Minutes

GCCC Fiscal & Physical Resources Committee

Feb. 15, 2007

 

Present:

Dave Shaw, Douglas Pearson, Lydia Smith, Audra Peitz, Barb Larson, Marty Sigwing

 

Minutes:

Minutes were approved.

 

AQUIP Action Ideas:

Members shared and discussed possible action ideas for AQUIP criterion 6, 1 and 8. The following ideas were listed and prioritized:

  1. Increase campus bandwidth (instructor/staff areas)
  2. Add more multimedia classrooms per building
  3. Increase IT personnel
  4. Fulltime multimedia person = technology trained person to teach instructors and employees to use the latest media
  5. Fulltime Teach & Learning Center personnel = to increase help to instructors
  6. Multimedia lab = for instructors and employees to learn to use video/digital cameras and audio equipment, create podcasts, record video, etc; this could be incorporated into the Teaching & Learning Center, too
  7. Online computer lab & research center = for instructors to learn how to search the web for the best websites for their areas using the best search engines; join online collaborative to share ideas, samples of assignments, science projects etc.
  8. Increase information on college web page to include online policies, forms, and add a search bar to our web page. More integrated software to the web page.
  9. Language lab for instructors and students
  10. Laptops for instructors = have instructors use laptops and portable projectors
  11. Interactive White Boards (Promethian White Board)
  12. Library = online textbooks that can be used

The chairperson will take the ideas to the next core committee meeting on Feb. 26.

 

Next meeting is scheduled for 2pm Thursday, March 29.