Tech
Meeting
9/24/14
·
FHN
Blog
o
Tagging
the blog
o
Naming
Protocol for easy searching
§
Using the “Labels”
feature
·
IC
·
MC
·
Articles
·
Instructional tools
·
Sharpschool
·
Schoology
·
Google Accounts
·
Tutorials
·
Tech Updates
·
Tech Committee
·
Voicethread
§
Also can use the
search tool
·
Updates
from ITS/IWS meeting
o
Learned Schoology and Voicethread
o
Voicethread accounts are ready
·
Updates
from IT meeting
·
Updates
from Media Specialists
o
Hotspots are ready for checkout
o
Communicate this to all when student laptops are ready
·
Other
Updates
o
Email
messenger in IC
§
Will put in the blog
·
Possible
Lunch and Learn Topics-Oct, Nov, Jan, Feb, Mar, April
o
Luigi
and Raphael’s as possible vendor
o Sharepoint-Birch or Ben will
present 2nd semester
o FHSD Google Accounts/Google
Docs-Aaron Manfull on 10/24
o Creating a Schoology account
for your class-11/14 with Gina Hartman
o VoiceThread (we are getting a
district subscription to this)-LMS
§ In December
·
Update
from Tech site visit and Ray Eernisse
o
Mastery
Connect
§
May
be pushing out an upgrade district wide
§
Issues
with scoring MC and writing tests put together
§
Bottom
line-continue to use the curriculum maps to get assessments
§
There
may be more MC training documents placed on Howellnet or other resource
o
Browser
issues
§
IE
9/Chrome—suggested that you use Chrome as main browser…there may be something
soon that will suggest which browser to use for each program
o
HP
Audio/Video issues
§
HP
is working on this and has fixed the audio with a filter device that plugs into
the docking station
·
Audio filters
§
They
are working on the video issue
o
New
iPad 2 Cart from District budget request last year
o
Extra
laptop cart w/ s-cards (request from Ray)
o
Extra
former teacher laptops
o
Purchasing
the replacement projectors and printers
o
AP
for guidance/ Guidance will be getting new devices, etc.
o
Where
are we with Sharepoint? Share drive may be gone by fall break?
o
Work
order report once a month
o
Top
5 IT problems for data collection and survey feedback on work orders for next
year
o
13-14,000
devices in district
o
How
do we let parents know to encourage students to bring laptop/tablets to school
o
Eventually
top websites will be monitored
o
Staff
survey coming as well in 3rd quarter
o
Copiers-get
locations for all copiers (109 and main office)
o
Wiring
for APs coming now and APs will be added as well by maybe end of the year
·
What other data could we use?
o What percentage of our students have Smart Phones
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