EDLD+5306-+Suggestions+for+the+Agenda

Purpose- To discuss technology integration for the Vistas High School Program Grade Level- 9-12 Facilitator- Angela Pair Community Members- Lisa Granier, Derek Hain, Melissa Holloway

Topics to discuss-

Possibility of district moving to Open Source software instead of Microsoft Office
 * effect on existing lessons and documents
 * effect on multimedia capabilities
 * response to Open Source articles located on the wiki

Deletion of student N drives during the summer
 * purpose?
 * why on the one to one campuses
 * does district have a storage problem
 * what about digital portfolios?

Deletion of 1st and 2nd term grades and work on LMS Revisit use of Gaggle's digital lockers in place of students' N drives
 * Can teachers rely on LMS?
 * mistrust of technology department on the district level
 * What were the problems in the past?
 * Have our views changed in the past 3 years?
 * Has the Gaggle product changed?