ITLT+Meeting+2-17-2009

Attendees: Michelle Adcock, Pat McKeon, Monica Daniels, Marlese Freeman, Debbie Parker, Eric Robertson, Kathy Mantell, Kelly Dempsey.

Discussion Items:
 * iBook Carts: Carts not charging, what do we do with them? Discussed moving the iBooks into classrooms as "assets" instead of being signed out and shared. Kelly has to check w/ admin. to see if that's ok.
 * Dell Carts: Can be signed out by other pods, if not signed out by that cart. Special Areas, Pat, etc. also sign out carts. Important to sign out ALL people using it (if people are sharing) so that we have a record of how many people are using the carts. Everyone should be signing them out so that we have a record of them so that it can be seen how much use they are getting.
 * iBooks as of now can print, possibility that those on OS X will be able to.
 * We are getting refurbished computers from the High School. Failing computers in the centrum are being replaced with these.
 * Our "computer count" in the building is going down. Kelly will get us exact numbers for this.
 * We need to go back to Todd about what to do with the current Smart Boards, mounting them, etc. (We had talked about allowing teachers to submit a mini-grant for these). Some rooms may not work well with mounting projectors and the wiring in the ceilings, floors, etc.
 * Budget Questions:
 * What do we have to use? Can we replenish for the loss? What is the minimum we need each year to replace yearly losses. We need a replacement cycle.
 * 5th Grade Projection Systems will be put back in the budget?
 * Our priorities:
 * Teacher Station for each teacher and memory upgrades for teacher station.
 * Cart for Blue Downstairs
 * Replacing computers that have broken
 * Get a laptop cart and Promethian Board for library, as a learning center that the whole school could have access to.
 * After we get our heads above water then we ask for more student stations (2nd carts), Document Camera (Elmo), Promethian Boards, etc. We should be replacing the overhead projector with Document Cameras and Projectors.
 * Look at possibly replacing computers in the Computer Labs (lose Warranty in April) and moving the current ones down to the rest of the building.
 * Look at possibly replacing computers in the Computer Labs (lose Warranty in April) and moving the current ones down to the rest of the building: Replace and build in the centrums.
 * Replace Staff Development Lab (compass learning).
 * Look into the possibility of leasing??
 * Looking into the possibility of lower-end laptops.