Minutes - Committee Meeting 10/5/2010
Meeting day: 10/5/2010
Meeting time: 2:30:00-3:30pm
Committee chair: Farhad javidi
Attended Committee members:
Nic Colley
Marc Tucker
Farhad Javidi
Gary Ritter
Alberto Botero
Patricia Bostian
Pedro Galvan
Gloria Kelley
Kara Allara
Nichole Patterson
Introductions again as committee has changed
Vote on change of Executive Presentations
- 10 minutes for Executive Presentations
- 10 minutes for Kudos/concerns
- 10 minutes for Vision/discussion of future
- 10 minutes for New technologies we “discovered”
- 20 minutes for Open Forum
Talked about pilot for Pinapta
· Pilot consists of 50 seats.
. This pilot is only for faculy.
· Considered a limited production
· This program records screen, camera, and PowerPoint
iPad discussion
· 1 was leased to each division
· A lot of the apps are still in development
· Still in learning classroom
Smart Classroom
· Smart classroom are being remodeled
· Surveys are going out, by the end of this week to ask what instructors want
· December 15th is deadline for orders
· Meeting occurred earlier in the week
· ideas are like cameras, monitor positions, laptop connections
· cameras that follows the instructors
Wordpress blog
· a new blogging tool will be rolled out
· admin concerns with the blog
· blog is for everyone that is faculty/staff
· intended to be a blog being hosted on school servers
· issues going forward:
o training
o guidelines for posting
o Intellectual property rights
Blossom
· user friendly and robust
· allows more options than author point
Wimba
· online meeting program that allows for a class to happen from home where students are able to interact with the instructors live
· screen capture abilities
To Request a New Project
· If you wish to submit a new software for use in the college, go to the following link services.cpcc.edu/projectrequest
Classroom Computers and COD's
· Some classrooms where technology based classes are being taught do not meet the rigors of that class where another non tech class has the newest computers
· This issue comes from COD's where the common explanation is "Enter it first"
· suggestion was made to have a tab on the COD's that asks what type of computers do you need
· Program Chairs can specify rooms
· Most do not specify and during reservation process a smart classroom is chosen at random
· Eric Jenson from Central Campus is identifying classrooms and what they have to help with this process
· Alberto asked to follow up with Eric regarding this
e-Locker
· use elocker or use a thumbstick?
· Microsoft skydrive is giving 10 gigs
· different sites offers similar services
· Motion to revisit e-Locker
· e-Locker can go up to 1 gig.
· Alberto has been asked to create a project.
Geek Fest
Charlotte Bar Camp
· A conference with no agenda
· Allows for people to pitch ideas and vote on what they want to have covered.
