Well here I am. I think I will try to blog some of the topics as I sit here rather than try to send it out later.
From Dan’s Weiser’s grandmother.
“I went to a fight last night and a hockey game broke out.”
“If you steal from one author, it’s plagiarism. If you steal from a lot of people, it’s research.”
William Garrido is the new person to help with eSP. Please don’t bombard him with email.
EdTech profile is happening again. Be prepared to get an email about it.
If someone wants to donate a computer, these are the specs.
[Minimum Donation Specifications: Rev 22309
Windows 2000 or XP, Pentium 4, 512 RAM, 40GB Hard drive, working CD ROM
Macintosh OS X, G4, 512MB RAM, 40GB Hard Drive, working CD ROM drive
Laser Printer (no inkjet printers), 15″ Color Monitor (LCD- No CRTs unless packaged with a computer that meets Min. Specs)]
Google Apps - Looking at using it district-wide
Windows 7 - Will come on all new machines. Not that different from WinXP. Need to play around with it.
U Drive - All staff now has 2GB of storage with not a lot of restrictions i.e. .exe .zip files, etc.
Student Information System - eSP, elearning vignettes, self-training, more to come
AMS lanmate - repair program for all ports, put in Help Ticket. They are all warrantied now. So get those requests in ASAP. Only until June?
Student interns - Jack. Has to be with a Network technician. Shadows a technician.
Power outages for VOIP - If no one answers at school because power out, then it goes into DO. Can’t call directly to school, but Peggy Raymond (sp?) at DO will answer the phone. Get important imformation to her. Call on your cell phone.
School Messenger - Ancient technology, analog system, uses old computers, there are new Web-based systems, looking at new system through DO, not through Scotts Valley. 1-2 hours to make all calls for high school instead of 2-3 days. Emergency calls can happen in minutes. Must convert all schools to make it work. Teachers could call their own students. Funding issue. Maybe by spring it can be rolled out. $1 per student cost. 1st year - DO pays. After that - school pays.
Accelerated Reader - No longer can be accessed from home. Prevents cheating by students at home. Now that it is district-wide, it cannot be accessed because of Rennaissance policy. Teacher access still continues from home.
Tech support volunteers - It is very difficult to hand over these permissions because of passwords, Active Directory issues, protocols, access to student information, etc.
Tech purchasing confusion - Please talk with tech liaison (me) and/or tech department @ DO to make sure you are buying the right technology. Don’t be penny wise and pound foolish. Need to factor in total cost - bulbs, ink, etc.