1. Tech Alignment with District ‘s Mission 2. Alternative Resources 3. Tech Collaboration Efforts (Web Revisions) 4. Time for Questions

Shelton School DistrictTechnology Update

2010


2010

1. Tech Alignment with District ‘s Mission2. Alternative Resources3. Tech Collaboration Efforts (Web Revisions)4. Time for Questions

Supporting the MissionDistrict Mission: To provide the highest quality

educational opportunities possible to all students, in environments that nurture and promote each student's unique capabilities and finest achievements.

How is Tech Services supporting the District’s Mission?By maintaining a vision of how Technology will be

used in the District that is consistent with the District’s Mission.

By procuring and deploying Technology that supports the vision and is properly managed to be reliable and secure.

Tech Services MissionWe envision using technology to further the learning

community where Students are proficient using technology and able

to discern when and how to use technology. Teachers use technology to support and enhance

their instruction and provide learning opportunities to meet each student’s unique needs

Administrators use technology effectively to complete required functions and duties, to collaborate with other educators, and to analyze student learning

Support staff use technology effectively in their job and as a tool to support classroom needs and the learning environment

Tech Services MissionTo accomplish this the Technology Department is

responsible for providing reliable and dependable resources including Classroom computers and other instructional equipment Networking Infrastructure Servers to handle necessary services and educational

programs Adequately manage Internet bandwidth for learning

resources Maintain security measures and services to:

protect data prevent intrusions update computers protect student Internet access

Tech Services: Alternative ResourcesComputers for Kids

State Surplus NAVY computers Correctional Center Computers BPA computers Donations Off Lease purchasing

eRate FundingTitle II D grants

Tech Services: Collaboration• Next Generation of Web Services• SharePoint Services• Easier Management by Non-Tech

Staff• Adding Web 2.0 Services for

Classrooms• Discussion Lists• Wikis• Blogs


2010

1. Tech Alignment with District ‘s Mission2. Alternative Resources3. Tech Collaboration Efforts (Web Revisions)4. Time for Questions


2010

District Technology History

Starting in the Mid 90’s…o Several peer to peer networks

existed• Shelton High School Lab• Bordeaux Elementary System• Transportation Office• District Office

Tech Services MissionTo accomplish this the Technology Department is

responsible for providing reliable and dependable resources including Classroom computers and other instructional equipment Networking Infrastructure Servers to handle necessary services and educational

programs Adequately manage Internet bandwidth for learning

resources Maintain security measures and services to:

protect data prevent intrusions update computers protect student Internet access


2010

1. A Quick Look at the Breadth Tech Services2. Review Tech Plan3. Review WESPac and Skyward4. Technology behind On-Line Testing


Our First Tech Missiono Expand Information Sharing• Student Records on Rolodex• Move to computerized system• Accessible by dial-up

o Create Email Systemo Used contractor to install first Cat 5• We learned it was expensive• Next round we did ourselves with some volunteers


Our Tech Mantra: “We can do MORE if we do it OURSELVES”o First 3 years expansion was rapid• Ran about 5 miles of network cable• Move to School Master, not state system• Began finding ways to inter-connect buildings for email

District Technology Overview238 classrooms

206 LCD projectors 94 - under warranty 42 - 3 to 5 years old 70 - > 5 years old

169 Document Cameras 45 - under warranty 84 - 3 to 5 years old 40 - > 5 years old

1980 active computers167 Computers ready to be deployed119 Computers in for Repair or

Salvage or Disposal

http://www.pearsondigital.com/waterford

Age of Computers

> 8 years old

8 years old

7 years old

6 years old

5 years old

4 years old

3 years old

2 years old

1 year old

<1 year old

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700

Number of Computers

Classroom items continued12 Interactive White Boards

2 Student Response system

4 Classroom PAs for Teacher

District Technology Overview

http://www.orchardsoftware.com/

Classroom items continued7 District Phone Systems

475 phones with E911 capabilities a phone in every classroom

3 voicemail servers About 500 voicemail accounts District Office, Maintenance and CHOICE share a

system OBJ and MCTC share one Inter-building extension calling 2 Shared T1 trunks for up to 46 simultaneous calls


