We have had not a problem with the technology, but with the board members themselves only wanting a paper copy. How has anyone got past the human factor of this problem?
JL Sent from my iPhone On Sep 17, 2010, at 8:41 AM, JimHays <hay...@sages.us> wrote: > 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 >>> >>> >> >> >> > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
