Thursday, September 09, 2004. 1

Tuesday, September 14, 2004 Met with Lenny and Bill 1

Tuesday – 9/21 2 pm  Elizabeth. 2

Tuesday, December 07, 2004. 3

Thursday, December 09, 2004 re openhouse. 3

Goal of grant 4

e-rate. 4

Professional Development Day. 4

Thursday, September 09, 2004  

 

  1. Background: Two academies together first as technology – re. academies.inc
  2. TO DO http://www.wested.org/techpolicy/recapproach.html (78350 #) in resources look for grants. Find someone to talk to.
  3. AA – Middle School – technology – Peggy Gould
  4. TO DO Albany NanoTech – look in a few weeks
  5. TO DO E-Rate funding get information
  6. Ask Pam about Blackboard
  7. PEOPLE: Maggy (webpages on this side), Christine, Earl, Bill, Lenny

AA webpages Wit Nap and Carol Burns

  1. AUP software Big Brother Software Student turn on teacher with a viewer can see what students are doing…

 

Tuesday, September 14, 2004 Met with Lenny and Bill

 Met with Lenny and Bill

Issues

  1. Sorting out blocking – Audrey could not look up sex-education last week – now OK
  2. Earl’s student could not log on to C drive – discussion with Bill and Lenny – Lenny does not want to make C drive accessible to students because of security issues. Bill wants access for students on this side especially for males coming over. For now Earl will document what is needed and what could not be done because of the C drive. Lenny – Bill can make individual machines useable by having them override the server security.
  3. YET TO DO – mapping the drive for the MACS

 

Met with Stephanie Donnaruma

Library issues: Mac Lab – printer. Soft ware “Type to Learn Jr.” - Works on 2 of 5 new ones; Kid Pix Studio Deluxe, Kid Works Deluxe, Kid Works, Imagination Rainforest and several other programes do not work. Bill is working on it.

. Wants to see Lenny in person – (result) Lenny visited

 

Met with Ken Ebert

How to make this school a leader in technology. Is our school offering an advanced level of technology?

Discourse on technology in the curriculum

 

Visiting other schools

 

Blackboard – Phil Giltner (history teacher)

 

Caroline

St. Rose technology – teacher training program

 

Tuesday – 9/21 2 pm  Elizabeth

 

  1. meetings with Lenny and Bill resolved some issues others not dealt with – the server being locked down so that the Girl’s side could not be used for example Earl’s students:

“He needs assessabilty to my multimedia library which is located on \\aag-pc-11 within the "albany-academy" network.

He also needs to be able to create shotcuts to his desktop so that he can connect to different areas of the multimedia library and the D drive of his local computer quickly without having to type in the path everytime he needs to access or copy things back and forth between the these two places. He will always be using the same computer in this classroom to accomplish these tasks... if that helps.”

 

  1. PC lab – Earl now – Christina now
    1. no projector,
    2. three monitors don’t work (12 work)

Bill,

Please take a look at PC #8 because the monitor pops whenever it's turned on.

Also, PC #15 (which has a removable hard drive in it) is still missing a workable floppy drive... it's been almost a year. Maybe we could switch one out of a non-removable harddrive pc temporarily.

 

    1. computer #15 has no floppy drive - needs
    2. drives are full from last year’s profiles – Bill in past has re-ghosted drivers but not this year – need to delete profiles.

Bill,

Computer #1 - It doesn't work at all. I looked inside and the light on the motherboard is on but it won't boot-up. Christine and I need this computer to use the projector with our classes. The projector is also not in the room... do you have it?

 

Computer #15 - The Removable drive case doesn't seem to be working. The D drive on that computer wasn't being recognized by the network or that computer so I tried in in a different computer and it still didn't work. Then I removed the harddrive from the case and tried it in another case... the harddrive works. Then I tried another harddrive in that case... it didn't work so I'm assuming there is something wrong with the removable drive case. Can we order another case? They're about $35 and I desperately need it for my class.

 

    1. due to media and video next semester need computers to work faster
    2. Earl unable to teach part of his course which has to do with network drives etc because the network is to sealed…

 

  1. Library – Audrey 
    1. Database of library collection on Internet for families and prospective students to view.
    2. AA catalogue viewable on AAG computer
    3. Audrey suggests asking for time in faculty meeting to have dialogue on technology: sharing ideas and what programs needed/wanted

 

  1. E-Rate funding is for libraries temporarily suspended temporarily suspended

 

  1. Blackboard

Wrote Phil Gilter at AA in regards.

 

  1. evaluating worksheet to send to everyone

 

  1. St Rose Technology (re. Caroline)

 

  1. “No Child Left Behind” re. Robin Lyle. Enhancing Education through Technology discussed with Earl for use with his music teaching

 

  1. Ken Ebert’s Discourse on where we should be going in connection with students

 

  1. review of curriculum for each department/class to compare to other schools

 

  1. Printing curriculum from all the departments and comparing with others.

 

  1. WebPages for departments/teachers

 

Tuesday, December 07, 2004

 

  1. Preparation for open house day January 22nd, 2005

Showcasing technology at the openhouse can be done by high tech displays; eg. Large liquid TV screens with videos showing activities of each department running in the rooms.

  1. Performing Arts department
  2. laptop program showcase
  3. science including high tech models and videos
  4. each class has a computer with the teacher’s webpage

 

What we need – someone to do the video and editing – I can coordinate – suggest Earl who has stuff ready to go – need to pay him

 

Admissions/development

  1. signing of ‘acceptable use policy’
  2. Teacher training – includes teaching faculty how to upload their material to the school’s website – working with teachers on websites best for
  3. changing computer program and adding  CAD as a course – will this be engineering or a computer course

Thursday, December 09, 2004 re openhouse

 

  1. BEGIN VIDEO TAPING AND PHOTOS FOR OPEN HOUSE
  2. talk with Peggy – training with video projection
  3. talk with Marry –
    1. re. China – first she had heard – wants to promote
    2. Open house day – video upper/middle/lower

Goal of grant

 

To facilitate teachers to implement technology in the classrooms

 

I will achieve this by:

 

  • One on one training
  • Initiating strategy planning groups using technology faculty and also other faculty across the curriculum.
  • Researching and disseminating the information of Information Technology offerings in other schools and examining other practices-  keeping abreast with pedagogy
  • Giving classroom support
  • Liaising with technology staff
  • Setting goals and mission statements for technology

 

I am employed for two days a week as chair of the computer department and as technology director of Albany Academy and Albany Academy for Girls. I am a lecturer at State University of New York teaching two classes three days a week currently and beginning next semester (January 2005) I will be teaching in the 4.15 to 5.35 time. My rate of pay at SUNY is $73 per hour of teaching.

 

I will be employed as an outside instructor at AAG and AA for Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 7:30 to 4 pm to facilitate teaching training.

e-rate

 

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EIN: 140461180

Password: $$$aag

 

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