Technology will be used throughout the district to help every student meet or exceed the standards.  These uses include instructional (both teacher-directed and student utilization), administrative (teacher-level to district-level), and support services applications of technology.

TECH DAY 2001 - March 9

1. The Calendar of offerings for whole year was presented to show the categories that will be used. The Presenters will be organized around the following schedule and Dave will publish that as of February 27.
   
   

   7:30	Refreshments
   8-8:30	Building presentation based on District-produced PowerPoint Principals will introduce and present the PP PP will last 7 to 10 minutes and be distributed on CD Committee will send a cover letter advising on the presentation including points such as district is committed to providing a range of technology training opportunities throughout the school year. remind teachers that they signed a commitment sheet this year and will be asked to make a new commitment for 2001-2002 Evaluation sheets for the whole day will be distributed
   8:30-9:30	How does technology work in this school? Presenters in each school will present information on how staff can work with their computers, the LAN and the technical support providers. The outline for this is available on the Web and can be used both for the talk and for later reference. (See revised outline for presentation. 2/26/01)
   9:30 - 10:00	Break and Travel
   10 - 12	Training Session I
   12 - 1	Lunch
   1-3	Training Session II

   
   
   
2. Evaluation Sheet: Gavin, Barbara, Steve
• the revised sheet
• The sheet will be distributed to everyone by their principal at the end of the opening session. They will be collected by all afternoon presenters and returned to Dave Brown for collating.
  
  
3. The schedule for the day will be online by February 27. A memo will be sent to all presenters with information about the purpose of the day, the sessions and the evaluation sheets. The online registration will take place on March 2.

1. School-level Tech Skills Outline: Anita, Lori, Debbie, Gavin, rep from JBM
• The group created an outline based on a question and answer format that can be used for the 8:30 to 9:30 session in each school.
• Presenters will be:
  • Clayton - Steve
  • Smyrna - Gavin
  • North - Debbie
  • JBM - Pat
  • HS - Lori, but the topic will be publishing web pages
    
    
2. Software Evaluation: Carrie
   • Based on conversations with principals, the form was accepted as published by Carrie. The only change is that Windows 3.0 and 3.1 will be removed.
   • Carrie will draft a letter to all principals with the following information. Sandy will present this at the monthly meeting of principals.
     • The purpose of the form is for principals and district administrators to make informed decisions on purchasing software with school or district money.
     • The first page should be completed before the purchase to make sure that the software will run on the current computer configurations. This can be completed from information in catalogs or on the Web.
     • The second page should be completed by previewing the software prior to purchase or once it has been purchased. The form should be sent to Dave Brown to create a collection that can be referred to by others considering such purchases.
     • No database will be developed yet but will be revisited at the end of the school year.