District Network

Classroom items continued3300 individual student user accounts580 staff account and email boxesSpecial Accounts

Contractors Volunteers Tutors Board Substitutes etc


Other Services - District wide17 Physical Servers

4 are Hosts only for multiple Virtual Servers23 Virtual Servers


Other Services - District wide cont’dWhy use virtualized servers

Save money on Server hardware Save money on Server Software Licensing Save money on Energy consumption

For running the Servers And cooling the Server spaces

Save money on UPS hardware and maintenance Provide more fault tolerance and fail over options Provide hardware Independence Down Side? It’s less tangible… adds complexity


Other Service - District wide cont’d33 UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply)

Most units notify of Power failures through eMail Several of them Automatically shutdown Servers

Routers, Firewalls and Packet Shapers One Cisco Router with Firewalling at Edge One on an ISA server with Firewalling One Packet Shaper (Bandwidth Manager)


Bandwidth Management


Bandwidth Management


Bandwidth Management Internet access is through the K20 (State Network)We have been steadily increasing our overall Bandwidth

Consumption over the past several yearsBandwidth is charged by the bit based on a average of

the 95 percentileWe have a caching server that provides reoccurring

cacheable data to our internal clients, reducing costs

Compare the following graphs.


2008 Internet Consumption

2010 Internet Consumption, doubles from 409 kb/s to 891 kb/s

Other Service - District wide cont’dMaintain the Distributed Network

111 Managed switches

40 Unmanaged switches approximately


Building 5500G 5500EI 4900 4500 4400 4250 4228 4226 4200 3300 1100

Warranty Open Open 6/11/2011 Open 6/18/2011 7/16/2011 6/18/2011 7/16/2011 Open Expired Expired

BDX 1 2 7 1 2

EVG 1 7 1 3

CHS 1 2 2 2

OMS 1 1 4 2 1

MTV 1 6 4

OBJ 1 1 1 8 4 1

SHS 2 1 2 10 4 2 1

ASB 2 1 3 1 1 1

MCTC 1

Spares 1 2 4 1 1 1 1

Totals 9 3 3 1 24 36 24 2 1 5 1

Other Service - District wide cont’dApplication Deployment 150 software titles

Adobe/Macromedia products: Premiere, Photoshop Elements, InDesign, Encore, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver …

Co-Writer, Auto CAD, Lucy Calkins, Building Homes on Your Own, Arcview GIS, Turbo Math, InTouch, Real Player, Quicktime, Peachtree, Music Ace, Bryce, Rhino, NetChess, Math Trek, Josten’s YearTech, Google Earth, Integrated Math Test Generator, Band In a Box, MOUS Certification Prep, NovaNet, SuccessMaker, SoftPlot Lite, Teacher Express Biology, TapIt, Teaching the Qualities of Writing, Tinker Plots, WJ III, Versatrans, WA Query System, Stellarium, Shopware, Roxio, Lucy Calkins, Logger Pro, Inspiration, Duetsh Aktuell, Beginner Piano , 2000 Fantastic Fonts, Biology Exploring Life, Calculus Test Generator, Filemaker, Earth’s Dynamic Surface, EvanMoor Transportation, ExamView Pro, Finale Notepad…


District Technology OverviewOverview of Main Elementary Software

EasyCBM – Assessment Software to track student achievement

Orchard Math – Targeted instruction, skill building and assessment for mathematics.

