ITUG – DE Minutes

Monday, June 12, 2000
DCET Office, Smyrna, Delaware
5:00 – 7:00 pm

Meeting attended by:

1. Reviewed highlights of May 23 meeting

   1. We reiterated that we would like to keep our meetings flexible and maintain an open agenda to have time for networking.

   2. Meetings will continue to be held on the 12^th of the month, and it is suggested that we continue to bring snacks to share and our own drink.

   3. Confirmed that when the 12^th falls on either a Friday, Saturday or Sunday, that the meeting will be moved to the following Monday.

2. Technology for ITUG

   1. Both the web site and the listserv are up and running.

   2. Reminder, messages posted to the listserv go to everyone.

   3. The listserv now has about 100 names.

3. Promotion

   1. Now that we have a name, one artist has been approached for creating a logo.  However, we’re still looking to approach other artists willing to donate time to design one.  John Hintz volunteered to speak with someone he knows. Consider making this a school contest.
      
      
   2. Representatives from each district recently attended a state technology meeting and are now aware of ITUG.  Representatives consisted of technology fixers, managers, and curriculum people.  The hope is that by working from the top down and from the bottom up, we may all meet in the middle to establish greater communication and technology awareness.
      
      

4. Future meetings

   1. Open discussion and suggestions

      1. Stay open, but over the course of the year, try to do something for four major content areas.

      2.   Look at standards first and see how technology works as a tool to teach a particular subject.  Are there vendors who can discuss integration of their software with standards?

      3. Teachers would be interested in seeing new software and defining computer literacy.

      4. We would like to hear from other teachers who have already used software in unique ways.

      5. To further establish the sense of community and our primary objectives of networking, we should share among ourselves what we already know, use, or have researched.

      6. Postpone vendor-based meetings.  Right now we’re not particularly interested in a sales pitch, but later we may require the expertise of a vendor.

      7. When vendors are present, people are hesitant to talk freely and openly  about a product. It inhibits conversation and eliminates the networking and sharing of information that ITUG is about.
         
         

   2. Brainstorming of Topic Ideas for meetings

   1. Web pages – communication (classroom on line)
   2. Web pages – instructional use (lessons)
   3. Cameras
   4. Keyboarding issues in elementary school
   5. Computer literacy – expectations for credit
   6. Video conferencing
   7. Control and clean up desk top
   8. Computer labs vs. computers in classrooms
   9. Copyright issues/citings/bibliography
   10. UDLibSearch
   11. Web Quests in subject areas
   12. Software that aligns with standards
   13. Evaluating software
   14. Security at different levels
   15. Animation and programming
   16. Troubleshooting
   17. Technology for assessment
       
       

5. Calendar

   Wednesday, July 12	5:00 pm to 7:00 pm	OPEN DISCUSSION
   Monday, August 14	12:00 pm to 2:00 pm	OPEN DISCUSSION
   Tuesday, September 12	5:00 pm to 7:00 pm	Web Pages for Communication	Wendy – SchoolNotes – what to share with parents/templates Pat – Web sites and Uses Susan – Lightspan Karen – MySchoolOnline Joe – Thinkwave Everybody – what’s the policy of posting on the web in your district
   Thursday, October 12	5:00 pm to 7:00 pm	How do I Use My One Computer? – Instructional and Management issues
   Monday, November 13	5:00 pm to 7:00 pm	Digital Cameras
   Tuesday, December 12	5:00 pm to 7:00 pm	Instructional Web Pages and Christmas Party

   
   

6. Meeting adjourned at 7:10 pm.

Minutes taken by Karen Jessee; typed by Pam Reed; edited by Wendy Modzelewski.