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Technology Liaison

Meeting Agenda

Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
District Office Board Room

8:00 Networking; welcome new Liaisons and Dan Weiser, Sign-in Sheet

8:05 Site Updates (All)

Divide into 3 groups, Minute Recorders, Time Keepers, 3 minutes each

1. Staff development opportunities and needs
2. Initiatives that are "working"
3. Issues you are faced with

Report Back

9:00 Technology Services Department Updates (Tim)

Future Liaison meeting agenda items, Wireless Project Completion, Yr 9 Erate Projects, Liaisons listserv, Site Tech quarterly meeting scheduled for Feb 14th at 3:30 board room (List), SIS Investigation (implementation Fall 07), Online AP Classes, Laptop Insurance change, MIT's $100 Laptops (future), MacWorld Conference, CUE Conference, NECC Conference. CUE/NECC Institute School Web Site Maintenance: Contribute and Free Trial (use acct tim_landeck@pvusd.net and password of macromedia)

10:00 Break

10:15 CA School_Tech Survey

• Liaisons to complete sections 5, 6 and 7
• Site staff to complete other sections as possible
• Inform Fred of sections you need support in completing
• Due March 1st, 2006
  • District Pin #: 191272
  • School Survey System Password: desktop
  • Direct Funded Charter School PIN #: df1234
  • Direct Funded Charter School Password: desktop

10:30 Changing passwords (Dan, Fred and Tim)

iPrism Overrides...Appropriate Use

1. Does the site have EDUCATIONAL value? (Yes)
2. Does the site have potential to harm students, families, staff, community or others? (No)
3. Does the site have potential to harm the district technology and/or network? (No)

11:00 Public Folders, School Calendars and Distribution Lists (Dan)

11:25 EdTech Profile (Fred)

11:30 Help Box Tips and Tricks (Dan)

11:50 COE Presentation (Thom Dunks, Kelly Wade)

12:00 Lunch

12:45 Software Licenses (Dan)

1:00 Altiris Demo (David Slavin)

1:10 Remote Desktop Demo (Tim)

1:15 Grant Opportunities: (Tim, Dan, Fred)

• EETT Competitive Grant: Round 4 Summary, Round 4 Grant, Round 5 grant
• HP K-12 grants due Feb 15, 2006; download RFA
  • Alisal USD HP Grant (last year): Narritive, Attachments
• K-12 Voucher Initiative (Microsoft Settlement) $100-300/student (not released yet)
• Small grants: Schools Plus, iCUE Silicon Valley
• Other Grants Web Page

1:30 UltraKey Demo and Keyboarding Discussion (Dan)

1:45 Management of site distribution lists (for Office Managers) (Tim)

2:00 Staff Development: Online listing/signup and Feedback form (Fred)

2:15 Imagination Suite Demo (Fred)  

2:40 Recycling and Donations (Tim)

• Donations
  • Fill out Donation Form
  • Submit to Tim for review and approval
  • Tim to place donation on board agenda
  • After board approval, accept donation
  • Tim writes a letter of thanks
• Recycle:
  • Post to Liaison list to see if another site could use the hardware
  • Fill out Maintenenace Dept inventory form with PVUSD inventory numbers
  • Call Maintenance department to pick up and recycle equipment
  • Have a hardware replacement plan

3:00 Day Feedback http://www.pvusd.net/eval (All)

3:15 Giveaways (Thanks to Tech4Learning and others)

3:30 Adjourn