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THEN I'M GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
UH, THIS IS THE WHAT, SEPTEMBER 17TH MEETING OF THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE.
UH, IT'S BEING LIVE STREAMED ON YOUTUBE.
UH, THE MEDIA HAS BEEN PROPERLY NOTIFIED AND SO IF YOU GUYS WILL JOIN ME, WE WILL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH SHE STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
SO IF IT WOULD SUIT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, COULD WE GET AN APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA? SO MOVED.
UM, I DID WANNA DISCUSS THE TECHNOLOGY SURVEY, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS ON HERE.
AND IT'S MY BAD THAT I DIDN'T CHECK IT LAST NIGHT.
UM, BUT I DON'T THINK I NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO ADD THAT DISCUSSION 'CAUSE THERE'S NO ACTION WHATSOEVER.
WOULD YOU GUYS AGREE WITH ME ON THAT ONE? WE ARE IN ACCORD.
SO WITHOUT OBJECTION FROM, HUH? SO IF NO ONE OBJECTS, THEN WE'RE, WE'LL JUST, UM, HAVE THAT AT THE END OF WHAT'S, UH, CURRENTLY ON THE AGENDA.
IT'S JUST SORT OF MORE OF A, UH, DISCUSSION ABOUT WHERE WE GO FROM HERE.
UM, SINCE I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM LEAH, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SECOND THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA THEN.
UH, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, CORRECT.
SO, UH, WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE LAST MONTH'S MEETING MINUTES.
SO, UM, WE'RE A LITTLE LIGHT ON DOCUMENTATION, BUT MR. SHOHAN DID PROVIDE, UH, A BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE SCHOOL REPAIRS.
'CAUSE THAT'S BEEN AN ONGOING CONCERN AND AN ONGOING TOPIC FOR TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE.
UH, SO IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT THE DOCUMENTS IN BOARD IN DILIGENT, UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY ARE BROKEN DOWN BY CATEGORY AND THEN ADDITIONALLY BY, UH, SCHOOL GROUP AND THEN FINALLY BY EACH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL.
SO I THINK IT'S SOMEWHAT INSIGHTFUL.
I MEAN, CLEARLY IT IDENTIFIES SOME AREAS THAT ARE PERFORMING ABOVE OR BELOW THE AVERAGE.
UM, AND I'M OPEN TO ANY, UH, COMMITTEE COMMENTS ON WHAT'S PRESENTED.
LEAH, DID YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THE, UH, SCHOOL REPAIRS? NO, NOT AT THE MOMENT.
UM, I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION, MR. JOHAN.
THE, THE, UH, X OR THE X AXIS THERE? 0 1, 2, 3.
WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT REPRESENT? WHERE AT A, SO IF I'M LOOKING JUST FOR EXAMPLE, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHAT'S THE 0 1, 2, 3? IS THAT A PERCENTAGE? IS THAT A SCORE? IS THAT A, UM, THAT'S THE, UH, THE, UH, UNDER PERCENTAGE BY REPAIRS BY SCHOOL.
SO IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND LET'S JUST LOOK AT HIGH SCHOOL FOR, OKAY.
SO I'M LOOKING AT THE GREEN LINE, WHICH I THINK COLOR CODES TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, WELL BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL AND THE STUDENT LAPTOP, POWER CORD ADAPTERS, THAT, THAT GREEN LINE'S QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN THE REST.
THAT'S A 10% OF THE LAPTOP POWER CORDS THAT WERE TURNED IN WERE FOUND TO NEED REPAIRS.
IS THAT HOW I'M READING THAT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE IDENTIFYING THE TRENDS THAT WE'VE BEEN IDENTIFYING.
UM, THERE ARE SOME SCHOOLS THAT SEEM TO HAVE MORE ISSUES.
I KNOW, UM, AT BEAUFORT HIGH SCHOOL SEEMS TO HAVE MORE CRACKED SCREENS BY, YOU KNOW, ALMOST DOUBLE WHAT THE OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS ARE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO IDENTIFY THAT.
MY BIGGEST CONCERN WITH ALL OF THIS DATA IS JUST, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF VENDOR APPRAISAL.
'CAUSE AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE DO THE TWO IN ONES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT DOES LEAD TO MORE, UH, SCREEN DAMAGE THAN, THAN NON TWO IN ONES.
BUT I MEAN, OVERALL, THE, THE DATA KIND OF TRACKS WHAT YOU
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HEAR ANECDOTALLY.MR. SMITH, DID YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'VE BEEN INTERESTED IN.
SO, I MEAN, SOME SCHOOL BOARDS DO APPROVE DEVICES.
I DON'T REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT'S NECESSARY.
I KNOW AS SOMEONE AT PROCURES TECHNOLOGY, THAT WOULD BE REALLY CUMBERSOME ON THE TECHNOLOGY STAFF.
WHAT I THINK, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE, I THINK THAT THIS IS USEFUL INFORMATION.
I MEAN, THE VISUAL PRESENTATION COULD BE A LITTLE BIT CLEARER.
UM, BUT I THINK THE GENERAL IDEA IS THERE ARE A FEW TROUBLE SPOTS THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY APPARENT ON THIS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT POTENTIALLY.
UM, BUT ALL IN ALL, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DISTRICT IS BEING AS DILIGENT AND POSSIBLE IN PROVIDING DEVICES THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE THE LEAST LIKELY TO BREAK.
BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, IT CAUSES FINANCIAL STRAIN, UM, FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE THOSE, UH, THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.
SO IF THERE'S NOT ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NEW BEYOND THAT.
UM, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT PASTOR GORDON IS ON AS WELL.
HEY, PASTOR GORDON, AND I HADN'T, UH, ASKED YOU SPECIFICALLY, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE REPAIR, UH, INFORMATION DATA THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED BY MR. SHOHAN? NO, INGRAM.
SO REALLY THE BIG TICKET ITEM, WHICH I DID NEGLECTED TO NOTICE WAS NOT ACTUALLY ON THE AGENDA, BUT IT'S NOT FOR ANY KIND OF BOARD ACTION, IT'S JUST TO HAVE A DISCUSSION, IS THIS IDEA OF A SURVEY WHICH WAS PASSED IN.
UM, UH, MR. SMITH HAS A QUESTION.
UM, UH, JUST TO UNDERSTAND, UM, IN, IN, IN, IN, IN, IN TERMS OF THIS INFORMATION COMING, IN TERMS OF, OF, UH, STOLEN, UH, TECHNOLOGY, ABOUT HOW MUCH COME, HOW MANY COME, HOW MANY STOLEN LAPTOPS, WE MAY, UH, WE, WE WILL SAY THAT WE'VE BEEN, WE SEE A YEAR IN, IN THE DISTRICT.
UM, I'VE GOT THAT REPORT, BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE IN, I THINK IN THE NEXT ACTION ITEM.
UM, I GOT THE TOTAL REPORT FOR ALL OF THE 24 25 SCHOOL YEAR FOR LOST AND STOLEN.
UM, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LAPTOPS LOST WAS 75.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF IPADS LOST WAS SEVEN.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LAPTOPS STOLEN WAS 12 FOR THE YEAR.
AND THERE WAS EIGHT HOTSPOTS LOST DURING THE WHOLE SCHOOL YEAR.
AND DO YOU HAVE A CU A CUMULATIVE, UH, COST OF THAT? I DO NOT.
I THINK THAT THIS SORT OF HIGH LEVEL VIEW IS, GIVES US SOME GOOD INSIGHT INTO, BUT AGAIN, I JUST ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, MR. SHOHAN, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE DO THE TWO IN ONES.
WE DON'T DO ANY TABLET ACTIVITY, CERTAINLY THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT I'M AWARE OF.
SO, YOU KNOW, AND YOU GET THAT EXTRA HINGE AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S CAUSED SOME CRACKING.
SO THAT'S MY ONLY FEEDBACK ON THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WHY WE DO THAT.
WHEN YOU SAY TWO ONE, WHEN YOU SAY TWO AND ONE, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU SPEAKING ABOUT? WE SAID TWO AND ONE.
THEY WERE SORT OF A HOT IDEA 10 YEARS AGO WHERE YOU COULD HAVE BOTH A TABLET AND A COMPUTER.
