Minutes Of CCSC Meeting
November 8, 2008
In attendance: Bruce Findley, Emily Kletzien,
Richard Nelson, Russ Kraay, Frank DiVesta, and Janet
Medina
There was a lengthy
discussion regarding the Raft-Up and the spring college. It was decided to maintain the previous name
of Round Up for the pre computer college counseling session.
Patricia Myers will be given
a more extensive list of items to be covered in her planning of the next Round
Up on December 12 at 1:15 pm in the Grand Cypress Room.
Richard will discuss with
Teri about the purchase of pencils with the
Russ will select people from
the previous college wait lists for priority registration in the next college.
Larry Brock’s name was
mentioned for membership in the CCSC and Richard will contact him.
Janet will invite Ted Boynton
to the next CCSC meeting for a discussion of the PC Users Club and the
possibility of its association
with the computer college. This would
give the college the ability to generate the interest of not only more computer
users, but of possible instructors and assistants as well.
There was a suggestion by Frank
that we include a course in the computer college called Teachers’ Institute
(perhaps) where future instructors would be taught how to teach in the college
with tips and techniques, course outlines, etc.
Janet will contact Wally
Mercer concerning the possible inclusion of Mac Users in the computer
college. This would entail instructors
coming from the Mac Club and each student bringing his own laptop.
Janet suggested a course in
adaptive technology wherein the various accessibility features already on the
computers would be taught. The limit of 25 classes per term is a real drawback.
There was a brief mention of
Cloud computing which appears to be in the near future for many.
Russ is getting good response
on the new E-Notes that he sends occasionally to all Shell Pointers who have
provided e-mail addresses. He will
continue using this avenue to keep the residents informed of the work of the
CCSC.
We had a short chat about an
organizational chart for the CCSC and all its affiliates. This idea was tabled.
A new steering committee has
been formed under the umbrella of the CCSC.
It is called
It was agreed that Saturdays
are a good day for the CCSC meetings, so I will schedule the Buttonwood room
every two weeks at 1:15 pm. Our next
meeting will be on November 22 and a reminder will be sent a couple of days
prior to that.
Janet