Minutes fro March 18th Tandberg Project Meeting
Well the meeting yesterday afternoon - March 18 - Tuesday - went
quite well. Below is a summary of what was discussed. Before you
read on, I want to note that a WORD document entitled - Tandberg
Goals Phases.doc is attached. It is very important that you review
and provide input of the items listed. This review is welcome by
ALL, not just those present at the meeting.
Northeast Kingdom - Tandberg Distance Learning Equipment Meeting Summary
Date: March 18, 2008 – Tuesday
Time: 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Locations: Barton Graded School & Glover Community School
Present:
- Barton: Jeff Coburn, Barb Hobbs
- Glover: Jerry Piette (facilitator), Rick Mallon, Bonnie
Gadapee, Cathi Wasklewicz, Sue Tester, Emily Carbonetti, Brent McCoy
The purpose of this meeting was to review the present status of the
Tandberg Distance Learning Equipment and discuss what role a team/
committee can play in supporting and promoting greater utilization of
this powerful tool.
Points discussed:
Rick of St. Johnsbury School District requested the protocol needed
to enable a more than 2 site conference. Brent and Rick discussed
the steps needed and would test the system.
Bonnie of the Lyndon Town School is still unable to get the equipment
to work but support is coming to hopefully remedy the problem.
OCSU’s (Orleans Central Supervisory Union) Tandberg equipment is
"up and running" in all schools.
Jeff commented that there has been a significant jump in the use of
the equipment in some schools with teachers and their students
connecting with other schools/organizations for various activities.
He knows of some future events scheduled and likely more unscheduled
that will take place.
Jeff supplied a draft document - Goals – Phases – and Indicators -
of which to guide future discussions. Due to time constraints, only
a brief discussion took place and Jerry stated he would email the
document to all interested parties to review and provide input.
Discussion addressed the need/role of a Tandberg Distance Learning
team/committee. It was felt that though the use of the equipment is
growing, there does exist a need to have some sort of group which can
provide support and guidance for teachers, administrators, and even
the public. Equally important is the need for a formulated vision of
what type of distance learning environment should exist in the
Northeast Kingdom. Some suggestions were as follow:
Have future meetings via video conferencing at multiple sites so
greater participation can occur.
Create a pamphlet / brochure which provides basic information about
the equipment, resources, and contact persons.
Create a website (MOODLE?) which could serve as a central source of
all aspects of the video conferencing / distance learning
"landscape".
Have "showcase" sessions where teachers can demonstrate best
practices both "high" and "low" tech.
Barb suggested that since the equipment gets greater use if it is in
a teacher’s classroom, it should be placed in a different classroom
every day and on that day, the teacher keeps the unit on so he/she
can practice dialing out and also be dialed in. From experience in
her building (Barton), she has found that if the Tandberg unit is
physically present in the classroom, teachers are more apt to
experiment with it. It was a suggestion some of us will attempt.
Calendar dates discussed.
March 28th – Friday – VTCITE meeting in Montpelier.
May 1st – Thursday – VITA Learn NEK Spring Meeting – Glover / ?
multiple sites ?
- "showcase sessions" are planned
- update and continued discussion of the Tandberg Distance Learning
Project. It is at this time when we will plan another meeting before
the close of the school year.
May 16th - Dynamic Landscapes – Burlington
Please accept my apologies if some discussion points were left
out. It wasn't intentional.
Thanks to all who attended.
Jerry Piette
Middle Grades Teacher
Glover Community School
100 School Street
Glover, VT 05839
1-802-525-6958
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| Tandberg Goals Phases.doc | 47 KB |
