Wyo Area High School Computer/Tech Ed Department

Computer/Tech Ed Dep't

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2011-12 Meeting Dates (typically 4th Wed of each month) - Aug. 24, Sep. 28, Oct. 26, Nov. 9, Dec. 14, Jan. 11, Feb. 22, Mar. 21, Apr 25, and May 24
2011-12 Dept Chair meeting dates for CM - Sep. 7, Oct. 5, Nov. 2, Dec. 7, Jan 4, Feb. 1, Mar. 7, Apr 11, May 2

2011-2012 Meetings

May 24, 2012 -

CJ's goal is to have all 2012-13 budget requisition & PO's given to him by the end of this school year! MF please work with AS & TR to buy items needed for Tech Ed courses.
Separate reference books from text books (we sell back the text books and dispose of the reference books). Put a work request into facilities. Facilities will pick them up and take them away.
Let me know if you have any summer assignments.
TR - Think about replacing Dreamweaver with Kompozer.net in Applied III. (It's $119/PC for Dreamweaver upgrade.)
Any monthly updates of "what's happening in our dept" to CJ
AS & MF - Review chemicals list & identify each product so we can get back to Craig

old business

Review our 7-12 curriculum map
Computer Literacy: zip files, gif/jpg, email attachments, how viruses work, folders vs tags/labels
Internet literacy: copyright issues, computer ethics, social networking issues (MySpace, FaceBook etc)
Information literacy: validity of sites, wikis
CM - build programming placements test http://www.swsd.k12.pa.us/~mike_resetar/guidelines/logictest.pdf

Apr 25, 2012 -

TR & BA - Think about replacing Dreamweaver with Kompozer.net in Applied III. (It's $119/PC for Dreamweaver upgrade.)
As a dept, we should forward monthly updates of "what's happening in our dept" to CJ
AS & MF - Review chemicals list & identify each product so we can get back to Craig
Review our 7-12 curriculum map, especially w/ regard to AS's courses
Computer Literacy: zip files, gif/jpg, email attachments, how viruses work, folders vs tags/labels
Internet literacy: copyright issues, computer ethics, social networking issues (MySpace, FaceBook etc)
Information literacy: validity of sites, wikis
Next meeting: Apr 26 at 2:30 pm in Room 202.

Mar 21, 2012 -

Do you have any topics to propose for a summer dept in-service flex day?
Check to see if we have access to each other's HandOut folders yet?
As a dept, we should forward monthly updates of "what's happening in our dept" to CJ
AS & MF - please list major repairs (wood shelves, mounted projector screen, etc) that we can submit to CF
AS & MF - Review chemicals list & identify each product so we can get back to Craig
Review our 7-12 curriculum map, especially w/ regard to AS's courses
Computer Literacy: zip files, gif/jpg, email attachments, how viruses work, folders vs tags/labels
Internet literacy: copyright issues, computer ethics, social networking issues (MySpace, FaceBook etc)
Information literacy: validity of sites, wikis
Next meeting: Apr 25 at 2:30 pm in Room 202.

Feb 22, 2012 -

TR, BA, CM - Do we want access to each other's HandOut folders and/or an additional Shared folder between the 3 of us?
check high school home page to make sure links & public info regarding your course scheduling information are correct
JV needs an inventory of all textbooks. (BA 17 Word & 10 Excel; TR 41 Word & 47 Excel; MF/AS 14 Experience Technology © 1993)
The 2011-12 budget cutoff date for purchase orders is March 1.
RTI meeting in Room 424 at 2:20 pm on Mon Feb 27. See M Devlin & http://members.successforall.org with questions. You must take the folder of card stock strategies that you were given at the last meeting. Be ready to discuss the strategies you've tried (and listed on the previous feedback form) & share ideas.
As a dept, we should forward monthly updates of "what's happening in our dept" to CJ
Next year we will not be allowed to give quizzes, tests or projects during the midterm exam period. We will not be allowed to give more than 100 or so Scantron type questions.
All items purchased by teachers must have pre-approval in order to be reimbursed.
Do not buy gift cards with student activity funds for chaperones. All fundraisers must be pre-approved by principal & superintendent.
Next meeting: Mar. 21 at 2:30 pm in Room 202.

Dec. 14, 2011 -

Midterm Exam Schedule: 1/10&1/11 is World Lang, Math, Business; 1/12&1/13 is English, Soc Stud, Computers, AP Stats; 1/17 makeups; 1/18&1/19 is Science, Art, AP Soc Stud electives; 1/20 & 1/23 makeups. Announce this to your students ASAP.
Course #'s may change a bit next year with the new grading/admin software
Make a list of effects that this year's budget cuts will have on your courses so I can forward them to CJ by our Break. For example, if we are using up existing inventory to get by this year, we need to let him know that.
The parent conferences during the Act 80 half day on Jan 25 is not for every student. It is only for students who may fail or are sliding. It is always important to warn parents if students are failing. Make it "inconvenient" for students to fail even if they simply don't turn in assignments, etc. Note that teacher performances will eventually be based on student grades. Pass around the "Intervention Strategies Menu" list of RTI type teaching strategies for underperforming students.
Next meeting: Jan. 11 at 2:30 pm in Room 202.

Nov. 9, 2011 -

most dept members were unavailable

Oct. 26, 2011 -

Budgets are due first week of Nov. w/ a 25% cut.
I can now view our dept budget category balances
Any problems with our course offerings, especially as far as course sequencing & the Keystone Exams?
NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing contest through Penn for girls at www.ncwit.org/award, applications due 10/31
Any problems with HandIn folder?
Review our 7-12 curriculum map, especially w/ regard to AS's courses
Next meeting: Oct. 26 at 2:30 pm in Room 202.

old business

Work on the inventory chart for long-range hardware / equipment replacement plan (computers, software, textbooks, shop equipment, video cameras, etc.)
CM - PACSE chapter PACSE meeting dates at Villanova, 4:30-6:30 pm, 9/15, 10/?, 12/?, 1/?, 2/?, 3/?, 4/?, 5/?
CM - eschoolbook: green - students don't see at all, purple - students do see but "I" is listed as overall grade, blue - students do see but it isn't included on their "outstanding" list of ass'ts, orange - students see and it counts as a zero
CM - build programming placements test http://www.swsd.k12.pa.us/~mike_resetar/guidelines/logictest.pdf
CM / BA / LM: Discuss Applied Computers III course revision
Learn how to use OpenOffice (website ) & save files in OpenDocument (ODF ) file format (file extensions .odt & .ods). Review the differences between text, RTF, and proprietary formats such as .doc and .pdf formats.
ideas for future inservice & dep't meeting activities: MacOS, cyberplagiarism, cyberethics, podcasting, VBA, GoogleApps, OpenOffice, Flash, online assessment, ...

Sep. 28, 2011 -

Yearbook photo of our dept at 2:35 pm
may have extra dept meeting ea month instead of general faculty meetings
Student of Month ideas to Kim Lally
Oct 10 is in-service

Aug. 25, 2010 -

Review lab issues (common rules, access to student files, etc)
no electronics rule includes ipods as well as cellphones this year
wood blocks as hall passes? in conjunction with sign out sheets
Next meeting: Sep. 28 at 2:30 pm in Room 202.

archive of minutes to past years' meetings - 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011

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