SO IF YOU'RE HOLDING THE COMPUTER LAPTOP, IF YOU SWING IT AROUND, IT FLATTENS AGAINST THE BACK AND ACTS LIKE A TABLET.
I PERSONALLY, WE BOUGHT A BUNCH OF 'EM WHERE I WORK IN LIKE 2018, BUT THEY, TO ME, I JUST THINK THAT THEY HAVEN'T PROVED TO BE ALL THAT USEFUL.
I, I THINK THEY'VE KIND OF FALLEN OUT OF FAVOR AND THEY CREATE, IN MY OPINION, THEY CREATE AN ADDITIONAL, UM, POSSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE BECAUSE THE, THE HINGE CAN BE SWUNG MORE.
SO JUST SOMETHING THAT I WOULD THINK ABOUT.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE, MR. SHAW.
I MEAN, ARE PEOPLE REQUESTING TWO IN ONES ONES? UM, THAT WAS THE REQUEST, UH, PREVIOUSLY, BUT WE HAVE FOUND THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY USING THE TWO IN ONES.
THE ONLY THING WE'VE SEEN THE ADVANTAGE ABOUT THE TWO IN ONE IS THAT THE HINGE DOES GO ALL THE WAY AROUND.
AND WITH KIDS PROPENSITY TO SNATCH AND BEND ON IT, IT DOES CUT DOWN ON SOME OF THE BREAKAGE.
BUT WE'RE NOT REALLY SEEING THE PEOPLE FLIP IT ALL AROUND IN TABLET MODE TO USE IT LIKE THAT.
AND WE ALSO, UM, RECOMMEND THAT THE, WHEN THE KIDS DO USE 'EM, THAT THEY ARE SEATED AND NOT WALKING AROUND WITH THE DEVICE.
'CAUSE YOU GOT 25 KIDS IN A CLASS, THEY'RE WANDERING AROUND WITH IT IN THEIR HAND.
THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO DROP IT OR AN ACCIDENT TO HAVE.
THE OTHER THING IS, AT SOME POINT IN THE NEXT YEAR, UH, WHAT I'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, AS A PARENT AND TALKING TO PEOPLE AND IS THAT THE BATTERY LIFE ON SOME OF THESE COMPUTERS IS, IS NOT WHAT IT IS A IS NOT AS ADVERTISED.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT JUST MAKES IT HARD BECAUSE WITH THE NEWER SCHOOLS, I'M HOPING WE'RE PLANNING FOR CHARGING STATIONS IN THE CLASSROOM,
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LIKE AT THE DESKS.BUT I KNOW FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, LIKE HILTON HAD HIGH CIRCA 1983, EVERYONE WAS KIND OF LIKE SLAMMED UP AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE ROOM TRYING TO GET THEIR LA THEIR, UH, DEVICES CHARGED.
UM, BUT REALLY WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TODAY WAS WE DID GET APPROVED THE, UM, TO DO A SURVEY.
AND SO MR. SHOHAN HAD SOME IDEAS, I HAD SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT IT.
I HAD DONE LOOKED AT SOME OTHER EXAMPLES OF OTHER DISTRICTS.
I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT THING.
AND THE REASON I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT RIGHT NOW THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION AS TO WHAT CONSTITUTES TECHNOLOGY.
AND I WORK IN AN ENVIRONMENT WITH A LOT OF OLDER PEOPLE.
WHEN I SAY TECHNOLOGY TO THEM, IT MEANS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHEN I SAY TECHNOLOGY TO SAY A PA STUDENT, UH, WHO'S COMING IN.
UH, IT REALLY, A LOT OF PEOPLE SORT OF RECOIL FROM THE WORD TECHNOLOGY 'CAUSE IT FEELS LIKE EXCEL SPREADSHEETS AND, YOU KNOW, DOS COMPUTERS OR SOMETHING.
UM, AND SO I THINK THAT, THAT THE SURVEY, IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REALLY TRY TO CAPTURE WHAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, IN MY OPINION, AS WELL AS WHAT THEY THINK THE, THE DISTRICT STRATEGICALLY SHOULD BE DOING IN TERMS OF, UM, INCREASING OR POTENTIALLY DECREASING, UH, THEIR TECHNOLOGY.
SO I DON'T, I'M NOT IN A HUGE RUSH TO GET THIS SURVEY OUT BECAUSE I THINK RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL YEAR GETTING UNDERWAY, PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO USE THESE COMPUTERS.
THEY'RE STARTING TO, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCE MAYBE THEIR FIRST MIDTERM, UM, OR THEIR FIRST ASSESSMENT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SO I'M NOT IN A HUGE RUSH TO GET IT OUT.
I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN, IN GETTING A SURVEY INSTRUMENT THAT KIND OF CAPTURES AND GIVES US REALLY ACTIONABLE DATA SO THAT WE CAN, UM, TAKE THAT TO THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP AND SAY, THIS IS KIND OF WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS.
THIS IS WHERE THE DISTRICT IS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE SORT OF PLAN STRATEGICALLY, UM, AS INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS BEING ONE COMPONENT OF STRATEGIC PLANNING.
BUT THEN I THINK HAND IN HAND WITH THAT IS, YOU KNOW, AS WE TALKED, I MENTIONED YESTERDAY, WHEN PEOPLE SAY DECREASED SCREEN TIMES, I KIND OF GO YES, SORT OF.
UM, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE OBVIOUSLY ARE INCREASING SCREEN TIME.
WE'RE A ONE-TO-ONE DISTRICT, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF SCREEN TIME IN THE CLASSROOM AND, AND THERE'S JUST A BIG DIFFERENCE INTO WHAT SCREEN TIME MEANS AND WHAT TECHNOLOGY MEANS.
SO BASICALLY, MR. JOHAN, IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT, AND MAYBE WE CAN JUST HAVE A DISCUSSION AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN BRING BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING IN TERMS OF STARTING DOWN THIS PROCESS.
OR IF SOMEBODY DISAGREES AND THINKS IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET SOMETHING OUT QUICKLY, PLEASE SPEAK UP.
MR. SHOHAN, YOU, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
UM, SO FOR THE SURVEY, UM, WE WERE INITIALLY THINKING, UM, ONE SURVEY, BUT, UM, YOU, UH, ITERATED THAT YOU WOULD PREFER SOMETHING THAT WENT OUT TO STAFF, STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND THEN WE COULD PUT SOMETHING ON THE, WE, UH, THE WEBSITE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO THAT WOULD BE FOUR SURVEYS.
UM, AND WE COULD DIFFERENTIATE THE SURVEY SOME TO CATER MORE TOWARDS STAFF, MORE TOWARDS STUDENTS.
AND THE, UH, QUESTION ANSWERED, UM, 'CAUSE THE INITIAL 10 QUESTIONS WE CAME UP WITH WAS PRETTY MUCH JUST A, A CATCHALL FOR, UH, THE THREE MAIN GROUPS, UH, UH, STAFF, PARENTS, AND COMMUNITY.
BUT DO YOU, THAT SHOULD BE HARD TO, UH, CHANGE THOSE.
WELL, AND I, I'M SORRY THAT IT'S NOT IN, UM, BOARD DOCS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA READ THE QUESTIONS YOU HAD OR IT JUST KIND OF PERHAPS TAKES SOME FEEDBACK HERE FROM THIS INITIAL, FROM THE, FROM THE GROUP.
DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS YOU WERE INITIALLY THINKING ABOUT? SURE.
OR ROBIN WILL,
LEO, LEAH, UH, VICTOR, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE? UH, IF, IF WE ALREADY HAVE, IF WE ALREADY HAVE 10 QUESTIONS, I MEAN, IS THAT JUST A, A, A, A STARTING POINT? ARE WE LOOKING FOR A 20, 20 25 QUESTION SURVEY? UH, OR, OR, I MEAN, IF WE ALREADY HAVE 10 QUESTIONS AND 10 QUESTIONS IS ALL WE WANT PER GROUP, UH, PER FOUR GROUPS, THEN I, WHY, WHY NOT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER TO PUSH OUT THE SURVEY? WELL, I THINK MY PROMISE IS, IS I TRY TO, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT HOW TO LIKE ACCESS WHAT PEOPLE REALLY THINK.
YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFERENT THE, THE USES FOR TEACHERS, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO THEY SEE AS FAR AS ITS USES IN THE CLASSROOM AS FAR AS REDUCING THEIR, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, INTEGRATING AI, WHAT ARE THEY SEEING IN THE CLASSROOM? UM, MAYBE THE CELL PHONE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S THEIR PERSPECTIVE.
YOU HAVE AN ADMINISTRATOR WHERE I'M HOPING THEY'RE LOOKING AT DATA COLLECTION ANALYSIS.
I HOPE THEY'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WORKFLOWS, EFFICIENCY, DATA ENTRY, THAT, SO, SO EACH STAKEHOLDER HAS A REALLY DIFFERENT ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY.
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WE CAN DO A VERY, UH, 10 QUESTION, GENERAL FREE TEXT SORT OF SURVEY AND JUST TAKE THAT INFORMATION AS A STARTING POINT.I THINK IT'S, UM, WELL HERE'S, UH, THE SURVEY UP NOW.
IS THAT, IS THAT IT THERE MR. SHOHAN? YES.
SO WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT MR. SHOHAN HAS AND THEN MAYBE, UM, DISCUSS IT.
LEAH, DO YOU HAVE ANY INITIAL THOUGHTS? YOU'VE BEEN IN THE CLASS.
WHAT, RIGHT, WHAT IS THE INTENT OF THE SURVEY? WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THE RESULTS? THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
I THINK THE INTENT OF THE SURVEY IS TO TRY AND FIND A WAY TO, AND, AND MR. SHOAN TELL ME IF YOU THINK I'M CORRECT, IS TO TRY AND FIND A WAY, WHAT'S A STARTING POINT? IF YOU'RE GONNA START PLANNING STRATEGICALLY, WHERE ARE WE AND WHERE DO WE WANNA GO, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT'S DRIVING THAT? SO GETTING SOME COMMUNITY FEEDBACK TO SORT OF SAY, THIS IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S LOOKING FOR.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE AI, LESS AI, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, MORE CLASSROOM, UH, SOFTWARE OR LESS.
AND JUST KIND OF GET A SENSE OF WHERE ON THE WHOLE PEOPLE ARE AS A FEEDBACK BEFORE YOU START PUTTING TOGETHER SORT OF A STRATEGY FOR WHERE YOU WANNA GO.
'CAUSE IF YOU PUT ME IN CHARGE, YOU'LL BE BEING TAUGHT BY ROPE, TAUGHT BY ROBOTS HERE DIRECTLY.
I THINK THE, UH, SURVEYS, SURVEYS ARE GONNA DRIVE THAT TOO, BY THE WAY.
I MEAN, IF OUR STAFF ARE EXTREMELY UNSATISFIED WITH THE NOVO TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM, UH, THAT MIGHT BE, UH, WHERE WE, UH, PUT IN, UH, THE, THE FIRST AMOUNT OF EFFORT, I GUESS.
SO THESE ARE THE 10 QUESTIONS.
AND ROB, YOU JUST WANNA SCROLL.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BASIC, IT'S A BASIC LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK SURVEY THAT YOU WOULD GET FROM A RESTAURANT OR, YOU KNOW, NOT, BUT IT'S JUST SORT OF LIKE, HOW SATISFIED ARE YOU? AND THEN, UH, MR. SHOHAN HAD, UM, PUT IN SOME, WHAT IS IT CALLED, THE LINFIELD OR THE LINK ANYWAYS, THE, THE WHERE YOU CAN KIND OF RATE THINGS ON A SCALE OF LIKE ONE TO FIVE AND THEN POTENTIALLY SOME FREE TEXT WHERE PEOPLE COULD KIND OF JUST SORT OF SAY MAYBE SOMETHING THEY OBSERVED.
SO LIKE FOR INSTANCE, IN QUESTION NUMBER SIX, UM, THAT WOULD BE ONE THAT WE WOULD BE REALLY LOOKING AT OUR PARENTS AND OUR TEACHERS TO ANSWER.
UM, WHAT TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MORE OF IN THE CLASSROOM OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? I THINK THAT WOULD GIVE NOT ONLY OUR TEACHERS, UM, AND PARENTS, BUT ALSO COMMUNITY MEMBERS INTO OFFER SOME GUIDELINES ON WHAT THEY THINK ON WHERE THE COMMUNITY AND COUNTY'S GOING.
AND, UM, ANYWHERE ON THOSE QUESTIONS WHERE WE HAVE THE OTHER, AT THE END, THAT WOULD BE A TEXT BOX FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO PUT WHATEVER THEIR OTHER CONCERNS OR, UM, IDEAS ON.
SO YEAH, AND THAT'S WHY WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THESE QUESTIONS, THE REASON I WAS LIKE, MAYBE WE HAVE DIFFERENT SURVEYS.
'CAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP SURVEYS FAIRLY SHORT.
PEOPLE DON'T WANNA, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WON'T TAKE A LONG AND INVOLVED SURVEY.
BUT YES, TRYING TO CAPTURE, LIKE YOU SAID, THAT ONE QUESTION, I MEAN, THAT'S MORE GEARED TOWARDS TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.
UM, OR WHAT WE COULD, I, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THERE'S SORT OF THE, THE, UH, TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM AND ITS ROLE IN THE CLASSROOM AND WHAT I THINK WE'RE PREPARING KIDS FOR, UM, IF THE STORIES ARE BE TO BE BELIEVED, THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON THE JOB, THE WORKFORCE AND, AND THE JOB MARKET.
UM, AND HAS THAT CHANGED EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT PEOPLE SHOULD LEARN.
AND THEN THERE'S A QUESTION OF HOW SHOULD THEY LEARN, RIGHT? THAT'S MORE SCREENS, LESS SCREENS, AUGMENTED REALITY, VIRTUAL REALITY.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY INTERESTING, UM, IDEAS COMING OUT OF HOW TECHNOLOGY IN 2025 SHOULD START CHANGING HOW KIDS LEARN.
AND THEN THERE'S SORT OF, YOU KNOW, THE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECT OF IT, WHICH IS, ARE WE CREATING A SYSTEM THAT'S SO BURDENSOME TO STAFF THAT IT'S NOT REALLY FUNCTIONAL, RIGHT? SO, UM, WHAT I SEE WHERE I AM, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IS YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL REALLY GIVE THEM A COMPUTER, THEY'LL STILL PRINT SOMETHING OUT,
THEY REALLY RESIST THE COMPUTER.
UM, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY SAVVY.
AND SO WHAT YOU END UP DOING IS YOU END UP RUNNING TWO SYSTEMS BASICALLY IN PARALLEL.
AND THAT CREATES A LOT OF FRICTION AND REQUIRES A LOT OF STAFFING.
SO THAT'S WHY I WAS THINKING, DO WE WANNA TAILOR THESE SURVEYS MORE TO THE PARTICULAR POINT OF VIEW WE'RE LOOKING FOR? SO, UH, I THINK THAT WOULD PROVIDE A, A LOT MORE, UH, UH, SPECIFICITY, UH, WHEN IT, WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY DRILL DOWN TO IN EACH DEMOGRAPHIC.
AND IT WOULD BE VERY QUICK AND EASY TO PUSH OUT A SURVEY TO STUDENTS.
WE JUST SEND IT OUT IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM, EVERY STUDENT TAKE IT, SPEND, YOU KNOW, 30 SECONDS OR A MINUTE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS.
UH, AND WE CAN HAVE RESULTS BACK ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, SAME DAY, I'M SURE.
UM, FOR THE STAFF, PROBABLY VERY CLOSE TO THE SAME THING.
UM, SEND IT OUT IN THE, THE INTERNAL STAFF NEWSLETTER.
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THINK I JUST GOT THE LATEST ITERATION EITHER YESTERDAY OR TODAY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.UM, SO I'M, THE NEXT NEWSLETTER CAN GO OUT WITH THE, THE LINK TO IT.
PLEASE SPEND 30 SECONDS FILLING THIS OUT KIND OF THING.
AND AGAIN, UH, ALMOST IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK.
I THINK THE, THE PARENTS AND COMMUNITY WILL TAKE A LITTLE LONGER, UM, TO, TO GET SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT.
UM, BUT, UH, I, I, I, I, I, I THINK THERE'S A A LOT OF BENEFIT IN BREAKING OUT A SURVEY PER GROUP.
UM, AND THAT THAT WOULD REALLY GIVE US A CHANCE TO REALLY DRILL DOWN IN, INTO WHAT EACH DEMOGRAPHIC WANTS.
