Minutes+23rd+July+2009

EMR Special ICT Meeting Minutes for 23 July
Meeting opened at 4.00 Decided that we would hold the meeting once a term begining around 3.45 and ending no later than 5.00. We also decided that the minutes would be posted on the Wiki. Members agreed that we would meet at a new school each time.

Wiki - Are we using it? All members looked at the existing Wiki and agreed that we had not really contributed much. It was also noted that we would make a link to the Waverley Network Wiki as we all thought it had some great resouces. All members felt that it was important to use the Wiki as a shared workspace for ideas and resources as opposed to emailing.

Touch Screen - It was recommeded that we visit Dandenong Valley to view their Plasma screen set up around the school. Good software includes: 2Simple, and all the free stuff available from Priory Woods, Touch Games software, MouseSkills, Reactive Colours, kidzcd and zacbrowser(google them). It was also suggested that many items can be downloaded and cached to save downloading and open up quicker. Creating icons for the flash files so kids can choose visually is also a good idea.

ipod touch - Passed around a new app for the itouch called prologue2Go available through spectronics. Karren suggested that you price iPods through apple / education prices, as apposed to other suppliers. It was discussed that a much cheaper option for portable electronic picture display could be the digital keyrings available widely priced around $20.

Feedback from Southern metro It seems that Ultranet people work differently from region to region. i.e: southern metro ultranet coaches have insisted that all schools complete an elearning plan. All SDS and Special Schools were asked to attend a meeting at Narre Warren to discuss issues (sounds great) Diamond Valley is using some great software and using it really well - must ask to have a look at what they are doing. Lyn will endevour to send a link to the southern Metro Wiki.

FUSE - Find, Use and Share, Resources Looks like a really handy way of finding education resources. Must investigate its purpose further. This has only just been released by the department.

Bee - About Us At Burwood East we have 1 interactive whiteboard (Teamboard). It is really going well and the kids love it. Each class has about two PC's and we use a lot of free ware available from off the net saved onto our server.

Next meeting Glenallen School 22nd Oct T4 Week 3 7 Allen Street Glen Waverley