March+29+2011+Meeting+-+Minutes

March 29 - Attendees - Don Wilder, Jodi Kriner, John Lennox, Shawn Hanson Absent: Darren Orzechowski, Mark DeBlois


 * Current Wireless Infrastrure**
 * Don said everything seems to be working well
 * Some network connection drops intermittently - trying to figure out why
 * Teachers are using the netbook and laptop carts pretty regulary
 * Netbooks for student/parent purchase**
 * Don said a letter will be going out to parents
 * Megatron will be the school's vendor, however it was suggested that parents be given requirements/guidelines so that they can purchase on their own
 * Questions/comments that arose -
 * Will the letter include how teachers will be incorprating this new technology into their classrooms? (to justify the need)
 * Who will be managing these machines if there is an issue?
 * How can parents purchase office products (academic pricing)
 * How will students connect to thier LAS folders if not connected to the LAS domain?
 * Don brought in netbooks - Jodi logged in locally and was able to create a shortcut to a folder as well as connect to the library printer
 * Everyone felt this was the best way to go and to provide parents/students w/ directions on how to do that
 * Sitefilter worked
 * Investigate Cloud Resources** (ie. google apps and docs, drop box, Open Office, Office Live etc..)
 * John gave some good examples of free resources that could be beneficial for our students (ie. storage)

Jodi is visiting/touring Berwick ACademy in late April and thought it might be beneficial for Don/Mark to visit as well. Berwick is a wireless 1 to 1 laptop school. Next year they will be "going to the cloud" and having cross platforms (both PC and Mac).
 * Berwick Academy Tour**
 * Wendy Harrington, resident of Hampton Falls, is the Academic Technology Director at Berwick.
 * All agreed that she could be an asset to the LAS Tech Committe
 * Jodi will ask her to join the committee

Berwick Academy