October+2010

=** Welcome to the October, 2010 Tech Liaison Meeting **= = =

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For assistance or support please contact the Instructional Technology Specialists assigned to your district.
District 24 - Frances O'Neill - foneill@schools.nyc.gov District 25 - Michael Swirsky - mswirsky@schools.nyc.gov District 26 - Kin Fung Leung - KLeung@schools.nyc.gov District 27 - Kelly Gallagher - kgallagher4@schools.nyc.gov District 28 - Frances Newsom-Lang - fnewsom-lang@schools.nyc.gov District 29 - Robert Sweeney - rsweene@schools.nyc.gov District 30 - Ellen Phillips - ephilli3@schools.nyc.gov

Meetings
10/14/10 - Protraxx #051-11-035-115 10/15/10 - Protraxx #051-11-035-105

Agenda Welcome
 * Protraxx seems to be working since people received email.
 * How do we find out about meetings?
 * Email: distribution list- if you didn't receive it, get us your email and we'll make sure you are added.

Wikispace: oitqueens.wikispaces.com - get all information from every tech liaison meeting
 * Protraxx registration Tab on the left
 * in order by date
 * December, February and April are upcoming meetings
 * RESO A:
 * Go to September 2009 for resources pertaining to these grants.


 * Technology Conferences
 * [|TechForum]- discount Code: NY10DOE October 22, 2010
 * [|Long Island Tech Summit] October 27, 2010

School Tube Vender number--SCH426668 01 Contract #- Competitive Grant- CO Premium Channel: $395/yr Super Channel-$995/yr
 * Material will all be available on the Schooltube's wiki
 * Founder: Andrew Arizpe (present)
 * Largest moderated K-12 video sharing website
 * Endorsed by many National Education Associations
 * Everything is moderated- nothing will appear before teacher approving it
 * Videos are attributed to a teacher at a particular school (after being verified- NYC: schools.nyc.gov code)
 * Flagging mechanism available if needed
 * Everyone registers in schooltube- including students
 * [|SchoolTube]
 * Home Page
 * Categories and Contests
 * Material is broken down into 24 major topics that are then broken down into subtopics
 * All videos are public
 * [|Renewable Energy in My Community Contest]
 * Educator Page
 * many "how tos"
 * provides information on how to use SchoolTube
 * best practices for video and stories
 * School Archive Page
 * videos from a particular school
 * Help Page
 * help tickets
 * Search by word
 * User Guides
 * School Channel
 * Teacher Channel
 * more video technology need to be embedded into the curriculum
 * All teachers can create a channel for free.
 * Teacher uploads
 * Favorite videos
 * Teacher Page


 * How to Get Started
 * Register
 * Upload a video
 * Moderator Approval
 * Video is live on the web
 * Use your video- embed it or link to it.
 * Benefits
 * Student Portfolio
 * National Exposure- "The Wire"
 * Grade from couch :)
 * Media Literate Students
 * Distinguish student videos from district videos

Wild and Wacky Web 2.0 A Baker's Dozen- 13 of the best Web 2.0 tools available will be presented at Long Island Tech Summit > TidyFavorites personal bookmarking site (Firefox Plug-In) >>
 * An idea: create a generic account with resources built from numerous people
 * Benefits
 * provides categories for websites which is a huge plus
 * Very Visual
 * Embedit.in great source for //embedding// documents (static files- pictures, ppt, etc.) into a website, wiki, etc.
 * [|Kwout] select part of a website so that the links are still live (Firefox Plug-In)
 * (if adding annotation- links are dead.)
 * can be utilized in many ways (website, wiki,
 * Kwout Quote- gives you live links- preferred method- since it's different than other capabilities
 * [|Edutecher] Great site for many different resources to include in your classroom
 * GotoWeb20

Things we can use these tools for: SchoolTube Uses Embedit.in Uses
 * Using Pivot to create animations- now have a place to live
 * Capturing tutorials how tos
 * highlight school events
 * SEM display in gym of projects at end of year - now we could have global audience
 * Using embedit.in for important documents on CMS
 * way to display student work

Tech 4 Learning //Motto: Students as producers not consumers.//

PIXIE WIXIE PIXIE/WIXIE FRAMES SHARE CONNECT- *free
 * Bloom's Taxonomy revamped- CREATIVITY on top
 * PK-6th showcase their knowledge by combination of pain, text, voice, and more to create authentic curriculum projects, including podcasts, trading cards, and online storybooks
 * Web-based Pixie- log in at school, home, library- restrictive in the saving mode.
 * Students only see activities that have been assigned to them.
 * teachers can assign time frame.
 * Tech4Learning will provide for trials if needed.
 * Original Drawings
 * Core Content Activities
 * Listening and Speaking tools
 * Sharing Opportunities (print and otherwise)
 * Students as authors!
 * Stop-Motion-Animation software
 * similar interface to Pixie
 * Students can combine text, graphics, original illustrations and animations, movies, and sound to create great projects.
 * Presentations are html documents, interactive PDF, etc. and can be animated.
 * Materials are printable.
 * A place to share how you are using products with colleagues.

Johel Placencia, DIIT, Queens Borough Technology Manager
Tech Sharepoint Website >>>> ** New and Exciting!! ** Other Important Information: >
 * Network, Software, Infrastructure
 * Things that are happening
 * new hardware list is online- [| PCS]
 * Dell did not bid for the hardware
 * Apple
 * HP
 * Lenovo
 * Printers
 * Datamation
 * CDW
 * Servers
 * Custom Computers- will analyze needs and provide a quote. Request will then be routed to Johel Placencia and then
 * iPads- AV device- not being sold as computer so you are on your own for out of the box treatment.
 * Apps- on your own? No written guidelines.
 * All In One Category- Windows based boxes- Windows version of iMac (Lenovo- 18.5 and 23 inch)
 * Office 2010- not available yet.
 * iE8 will officially be supported now that all administrative programs are compatible except one. ORS
 * Windows 7 (new computers only at this time) image will be available if schools are comfortable doing upgrade by the end of the year/beginning of next year.
 * Personal Blackberries
 * Blackberries will not work and it is not secure- when we upgraded servers, removed the feature and it's no longer available
 * Blackberry Internet Service- iPhone and Droid- still able to connect on your own.
 * Must Purchase a license CAL (70 bucks) and then an additional enterprise service BIS- BES) (16 dollars)
 * ** IBM Personal Creations- licensing- using web based interface Web Connect – for ATS
 * If hardware issue occurs- server (HIS server) - they will connect to Web Connect
 * Piloting the instructions with 40 schools- and January- going live borough by borough
 * Teacher Email- last hurdle- iE8. Needs to be rolled out after iE8- OWA 2010 (100 megs)
 * Website (Internet) Do It Yourself- announcements, documents, wiki, downloads (images included)