Meeting+minutes+April+24+2008

“Melting Iceburg mess” Angela Hodges retiring after 32/34 years Kevin: technical Updates: Troubleshooting before you submit a heat ticket… Appliance will sometimes drop a use rloggin and drops into an IP group and they are in a very restrictive Go to tak bar, right click on task manager or go to cntr-alt-del Go to processes, look for a process called autheticat, if it’s not there then that person needs to log off and log back on and check to see if its there then they are in the proper filtering group. Web portal passwords: Problems with SSO passwords If those passwords don’t work, remember there is an application to reset passwords; ·  ** Start ·  Windows applications ·  Manage passwords ** Clear the three fields, blank them out and let them reset their password the next time they click on the SSO application. They will be hiding certain folders (ALS data, some other one) (you can still go to show hidden folders) Request for Information: Rename process: Active directory large database, they need to keep a check on the size of that database They are keeping a monthly report of computers that have not logged on in 90 days Developed a Spreadsheet and it is on the webportal to verify the machines that have not logged on in 90 days Go to webportal: Information for tech facilitators Request for info folder **Old computer verfication folder** **C**omputer name and last log-on **Decision, keep or remove** Second section of the same spreadsheet has a Report on machines that have **virus/spyware problems**. Tren Micro, run a local scan on machine, blue icon in system tray, r click, office scan console, choose drive and scan SPYBOT, ADAWARE, license issues? They are looking at a free version of Spyware, windows defender, paid versions of SPYBOT and ADAWARE, Tren Micro—“House CALL”— [|**http://housecall.trendmicro.com/uk/**] There has been a complete tren micro update… If Broken link, then try right clicking and updating… Or you can uninstall and reinstall Web: 10.4.208.72/officescan Riverdeep Curriculum integration workshops Shift happens, curriculum resources had been becoming “scattered” There will be no more jurying of lesson plans Different formats of lesson plans, etc in different departments Easy access to curriculum resources River deep was purchased by Houton Mifflin/Harcourt Want improved lesson plan formatting (larger font, etc.) Make-Over: “Bus driver, Move that Bus!” New upgrade to river deep, more widget based content River Deep: [|http://lv1.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/lv/login User name matches their **e-mail user name** and the password should be **wsfcs** **Improvements**: Font larger/divider bars to break up the sections/hyperlinked to attachments in the body/improved navigation. Will have one stop shopping in the new lessons, with links… Links to DE screening for example… This new platform will also have single sign on feature that will automatically remember their user name and password into DE streaming. Templates for inspiration/smart/active board software, etc. Hoping to have this out by January (maybe August, they will try) Working with text book companies, for e-books Will be part of negotiations—Florida is big on all of this… E-mail Carol Glover if questions Progress Reports and maintenance weekends (DPI posts those dates a year in advance) Progress reports dates are determined in August. Direct questions should go to assistant superintendents about the calendar. NCWISE –the slowest component is the report builder, and so that’s why on Tuesday of Progress reports weeks are so slow… July 1: Betty is HOPING that NCWISE will go to their own data center for our district…and will improve the situation dramatically We will still have the same maintenance weekends… Still looking at the Parent component, that could happen as early as August. Then, the teachers will have to be more diligent about entering their grades. Look in your folders for a handout on this… Have AUP’s for students in their cum folders. The form should follow students. Purple sheet should come with students as they move. If parent said NO to AUP, then DATA MANAGER must mark as such in NCWISE. If a student misbehaves, then that does not apply to AUP, it’s a discipline problem. Purple document should be in student folders! Dr. Simington will talk to the counselors about this too. Policy is the AUP stays with them. This should be part of your handbook. You have the right to change the AUP. To clarify, the AUP is for the internet, and all other computer components. Sharepoint : Betty will be blogging the TBT: Will have Archives of all the TBT’s: Office 2007 survey, complete it from the blog. The blog has an RSS feed, you can set up to come to you… Marlo initially used “Word press”, the templates had been pointing to to some unknown site…so she switched to blogspot http://wsfcsintouch.blogspot.com/ AMTR: Needs to be taken seriously…results go to your school report card https://amtr.dpi.state.nc.us/amtr2008/default.asp See handout with cheat sheet for AMTR questions/answers She went over this in detail…the answers, not sure why Next meeting is May 29th Think about summer, training, workshops ? Will come out on a survey…asking about this… **Joe Tolson** is the legislator—write to expressing what we need in our schools (full time tech facilitator—they count the e-mails Header: “we need technology facilitators in every school”  **Marlo**: Carol Glover and the river deep revamp: it is a new product, not the “old River deep” no cutie names. There will be a new name.  Blog: If you can’t access some feature they talk about at school, they are just thoughts ideas, and then maybe they can block or unblock depending on what we think about the resources.   Tech Plan:   2005 we developed a school tech plan.   Wsfcs tech plan due to the state in November  Discussion for SIT team  New SIP will address all goals line up with the 21st century student goals.  Technology strands should be incorporated into School improvement plan.  Under strategies under goals:  Conversation:   ·   How did school approach the writing of the tech plan?   ·   Which strategy was most successful ·  Any areas you would have written differently ·  Any part not get completed Auditing of tech plans? Will it come to that? Discussion: Most of us agreed that we were the person to develop the tech plan. MTAC committee made the plan, and SIT approved. Keep it as Simple as can be…easy way to document, not paper intensive. Transferring goals from the old to the new, will only work wif they are 21st century goals. For example providing teachers resources for planning and curriculum still applies. This ultimately has to come from the Principal and SIT. Next job will be to come up with some ideas: Schools will be told they need not include a separate tech plan, but to include tech components in Tech. Google docs: This will be put on the web portal She has put up the strategies: 1)    to produce globally competitive students    2)    NC will be led by 21st Century Professionals 3)   Schools will make students healthy and responsible    4)    Leadership will guide by innovation 5)   Schools will be governed by 21st century systems  Have to have buy-in from leadership  Principals be required training on the impact model  Innovation: effective and efficient operations  Media Center: re-working
 * Technology Facilitator’s Meeting—April 24th, 2008 **
 * The Webfilter: **
 * TO DO: Spreadsheet for your school, do the Check out, check in procedure **
 * Open it **
 * Do between now and May 31st **
 * They will be disabled if we don’t do this by May 31st **
 * Tren Micro **
 * Marlo Gaddis: **
 * Have to RETHINK **
 * Back to Betty— **
 * AUP: **
 * Followups: **