Meeting+Notes

__9th meeting - 4-23-08__ Agreed to each write a section and then for all to comment and edit via this Wiki. Will meet again next Friday- May 2nd Sections are: Ryan- Primary communication tool, Jason - Teach student technology skills, Anna - Teachers, Tory - Ongoing Faculty Dev., and Jean- Disclaimer and parental role-- we will write the philosophy statement together.

__8th Meeting - 4.15.08__ Created working list under "New Statement workpage" to begin writing. Next meeting will be Access E2 - 2:15 April 23rd-- location TBD.

--Parent Survey Summary

-The majority of parents support the laptop program and find that it enhances the EHS academic program. -A number of parents indicated that the distractions offered by the laptops make managing their use frustrating at home. In addition they are potentially causing harm to the academic work responsibilities. -Many parents criticized the student ability to play games at school. -Parents questioned the reason why students are unable to keep their laptops over the summer and requested we consider the possibility of purchase of the laptops rather than leasing.

__7th Meeting - 4/9/08__ What we should be doing

List our ideals- explore boundries

Primary focus for faculty use of day to day responsibilities use of classroom usage

core skills for faculty - use of email - use of WhippleHill attendance - grades on line

next meeting: April 15, Access A1- Private Dining room 12:15

__6th Meeting: 2 April 2008__ - recap progress - review timeline
 * Notes**

__ 5th Meeting: 14 February 2008__ -Reviewed student survey - Began working on parent survey- review
 * Notes**

next meeting Thursday E2 --Feb 28th- 2:15**
 * Due to class rotation New Meetings schedule: Access A1 & E2

- We decided to make the wiki available and accessible to all members of the Ensworth community, so they may offer input - We will use Survey Monkey to devise 3 surveys: one for Faculty (will be administered first), Students, and Parents - Open-ended questions should be included on the survey as we may have some new ideas brought up
 * __3rd Meeting: 24 Jan 2008__**
 * Notes**

- We would like to know how much different students use their laptops for different purposes. - How do students, faculty, and parents feel about the expectation of being available because of our increased technology communication abilities?
 * Questions:**

- Email Ryan potential questions for survey - Send out Surveymonkey Monday to receive input by Thursday's meeting
 * Tasks for next meeting (12:15PM 1/31/2008)**

- Jean Bruce was elected chair of the Committee. - laptop mentioned as a ‘tool for encouraging learning’ in several department statements - consideration of Harkenss instruction and Harkness committee statement could affect and inform our statement - We want to be specific and thoughtful in our wordage of the statement to allow flexibility within departments for laptop usage in the future - Jason mentioned the value of potential Technology Department visits to observe teachers throughout the year, in order to inform technology resources and decisions made - Recommendations for ‘training’ should be as specific as possible, and needs for ‘training’ can be identified through surveys. For example, teachers may wish to know more about classroom management strategies in a laptop classroom. - Ensworth Laptop committee wiki: [|http://ensworthlaptop.wikispaces.com]
 * __2nd Meeting: 17 Jan 2008__**
 * Notes**

Who gives the go-ahead for the final statement? (It seems like this will be a Curriculum Committee vote) Should we make the Laptop wiki public or private?
 * Questions:**

- Preliminary ideas or creation of surveys for students, faculty, and parents on laptop use and success at Ensworth (Tory & Ryan) - Research into laptop programs at other schools (Jean & Jason) - Reading of EHS Department statements to find commonalities (Anna)
 * Tasks for next meeting (2:15PM 1/24/08)**

How do we use laptops curricularly? Are laptops really benefiting our program like we believed they would? Where does the laptop fit in terms of each of the core skills? What textbooks and other traditionally ‘paper’ resources may be available to use on the laptop?
 * __1st Meeting: 14 Dec 2007__**
 * Some questions for thought:**

- The current laptop statement in the Curriculum Guide is vague as to the usage of laptops within instruction. - Regulations of laptop use should not be included in this policy, but recommended to David Pack - Our Statement will affect the direction of the school and the way it is going - Training prior to student use could be very helpful - Training prior to teacher use in instruction could help use them in the best way possible and limit off-task behavior involving laptops.
 * Notes:**

- Wait for departmental laptop guides (due Dec 20) and read over winter break to get ideas - Will select Committee Chair in January when we meet again - Discuss student- and teacher-wide survey (utilizing surveymonkey?) to get a feel for the benefit/usage/issues with laptops.
 * Next time:**