TECHNOLOGY COORDINATORS

The People who deal with Stuff

Dane ConradForrest County School District

June 24, 2008

Technology Coordinators

Overview E-Rate & E2T2: How You Get Stuff Network, Hardware, & Software: The Stuff Policies & Procedures: Rules for the Stuff Instructional Technology: The Goal for the

Stuff

Topics

Overview

Position established as part of federal grant requirements

No two are the same Backgrounds Responsibilities

METLA, MS Educational Technology Leaders Association, www.metla.org

E-Rate & E2T2: How You Get Stuff E-Rate

Federal subsidy for telecommunications equipment and service

Forms, forms, forms Filed between early November to early February

E2T2 – Enhancing Education Through Technology

Federal program for educational technology Distributed by state (formula and competitive grants)

Strings attached Content-filtering (CIPA) AUP Technology plan

Network, Hardware, and Software: The Stuff

Network troubleshooting

Network, Hardware, and Software: The Stuff

Hardware Anything that plugs into an electrical outlet, ;-) Cooperate with other dept.’s – Maintenance,

Business (timeclock system) Servers supporting district applications

(educational, asset inventory, business, student information database, Web, DNS, email, . . .)

Backup and backup power Administrator, Teacher, and student

workstations (laptop/desktop) Whiteboards (Promethean, InterWrite, Smart)

and accessories VOIP phones/phone system

Network, Hardware, and Software: The Stuff

Software Rights management for end-users MSIS/Student Information System Educational classroom applications Business dept./Asset Inventory Licensing Open source Web 2.0 and other online opportunities

Policies & Procedures: Rules for the Stuff

Content-filtering AUP

Everyone that uses computer/network Document, document, document

Email filter (virus, anti-spam) Online helpdesk process

Instructional Technology: The Goal for the Stuff

Teacher training Basic technology competencies Technology Integration Classroom hardware/software for proficient use New trends

MECA, MS Educational Computing Association, www.ms-meca.org

MOTE survey

Technology Coordinators

Presentation can be downloaded from:

http://www.slideshare.net/daneconrad/tech-coord-position-483330