INTAC meeting 3/11/05

Members present

• Debra Barnes
• Susie D’anna
  
• Deann Orand
• Leonna Burdett

Have your blogged yet?

• We’ve all gotten on and made some attempts. Three of us posted.
• Is anyone having problems with the blog? Yes.
• The page often won’t show even after many attempts to refresh.
• Several times we were unable to get on at all.
• Is there a way to edit what you’ve written without rewriting a new post and deleting the old?

• Is this accessible to the general public and should we approach the discussion casually or Professionall

Current Tech Plan:

• We discussed the current status of our district tech plan, and feel we’d like to get an introduction written as well as word smith our vision, mission, beliefs and action plan.
• We’d like to see them all bound with the standards we’ve created, and distributed to the STC’s as well as those who teach technology at the elementary level. The tech plan needs to be ready for print by the end of May.

The next logical step for any continuing investigation or INTAC committee would be reviewing software with the intent of making some recommendations for standardization or suggested purchases for school sites.

• Lesson Collection: We’d like to reconsider our lesson collection strategy. Rather than one individual collecting found fourth grade lessons for technology, we’d like to see a collection of all grade levels under one category. For example, one person would collect Webquests at all grade levels, another would collect Word Lessons at all grade levels. The lessons would then be placed on CD ROMs with a table of content listing technology used first with grade level and subject matter second.
• Workshop/Lesson in a Box: The Lessons in a Box idea that got shelved at the beginning of the year should be revisited. If we are ever to get teachers who buy into integrating technology, we’re going to have to ofer simple, short lessons on computer basics. These trainings should be offered monthly with a perk at the end of the year for those who attended seven out of nine sessions. The perk should not require lesson plans or projects. The idea is to get them there. The learning and interest will naturally occur. Additional demands will keep teachers from coming.

TESA has created inequities and problems that someone should be addressing.

• Why do students who have access to TESA get three chances when students who do not have access get one?
• When results come back that a third grade student meets the standard in October, shouldn’t they move out of third grade math?