CARLTON, YOU LEANED FORWARD LIKE YOU HAD SOMETHING TO SAY.
NO, I WAS TAKING A, A SWIG OF MY SODA.
THE, UH, THE ONLY ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS PART OF WHAT, UH, AND I APPLAUD THIS GROUP FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND HAVE DONE SO FAR.
PART OF WHAT, UH, I THINK YOU'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE IS WHAT ABOUT THE OUTSIDE COMMUNITY BEYOND THOSE FOUR GROUPS IDENTIFIED SO FAR? AND MS. BOATWRIGHT, I HEARD YOU MENTION THAT THERE COULD BE A SECOND ITERATION, WHICH PROBABLY WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO CONSIDER BEST PRACTICES AND WORST OUTCOMES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE ELSEWHERE THAT COULD BE IMPORTED INTO, UH, THIS DISCUSSION FOR CONSIDERATION.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT COMES TO MY MIND.
UM, WELL, FOR THE COMMUNITY VERSION OF THE SURVEY, WE WERE PLANNING ON PUTTING IT ON THE WEBSITE.
SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A PRETTY DIVERSE INPUT FROM COMMUNITY OR OTHER PLACES, UH, DEPENDING ON PROMOTION OF IT.
UM, THE ONE THING YOU DO HAVE TO REALIZE IS NOTORIOUSLY WITH SURVEYS, WE'RE LUCKY TO GET ABOUT A 15%, UM, UM, RETURN ON IT.
SO YOU USUALLY HAVE TO BE THE PERSON THAT'S REALLY VERY HAPPY ABOUT SOMETHING YOU'RE DOING OR VERY UPSET ABOUT SOMETHING YOU'RE DOING TO TAKE THE TIME TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY.
YEAH, THAT'S ALWAYS THE CONCERN, RIGHT, IS YOU SKEW, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS HOW BIG A POPULATION DO YOU NEED BEFORE YOU GET, YOU KNOW, A GOOD SENSE OF THE DATA, RIGHT? LIKE, IF YOU ONLY GET 30 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THEY'RE ALL 29 OR AGAINST, AND, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, IT, IT BECOMES HARD TO SORT OF SUSS OUT, UM, WHERE THINGS ARE.
SO I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO GET PEOPLE TO NOT VOTE ON, BUT TO GET LIKE THEIR OPINION ON.
NUMBER ONE IS WE, IF WE DO WANNA DO JUST A GENERAL SURVEY AND GET JUST A BROAD STROKE VIEW OF WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS WHAT MR. SHOHAN PUT TOGETHER, UM, AND WE CAN SEE WHAT WE GET BACK, THAT'S KIND OF ONE OPTION.
THE OTHER OPTION IS WE COULD SORT OF DEVELOP, UM, I HAD PICKED THOUGHT OF FIVE GROUPS THAT HAD REALLY UNIQUE, UH, INTERACTIONS WITH TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS.
AND THE REASON THEY'RE GONNA BE DIFFERENT IS THEY, THESE KIDS HAVE GROWN UP WITH NATIVE MOBILE TECHNOLOGY, NATIVE CLOUD, THEY DON'T KNOW ANY DIFFERENT, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
PARENTS WHO DID NOT GROW UP NATIVE MOBILE AS MUCH OR NATIVE CLOUD, BUT ARE PROBABLY LIVING IN IT.
THEN YOU'VE GOT TEACHERS, UM, AND WHO ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE IMPACT ON TEACHING.
AND THEIR IMPACT ON CLASSROOM ADMINISTRATORS, I THINK ARE PROBABLY IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT CATEGORY IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY WOULD SEE AS THE BEST USE FOR THAT.
BECAUSE TO ME THEY'RE MORE ABOUT SCHOOL OPERATIONS, UM, BUT, WHICH I THINK TECHNOLOGY IS A HUGE PART OF.
AND THEN THE FIFTH GROUP BEING COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND THOSE ARE THE EMPLOYERS, RIGHT? THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, UM, LOOKING FOR WORKERS AND SEEING WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIKE.
SO I THINK THAT THOSE ARE THE FIVE GROUPS I HAD KIND OF IDENTIFIED THAT HAD UNIQUE USE CASES IN TECHNOLOGY AND TO THINK ABOUT.
SO THAT'S OPTION TWO IS WE COULD DO DIFFERENT SURVEYS.
THE OTHER THING I WAS THINKING ABOUT TOO IS WE COULD SORT OF MAKE THIS A ROLLING PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND, AND, YOU KNOW, SURVEY STUDENTS, THEN SURVEY PARENTS THEN SERVE, YOU KNOW, NOT DO IT ALL AT ONCE.
SO IF YOU HAD TO VOTE FOR THOSE THREE OPTIONS, OR IF YOU HAD TO KIND OF STATE A PREFERENCE, I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT EVERYONE THERE WOULD PREFER.
STARTING WITH VICTOR, UH, UH, I WOULD PREFER THE, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL, UH, BREAKOUTS.
UH, AND SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
I DON'T THINK, I MEAN, IT WOULD TAKE MAYBE A WEEK AT MOST, MAYBE AN AFTERNOON, UH, TO COME UP WITH FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT SURVEYS, UH, WITH 10 QUESTIONS EACH, UM, AND THEN, UH, PUSH THOSE OUT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
UH, THE ONE THING I WAS GONNA SAY ABOUT THE SURVEYS, THERE'S A FEW QUESTIONS IN THERE THAT SAYS, IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, I THINK WE SHOULD CHANGE THAT BEFORE YOU GRADUATE OR BEFORE A STUDENT GRADUATES.
LEAH, WHAT DO YOU THINK? SO YOU'RE KIND OF VOTING FOR TWO, BUT WITH SPEED AND EFFICIENCY, LEAH, WHAT ARE, WHERE ARE YOU AT? DEFINITELY AIM AT THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS FOR SURE.
AND, UH, UH, THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, COULD YOU GUYS
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KIND OF CHIME IN AND SEE WHAT YOU, AND LET KNOW WHAT YOU THINK CARLTON'S HANDS UP GOOD? YES.UM, UH, I'M, I'M SORT OF WONDERING, AND, AND THE SURVEY SOUNDS GOOD TO THE FOUR TARGET TARGETED GROUPS.
I'M WONDERING ABOUT BEST PRACTICES.
FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK MS. BOATWRIGHT, YOU'VE ENGAGED ORRY COUNTY, UH, I'VE ENGAGED DARLINGTON COUNTY AND BOTH COUNTIES ARE DOING SOME REALLY AMAZING THINGS.
SO SHOULD ON THAT SECOND LEVEL, IF YOU DE, IF THE COMMITTEE DECIDES TO GO THAT WAY, SHOULD WE ALSO HAVE OUTREACH THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DISTANT? SO WE'RE CAPTURING IDEAS THAT MAY NOT BE IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY? SO THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I WOULD POSE, BUT THANK YOU.
MY, YEAH, AND I, I, I THINK THAT'S AN INTERESTING THING, UH, FOR THIS TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR FOR SURE.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE'S A TON OF INTERESTING STUFF BEING DONE AT DIFFERENT SCHOOL, AND NO ONE'S DOING EVERYTHING AND NO ONE'S DOING NOTHING.
BEAUFORT COUNTY'S GOT SOME GREAT STUFF, UM, THAT OTHER COUNTIES COULD LEARN FROM US.
SO I THINK THERE IS A REALLY COLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNITY HERE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT POINT'S WELL TAKEN.
COLONEL GUYER, I, UH, I AGREE WITH THE SURVEYS.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT I, I REALLY DOUBT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE WILL SURVEY WHO ARE LOOKING, UH, READING WIRED MAGAZINE OR KEEPING UP WITH, UH, CURRENT EVENTS AND, AND FUTURISTIC VIEWS.
BUT YET THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY WHO ARE VERY ASTUTE AT THAT.
AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER, UH, DEVELOPING, AH, EXCUSE ME, LEMME TAKE YOU.
IF YOU COULD DEVELOP A WORKING GROUP FOR, GET SOME PEOPLE LIKE LES ACKER AND, AND OTHERS FROM THE DIGITAL CORRIDOR, UH, SOME LOCAL EXPERTS TO SIT DOWN IN A WORKING GROUP TO SAY, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT WE GOT.
HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AT THE, IN THE BEAUFORT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE WAY OF TECHNOLOGY.
WHERE DO YOU SEE US IN FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS, 15 YEARS, SO THAT WE CAN PERHAPS START TO, UH, BE PREPARED FOR CAPITAL INVESTMENT, UH, BE PREPARED FOR PERHAPS A, A TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL.
UH, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF FUTURISTIC THINGS THAT I DON'T THINK STUDENTS AND PARENTS, UH, HAVE THE, THE WAVELENGTH, UH, TO GET INTO.
BUT YET WE CAN REALLY FIND OURSELVES, UH, BEHIND.
WE DON'T WANNA GET TOO FAR AHEAD, BUT WE CERTAINLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, MAKE, UH, INTELLIGENT DECISIONS ON WHERE WE'RE GOING IN THE FIVE YEAR, 10 YEAR PERIOD, JUST FOR CONSIDERATION.
UH, MR. SMITH, UM, I, I, I REALLY DON'T SEE A NEED TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY PUSH OUT ON THIS.
I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE ONE, BECAUSE ME PUT, I LIKE TO SLEEP ON THINGS VERSUS MAKING A, A QUICK DECISION, UM, IN, IN, IN, IN, IN TERMS OF, OF WHAT THIS LOOKED LIKE.
BECAUSE LIKE, UM, FRAZIER SAID, WHEN WE MOVE, WE NEED TO MOVE WITH A PURPOSE.
AND, AND IN, IN TERMS, IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THIS? WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, AND HOW.
SO WE, I JUST DON'T WANNA TAKE A SURVEY TO SAY, HEY, LOOK HERE, THIS IS WHAT, WHAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN, BECAUSE AS THE BOARD, UH, WE HAVE TO MAKE A SOUND DECISION TOO ON HOW, ON HOW WE ARE BUDGETING AND HOW, AND HOW, WHICH DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING IN, IN TERMS, IN TERMS OF SPENDING THE DISTRICT, UH, IN TERMS OF SPENDING MONEY AND BEING, UM, STEWARDS OF THE, OF THE MONEY TO AS AS WELL.
SO WE WANT TO GET THE, THE BEST BANG FOR THE BEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK, BUT ALSO SERVE THE NEEDS OF OUR, OF OUR, OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND BY, AND, AND, AND BY DOING THAT, I THINK IT IS THAT, THAT RUSHING IT TO JUST SAY THAT WE DID A SURVEY IS NOT REALLY WHAT I'M, WE PERSONALLY IS NOT WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
I'M LOOKING FOR IN, IN A SURVEY AS VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ASKING AND LOOK TO GET SERIOUS REAL FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE AND WHERE PEOPLE ARE SAYING, OH YEAH, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT SURVEY WAS A PRETTY GOOD SURVEY.
YOU KNOW, I, I FELT LIKE THAT SURVEY WAS REALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY, THEY TOOK, WE PUT THAT SURVEY AND, AND, AND PUT IT IN PLAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SO MY, MY QUESTION IS ALSO WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, LIKE IF I MEMBERSHIP CORRECT CORRECTLY, WE TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY ALSO GETTING SOMEONE IN HERE TO, UH, BASICALLY COACH OR, OR, OR, OR TO BE AN EXPERT.
SO I, I BELIEVE THAT THE, THE SURVEY WAS TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHERE, WHERE, WHERE, WHERE THINGS THAT WE MIGHT BE
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ABLE NEED IMPROVE OR HOW PEOPLE FEEL.SO TO DO THAT, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHAT WE PUT OUT THERE AND, AND TO PROPERLY SLEEP ON IT AND SAY, HEY, LOOK HERE, THIS IS THE FINAL PRODUCT.
LIKE, LIKE HOW WE DO ANY, LIKE HOW WE DO OTHER THINGS IN THIS DISTRICT IN TERMS OF WHEN WE PUT STUFF OUT, YOU KNOW, UH, THERE WAS A LETTER THAT, THAT ABORTION NOT LONG AGO, AND IF MY MEMORY SERVE, SERVE, BE CORRECT, WE PROBABLY HAD ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MEETINGS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY SENT THAT LETTER OUT.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THREE OR FOUR MEETINGS BEFORE WE SEND OUT THE SURVEY LETTER, BUT I'M, I'M, I'M THINKING THAT WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING AND, AND WHAT RESULTS ARE WE LOOKING FOR FROM THESE QUESTIONS.
AND I, I MEAN, I'M, I'M NOT SURE THAT JUST READING THIS TODAY, THAT I'M READY TO PUSH THESE QUESTIONS OUT.
I, I, THIS IS MY FIRST LOOK AT THESE QUESTIONS.
SO WHEN I PUSH 'EM, WHEN I PUSH QUESTIONS OUT, I WANNA, YOU KNOW, I WANNA HAVE A REASON FOR IT.
THANK YOU MR. PASTOR GORDON, 1218 ISAAC.
YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, I, THIS IS A, THE SURVEY IS A VERY GOOD IDEA AND I, I SEE AS YOU, AS I'VE BEEN IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE, I'VE SEEN AT THE GREEN STREET GYM, UM, SOMEONE WANTED TO DO A, UM, DAYCARE OUT HERE IN OUR AREA, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.
THEY WENT THROUGH SURVEYS TO ACTUALLY SEE, SEE WHAT THE NEED WAS.
AND I THINK IT, UH, I THINK VICTOR MENTIONED IT EARLIER, UM, HOW WE GET THE SURVEY IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO, THE RESPONSE FROM, I THINK IS, IS MORE IMPORTANT AND, AND THE QUESTIONING AND HOW YOU, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS POSED ON THE SURVEY.
BUT I THINK THE SURVEY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.
MY THING IS ACTUALLY GETTING IT INTO THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE NEEDED TO GET INTO, UM, ESPECIALLY COMMUNITY.
'CAUSE WE KNOW HOW WE KIND OF GO BACK AND FORTH WITH THE COMMUNITY TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN IT.
AND I, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE THE HARDEST PUSH RIGHT THERE.
HOW WE GONNA GET IT INTO THE HANDS OF THOSE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS FOR THEM TO SAY YES OR NO, ESPECIALLY, AND I'M TALKING MORE OR LESS ON MY SIDE, UH, DISTRICT ONE, YOU KNOW, WE, I HAVE AN ISSUE ON THAT SIDE, SO, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M WORKING ON.
BUT THE SURVEY IS, THE SURVEY NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY, YOU KNOW, WE, IT'S, IT'S HERE.
SO, UM, YEAH, THE, THE BIGGEST, MY BIGGEST THING IS GETTING IT INTO THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO GET IT INTO.
AND HOW WE, HOW WE GO ABOUT THAT PART.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
AND I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS INTERESTING TRYING TO GET IT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME WAYS TO DO IT.
AND I THINK THE ONE THING YOU SAID, THE WAY YOU PUT IT, I THOUGHT WAS REALLY EXCELLENT.
I THINK WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL HOW WE BILL THIS, BECAUSE IF YOU BILL IT AS A TECHNOLOGY SURVEY, UM, UH, THAT SOUNDS REALLY BORING.
AS MUCH AS I, YOU KNOW, I LOVE TECHNOLOGY, THAT DOESN'T SOUND EXCITING, BUT IF YOU BILL IT ON THE ROLE OF SCHOOLS IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW,
IT'S A VERY MUCH LIKE WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION WITH ALL THAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW WITH TECHNOLOGY AND WHATNOT.
I THOUGHT THE WAY YOU PUT IT, UM, I'LL GO BACK AND CHECK MY NOTE TAKER, SOUNDED A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN A TECHNOLOGY SURVEY.
SO, UM, WHAT I'M HEARING AND SPEAK OUT IF YOU DISAGREE, IS THAT WE DO MAYBE WANT TO, UH, TARGET GROUPS WITH DIFFERENT SURVEYS THAT WE DON'T WANNA RUSH OUT A BAD PRODUCT, BUT WE WANNA GET IT DONE.
I DO THINK THERE'S AN ARGUMENT TO BE MADE FOR GETTING IT DONE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
'CAUSE IT'S DECEMBER WE START THINKING ABOUT BUDGET, RIGHT? SO IF WE GET SOME OF THIS INFORMATION, GET SOME SURVEY BACK THAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO GET IN FRONT OF THE BUDGET FOLKS BEFORE THE, THAT HORSE IS OUTTA THE GATE.
