Jan+20+2011


 * ISB 21 Team Meeting Agenda **

Timekeeper: Jeff || Recorder: Chrissy || Purpose: Understanding = U Informing = I Recommending = R Deciding = D ||
 * Date: Thursday, Jan 20 2011 || Starting/ Ending Time:7:30 – 8:30 || Place: EdTech office ||
 * Facilitator: Tara

Participants: Apologies:

Suggested: Peace like a River. Touching Base || All/5 mins || Final, final, final look at this? 10 minutes || Librarians are looking to see if we can pilot this ebook program next year: check out books on laptops, iPads, iPhones > > Because we have reduced online subscriptions, it's possible to trial this ....... > || Informing || Rob, Tara, Ida/ 15 minutes || Parking Lot:
 * **Task** || **P** || **Guiding Questions** || **Background/ Process** || **Person/Time** ||  ||
 * **Warm-up** || I || **//Touching Base//**
 * Rob:** Has finally moved over completely to reading on the iPad - Full Dark no Stars (iPad)
 * Ida:** You have to read Marcello in the Real World (3 copies) - really an Adult book (Marcello has Asperberger's & works in his Father's mailroom),
 * Tara:** Cutting for Stone (takes place in Ethiopia - twin boys, language is impeccable) Still thinking about it after reading it 2 months ago. (paper)
 * Chrissy:** Reading The Great Pyramid to Ben (paper)
 * Miguel**: No time to sit and read a book - have read a lot of things but nothing! Only just now feeling I have more time to myself. Our culture is about relationships with people, so going out. Have been using iTouch a little bit more, reading information (even when using Hong Nam). In my culture, people expect you to be there. I read to my daughter in Spanish. || Round Robin
 * **Now & the Big Picture** || D || **//Philosophy//**
 * Looked at Teresa's bullet points, all agreed to change to those suggestions, Chrissy to change in the document and send to Curriculum. || Finalization || Chrissy/Chad
 * Information/Possibilities ||  || //**Overdrive digital book checkout**//
 * have ebook stories compatible for mobile devices
 * has their app for reading / connected to OPAC
 * + maximum access - so as many people as possible can check out the book
 * + more iPads, start having bookclubs all with same
 * - expensive
 * - audio not popular with kids/adults (so staying away from that)
 * -basic access on 1 loan (so need maximum access)
 * - yearly fee/buy books (so need to investigate the access/cost further)
 * - doesn't download to Kindle
 * - Can't download at school?? download at home
 * + book checked out for 2 weeks then it magically disappears from your device
 * **Closure** || I || **//How well did today's meeting go?//**
 * FAST! We were finished today at 8:10am
 * ||  || Tara/5 mins ||

**//How can we best address the tech needs of staff at each level? What are we doing? What are the needs?//**