Regional Meeting in Holton - October 2008
October 29th, 2008
Here is a summary of the meeting, if items are incorrect or need updating please post a comment.
10:10am - Tom Sextro - Introductions and Topic Requests
10:25am - Melinda Stanley - KSDE
Update from KSDE
- Kathy Gosa may be available to talk about data at future KTCN events
- KSDE.org/learn21
- 21st Century Learning Profiles and Public Comments blog on KDSE Website
Tech Plan Process
- Opportunity for individuals to update tech plan rubric
- Tech Coordinator and E-rate List-serve improved
E-Rate
- Twice as many audits as last year
- Focus on documentation
- Need help, contact the helpline
- Need proof you had a draft before you file your 470 by e-mailing it to yourself or someone in your tech committee.
- Kent- Is it possible to revamp e-rate training, or publish agenda so people familiar with e-rate could come for a small portion of the training? Or have a session with just updates?
- SLD has published e-rate information
- KSDE/Take - E-rate - Will take you to the SLD Page
Tech Rich Classrooms
- Another round of grants, 7 available
- 100 grant, 50K match
- grade 3-6 target, 4 classrooms and instructional coach
- RFP will be out in November, due in February
State Course Codes
2008 Broadband Subsidy Application
- $3000, must be member school
10:50am - KCA Local Caching Server
- Must be set at each client
- http://kca.cete.us/downloads/downloads_lcs.htm
- Advantages
- Reduces the number of clients going back to the state
- Tests are downloaded once
- Students can finish tests if your internet connection goes down.
- Disadvantages
- Has to be set on each client
11:00am - 5 min break
11:05am - Lunch
11:40am - Misc Discussion
- Network Scanning/Monitoring
- http://bitcom.ch/ - Bitcom Xnet
- http://www.whatsupgold.com/
- http://www.cacti.net/
- http://www.angryziber.com/w/Home
- http://www.spiceworks.com/
- iPhone apps - iPing and Ping A Majig
11:45am - Jeff Andrews - Powerschool Issues
- PS Users group in April
- November 17 - Sys Admin meeting in Junction City hosted by Matt Fruend
- http://kspsug.org/
- Listserve address - http://lists.essdack.org:8000/mailman/listinfo/powerschool
- Backup
- http://mozy.com/pro
- Kent talks about backup issues with backup
- Running on VMware
- Tomcat
- Tom: Hosting your own server vs Pearson/PS hosted
- Hosted
- They do backup, takes several weeks for them to upload a report, took 2 weeks and multiple phone calls to get KIDS beta report uploaded.
- Speed issues with teachers web gradebook and Powerlunch
- From Mureen Mcdonald (AIM/iChat - maureen4595) - PS is supposed to create a script to backup offsite to the place you make available.
- Mac - Applications/Utilities/Java/Java Preferences you can change which version or or order of Java being used
- Steve Schuler - Issues with Powerlunch, duplicate purchases
- Doug Jenson - Thumb Scanners with Acuscan
12:25pm - Policies
- Teacher Policies/Insurance
- Similar to band instruments
- Safeware
- Kent Unruh - Randoph - Teachers are responsible with $100 deductible, now they have a 1 time forgiveness.
- Paul Martin - Summer checkout form to take district equipment out of the building
- Steve Schuler - For every inservice they got $60, had 9 inservicss a year, if they had $1200 when they got new laptops, they got to keep the old laptop.
12:35pm - Steve Schuler - Disaster Recovery
- Building a Safe Room for data storage..without windows
- Offsite storage
- Power supplies built into the room with gas generator
- Where are your critical machines, can I move them to a more secure location
- Kan-ED - network backup? State might host off-site backup?
- Doug Jenson - uses a group out of Udall that backups every night back to Wichita -Tavtech - They also monitor the backups.
- Partnering with neighboring schools for offsite backup
12:50pm - Wireless Networking
- Managed wireless networks
- Linksys
- http://www.bluesocket.com/
- http://www.arubanetworks.com/
- DLink offers inexpensive managed wireless devices
- http://www.xirrus.com/ Will com out and do a site survey
1:00pm - Filtering
- http://www.opendns.com/ filter by DNS
- Whitelist
- Total Traffic Control - $10,000 yr with 3 year contract
1:15pm - Policies for teachers installing software
- Concerns about software audit
1:18pm - Virus
- Antivirus 2008 - http://www.malwarebytes.org/
- http://www.sophos.com/ - allows you give students and staff software to use on their home computers for free
- Office Macro Virus
- Command antivirus
- http://www.f-prot.com/
- http://www.centralcommand.com/ also know as Vexira
1:25pm - Break
1:35pm - Wireless Microphone
- www.dak.com - $60 lapel microphoneÂ
- http://www.dak.com/Reviews/2030Story.cfm
1:40pm - Wii Whiteboard
- http://www.uweschmidt.org/
- Using Maratech for whiteboard software
- http://tomsextro.com
1:53pm - Migrating from Novell to WindowsÂ
- Centriq Training in Kansas City
- KIS training in Independence
1:55pm - MS Office Alternatives/Converting .docx to .doc
- http://www.openoffice.org/ - Biggest complaint - no clipart gallery
- iWork
- http://docs.google.com
- http://www.sun.com/software/staroffice/
- http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php
- Office 2003/2004 - Latest update will allow you to open .docx files
2:05pm - Closing Comments
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