I used one of my personal days this week to attend the county-wide media specialist meeting with Mrs. D. Although the meeting was a brief 30 minutes, this was an enlightening experience. The two topics covered were an RFP to determine options for the district to obtain eBooks for schools and changes made to our county Acceptable Use Agreement and Internet 2. It was intriguing to be a part of the initial process of developing an RFP. The document itself is confidential and will be presented to vendors via the district website on Wednesday. All media specialists were encouraged to read the RFP thoroughly and make suggestions for changes. It is also exciting to know that our district may soon be acquiring eBooks for our schools!
In addition, there was a general discussion involving the Acceptable Use Agreement. The importance of individual students logging in to computers separately was stressed. An instance was mentioned where a school's entire network was shut down due to the fact that a teacher attempted to allow several students to use her username and password simultaneously. Student safety and network security is vital. Repairs will be made to county internet over Spring Break in order that issues with limited speed can be resolved.
The majority of the typical meeting time was given to a vendor showcase. I was able to meet several vendors from companies like Mackin, Scholastic, Bound to Stay Bound, and Follett. It was interesting to see the importance of the relationship between media specialist and vendor.
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