Teachers College Technology Committee
September 27, 2007
TC 406
10:00 – 11:00 a.m.

Guests:  L. Siler, B. Sharp for M. Quick

1. Role as committee members –
   
   TC committee members should try and share the information from meetings directly with their departmental chair and if possible, to have a standing agenda item on departmental meetings to share information.
   
   
2. AY 07-08 Theme –
   
   "What does student engagement with computer technology look like?"
   
   In an effort to address a strategic plan of increasing faculty skills with computer technologies for teaching and learning, the committee discussed how they define what engagement with technologies looks like in the classroom.  A wide interpretation of this description emerged from committee members.  Members were encouraged to bring this discussion back to their respective departments for further feedback.
   
   
3. iTunes U –
   
   Mike shared the current iTunes U environment with a demo of J. Cassady's course.  Discussion was held on similarities and differences between iTunes U and BlackBoard.  iTunes U offers
   • metadata (subject, author, and word search functions),
   • subscription,
   • worldwide audience, and
   • delivery bandwidth.

Some faculty may not need iTunes U as a delivery environment.

4. Emerging technologies –
   
   Fred Nay and Todd Meister from University Computing Services held a brief discussion on the need for a group of TC faculty to prototype possible solutions to new collaborative distributed systems including larger storage capabilities.
   
   
5. Faculty spotlight – Burris
   
   Emily Funk shared the following examples of Burris faculty integrating technology with their students:
   
   
   • Sandy Murray's fourth-grade class is learning to become videographers. The students are using video cameras to document classroom activities. The high school media class is teaching the fourth graders the techniques needed to create a movie such as taking footage, editing, and script writing.
     
     
   • Christy Wauzzinski's fifth-grade class is using the skill's they learned as fourth graders to create a student-driven Web-based classroom newspaper. Students will be writing articles, taking pictures, and videos to put on their classroom Web newspaper.