Minutes of Technology Committee - 4-14-10
Present: Maury Pearl, Joe Ramirez, David Garza, Richard Rains, Hanh Tran, Robert
Payne, Johnny Phung, Roman Juarez, Diana Bonilla, Roza Ekimyan
Absent: Curtis Stage, Adrian Gonzalez (illness), Saul Perez, Kathy Dawson
commenced: 12 noon – adjourned: 1:15 pm
1. Announcements – Roza announced Student Success workshops – Rights and
Responsibilities 1 pm DSPS - Student Success Center Workshop – Faculty CC
#2 – 1 hour - LRC 234 – Time Management 2 pm – Armenian 4/21 Genocide
program – Day of Remembrance, flex credit available.
Also Roza announced that Basic Skills money has purchased “student
response” clickers for use in the classroom and to contact Pat Flood for more
information. Roza also mentioned she would like to create a partnership with
JPL for a STEM (Science/Technology/Engineering/Math) grant.
It was suggested that FTLA could present a demo of the clickers on Fall 2010
Flex Day.
Tech Ed – Marie Zaiens created a blog for materials from TechEd at
http://lamcteched.blogspot.com and David Jordan also created materials at
https://legalmission-djprj.pbworks.com/Teched
2. Update on IT – Youtube.edu has been approved. Nick is working is working
on the official logo – done in next few weeks, Suggested having faculty
record using flip cams and posting videos to youtube.edu - talk to Title V –
about this project. Currently Nick will design banner, then Title V is taking
professional videos. Departments can contact Title V LRC for more
information and to get a video posted to the site.
Linking master plans – Maury has had discussions about Ironspeed
software program which takes a database and creates a presentable “front
end” for use in strategic planning. He and Nick says the linking of master
plans turns less on the software than on principles, data structure, data
tables, and how each one is linked. What does it mean linking plans? Needs a
larger discussion with shared governance committees than just selecting a
software package. How do you relate goals and objectives from one plan to
another? The decision to obtain a software package is tabled pending further
discussions with College Council and Shared Governance.
3. Tech Master Plan – Recent Chief Info Systems Officer meeting Hanh
attended in March – they used excel in linking master plans. Hanh suggests
that instead of waiting to link master plans, we should go ahead and submit
our current draft of the Tech Master Plan with some revisions. Hanh will post
tables under each goal except for Student Services, and requested that Joe
review Student Services and provide some input on student services.
Joe said that Admissions is currently using technology with CCC Apply. The
kiosks in Admissions need to be updated. Also we need to coordinate
technology with all of the new buildings which are coming online. We need to
talk to EOPS, DSPS, and see what is each of their 5 year plans . We also need
to provide online counseling. Currently Mission is part of a $60,000 Verizon
grant to assist with Online Counseling. We need to collaborat with that grant.
Roman suggested we visit other colleges who have “pioneered” in using
technology in Student Services. David said he would go with Roman over the
summer to visit some of these colleges. However, Hanh said that we need to
submit the final draft of the Tech Master Plan in the May meeting of College
Council for review and consideration over the summer, along with a review
by Shared Governance and College Council in their Summer Retreat meeting
in August, and then have a vote on the plan in Fall. 2010.
next meeting 4-28-10