tech+facilitator+notes

Emory Maiden at Brunson Digital story-telling Audacity—can be a portable app (can put on your server—just copy the folder, and then I put an icon on the shared drive where teachers can access it) I will get up with Tanya on that… (Nanette Naylor is at Philo—new to the job) Emory says…you need a group of “early adopters”…to get a thing like digital story telling going...it engaging kids…sells itself… Take what he knew and share it with a few teachers…is the way to go when introducing new stuff like this…
 * Technology Facilitator Meeting Notes from Atkins High School—Thursday, March 27, 2008:**
 * Back to Betty:**


 * Annual Media and technology Report:**

He will be putting this on Sharepoint [|http://amtr.dpi.state.nc.us] CL will also e-mail us the information: ID and password: 340-406 (406 is Jefferson's school number) will be due--June 12th—last school day for teachers… Just pentium processor speed now and where it is 50% of the time. Yes or no questions about digital streaming… need to Save every ten minutes, and must save at the bottom of every section.
 * Cl Marshall: **

Showed us document cameras, sound systems, response systems. All these things should be available from the pricing list in the near future.
 * Arnie from Computrak**:

Speaker from Central Office: Teachers guide… Clay models, create your own harbor seal… Microphone mounted on the ceiling. Technology is “tansparent” Power point: see both the Power point and his video Also input from DVD available… Wanted to sow functionality and their relationship with CSI. Open Questions for CSI: ** Three camera views…are possible. How you set up your room is important to avoid feedback issues. Getting comfortable with the different views. Light issues… The unit they are selling is an all in one Self contained unit Question: Louis: How are you connecting? Over the computer network: ip address, you use the IP address of the units. All IP communication. Question about the TV/camera unit that is all in one…It is a mobile distant learning “cart” Kelly--Barebasics cost is: $23,000 “Skype is free”—Jeff Nichols…
 * CSI technology outfitters: **
 * Rick**—guy at central office, **Kelly** here at Atkins:
 * Ken Reeves** from Atlanta:
 * Casey Dellinger**—demo of distant learning room:

http://www.skype.com/download/skype/windows/downloading/

Jeff Nichols at South East Middle School is doing a video conference at 11:00 tomorrow with Romania. Communicating with two schools one in Germany one is in Romania, started out with e-mail and pen pals. Introduced pen pals Use Skype, and a little Sony Camera—uses a fire wire to go from the camera to the computer. Talked about what the kids do, their favorite hobbies, etc.

Set up a skype account—get an account…to see if we can attend Jeff’s session from our own’s schools. I was able to talk to Jeff this afternoon but we don't think I can "attend" the video conference live--seems to only allow two people at a time through video conference, but you can talk through a conference call with several people on skype at the same time.

6 minute clip from a 1 hour session… Kids put on Skits for each other –from two different schools. British Isles schools all have free video conferencing? She has Other partners: in Pittsburgh and another in Spain, and several other sites all over the country. Sea Trek for kinder-garden… Linda has an old system…will have to update next year. This is her soap box, feels it really encourages interactivity. She puts notes on her school blog about her conferences.
 * Linda McDermon: Rural Hall elementary:**

Send Jeff the book about : http://www.amazon.com/Against-Happiness-Melancholy-Eric-Wilson/dp/0374240663
 * Computrak:**

more Technical DIFFICULTIES:

Evan’s Presentation on Digital natives, etc. Blah, blah, blah…our changing technology… Evan can we get a copy of this presentation? Shift happens Shifthappens.wikispaces.com:

http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/

** How do we get teachers to buy in? Bringing teachers to it…group incentives…Sally suggested We need Full time technology facilitators Issues with equipment… Teachers need to become comfortable and equipment needs to work the first time we show them Sharon: teaching teachers how to use the information. Focusing the teachers using babysteps… Check out the Blog for the pbi wiki that the school system’s department of technology has set up.
 * Try “Twitter”: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter

http://imagineit.pbwiki.com/

Favorites, with laptops and teachers at home. Scipt running on the laptop container will fix it—will send the favorites to the Will allow **delicious** site (not be blocked) a hosted book mark site.
 * Technical issues--Kevin Sherril**

http://del.icio.us/

WikiSpaces .com can upload the users 30 at a time…and has an ad free wiki.

Password resets…on SSO applications…issues… SSO manage passwords: choose the application, and clear all three fields. Under the teacher application. Windows Applications, SSO Manage Passwords. ( Type in slow) Guidance counselors go to the admin webportal.
 * Sharepoint for webportal: **
 * Bett**y: take it (today) as a learning experience…”check out and check in”

https://webportal.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/sites/Principals/default.aspx

Only works with office 2003 or 2007 Stay away from 2000 office or XP Check out, click on document, say ok Edit, just close the application, get window to save and check in __**On office 2007**__ Get a message on check out, just say OK Open document, edit, close, you say to you want to save…say YES, then another window and you say save and check in.
 * Check out and check in documents:**
 * __Running Office 2003__:**
 * On the tech facilitator’s webportal, there is an instructional video…**


 * Generic tech facilitator accounts:**

Value of having 30? Kevin does not see a reason to have 30. One account per school school numberuser (406user), pw: 123456 unlimited number of log-ons. Not map drives, Will do what they (the current 30) do today. Student web filter, printer access on SSO, Student icons. Will be in place after spring break. Requests for teacher and student. Will be able to see the new in the MMC

Creating student **studentweb**, pw: wsfcs One account filtered as a student, give it to teachers to test websites blocked for a student. POD-casting: drive space to house these: V drive—for “shawdow copies”, has 50-100 GB, K drive will map to V drive for Media Does not go against their quota. Centralized place for saving Media Files Backing up –will not be backed up tho. CTE teacher’s quota issues? They could possibly use this V drive: Tren MS Office Scan: working on loading a patch to the whole district by April 7th to upgrade office scan—April 7th Then, looking at machines that are loaded with viruses/spyware. They will ask machines be pulled off the network. Spyware can send a switch into a loop.
 * Student Web Account:**

Commercial about the “Active Broadcast”: Rapid Annoucment, with Cisco IP phones—broadcast. could page people to a phone…Brian will be coming to schools with the IP phones—training is 10-15 mins. IP phones—not many have it yet. 10 or 12 more schools this summer. Schools that were bond-e-rate schools. Based on schools with the oldest phones. Phones are $400 a piece. Cheaper than the current monthly charges. Testing at Kimberly park—IP phone to Bogen system. Working ok. Student Webportal—plan to roll out at the start of the year.—Just H drive access to begin
 * Brian Elliot:**


 * Send Jeff the link to the webportal document…Here it is:**


 * [[file:Teacher Web Portal Basics Instructor Notes.doc]][[file:TeacherWebportal Overview.doc]]**


 * Brian: **