We're using DocMan on Joomla. The secretaries and principals post the
PDF files and the board members download them with their laptops. We
post the separate documents for them to pull up during the meetings if
needed and also post the entire packet as a single PDF that they can
download ahead of time. All of our board members use their own personal
laptops. By using PDFs we don't worry about compatibility issues, etc.
We are in our third year of this and it is working well for us.
But the idea of using iPads or Android tablets for this is intriguing.
Either would work well with our setup.
Tom Donovan wrote:
We started this fall with iPads. The app we're using is ReaddleDocs,
which I set up to connect to our secure WebDAV share (Mac OSX Server)
to pull down PDFs of the materials. It allows sticky-note style
note-taking as well as highlighting.
The one non-negotiable was going electronic with the packet, and at
the moment, after two or three meetings, only one board member is
asking for the PDFs to be emailed rather than pulling them down to the
iPad. I'll be checking in with the members to get some specific
feedback, but so far things seem to be working well enough.
- Tom
On Thursday, September 16, 2010, Jared Lynn <jl...@porta202.org> wrote:
This subject has been brought up before but I wanted to revisit the topic to
see what most districts are doing.
What is your opinion of using a digital board book?
What methods have you looked at/use? (Do you email them, provide them with
laptops or iPads, etc?)
What applications are you using to display the book?
To me, a tablet device seems to be the way to go because users know how to use
their fingers. With that being said, I'm ruling out the netbook because I don't
want to deal with the headaches that might possibly be associated with giving
them a full blown computer. Therefore, I'm looking at a Android based or iPad
device that will do the simplest task... Display board minutes.... If I'm going
with a tablet, what app would be best used to not only display the report but
also allow them to jot notes on it? I'm hesitant to give them an app that would
require them to type... Many of them would be much faster simply writing it
down with their finger.
You Stay Classy Internet
Thanks,
Jared Lynn
PORTA CUSD #202 Technology Coordinator
Email: jl...@porta202.org
Phone: 217-501-4920
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