My OperaPlan designed to assist 21st-century learners
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 5:46:24 AM
MILLSTONE — David Tuccillo, the college district’s director of technology, unveiled a three-year technologies plan at the May 25 Board of Education meeting.
The Area Technology Committee defined the action plan to direct future technical growth in the colleges. This three-year plan provides standards, procedures and policies concerning the use and implementation of advancing technologies.
Based on the report put together
by the committee, areas of special interests within the new consist of maintaining and expanding the district-wide Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications system, too as the continued expansion of partnerships with the company community and locations of higher learning to plan and conduct distance understanding.
The area will pursue technology grants along with other funding sources to additional interconnect the schools and afford students access to applications worldwide. There will be continued expansion of staff training and in-service opportunities for all district employees. Distance learning practices is going to be implemented to further enhance educational programs offered to students and faculty.
The district’s web site will continue to grow to support ever-growing demands for information. The number of computer systems and presentation devices in classrooms will improve, along with monitoring of these devices. All places of curriculum will have continual use of technologies, together with upgrading of existing network infrastructure to permit for future technological growth. Qualified personnel will be provided to oversee and maintain all places of the district’s technology program.
The report states that improving student academic achievement through 2013 includes ensuring all classrooms, pc labs and media centers have updated computer systems and peripherals. The district follows a “Purchasing and Replacement Plan” to cycle new computer systems into the places that require it the most. Computers that are not yet determined to become obsolete are cycled back into the classrooms as supplemental workstations for students. The Technologies Department plans to carry on following this plan in the future.
Currently, the district has more than 40 projection devices. In the middle college, these are ceiling mounted in each and every classroom, little group instruction and conference rooms. In the main and elementary colleges, these products are on little mobile carts created available to the teachers on a sign-out basis. It has been, and will continue to be, a concentrate to improve accessibility and availability of these products all through all 3 schools to aid teachers in integrating technology into their classrooms. You will find currently 15 document readers within the area. The area will concentrate on buying extra devices for much more staff.
Web entry is supplied towards the district via a bundled connection consisting of two T1 lines for all secure traffic (i.e., web mail, web access to Student Info Program, etc.) and also via cable modem for all nonsecure and standard Web entry. Wireless connectivity to the district’s network is supplied throughout the middle and elementary colleges. All wireless access points are managed via a central wireless controller located within the network operations center.
Based on the report, there is a great need for exploring and implementing the use of open-source applications available to the area at no charge. As the area continues to face budgetary constraints, the have to lower the overall operating expenditures is vital. One with the largest expenses is licensing fees associated with some with the current software packages/suites being utilized. A switch to a comparable open-source package would allow the area to realize a excellent price savings.
A movement toward applications for example Google Documents and Google Apps would allow for platform independent access at anytime, from any location. This would permit staff and students to access assignments and other materials without having being needed to be on the school’s network during college hours.
The entire district is connected by way of fiber optic cable ensuring a secure, highspeed network connection to all parts with the network, regardless with the area of a user’s connection. High-speed wireless connectivity is accessible within the middle and elementary colleges, with plans to selectively deploy this service in the main school within the upcoming years.
Examiner
The Area Technology Committee defined the action plan to direct future technical growth in the colleges. This three-year plan provides standards, procedures and policies concerning the use and implementation of advancing technologies.
Based on the report put together
by the committee, areas of special interests within the new consist of maintaining and expanding the district-wide Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications system, too as the continued expansion of partnerships with the company community and locations of higher learning to plan and conduct distance understanding.
The area will pursue technology grants along with other funding sources to additional interconnect the schools and afford students access to applications worldwide. There will be continued expansion of staff training and in-service opportunities for all district employees. Distance learning practices is going to be implemented to further enhance educational programs offered to students and faculty.
The district’s web site will continue to grow to support ever-growing demands for information. The number of computer systems and presentation devices in classrooms will improve, along with monitoring of these devices. All places of curriculum will have continual use of technologies, together with upgrading of existing network infrastructure to permit for future technological growth. Qualified personnel will be provided to oversee and maintain all places of the district’s technology program.
The report states that improving student academic achievement through 2013 includes ensuring all classrooms, pc labs and media centers have updated computer systems and peripherals. The district follows a “Purchasing and Replacement Plan” to cycle new computer systems into the places that require it the most. Computers that are not yet determined to become obsolete are cycled back into the classrooms as supplemental workstations for students. The Technologies Department plans to carry on following this plan in the future.
Currently, the district has more than 40 projection devices. In the middle college, these are ceiling mounted in each and every classroom, little group instruction and conference rooms. In the main and elementary colleges, these products are on little mobile carts created available to the teachers on a sign-out basis. It has been, and will continue to be, a concentrate to improve accessibility and availability of these products all through all 3 schools to aid teachers in integrating technology into their classrooms. You will find currently 15 document readers within the area. The area will concentrate on buying extra devices for much more staff.
Web entry is supplied towards the district via a bundled connection consisting of two T1 lines for all secure traffic (i.e., web mail, web access to Student Info Program, etc.) and also via cable modem for all nonsecure and standard Web entry. Wireless connectivity to the district’s network is supplied throughout the middle and elementary colleges. All wireless access points are managed via a central wireless controller located within the network operations center.
Based on the report, there is a great need for exploring and implementing the use of open-source applications available to the area at no charge. As the area continues to face budgetary constraints, the have to lower the overall operating expenditures is vital. One with the largest expenses is licensing fees associated with some with the current software packages/suites being utilized. A switch to a comparable open-source package would allow the area to realize a excellent price savings.
A movement toward applications for example Google Documents and Google Apps would allow for platform independent access at anytime, from any location. This would permit staff and students to access assignments and other materials without having being needed to be on the school’s network during college hours.
The entire district is connected by way of fiber optic cable ensuring a secure, highspeed network connection to all parts with the network, regardless with the area of a user’s connection. High-speed wireless connectivity is accessible within the middle and elementary colleges, with plans to selectively deploy this service in the main school within the upcoming years.
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