Technology Initiative Committee Meeting #1
July 29, 2013: 4pm-4:40pm
1 – Attendance
Name
Drew D. Cline
Dean S. Davis
Russell J. Lichterman
Stephanie A. Miller
Title
Classroom Technology
Manager
Classroom and Online
Technologist
Educational Technology
Specialist
Classroom Technology
Coordinator
Organization
Wilmington University
Present
Y (Lync)
Wilmington University
Y (Lync)
Wilmington University
Y (Lync)
Wilmington University
Y (Lync)
2 – Agenda
 Provide an overview of the project (i.e., objective, requirements, etc.).
 Create a list of technology that Wilmington University makes available to students, faculty and
staff.
 Create a needs assessment survey. Discuss methods of administration.
 Create a mission statement for the technology initiative committee.
 Set next meeting date, time, location and agenda items.
3 – Minutes
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I opened the meeting by thanking the members for agreeing to participate in my technology
initiative committee. I went on to explain the purpose of the committee and the overall
objective and requirements of the project I am to complete for EDT6045. I explained that we
will have a total of three meetings and confirmed that everyone will be able to participate.
o I am currently enrolled in EDT6045: Special Topics in Educational Technology. This is the
capstone course for the Master of Education degree in Applied Technology. The course
focuses on developing professional capacity to facilitate the adoption and diffusion of a
new technology initiative. The project, for which this technology initiative committee
was formed, requires conducting inquiry into the management of a technology
initiative, writing a technology plan for implementation, and sharing a prototype and
data results with an established local or global learning community. The full course
description can be viewed online at
http://www.wilmu.edu/education/medat_requirements.aspx. Additionally, I handed
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out copies of the project rubrics and provided the URL
(http://millertechnologyinitiative.pbworks.com/w/page/67578951/Title%20Page) for
my PBworks project wiki.
I presented the following list of technology (made available to students, faculty and staff of
Wilmington University) and asked if I missed anything.
o All classrooms are outfitted with the following:
 A Dell system running the Windows 7 OS
 A projector
 A DVD/VHS configured to output via the projector
 An overhead projector
 A broadband connection
 An open wireless network
 A secure wireless network
o All of the instructor systems are outfitted with the following software applications:
 Adobe Reader
 Audacity
 Google Chrome
 Google Earth
 IBM SPSS Statistics 19
 Internet Explorer
 Jing
 Microsoft Office 2010 (including both Project 2010 and Visio 2010)
 Mozilla Firefox
 Photo Story 3 for Windows
 PowerDVD DX
 QuickTime Player
 Roxio Creator DE
 VLC Media Player
 XPS Viewer
o Additionally, eighteen of our classrooms are outfitted with SMART Boards.
o A number of computer labs (running both Windows 7 and Mac OS X) are also available
for use and have specialized software in addition to what is installed on all instructor
systems.
o Instructors have access to the following equipment by reservation:
 Conference Speakerphones
 Document Cameras
 Laptop Carts consisting of 21 laptops each and all running the same software as
the instructor systems. All of the laptops have Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.
 Student Response Systems
 Video Cameras
o Students, faculty and staff are provided with university email accounts and access to
Blackboard, the university’s learning management system.
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Given access to all of the technology listed above, an acceptable use policy, or AUP, is necessary
to safeguard the university from potential lawsuits or other legal actions resulting from the
misuse of its resources by students, faculty and staff. In conjunction with an AUP, there needs
to be a plan for educating users about appropriate and inappropriate use of technology
resources. The needs assessment survey that I created measures user understanding of the
acceptable use of technology at Wilmington University. Based on the responses that we
receive, we will know how extensive user education on the AUP needs to be.
o The Needs Assessment Survey is available online at
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/C7PSRYC.
 I asked the team to take a few minutes to look it over and provide me with
feedback.
 We discussed plans for administration (i.e., who the survey should be
administered to and how).
I presented the following vision statement and asked for feedback.
o The evolution of 21st century classrooms has transformed teaching and learning by
providing students and teachers with unprecedented access to educational resources
(available via the cloud and various other hardware and software technologies);
however, this access carries with it responsibilities and liabilities for educational
institutions, teachers and students. This committee was formed with the intent of
developing safeguards to protect students and teachers from harm as they use these
resources, while also making them aware of their responsibilities. We plan to
accomplish all of the aforementioned by implementing an Acceptable Use Policy, or
AUP, and a corresponding educational plan.
We discussed a good time for our next meeting.
4 – Post Meeting Action Items
Action
Administer needs assessment
survey
Review the literature and draft
the write up
Draft the methodology
Begin to draft the findings and
results section
Assigned To
Stephanie A. Miller
Deadline
Friday, August 2nd, 2013
Stephanie A. Miller
Friday, August 2nd, 2013
Stephanie A. Miller
Stephanie A. Miller
Friday, August 2nd, 2013
Friday, August 2nd, 2013
5 – Next Meeting
 Friday, August 2nd, 2013 from 12 noon until 1pm via Lync