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AGITL Minutes February
21,2002
Attendance: Pat
Sine, Craig Miller, Joyce Perry, Pat McKeon, Michelle Albright, MT Maule-Alft, Leanne Hubbartt,
Mary King, Leigh Anna Moran, Rachel Moyer, Karen Norris, Debbie Parker,
Jennifer Waite
- Discussion
of Photo Editing
- Middle
School issue – Should teachers save all stuff to the network in preparation
for most teachers changing rooms next year?
- Craig
will work with the middle school to see that teachers can move their
computers with them.
- Teachers
should be saving to the network for security reasons. If space becomes an issue, Craig and others
will help figure out how to allocate or increase space. Note:
saving iMovies in progress is another
issue.
- Karen
Norris talked about the videos her club is producing, including a promo
for the school play to be posted on the district site and a public service
movie on asthma for the school nurse.
- Discussion
about getting projectors for classrooms led to the reminder to check
peppm.org for products on the state bid list.
- It
was noted that as the new budgets are formulated they should include
LCD projectors to better support full-class instruction. Although scan converters to display computer
output on TV are cheap, the size of the screens are
too small to support real work.
- Craig
and Joyce both presented on their experiences at PETC. Their presentations are linked to the agenda
so everyone can revisit items that caught their attention.
- Discussion
of renewal of Homeroom.com – Teachers were in 100% agreement that this
should not be renewed. Although
there were many issues with the time to get each class ready as well
as time to accomplish the assessments, the bigger issue was that even
if it worked well it would not produce the desired outcomes. The testing results in skills-based prescription
rather than projects and lessons that require higher-order thinking.
- ALL
ITLs reported (including Kathy Sherman who couldn’t attend)
that they would like to return as ITLs next
year. However, those teachers
who will be going to the new school advised that an ITL should be placed
in each pod/wing/unit. If assignments
result in one wing being overrepresented and one under, the ITLs would resign in favor of someone in the needed wing.
Note – as teachers are placed, they were concerned that the first
consideration be their primary teaching role not the ITL role.
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