SO I THINK DOING THAT IN A, IN A SWIFT BUT NOT RECKLESS MANNER WOULD BE PROBABLY THE WAY I'M READING THE ROOM ON THAT.
DOES THAT SOUND, DOES ANYONE DISAGREE WITH THAT ASSESSMENT? IT WON'T HURT MY FEELINGS.
UM, UH, JUST TO, TO KIND OF LIKE, UH, ADDRESS WHAT, UH, MR. GEIER WAS SAYING, UH, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY SUCH THING AS GOING TOO FAST OR, UH, TOO FAR AHEAD.
UH, BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY CHANGES SO FAST, IF WE ACTUALLY DRAG OUR FEET TOO LONG BY THE TIME WE, UH, CHOOSE TO DO SOMETHING THAT TECHNOLOGY MIGHT BE OBSOLETE, UM, OR EVEN IF WE'RE THINKING SO FAR AHEAD, FAR BY THE TIME WE WE PURCHASE IT, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE, UH, WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.
UH, AND WE'RE ONLY GONNA HAVE THAT TECHNOLOGY FOR A YEAR OR TWO BEFORE SOMETHING BETTER COMES OUT.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, IT DEFINITELY, UH, TIME, TIME IS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO TECHNOLOGY, TIME IS YOUR ENEMY.
UH, I SEE THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UM, OKAY, SO THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO BRING UP THAT I THINK MR. SHOHAN AND, AND COLONEL GUYER ALLUDED TO A BIT AS WELL, IS I THINK WHAT'LL BE REALLY INTERESTING AND REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE EVALUATING THIS DATA IS TO UNDERSTAND, AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS A LOT WHEN I'M TALK, 'CAUSE I, I TALK TO THIS RANGE OF PEOPLE AND I'M, I AM, YOU TALK ABOUT THE AREA THAT'S MOST IMPACTED BY TECHNOLOGY RIGHT NOW.
HEALTHCARE IS LEAPS AND BOUNDS AHEAD OF EVERYTHING ELSE, REALLY, IN TERMS OF WHERE IT IS AND WHERE IT'S TRYING TO GO.
AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF REALLY INTERESTING STUFF COMING DOWN THAT
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PIKE.AND I'VE GOT THIS RANGE OF PEOPLE FROM MED SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO VOLUNTEER IN OUR CLINIC TO 91-YEAR-OLD PHYSICIANS WHO ARE STILL VOLUNTEERING.
AND THEIR REACTION TO WHAT TECHNOLOGY IS, IS SO INFORMED BY HOW THEY, HOW COMFORTABLE THEY ALREADY ARE WITH IT.
AND, UM, I WAS TALKING TO SOMEBODY ABOUT INTERVIEWING PEOPLE AND I SAID, I CAN TELL WITHIN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES WHERE SOMEONE IS ON THAT SPECTRUM ROUGHLY BY HOW THEY REFER, HOW THEY USE TECHNOLOGY, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY.
SO I WAS THINKING ABOUT LIKE MY PHONE, I OPEN AND CLOSE MY GARAGE DOORS, TURN MY LIGHTS ON AND OFF.
UM, MY CAR, I PAY FOR EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, WITH MY PHONE.
I DO ALMOST EVERYTHING ON MY PHONE,
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THEY DO NOTHING BUT MAKE PHONE CALLS.
LIKE THAT'S THE SPECTRUM, RIGHT? SO I THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO PUT, I WANT, WHAT I'M HOPING IS IN THIS SURVEY, MR. SEAN, THAT WE CAPTURE SOME DEMOGRAPHIC THAT IT'S A VOTE ONCE.
'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT WOULD PROBABLY VOTE MULTIPLE TIMES, YOU KNOW, SO YOU VOTE ONCE PER EMAIL TYPE OF THING.
SOME BASIC DEMOGRAPHICS LIKE, YOU KNOW, NAME MAYBE, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IF THEY'RE A PARENT OR A STUDENT, UH, I WOULD LOVE TO CAPTURE AGE IF IT'S APPROPRIATE.
UM, MAYBE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEIR ADDRESS OR SOME WHATEVER INFORMATION WE WANT.
BUT TO ME, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE SHOULD CAPTURE DEMOGRAPHICALLY IS SORT OF SOME SENSE OF HOW COMFORTABLE THEY ARE WITH TECHNOLOGY.
YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH THEY'RE ACTUALLY USING IT.
'CAUSE I THINK YOU'RE GONNA GET REALLY DIFFERENT RESPONSES BASED ON HOW MUCH THE SURVEY TAKER.
I, I, IN MY OPINION, I THINK THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT COLOR FOR THE, FOR THE SURVEY RESULTS AND TO SEE WHERE PEOPLE ARE.
AND THEN CONTRAST THAT WITH MAYBE SOME OF THE STUDENTS WHO ARE SO MARINATED IN TECHNOLOGY ALL THE TIME.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAD OBJECTION TO THAT OR THOUGHTS OR FEEDBACK ON THAT IDEA.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING I WANTED TO INCLUDE IN THE SURVEY IF POSSIBLE.
ANYBODY, ONE THING WE COULD LOOK AT WHEN PUTTING OUT THIS SURVEY IS TO COINCIDE IT WITH LIKE THE FIRST WEEK OR TWO IN THE MONTH.
THAT WAY WE COULD GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO OUR SIC COMMITTEES OUT AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.
UM, BECAUSE THAT WOULD GENERATE A LOT OF, UH, COMMITTED PARENT, UM, UH, INTEREST IN IT.
UM, SO WHAT I'M GONNA TAKE AWAY FROM THIS CONVERSATION, I'M GONNA TELL YOU, THIS IS MY SUMMARY AND THEN YOU GUYS POP IN AND SAY, ADD TO IT, SUBTRACT TO IT, DISAGREE WITH ME.
LET, I, I THINK IT'S JUST A STARTING POINT THAT WE DO BETWEEN NOW AND OUR NEXT MEETING THAT WE ALL KIND OF AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BY EMAIL.
UM, MR. SHOHAN, IF YOU HAVE, I HAVE SOME IDEAS I'LL SEND TO YOU, UM, AND SEND TO THE WHOLE GROUP.
SEND TO THE BOARD FOR EVALUATION, BUT BRINGING SORT OF A ROUGH DRAFT TO OUR NEXT MEETING, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE MID OCTOBER.
UH, WE COULD POTENTIALLY THEN EVEN DO WE, WE HAVE COLONEL GAR, WE HAVE A END OF OCTOBER WORK SESSION, RIGHT? YES.
I DON'T, I DON'T, I DO NOT, I WOULD, I WOULD HOPE TO GET IT OUT IN THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER.
SO MAYBE WE CAN, UM, LOOK AT THE DATES ON THAT.
WHAT'S OUR, WHAT'S OUR NEXT, 'CAUSE WHAT I'M THINKING IS COME UP WITH A ROUGH DRAFT BETWEEN NOW AND OUR NEXT MEETING.
FINALIZE IT AND GET IT OUT EARLY NOVEMBER.
WELL, THAT DEPENDS ON, SO IF YOU WANT TO KIND OF STAY WITH YOUR SCHEDULE, YOUR NEXT MEETING WOULD BE OCTOBER 13TH, WHICH IS COLUMBUS DAY.
I'M WORKING COLUMBUS DAY, BUT I'M HAPPY TO TO REARRANGE THAT IF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THAT DAY OFF.
UM, I MEAN, DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE? I MEAN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT MONDAY, RIGHT? SO WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MID, MID-OCTOBER BEING THE, THE NEXT YOU CAN DO WEDNESDAY, UM, WEDNESDAY.
I I I WAS WONDERING IF MY, IF I GOT DROPPED OFF.
YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FROZEN.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY MOVING AT ALL.
RE OH, THERE YOU'RE, HOW'S IT GOING? CONNECTION'S.
YEAH, WE GOT FROZEN UP THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT.
MR. SMITH HAS, MR. SMITH HAS A QUESTION.
