ESL - hispanic use of online courses

.thanks!

- do you have any comparative numbers of Hisp vs others?

and what is your gut feeling about why this is?

if we are talking about ESL, low income, low education folk - do they even have 'net access from off campus?

if the root problem is access, that is a different Title V challenge

Title V 2007

only 29 days - Gavilan is eligible to apply - $2.5 million over 5 yrs

please review this announcement with serious attention to only the 5 priorities, FR Doc E7-13473:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-13473.htm

also see http://www.ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/attachments/GENO615Attach1.pdf

- then please advise your ideas, numbers of students affected, and names & schools & names of contacts as relevant, in relation to the priorities;

please focus your suggestions only on this: - the National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (National SMART Grant) Program fields of study as delineated in 34 CFR 691.17

be aware that the Administration will not approve release time, but is open to negotiating extended contracts and stipends for duty on Grant activities

- finally, - please immediately advise us of your availability to collaboratively write draft proposal language and develop budgets for the next 20 days,

this will have to be a 24x7 committment - please advise the potential cost to the college of this involvment if it is outside your normal duty;

- because the GCFA Contract does not yet address compensation for grants work, we must seek administration approval of extra duty time & effort expenses in accordance with the GCFA Contract before asking anyone to do work on this proposal

(of course, enthusiastic unpaid volunteers are always welcome to contribute; just write yourself into the grant proposal for travel. conference and extended duty)


please post your ideas and prose here, at http://gavtechcom.blogspot.com/

if you did not respond last March to your invitiation to join this BLOG, please respond now to lmoeller@gavilan.edu with a request to join


for more background, grant proposal writing tips, and details please visit http://www.gavilan.edu/grants/TitleV.html

Larry

classroom tech

see the Title V grant pages - we need some numbers
http://www.gavilan.edu/grants/menu.html


Total classrooms = ?;
Digital media presentation enabled classrooms = ?
Internet interactive classrooms = ?
Faculty currently using/doing digital presentations = ?
Number who want to = ?

Thanks for the invitation! My big concern at the moment is getting multimedia capabilities into the classrooms as we renovate. Wireless seems the way to go if we can; it doesn't seem like it will be long before students have PDAs that do it all!

old hat - new body

Welcome to the temporary Blogsite for all things related to Gavilan's Grants site (www.gavilan.edu/grants/)

beginning with Title V ideas -

including Basic Skills and Technology futures

It's time we stopped spamming each other with eMail conversations

This old TechCom page was already set up, so it's a good place to start the conversations

Jane Maringer-Cantu wrote:
To All Interested Parties,
The Technology Committee is wrestling with what instructors can and cannot do on web pages sponsored by Gavilan. Sponsorship means, essentially, that the web page exists on the college’s server. What that means is that you need to get a user name and password from MIS in order to set up your web page.

We are discussing two basic approaches. First we are discussing a “faculty directory” web page template that is setup by the web master. It will have your picture and basic information about you and what you teach.

Next, we are discussing “personal” web pages that you can make on your own. That is you can add anything you want within certain limitations to your home page. This is where the discussion on web guidelines starts. Our question to you is what would you like to put on your web page? A general rule of thumb has been suggested which is you should put nothing on your personal web page that you would not put on your resume. Since we have seen some really way out resumes, we offer further elaboration that there should be no commercial, religious, or political content. Advertising Marykay cosmetics would not be appropriate.

We have attached the Board’s policies that apply to Computer and Network Use. We strongly recommend that you read these policies before you answer our question.

Please send your comments and suggestions by e-mail to Vic Robinson (vrobinson@gavilan.edu) or Jane Maringer (jmaringer@gavilan.edu). We will strip your name from your comments to avoid any recriminations or embarrassment and present them to the Tech Committee. If you want us to mention your name, we will do that also.

Campus technology "priorities" list

on Tuesday we were treated to a presentation of the campus technology work-list by Mimi & Joe. We will have to wait for Jane's minutes to be posted to get the full flavor of the discussion. Many of us at the meeting had the impression was that the work-list was presented to us as an info item as a done deal representing the college's best-considered stance in these tough budget times, just to let us in on the direction of campus decision making.

It was made clear that the list was not priority-ordered, and that even if someone had "found money" to accomplish some item on the "HOLD" list, greater institutional considerations might defeat that item's activation.

Someone amiably suggested after the meeting that the presentation was to let us know to "shut up" about requests for more services or "we really ought'a do's". I think many were appreciative of the openess & honesty regarding our shared fiscal dilemma even tho we might each harbor evangilism for specific items that are on "hold" indeterminately.

Subsequently, it has come to my attention that there might have been some expectation that the committee would make a recommendation to adopt the work-list and/or address priorities, which of course we did not do, except to recommend that the list be presented to many other campus constituency groups.

At this juncture, I am inviting any and all to comment on this item and to express concerns and priorities via this Weblog.

I am turning off the e-mail notification of posts as soon as this message is published, so any ensuing discussion will only be seen by those who are members of the Blog, and the GAvmail will not be impacted over the holiday break.

Persons wishing to comment who have not yet become members should either activate via the prior invitation, or email me for a new invitation

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We will all be getting a personal "directory" webpage in January;

there will be no webmastering skills required to set up your personal page since it will be done with a "template" that you fill-in

On Tuesday, Dec 9 design samples will be demonstrated at the TechCom Meeting gin ss-205 at 2:10 p.m.

Pleas attend the meeting and help us select a design that reflects consensus

you can view one sample at another college by following this link and selecting a name to view
http://columbia.yosemite.cc.ca.us/Staff/default.htm
or click on this link "Columbia sample"

visit the TechCom Weblog at http://gavtechcom.blogspot.com/

and if you want to get in on the discussion, please email me with a request for an invitation to join