TAG Committee Meeting

Minutes

Monday

9/08/03

Noon

 

Present: Debbie Stodberg, Laura Little, Joe Sullivan, Dave Cress, Jim Fry, Connie Golden, Carla Scanlan, Seth Wolfson, Dave Jeffery, Dave Mader, Angie Burdiss

 

Absent: Vickie Graham, John Davis, Howard Korn, Ron Loreman

 

Introductions

 

Old Business

 

Waiting for splitter to complete 4 new multimedia labs.

Discussed placement of screens according to faculty preferences.

New version of WebCT up and running – have been experiencing integration of students problem – has been resolved.

Discussed clearinghouse of knowledge – who knows what on campus – Laura Little, Joe Sullivan & Seth Wolfson working on this

 

New Business

Discussed possibility of setting up faculty lab, lunchtime series (ideas for using Title III rooms and ideas for wireless in classroom)

Wireless access problems in Mills

Wireless labs will be set up by:        1.  Buildings with no wireless

                                                            2. Buildings with some wireless

                                                            3. Eventually all academic buildings

 

Security issues – discussed only registered members of campus have wireless access similar to LDAP password.

*Ethernet address – form for students to fill out over summer before returning in fall

 

Title III Goal – to have1 wireless classroom in each building. Current Goal — to make all academic areas wireless.

 

Have TAG committee elect own chair – TAG committee discussed keeping John and Laura as co-chairs

 

Friday Sept. 12 plagiarism workshop discussed – two sections, one for faculty and for students

 

Discussed hiring of student technology assistants

 

TIG – Dept software funds and individual grants will again be available in the next Title III year.  Discussed shared grants and expertise training on campus

 

Equipment and maintenance of multimedia labs – Possibility of having student technologists to help maintain lab – Discusses – Who is in charge of labs – security issues, Who can fix – Do we have Multimedia lab tech who services these? How are labs with non-Title III funding maintained? We will continue this discussion next week.

 

Laura will meet with Sally Rossello about issues related to student technology assistants.

 

Thomas 327 not working correctly

 

Next meeting Sept 22 noon in President’s conference room