UM, IN, IN, IN TERMS OF GETTING THIS OUT, UH, IN, IN, IN TERMS OF GETTING THIS, UM, GETTING UH, UH, SERIOUSLY GETTING THIS
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SURVEY OUT.IT, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON, IT REALLY DEPENDS UPON, UM, HOW, HOW, HOW, HOW AGGRESSIVE AND HOW, HOW, HOW, UM, SOON WE WANNA GET OUT.
BECAUSE AT FIRST Y'ALL SOUND LIKE Y'ALL WANT TO GET OUT AS, AS SOON AND, AND, AND, AND, AND THERE'S NO, THERE'S, THERE'S NO REASON WHY IF, UH, IF WE WANT TO HAVE A, A, A DIFFERENT LOOK THAT, UH, YOU COULD POSSIBLY HAVE A, A, A BEATING, UH, TWO TIMES OR, UH, UH, TWO TIMES A MONTH FOR YOU.
YOU COULDN'T, YOU COULDN'T SCHEDULE A MEETING, UM, WITHIN, UH, THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
AND THIS WAS, THIS WAS REALLY SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO, UH, GET OUT.
UM, SO, UM, AND, AND, AND, AND IN OTHER, UH, COMMITTEES, UM, I KNOW, UH, OPERATIONS, THERE WERE, THERE WERE TIMES WHERE THERE, THERE WERE TIMES WHERE WE HAD DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON WHERE WE, WE MET 2, 2 2 TIMES OR A COUPLE TIMES THAT BUFF TO GET OUT A FINISHED A FINISHED PRODUCT.
UH, LIKE THIS RIGHT HERE IN TERMS, IN TERMS OF, UM, THE 8% WITH 8% OR, OR A SURVEY LIKE ANDREA.
SO I DON'T SEE IT, I DON'T SEE WHERE, WHERE, WHERE IT BEING A PROBLEM WITH US HAVING ANOTHER MEETING TO, UH, FINALIZE THIS AND TO GET TO, TO GET TO FINE TUNE SO THAT IF, IF WE WANT TO HAVE THIS AND GIVE PEOPLE THE PROPER, THE PROPER TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO, DO THE SURVEY AND TO GET THE SURVEY INFORMATION OUT FOR AREAS LIKE MY AREA AND PASTOR GORDON AREA, WHERE WE MAY NEED TO BE ABLE TO, UH, LET OUR STAKEHOLDERS KNOW TO GET, TO GET, TO GET THOSE THINGS DONE.
I MEAN, SO I MEAN THAT'S, I I SAID A LOT, BUT, BUT BASICALLY, I MEAN, THE GIST OF IT IS IF WE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING, I, I BELIEVE WE, WE, WE DO HAVE THAT OPTION TO, UH, TO DO THAT TO GET IT DONE.
WHAT I WOULD RE WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS REQUEST THAT ANY BOARD MEMBERS AND PARTICULARLY OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE, SUBMIT ANY QUESTIONS, IDEAS, THOUGHTS THEY HAVE ABOUT PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THESE SURVEYS BRIEF.
I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE CUMBERSOME TO THE DISTRICT TO DO AND TO, YOU KNOW, 10 QUESTIONS I THINK, UM, IS, IS A GOOD GUIDELINE.
UM, BUT I HAVE A COUPLE THOUGHTS ON SOME QUESTIONS.
SO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, LET'S JUST SEND THOSE IN AND MR. CHOHAN, IF POSSIBLE, AT OUR NEXT MEETING, IF YOU COULD HAVE KIND OF ROUGH DRAFT AND THEN IF WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS, CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION AND IT WARRANTS ANOTHER MEETING, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING.
UM, IF WE DON'T, THEN WE DON'T NEED TO PUT THAT ON THE BOOK RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND I THINK WE SHOULD SET AS A GOAL THAT, THAT, LIKE, TO YOUR POINT, MR. JOHAN, UH, YOU KNOW, EARLY ENOUGH NOVEMBER.
'CAUSE I THINK GETTING IN FRONT OF THE THE SICS WOULD BE AWESOME.
AND THEN WE CAN USE THESE SURVEY RESULTS.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET ENOUGH, UH, RESPONSES AND GET ENOUGH DATA OUT OF IT THAT THAT CAN REALLY INFORM A WORK GROUP, UH, INFORM, BRINGING IN THE, YOU KNOW, GETTING A SENSE OF WHERE OUR, UM, STAKEHOLDERS ARE.
UM, I THINK IS A REALLY GOOD JUMPING OFF POINT AND, AND HAVING THAT BEFORE, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET BOOK STARTS GETTING CLOSED.
SO THAT'S KIND OF MY THOUGHTS ON IT.
UM, I THINK THAT THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF STRUCTURE AND I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
'CAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE THAT CHALLENGING TO PUT TOGETHER.
UM, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT SURVEYS, KEEP 'EM PRETTY SHORT.
SOME WILL OVERLAP AND, UM, IF ALL OF US COULD JUST SEND IN WHAT WE THINK WE MIGHT CONSIDER ASKING ABOUT, DOES THAT SOUND REASONABLE FOR A WORKLOAD, MR. SHOHAN? UH, YES.
IF WE CAN, UH, FINALIZE IT ON THE NEXT MEETING DATE.
WHAT IS THAT OCTOBER 13TH OR OCTOBER? YES, 15TH.
ARE WE GONNA DO THE 13TH OR THE 15TH? I'M FINE WITH WHATEVER.
WHAT'S WHAT? UH, LEAH, VICTOR, MARK, WHAT DO YOU GUYS HAVE GOING ON? I'M GOOD FOR EITHER DAY, EITHER DAY WORKS FOR ME.
COLUMBUS DAY I KNOW IS A HOLIDAY AT JOHN PAUL TOO.
THE 13TH
I CAN'T SEE WHAT'S GOING ON ON MUTE.
UH, I'M LIKE, OH, IT'S NOT WORKING.
ANYWAYS, UH,
SO WE'LL SHOOT FOR THE 13TH AND, UM, HAVE A ROUGH DRAFT OF THE SURVEYS BY THEN TO REVIEW.
IF WE DETERMINE WE NEED ANOTHER MEETING, WE CAN SCHEDULE THAT.
THE GOAL WILL BE TO HAVE THIS OUT, UH, EARLY NOVEMBER.
AND, UM, I KNOW I'VE GOT AN SIC MEETING TOMORROW FOR HILTON HEAD.
WE COULD START LIKE TALKING ABOUT IT, MAYBE THAT IT'S COMING, COMING IN THE NOVEMBER MEETING.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT THEM TO CONSIDER DOING OR REACH OUT TO THE CHAIRS TYPE OF THING.
AND THEN PASTOR GORDON, IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS, UM, IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT, YOU KNOW, WAYS WE CAN GET THE MORE PARTICIPATION WE'RE WE GET THE BETTER JUST BECAUSE WE'LL GET A BETTER, UH, SENSE OF WHERE PEOPLE ARE AT WILL DO.
AND IF WE CAN FINALIZE IT ON THE NEXT MEETING, I COULD POST IT ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER THE THIRD.
UM, AND THEN IF WE JUST LEAVE IT OUT THERE
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FOR TWO WEEKS, THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE IT GETS TO ALL OF OUR SICS.AND I THINK TWO WEEKS IS PLENTY LONG ENOUGH TO HAVE A SURVEY OUT THERE.
WELL, WELL, WELL, THAT, WELL, WELL WAIT, WAIT.
THAT, THAT DEPEND ON, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING THROUGH SS THEN IT DEPEND ON WHEN THE SIC MEETING IS BECAUSE OF THE SIC MEETING IS, IS NOT WITHIN, WITHIN THAT WINDOW OR, OR JUST HAD, JUST HAD IT THEN THAT, THAT POSSIBLY MAY NOT BE CON CONDUCIVE.
SO, SO ONCE AGAIN, IT COMES UPON HOW WE WANNA PACKAGE, HOW WE WANNA PACKAGE IT UP.
SO, I MEAN, SO THERE TWO WEEKS CAN BE, COULD BE GOOD FOR A LOT OF THINGS, BUT IF, IF, IF WE, IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CERTAIN WAY WE'RE GONNA GO ABOUT IT, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING.
ROBIN, DO WE HAVE SIC MEETING DATES? DO DOES THAT INFORMATION IN? UH, NO, BUT I CAN CONTACT THE SCHOOLS AND FIND OUT THE DATES FOR THE SIC MEETING DATES.