Reading Counts – Reading content monitoring, assessment and independent reading motivation

Rosetta Stone – Multilanguage learning softwareScholastic Reading Inventory – Assessment and

monitoring of student reading skillsSuccessMaker – Multicurricular skill building and

assessment. Waterford – Self paced skill building and

assessment in primary grades

http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/sri/

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Interactive_whiteboard_at_CeBIT_2007.jpg

http://www.hitachiconsumer.com/sg/products_details.aspx

http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/readingcounts/

http://www.rosettastone.com/

http://www.pearsondigital.com/successmaker/

Other Service - District wide cont’dManage Federally Require d Internet Filtering

CIPAVPN access for secure access outside accessOutside Web Mail Access for staffWeb servers with Web 2.0, Collaboration

extensionsFile storage statsDPM StatsGS talk about Web Changes


Other Service - District wide cont’dCustom Support applications for District Management

Support Manager Suite: Service Request Manager Routine Task Manager Account Manager Asset Manager Lab Manager

Facilities, Events and Athletics Manager News Articles, web published Numerous other applets

Staff account creator, assigner Student account creator Login Manager Printer Cartridge Procurer



Tech Service Request (SR) stats

7 Tech Staff (excluding, Student Techs, Interns and Workstudy Students)

Exec. Director of Operations & Technology – Rick Hanson

Assistant Director of Technology – Glenn Shorten

Information Technology Specialists I Bob McMath (Server Admin, excl. Exchange, ASB staff support) Chris Carpenter (Exchange Admin, Application Packaging, CHS, EVG and

MCJDC Support, Tech purchasing, etc.)

Technology Support Coordinator II Bruce McCarty(BDX, MTV, OMS) Kitty Lundeen-Ness(Skyward)

Technology Support Coordinator I Ian Dinnan (MCTC,SHS)

Computer Technician Chad Trogstad(OBJ)



Questions?

The F1 key in most Windows application starts

on line help…

Old School Geek humor


2010

1. A Quick Look at the Breadth of Tech Services2. Review Tech Plan3. Review WESPac and Skyward4. Technology behind On-Line Testing

Tech Plan GoalsModeled After Building School Improvement

PlansWork with Curriculum Adoption Cycle

2007-2008: Catch up year2008-09: Mathematics2009-2010: Fine Arts/Performing Arts; Global

Language, K-5 Social StudiesDeveloping Replacement Cycle for

Computers, Servers and Network Hardware

Tech Plan Goals Additions to the plan…Need to review software and technology used

at each building. Find out what works and what doesn’t work for improving student learning

Find ways to implement working solutions to other buildings

Required Tech Class at OMS?Wireless network throughout district


2010

1. A Quick Look at the Breadth of Tech Services2. Review Tech Plan3. Review WESPaC and Skyward4. Technology behind On-Line Testing

What is SKYWARD?Starting in School Year `03-`04

o SSD converted to SKYWARD for Student Recordso Management• Shelton High School Lab• Bordeaux Elementary System• Transportation Office• District Office

SKYWARDWSIPC (Wa School Information Processing

Cooperative)SkywardWESPaC

W WISPCE EnhancedS SkywardP Pointa andC Click

SKYWARDWSIPC (Wa School Information Processing

Cooperative)SkywardWESPaC

W WISPCE EnhancedS SkywardP Pointa andC Click

SKYWARD

WEDSS is a data Warehouse

WEDSS is a data Warehouse• A repository of an organization's

electronically stored data. Data warehouses are designed to facilitate reporting and analysis. (Wikipedia)

• A central location of data that combines all of the existing subsystems and legacy systems into one single structure.

WEDSS is a data Warehouse Better Access to Data

HistoryCurrent

Better ReportingTrending reportsLongitudinal informationDashboardsDrill Down Reporting


2010

1. A Quick Look at the Breadth of Tech Services2. Review Tech Plan3. Review WESPaC and Skyward4. Technology behind On-Line Testing

ONLINE TESTING• Online testing had two models.

• Use a Local Caching Server (LCS)• Have students connect straight to the state testing

Web servers.• We choose the LCS for the following reasons.

• Maintain a local store of the testing material• Maintain a local copy of the testing data until

uploaded to the State.• Eliminate all the outside variables during test time.

• Test Application set as a package to be easily installed on any District computer.

• We have set the program to by pass local server and go straight to state if there is an issue with the local server.

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1. Tech Alignment with District ‘s Mission 2. Alternative Resources 3. Tech Collaboration Efforts (Web Revisions) 4. Time for Questions