departmental meeting minutes 16apr08

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MARIS STELLA HIGH SCHOOL

MINUTES OF DEPARTMENT SHARING

Date : 16 April 2008

Time : 1055 1200

Venue : Music

Room

Art

RoomX

D & T

Staffroom

Homec

Room

Department : X Music X Art X

Design &

Technology X

Home

Econom

Members Present :

Departmental Meeting

No. Discussion Topics Action By To

1. Innowits

a. Innowits Project (Blinds for D & T rooms)

Mr Low Hwang Chee updated

department on the progress of the

project. As the school would be

undergoing PRIME, it would be more

feasible to work with less permanent

fixtures. He would move on to consult

school contractor to access situation.

Mr Low Hwang Chee

Ms Sylvia Goh

All

X Ms Chin Kiok Ching X Mr Lim Khoon Guan X Ms Sylvia Goh

X Ms. Liew Mui Yin X Mr Low Hwang Chee X Ms Agnes Chua

X Mr Mak Yeow Nam Ms Elaine Lam


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To cut down on time spent procuring

quotations and having to eventually

work with school assigned contractors,

Ms Sylvia Goh suggested putting up an

ESSS. A contact list be provided by the

Administrative Managers for teachers

on contractors assigned to schools suchas Apple, Building Management etc.

2 ICT

a. Updates on FMS

To facilitate reflection on the FMS

lessons, protected time for all FMS

teachers was fixed at 2 3.30pm on

Wednesdays.

All student macbooks would be

reconfigured in June as students havebeen found to reset the Apple Remote

Desktop (ARD).

Teachers are to use P list and report

ARD irregularities to Mr Paul Leong,

HOD IT using screen capture.

Teachers are advised to inform parents

of potential gaming addicts in view of

the rising trend of student gaming

given their easy access to the macbook.Names of students caught playing

games are to be shared with Mr Dennis

Koh HOD Discipline for action to be

taken.

All software required by the different

departments for teaching and learning

to be collated by the next meeting.

This would facilitate procurement on

school end.

b. E-Learning day was fixed on 11 July 2008

All necessary preparations to be made

prior to that to facilitate the session.

b. Sharing

Smartboard resources can be found on

www.promethean.planet.com

Wikispaces is another good platform

for teachers to share resources and

All


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build learning communities

Meeting Ended : 1200 Recorded By : Sylvia Goh

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