I'M JUST CUR I THINK OURS IS THE THIRD.
BUT WHAT I WOULD DO WITH LIKE OUR SIC AND I KNOW MR. DALLAS WILL GIMME A HAND WITH THIS IS JUST SAY, HEY LOOK NOVEMBER 3RD, THEY'LL GET IT OUT BY EMAIL AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, AT A OCTOBER MEETING AT THE NEXT OCTOBER MEETING TO START TALKING ABOUT THERE WILL BE A SURVEY COMING THAT'S IMPORTANT.
UM, SO I, I THINK THAT'S REASONABLE, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY, UM, CONCERNS, WE CAN LEAVE IT OPEN LONGER IF WE HAVE POOR TURNOUT.
THAT'S A GOOD POINT BECAUSE MOST OF THE SIC COORDINATORS THAT RUN IT AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL, THEY HAVE A DATABASE OF ALL THE EMAILS OF THE PARENTS THAT COME REGULARLY.
UM, SO AS SOON AS WE FINALIZED IT ON THE 13TH OF OCTOBER, WE COULD GO AHEAD AND GET AN EMAIL OUT TO ALL OF OUR SIC CHAIRS, UM, AND THAT WAY THEY CAN SEND IT.
WE WOULDN'T PUT IT OUT TO THE 1ST OF NOVEMBER AND IT WOULD GIVE THEM TWO EXTRA WEEK TO PUT OUT COMMUNICATION TO THEIR PARENTS, BECAUSE NORMALLY I GET LIKE TWO, ONE EMAIL AND A TEXT FROM THE SIC AT BLUFFTON HIGH EVERY MONTH.
SO I'M SURE WE COULD, UH, WE'D HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET IT AT ALL THE PARENTS.
AND COLONEL GEIER, COULD YOU TALK TO LE UH, THE GENTLEMAN YOU MENTIONED LES ACKERS AND SEE IF LIKE THE TECHNOLOGY DIGITAL CORRIDOR PEOPLE WOULD KIND OF PROMOTE IT AMONGST THEIR MEMBERSHIP AND THEIR, UH, CONTACTS.
I, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR FEEDBACK WOULD BE VERY VALUABLE.
THE ONLY THING, AND I DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT IT, I I WANT TO WRAP THIS MEETING UP, UH, IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT I DO THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AT THE BOARD MEETING WITH, UH, SCREEN TIME AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE PHONE FREE AND THE FEEDBACK ON THAT NATIONALLY AND LOCALLY IS VERY GOOD.
BUT I THINK THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT, UH, SCREEN TIME MEANS AND, YOU KNOW, HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM, UH, ACTUALLY COME INVOLVES.
BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE THINK IT MEANS MORE, YOU KNOW, BUTTON PUSHING WHEN IT REALLY, IN, IN TODAY'S LANDSCAPE, THERE'S SO MANY EXCITING THINGS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S VIRTUAL TOURS OF THE LOUVRE OR, YOU KNOW, PERSONALIZED, MULTILINGUAL TUTORS, THAT IT'S A VERY HUMAN ELEMENT AND THAT IT'S CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO REPLACE HUMANS THAT NO ONE'S PUTTING ROBOTS IN FRONT OF A CLASSROOM OR, YOU KNOW, DOING THE ALL VIRTUAL SCHOOL.
SO IF, UM, WHEN WE GET THE SURVEY, UM, ROBIN, COULD WE PUT, JUST TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHERE PEOPLE ARE ON THAT AND WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE SEEING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, JUST IN TERMS OF TRYING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE WHAT THIS COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE SO THEY DON'T JUST THINK WE'RE CRAMMING.
SO THAT'S JUST A FUTURE TOPIC TO TALK ABOUT SCREEN TIMES.
I JUST KINDA WANTED TO GET IT OUT THERE, GET THINKING ABOUT IT AND TALKING TO PEOPLE.
SCREEN TIME'S A REAL DIFFICULT SUBJECT TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE I MEAN, WE CAN TRACK WHEN KIDS USE OUR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE INSIDE OF OUR, UM, CLASS LINK S UH, S-O-S-S-O.
UM, SO IT'S VERY EASY FOR US TO TRACK THAT, BUT THEN THAT KID HAS THAT DEVICE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
HE COULD, THEY COULD BE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON YOUTUBE OR OTHER WEB-BASED CONTENT.
SO, AND IT WOULD BE, WE CAN'T REALLY TRACK THAT ASPECT OF IT.
THEN YOU SHOULD, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO RAISE MY HAND.
THIS DISCUSSION BE ACTUALLY A DEFINITION FOR WHAT SCREEN TIME IS TOO.
SO PARENTS, WHEN WE DO SAY SCREEN TIME IN MEETINGS OR ONE MORE QUESTION ON WHAT THE CHILD DOES, PARTICULARLY AS SCREEN TIME, WE NEED TO HAVE A DEFINITION FOR IT.
UH, TO ADD ONTO THAT SCREEN TIME DISCUSSION, I THINK IT PROBABLY WARRANTS SOME DEFINITION AS, UH, SOMEONE SAID.
SO THAT WAS A GREAT POINT, BUT ALSO THAT SCREEN TIME IMPACT EXCEEDS WHEN THEY ARE WITHIN THE BORDERS OF THE SCHOOL.
AND SO MAYBE AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT EXTENDS INTO THE COMMUNITY
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SO THAT PARENTS UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THAT JUXTAPOSITION BETWEEN INTERPERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SCREEN TIME AND, UM, THAT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL.YEAH, I THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING TOPIC BECAUSE WHEN MR. SHOHAN SAID SOMETIMES THEY'RE ON YOUTUBE, MY KIDS ARE ON YOUTUBE A LOT, BUT THEY'RE STUDYING ROMAN HISTORY.
YOU KNOW,
I MEAN, THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN AND WHAT IS SCREEN TIME.
SO IF WE CAN PUT THAT ON FOR OCTOBER, WE'LL HAVE THE SURVEY, UH, ROUGH DRAFT, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE, UM, UH, AT LEAST AN OPENING DISCUSSION OF WHAT I THINK WILL BE AN ONGOING DISCUSSION ABOUT SCREEN TIME IN THE SCHOOLS.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING FOR, UH, FUTURE TOPICS? UH, MR. GUYER? YEAH, MR. GUYER.
I, I, UH, I'VE LOST THE BUBBLE ON THIS.
IT WAS TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT IT LATELY.
AND I, IT'S PARTLY STUDENT SERVICES, BUT IT'S ESPORTS, EH, I I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO GET AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S BEING DONE IF WE'VE GOT ESPORTS ESTABLISHED IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS.
IF SO, HOW IT'S GOING, HOW MANY KIDS ARE PARTICIPATING? DO THEY HAVE THE RIGHT KIND OF BANDWIDTH TECHNOLOGY, UH, OR, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN? I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT IT FOR SOME TIME.
UM, UH, PART, UH, BECAUSE OF THE MEDTECH SEVEN, UM, PROGRAM RUN BY ISD, THEY HAD SOME, UM, GRANT MONEY THAT WE USE TO BUY, UH, MACHINES FOR, WELL, BRANCH HIGH, BEAUFORT HIGH AND, UH, BLUFFTON HIGH.
UM, AND THEN AS A DISTRICT WE'VE PROVIDED DEVICES FOR MAY RIVER HIGH AND DEVICES ARE AT HILTON HEAD HIGH NOW.
UM, AND THAT WE'RE HEADING TO BATTERY CREEK.
SO, UM, WE SHOULD HAVE A FULL COMPLIMENT OF ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
UM, BUT I WILL GET A MORE DETAILED BREAKDOWN FOR YOU.
OKAY, SO THAT'S THREE AGENDA ITEMS.
AND I LOVE THAT ESPORTS DISCUSSION.
THAT KIND OF GOES ALONG WITH WHAT'S SCREEN TIME AND WHAT'S A SPORT, RIGHT,
ANYBODY ELSE? AM I MISSING ANYBODY, ROBIN? UM, NOBODY ELSE'S.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT
UM, CC THE BOARD EMAIL MR. SHOHAN IF YOU HAVE SOME THINGS YOU THINK THAT THE SURVEY SHOULD ADDRESS AND WE'LL KIND OF GIVE HIM THAT INPUT.
MOTION TO ADUR EVERYBODY THE MOVE.