NotesMar2009

=TSN Instructor Dialogue=

March 18, 2009
Location: St. Katherine Drexel, 175 Ruggles St.

Today’s TSN Instructor Dialogue was cut short because of low attendance, possibly because the TSN quarterly meeting was the next day; some issues that were discussed anyway appear below, and what you did miss was a tour of the whole St. Katharine Drexel facility, which will be undergoing a major reconstruction soon

- what can be done to make the most use of servers? currently, they are useful as print servers and places for file sharing and backups, but what are some other ways of using a server for a TS center lab in better ways? - protecting equipment from heavy use (and also abuse); for equipment such as headphones, mouse, keyboard, and also chairs and desks, are there any good ideas out there for helping students and participants to take better care of them Obviously not a problem for most people, but there have been observations of rolling the chairs, banging mouse or keyboard, rough grabbing of flatscreen monitors, etc., mostly with younger groups and even sometimes with adults. How to creatively guide people toward more gentle use? - how many centers have less than an equivalent of one full-time person dedicated to the TS center? how many have more than that? does your center have: • one full-time staff person who handles all teaching, planning, and administration • one staff person who is responsible for the lab but also responsible for other parts of the agency? • more than one person dedicated to the lab full-time? • other organization?
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 at Orchard Gardens, 11:30am-1:00pm
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