Minutes


 * 10/19/11**

The meeting began at 3:30 in the DLC Large Conference Room. Attendees: Kevin Knight, Beverly Brostek, Cathy Pittman, Pam Nutgrass, Chris Martin, Joseph Moody, Sam Selph, Shelly Nelson, Ann Dempsey, Valerie Whitehead, Deborah Williams, Kathie Matthews, Lydia Brantley, and Stephanie Schuyler

Handouts were distributed and reviewed.
 * Article on Pocket Readers
 * Article of newest technologies released at ISTE
 * Evaluation Rubric
 * Pricing of purchased eReaders

Shared wiki content and navigation was reviewed. http://glynnereaders.wikispaces.com

Readers were distributed and checked out. Kevin Knight- Nook Color Beverly Brostek, Cathy Pittman, and Pam Nutgrass- Nook Color Chris Martin, Joseph Moody, Sam Selph, and Shelly Nelson- Kindle Kathie Matthews- Kindle Valerie Whitehead- Nook Lydia Brantley and Ann Dempsey- Nook Deborah Wililams- Pandigital

The meeting adjourned at 4:20.


 * 11/9/11**

The meeting began at 3:30 p.m. in the DLC large conference room. Attendees: Kevin Knight, Beverly Brostek, Cathy Pittman, Pam Nutgrass, Martha Williams, Chris Martin, Joseph Moody, Sam Selph, Shelly Nelson, Ann Dempsey, Valerie Whitehead, Rebecca Smith, Kathie Matthews, Lydia Brantley, and Stephanie Schuyler

Devices were checked in and evaluation rubrics were completed.

Barnes and Noble rep, **Peter Del Sol,** shared information on the Nook Touch, Nook Color, and upcoming Nook Tablet. He discussed ways to mange content, distributed materials, and answered questions.

Readers were distributed and checked out.

The meeting adjourned at 4:25 p.m.


 * 12/7/11**

The meeting began at 3:30 p.m. in the DLC large conference room. Attendees: Kevin Knight, Cathy Pittman, Beverly Brostek, Pam Nutgrass, Chris Martin, Sam Selph, Shelly Nelson, Ann Dempsey, Valerie Whitehead, Lydia Brantley, Ricky Rentz, Bob Schwartz, Terri Graff, and Stephanie Schuyler

Devices were checked in and evaluation rubrics were completed.

Kuno rep, Edward Barnes, shared information about the Kuno tablet and Curriculum Loft.

Readers were distributed and checked out.

The meeting adjourned at 4:40 p.m.


 * 1/4/12**

The meeting began at 3:30 p.m. in the DLC large conference room. Attendees: Kevin Knight, Beverly Brostek, Cathy Pittman, Pam Nutgrass, Chris Martin, Sam Selph, Martha Williams, and Stephanie Schuyler

Devices were checked in and evaluation rubrics were completed.

The committee discussed the scoring posted on the shared Google spreadsheet and agreed to finish scoring prior to the February 1st meeting. The group also discussed how to fairly distribute the readers/tablets and decided that the participating schools will receive a reader/tablet to checkout from the media center. This will provide greater access to students.

Stephanie will be presenting the results of our committee meetings during the School Council meeting on March 7th at 11:30. Let her know if you're interested in attending.

The meeting adjourned at 4:30 p.m.


 * 2/1/2012**

The meeting began at 3:30 p.m. in GIT lab 1. Attendees: Kevin Knight, Joseph Moody, Kathie Matthews, Shelly Nelson, Ann Dempsey, Beverly Brostek, Cathy Pittman, Pam Nutgrass, Chris Martin, Sam Selph,Martha Williams, and Stephanie Schuyler

Devices were collected.

Results of the evaluation rubric were discussed. The group recommends moving forward with the Kindle reader and continuing to evaluate tablets. The iPad and Kindle Fire received the top two scores.

The devices were distributed to each of the schools to check out to students and teachers through the media centers. OPES- Kindle Fire T44644 BHS- Kindle Fire T44635 Gdy- Kindle T44640 Altama- Nook Color T44630 JMMS- Kindle T44631 SME- Nook Color T43972

Meeting adjourned at 4:15 p.m.