06/19/1996-MASHPEE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE MINUTES AND AGENDA

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j SEP-26-1995 1750 P.02 +f • jW explained that a portable sound reinforcement system,personal amplifier system,should be igned to move th provided for a minimumimpaired students on an needed basists. This system is. TIM committee will throughout the school with hearing P develop a reasonable number of systems required; portable languagelab module is • hW discussed the language lab. The group decided that one required. The group aclmowkdge that there have been sonic dilYumlties with the wireless system in use at the middle school_ The group also aclmowledge that much of the new language education occurs though the multi media resources; • The group discussed the requiremart for certain mobile audio visual equipment,including Two televisions on cuts with video cassette rW Mders for use in the physical education program. The video cassette recorders most be equipped to allow frequent pausing, replay,and"frame by frame"display - A small number of additional cart mounted televisions will be required Ther group will aevestigtde equipping some of these carts with laser disks or CD ROM players. • The bulk of the audio visual equipment will be designed into the centrally controlled video distribution system. The group discussed the options of equipment control,via telephone,via infrared,via teachers computer. Mp restated the original objective to be able to initiate video control and display through the computer wb&using mfrared controls within the classroom to startlstop etc.; JW explained the potential requirements for video camera use within classrooms. hO restated the perspective of"classrooms as studios". LD explained the requirement for being able to use video to distribute teaching 'distance leeMine from areas within the high school to other areas within the high school and/or to the middle school. Foreign language requirements arc likely to become a part of graduation requirements and the high school must be prepared to maximize the use of it's language educational resources; • The group shall explore potential uses for video conferencing,administrative and educational; • sG updated us on the discussion of fiber optic cable provision by the telephone company.At this time the telephone company will not provide fiber optic cable to the building. If future requirements die=,the telephoe company will provide those resources at that time; • SG reinforced the need to not underestimate the amount of data flow that must be generated to amd from the high school LD stated that the most valuable contribution Sum MEC(Merrimack Education Center)will be in teacher training; The group discussed currinilum. A technology systems must be implemented to support the curriculum requirements and objectives for this school. With regard to video curriculum,MP has arranged for the Mashpee High School to be the fust high school members of the broadcast mgmoering society. The objective will be to develop credited courses within the high school tial video production and to use video program students to"staff"video fimetions withrin the high school. W has initiated a program to bring representatives of industry to Mashpm to provide continuing education for students in video and related technologies. The use of the video system was discussed relative to continuing teacher education; each school day at the • LD shared a vision which describes students not necessarily spending school building. Tbere is a nequirement to ensure that future mformahmal access to and from the school can be mug be c�� support The need to • reehnotogy systems towork irancitional programs. effectively model and interact with work carmonmems must be addressed. There is a potmdai educational objective to have students do a senior project which includes a multi media presentation to a group,as opposed to the"standard"senior paper Or pram' • SG reminded us that we want the students to and is mfomatim access and use of information. The steps that have been taken so far in this project provide wwdlmt CCR Project Report Pg 2