may13th2008

__ May 13th meeting at Moonwinks from 4-7pm __
         • **Welcome and Introductions from Rick Weinberg** Couldn’t Ustream because of the connectivity problem. (SORRY) Plus, it was pretty dark, not sure how that would look on-line. • **__HP Tablet:__** Amdex Computer out of Rochester, NY: **Ed O’Brien**. e-mail: eobrien@amdex.com And his website at: [|http://amdex.com]  Ed Showed how you can flip the screen to write on and switch the landscape like any tablet. It comes with a 3 year limited warranty, return to HP. Dock station about $250. List price is $2100. Check out HP Public sector website. HP Tablet 2710p is at: http://gem.compaq.com/gemstore/ctobases.asp?nTab=1&ProductLineId=9&FamilyId=1006&SubfamilyId=1899&oi=E9CED&jumpid=re_r33_psg_hp2710pnotebook_k12_135_products.asp

HP just released a Minitablet 9’’ screen….doesn’t have yet, has Liunx available. Can’t get Windows XP. Visit the Public Sector site at HP.com: http://government.hp.com/hub.asp?setprefs=setprefs&agencyid=135&state=NY Amdex is a HP Gold reseller, in 25th year. One division is remarketing and interested in older gear….see them. Promotions on old Cisco gear are a big thing right now.

• **Erie 1 update of services: Jennifer Lilly** Participation between the BOCES in setting up the system. In the thick of projects for next year. CatPro soft demo June 14th. Demo at the Ric June 12th for Winsnap-Automated cafeteria system – 2 sessions 9am and Noon are the sessions. Automatic calling home if account is low and [|http://mylunchmoney.com]. Touch screens now with student photos and kiosk machines to prepay. Lots of new stuff. In older news: Kyle Lyon is the LAN senior for LAN equipment. Model School CSLO- Admin meeting with TIF at STW. This Friday is another meeting. Folder from CSLO admin meeting will be going out shortly.

• **Tim Houseknecht from the Teacher Center- Thinkfinity & Tech Connect** Thinkfinity (old Marco Polo). Source for various subjects. Everything on there has gone through a period of review and classroom ready! Tim showed how to go to the site for New York at: http://thinkfinityny.org/ And also the National site, which he liked a little more and has more resources at: http://thinkfinity.org/home Then, since MyThinkfinity didn’t seem to be up and running yet, he showed how you can use an internet bookmarking site like: del.icio.us to bookmark your favorite lessons. Tim will be at superintendent’s and principal’s meeting next week to present about Thinkfinity. The Tech Connect proposal for next year was approved for approximately $39,000 where the district will choose how to spend up to $3,000. First dibs on school districts that did not participate last year. The Teacher Center will teamed up with CABOCES and Rick Weinberg, Tim Clarke and Mark Carls would provide professional development for that Tech Connect program, like this year where participating districts received projectors. More information will be coming out to all districts in June. **BOCES + Teacher Center = Great Success **

• **CA BOCES Tech Department update** Coser 503: Wiring jobs still going strong (Franklinville has 11 more projectors to install). Ellicottville just joined 503 Coser. Mike talked about Audiovisual for districts and effectiveness in the room with teacher’s computer set for multi-media. Looking for a central computer to run everything: TV, computer, anything. Looking for microphone for deaf students. Telephony is being looked at in the CABOCES business office. Communications office: High speed printing solution. Bringing in printing press and give the districts better office and looks like it will be HP which is ink based and print shop quality. 272 pages in 1 color, 136 pages in 2 colors and 68 pages in 3 colors. All of these, including 4 color will be a savings for the districts. Leasing space down by ISS at BBS effective early June. Expect to be operational Mid-July or early August. Streaming events have been looking good with a trip to go to Corning with Jamestown group and a Hospice event as well as High School's New Face. It will be housed and cataloged in one place. More to follow.

• **Dinner:** It was great - Rick had the Harvest Salad with Chicken

• **Michelle Okal-Technology Standards** Passed around a Bill Summary from the NYS Assembly. Looking to roll out later in the fall for schools to be required to provide instruction in the proper and safe use of the internet for K-12. Districts have taken advantage of iSafe. The other handout on Instructional Computer Hardware and Equipment Aid and loaning them out to private schools and they can now get aid this coming year from the public school. The Private schools must request the aid, however. Passed around the checklist of school districts and their upcoming Tech Plans. Michelle has a list of schools in our region who have tech plans due this year. There is a meeting on July 11th at the Ric for Tech Plans do for 2008-2009, due by October 15th that meets the NCLB plan. If applying for e-rate aid, it must meet their requirements as well. Applicants need to have on file: Must keep dated drafts on file. Other submitted drafts after revisions must also have dates and all drafts are kept for 7 years. % of increase from e-rate is 5-7% for technology increase. If auditors come into your district they will look at previous tech plan and your approved budget for three years and explain where it went. As well as asking how you spent the e-rate money and will ask for money back if you can’t explain it. FCC site on E-Rate: http://www.fcc.gov/learnnet/welcome.html Auditors want to see minutes from meetings for your tech plan (keep them for 7 years as well). The auditors also want to see an addendum to a plan if it is a ‘significant’ change.

• **Rick Weinberg- Gcast.com** Rick showed how you can use any phone to record your voice and have it stored in GCast. Then you can take the code to embed a widget onto a webpage that acts like an RSS feed into his account. He showed how to embed that into a School Wires account easily. Then, Rick made another phone call and showed in less than 5 minutes it gets uploaded into his account.

• **Thanks for a great year.**

Attached here is the Agenda sent out by Rick Weinberg: