourn: _

Thanks, Adam