10.05.09

Date: 10 May 2009
ETRU Weekly #27

Attendees:

 * 1) Laura Walker (@mrslwalker) will be there but may be a few minutes late!
 * 2) user:robthill
 * 3) Stuart Meldrum I'll try to pop in for first part, but flaky connection at the moment
 * 4) user:markclarkson
 * 5) user:daibarnes late but got there eventually. apologies.
 * 6) Kerry Turner added my name earlier but must have forgotten to save edit.
 * 7) user:sdinnage will be there for the duration.


 * Apologies**:
 * 1) Alex Bellars @bellaale : sorry - would love to but have shedloads of post-GCSE Oral marking to catch up with plus exams to write...poo!
 * 2) user:grumbledook Number crunching ready for meetings next week. Sorry.
 * 3) user:dajbelshaw Spent whole weekend in Wales so need to catch up with family!
 * 4) user:lisibo - please excuse my non-attendance - husband just got back after 9 days away in LA and I've missed him!

Agenda:

 * 1) Educational Uses of Google Sketchup - anybody any ideas? (user:robthill)
 * 2) Preparing a presentation on 'collaboration' for my first conference. Thinking Etherpad vs Wiki, thoughts and ideas welcome (user:markclarkson)
 * 3) Open Source Textbooks? Not a wiki, but a collaboratively written resource that meant to be hard copy. (Stuart Meldrum)

Actions for NEXT Meeting:
Continue Dai's discussion topic on making use of "IT Champions" with specified non-contact time for team teaching and leading the use of technology amongst colleagues.