Denver Public Schools Teachers’ Tech and Data Tools Erin Magley Matthew Woolums Kirk Anderson...

Denver Public Schools Teachers’ Tech and

Data Tools

Erin MagleyMatthew Woolums

Kirk AndersonEducational Technology & Library

Services

Nigel JordanMark ThielJason Rand

Jeff BraaDepartment of Technology

Services, Site Support

Everything is linked at:

http://TeacherTechResources.wikispaces.dpsk12.org

http://tinyurl.com/DPSTech

Web Resource

Technology implementation is vital to the LEAP (Leading Effective Academic Practice) Framework:

http://leap.dpsk12.org/The-Framework/2012-13-Framework.aspx

Technology In Education

School Tech Rep (STR) Department of Technology Services

(DoTS) Hotline (720-423-3888) Site Support Team Network Team Telecommunications Team

Educational Technology and Library Services

Who Supports You?

The proper use of technology systems is governed by Board of Education policies.

The district is subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) which mandates how personally identifiable student records are to be handled.

Board policies prohibit the sharing of passwords with anyone: colleagues, students.

DPS Board of Education –

Tech Policies

Board policies located at: http://board.dpsk12.org/policy/policy.shtml

DPS Board of Education –

Tech Policies

JRA/JRC Student Records/Release of Information on Students

EGAEA Electronic Mail

EGAEB Internet Policy

EGAEC Network Connections

EGAD-R-1 Copyright Compliance (Computer Software)

Teacher Computer (Dell or Mac) Teacher Laptop Project (all teachers by Dec 2012)

Cisco telephone with voice mail to Outlook email

Computer lab access Projector (or to check out) Shared printer access Other items particular to each school

What’s in Your Classroom

Teacher Portal/Schoolnet(http://teacher.dpsk12.org)

Infinite Campus - student information system (http://campus.dpsk12.org)

Employee Self Service (http://employeeinfo.dpsk12.org)

Outlook - Email (http://webmail.dpsk12.org)

Systems You Can Access

Microsoft Windows 7/Vista/XP Office 2007/2010

Macintosh OS 10.x Office 2008/2011

Home use of MS Office

Standardized Supported Software

Wired vs. Wireless DPS Barcoded Equipment Only

Non-DPS Equipment – Only on DPSGuest Wireless

DPS Network

Day 1 • Take student attendance in IC (Infinite

Campus)• Access your DPS Outlook e-mail account• Set up your telephone voice mail• Access Teacher Portal/Schoolnet

Your First Days With Technology

Days To Come

• Check your employee information (including your pay stub) on Employee Self-Service

• Ask for your guest teacher from SmartFind Express (substitute system)

Your First Days With Technology

Self-Service Password Management (SSPM)

The Department of Technology Services (DoTS) rollout of the Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution includes a stand-alone Self-Service Password Management tool which provides convenient and confidential password reset functionalities for Denver Public Schools (DPS) employees, contractors, volunteers and mentors.

Benefits of Managing My Own Password• Centralized self-service for password management • One place to go for all password management

related activities, such as password resets, password changes and username lookup

• Retrieve a forgotten DPS network/email account username

• Reset forgotten DPS network/email account password

• Available at any time, 24 hours a day/7 days week

Self-Service Password Management (SSPM)

Standard-Based Progress Report Used by all elementary and most

middle schools (not high schools) Trimester schedules Enter progress marks and comments

in IC

Your First Days With Technology

Online research databases Access via: http://lion.dpsk12.org/

Gaggle.net (student email, blogging, and social media)

Learning.com

Instructional Technology

Edmodo (Social media/Learning Management) Create an account in DPS

Google Apps (Not Available Yet)

Instructional Technology

YouTube (can be overridden by teachers)

Digital Educator Academy Tech Symposium Sept. 8th and Oct. 6th

(Saturdays) http://dea.dpsk12.org

Teacher Webpages Currently Wikispaces

Instructional Technology

Safari Montage (streaming digital content)

6000 high-quality educational videos

Searchable

Instructional Technology

Outlook Email Infinite CampusTeacher Portal/Schoolnet

On Aug 10th Account Set Up

Questions?

How can WE help?

Everything is linked at:

http://TeacherTechResources.wikispaces.dpsk12.org

http://tinyurl.com/DPSTech

Web Resource