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TLTR Meeting Minutes

January 20, 2005

Attendance: 

Jake Skiba-IT, Salihim Aham-IT, Shawn Stoebner-Personal Technology Assistant, Leighann Forbes-SEFE, Diana Jones-Nursing, Joanne Santus-Nursing, Philip Tramdall-Library, Amissah Arthur-GGE, Jim Hathaway-GGE, Jim Hughes-GGE, Russ Dively-Collegis, John Nichols-History, Frederick White-English, Kerry Risco-Nursing, LaDonna Linamen-Facilities, Paul Mullins-Computer Science, Katie Lang-TLTR Graduate Assistant.

I.    Old/New Business

A.     Report from IT-Dean Lindey

1.   No official report; however, lamp/bulb situation for Smart Boards brought to TLTR?s attention.  Paul Mullins requested model number of Smart Boards. 

B.     Report from Collegis – Russ Dively

1.  Blackboard course copy problems seem to be resolved.  Please contact Russ with any additional questions or problems.  Russ will remove courses from Blackboard for faculty.  The request for such action must be e-mailed to Russ through an SRU account.  

2.  A play/test server will soon be created.  This will allow individual institutions to add building-blocks or plug-ins (i.e. may allow for instant messaging and live webcast). 

C.     Taskforces - Paul Mullins

1.  Professional Development Day schedule may be obtained from Professional Development Center.

2.  Grants committee has almost finished reviewing with two items outstanding.  Please submit grant reports for 2003-2004 grants soon. 

3.  Paul introduced Katie Lang DPT student and new TLTR graduate assistant.  Katie can be contacted in Paul?s office at x4850.

II.    Program

A.        Leighann Forbes:  Web-based Bookmarking

ikeepbookmarks.com is a free web-based bookmarking site which allows for annotation and the ability to create own personal digital library.  Multiple internet sites provide such a service.  Ikeepbookmarks is Leighann?s choice because it is free and relatively user friendly.  Web-based bookmarking can be a quicker more convenient source for use in class.  Some features of note are:  ability to import/export bookmarks, site checks for inactive links, able to reorder links (or organize in folder), and ability to lock/hide folders and links.  For more information on how to use ikeepbookmarks.com see Leighann?s SRU webpage. 

 

**Next Meeting:    February 17th, 2005
                            


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