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EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
3/02/2005, 12:30-2:00 pm
ATTENDEES: Kim Chief Elk, Linda Elvin, David Gillett, Scott Heffner, Willie Pritchard, Israr Qumer, Eric Rosenthal, John Swensson, Kristin Tripp Caldwell
GUESTS: Gerry Gyuire
Convened: 12:40 pm
1. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING
· Will stand approved as posted
2. GENERAL NEWS - NONE
· Wireless Project
Have received informal quotations from vendors who are interested (3Com & Cisco)
To some degree both colleges have some funding for the project
DASB is interested in funding wireless on the De Anza campus
Want to joint the two efforts together to get a better price
Vendors are going to do a walkthrough at De Anza and give an estimate of how much it will cost so that De Anza can better plan what they can afford
Implementation of wireless can causes security issues on the district network
Concurrently working toward an identity management system for a single sign on
3. SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS – HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE STANDARDS
· Hardware & Software Standards Committee (Willie)
Met Tuesday, March 3
Discussed the new lower priced Mac Mini, if it could be substituted for the current higher priced iMac standard
If the Mac Mini is fully configured with a new mouse, keyboard & a flat screen monitor, it would be about $400 cheaper than the IMac
Will not made a decision until some technical testing can be done on the flat screen monitors
A question was brought up that there is only one Ram slot on the Mac Mini – Willie will check into this (planning on configuring the Mac Mini for a 512 instead of a standard 256)
The committee has not decided if the Mini will become the new standard or not
Need to come up with a comparable Windows machine
Will try to come up with a decision within two weeks, since we are getting close to an end of the budget year
Discussed the issue of security cables and decided that it needs to be part of the required specifications for a new computer, because the old cables may not work with the new system
4. TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIC PLAN – PRIORITIZING OUR ASSUMPTIONS. WHAT ARE OUR GOALS FOR TECHNOLOGY IN THE DISTRICT?
· Each campus independently discussed the 6 assumption groups to put them into a final priority list of about 5-10 assumptions
· Next meeting, the committee will attempt to formulate and finish work on the goals and strategies
Can use the 2000 goals and strategies as a guideline
5. OTHER ITEMS FROM THE COMMITTEE
· None were brought up
Adjourned: 1:55 pm
Next Meeting: Wednesday, March 16, 12:30 – 2:00 PM via videoconferencing
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