Minutes+1-25-10

Date: 25 Jan 2010 Location: G261 Members Present: Acton, Battaglia, Beebe, Bendoraitis, Bierdz, Brown, Gordon, Gregg, Hickey, Kasik, Meyer, Powers, Robey, Sexton Guests Present: NA __Consent Agenda__ __Action Agenda__ __Information/Discussion Agenda__ >> >> >> > > **//Dean’s Charge to the Committee//** > //The Technology Action Group (TAG) will review and make recommendations on the acquisition and use of technology in the college and submit the related recommendations to the Dean. The Committee will develop a college technology plan with unit goals for technology use and procurement. This plan will be submitted to the dean annually by March 31 for final review and approval. > > **Organization of the Committee** > The Technology Action Group will invite faculty representation from each of the programs in the College of Education. The Coordinator of Academic Services will serve as chair of the committee. The committee will keep minutes and provide copies to the members, the division chairs, and the Dean. The committee will publish its minutes by e-mail to the College of Education.// > > > We also briefly discussed the use of a wiki to collaborate on documents. This will be explored further in the near future. > > We decided that there is value in meeting “in real life”, and so we will not plan any virtual meetings at this time. > __Next meeting__ Although future meetings will not be so frequent, we agreed that we will meet alternate weeks until the CE Technology Plan is submitted to the Dean on March 31, 2010. The next TAG meeting will be held on Monday 2/8/10 from 3 until 4pm in Room G261. Nick will be away from campus; Maribeth Kasik volunteered to chair the meeting.
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 * **Welcome and Introductions**: We went around the table introducing ourselves and responding to the question, “What would you like to get out of TAG participation so that a year from now you could look back and say, ‘That was a positive experience’?” In addition to the Dean’s charge to the group, we intend to capture and accomplish as many of these individual members’ goals as possible, many of which may be appropriate for incorporation into CE Tech Plan:
 * IIII – Help to make sure CE has appropriate tech for its mission/work, establish short- and long-term technology goals for the College, incorporate into budget/planning
 * III - Learn about technology/infuse more tech into my own work
 * II - Establish more professional development opportunities in the College
 * II – Better coordination between CE and ITS/ACS Lab
 * II – More effective and uniform use of LiveText, training for adjuncts
 * II - Make a contribution to the College’s mission
 * I - Collaborate with colleagues/work with new people/meet new colleagues
 * I - Help students/graduates infuse more technology into their work
 * I – Better use of technology for communications in CE
 * I – Break down technology barriers, real and perceived
 * I – More and more effective instructional use of technology, esp. interactive whiteboards, online resources
 * I – Advocate for equity in technology availability; Equal access and timely participation for populations that sometimes face educational technology discrimination; On grounds of disability (unintentional and intentional).”
 * I – More effective application of technology for operational efficiency/effectiveness, including common set of tech literacy expectations for all staff
 * I – Standardize availability of technology and data for categories of staff/faculty across the unit
 * I – Standardize availability of technology and data for categories of staff/faculty across the unit
 * **Dean’s Charge to the Group:** The group reviewed the Dean’s charge and description of TAG make-up:
 * **TAG to Model Use of Work Group Technologies:** We discussed organizing our work so that we could try out various tech tools to evaluate them for deployment elsewhere in the College and also serve as a model for other committees in CE as they look for tech solutions to enhance their productivity. Nick set up an Outlook Live Workspace for TAG and will invite all members to join. TAG resources of various kinds can be shared this way. We’ll evaluate its appropriateness for the group in the coming weeks to see if it’s helpful or not.

//Prepared by: Nick Battaglia// //Jan 29, 2010//