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Crafton Hills College Technology Plan 2007 - 2010
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This web page is designed to keep the CHC community informed of the activities of the Technology Planning Committee. Here, you'll find materials relevant to the technology planning process, as well as other items the committee has created or considered in their decision making.
As the chair of the Technology Committee I not only invite you to participate in the process of developing and maintaining our technology plan, but want to personally encourage you to make your voice heard so that technology use at Crafton Hills College works as effectively as possible for everyone. Please also note that there is a link to an area which allows anyone to submit their thoughts to the Technology Committee.
Ted Phillips - Chair, Technology Planning Committee x3297
Spring 2009
As part of the annual planning process, the Technology Planning Committee receives technology purchase requests from the Planning and Budgeting Committee each year. The Committee reviews these requests and makes recommendations to the President and the Planning and Budgeting Committee regarding the requests in relation to the campus technology plan, and for consideration when funding budgets are developed for the coming year. At the January 2009 meeting of the Committee, the following recommendations were developed and moved forward. The complete list of requests and other supporting documents can be found in the 2008-2009 section of the Technology Planning Committee web site. As a result of the Technology Planning Committee meeting held on January 20, 2009, the committee recommends the following for your consideration. Note that two support documents are attached to this recommendation: • List of technology requests from planning documents for the 2008-2009 school year • The most recent version of the CHC Obsolescence plan Recommendations- Continue to view the campus Obsolescence Plan as first priority for technology funding. If excess funding exists, then proceed with other priorities or recommendations
- All items identified as ‘C’ (critical) on the 2008-2009 request list should be addressed as they are, indeed, critical. Note that within this list are two items needing specific consideration
- BC106. The equipment available for recording video by speech communication is so old that instructors are hesitant to use it as best practice would suggest. A solution to return this capability in a viable way should be developed
- The projection device bulb request for Anatomy is for a very old, non-standard projector that should be upgraded to the current campus standard to avoid purchasing replacement parts that are different then the rest of the installed base
- Continue to develop ‘smart’ classrooms as per the 2007-2010 Technology Plan. It is apparent from the annual requests that we have not yet achieved the level of smart classroom availability needed to fill the demands by instruction. Five areas requested smart classrooms in some kind of configuration this year:
- Speech Communication, Geology, Anatomy, Chemistry, Business Information Technology
- Specific rooms listed for consideration for developing or upgrading to a smart classroom are: BC106, BC104
- Additional computers as requested in the 2008-2009 requests list
- Increasingly, we are seeing software purchases and maintenance becoming part of the technology requests. A formal solution/strategy for maintaining continuity of software should be developed.
- As the campus develops more smart classrooms (some are now several years old) total cost of ownership issues are beginning to appear (cpu upgrades, software, etc.). A formal solution/strategy for maintaining the viability of smart classrooms should be developed.
- In light of budgetary and maintenance issues, as well as all of the preceding items in this recommendation list, the obsolescence plan should be revisited and updated as soon as possible.
