Agenda_9_20_07

Meeting Time: 3:45 Place: I.T. Conference Room - Note these items are **not** listed in order of priority except 1 and 2.
 * 1) Scheduled Meetings - **Every other Thursday at 3:45 at Hope Street. If nothing is posted on the Wiki Agenda page by Wednesday prior to the meeting the meeting will be canceled.**
 * 2) Wiki Space - **Will be used for agenda and meeting minutes.**
 * 3) New Software for Athletic Director - **Completed by Marv and Myra**
 * 4) Web-based-software that would address improvement in elementary reading fluency, comprehension and phonemic awareness. By providing staff with data management and reporting for improvement tracking information. This would be used to assist with student improvement plans. If such a program is out there the hope is that we would be able to use the software at the elementary level district wide. **Ask for specific examples of software that could be used for reference.**
 * 5) Photo Software - What products does Topeka Public Schools have that will: 1. Locate and organize all the photos on your computer. 2. Edit and add effects to your photos with a few simple clicks. 3. Share your photos with others through email, prints, and on the web
 * Microsoft Picture Manager - **If Office 2003 or 2007 is adopted will be shared as an option.**
 * [|Picasa] - **Release website for Download and share it at T.A. meeting. Include information on District news website, share with media specialists, and possibly on next years clone.**
 * [|Paint 3.0] - **Release website for download and share on as an need basis.**
 * What is our districts policies regarding sharing photos of students on the web and how will we be able to control who will be sharing photos? **Refer to Ed Division.**
 * 1) What if anything should be done regarding free and shareware from the internet? - **Refer to Internet Filter committee**
 * 2) Google Sketchup /Google Earth - **Release website for Download and share it at T.A. meeting. Include in District news website, share with media specialists and possibly on next years clone.** //(For programs that a lot of staff or a majority of students use it makes my life and that of other TAs easier if it it is put in the Launcher for staff to download or added to the clone. installing software on 300 computers takes a lot of time. SW)//
 * 3) Several staff members have stated that they know nothing about this committee, how software is approved, installed, or even that there is a Computer Software regulation and what forms must be completed.
 * 4) How is this committee going to address the problem? **District News website - Email all staff - Create email suggestions for Jim on this wiki site.**
 * 5) Post a link on the Topeka Public Schools web page under current district news, email all staff.
 * 6) Also this regulation is not listed on our web page under Policy & Regulations, this is were all other board approved policies and regulations are listed.
 * 7) We need some way to get this information out to staff.
 * 8) Reap/CBIT Issues - **FYI**
 * 9) Renaissance Place Update - **FYI**
 * 10) MS Word/PDF Conversion Tool - **Release website for download and share it at T.A. meeting. Share with media specialists.**
 * 11) **Add Exam View, Piccasa, and Paint 3.0 to approved software list.**
 * 12) **Create a "how to" folder on the restricted drive for software committee members to share how to resources. Goal is once resources have been collected and organized a website can created for district use.**