Agenda:

1. 21st Century Skills -

• Blogs

  • Blog Settings

  • Posting Policies

  • Social Networking Recommendations due to Court Cases

• Document Camera Recordings

2. NEW RESOURCES: Study Island, TMSDS, PASeries, WebCCAT, CSCOPE, Wireless Access, Netbooks for student use

3. New Year Issues Poster for your Classroom - Please go over with Students

• Short Names - No spaces or dashes for folders or filenames:

• Just a NOTE: Please let me add one more rule to anything you plan to put on the Web.

  The file name needs to be SHORT and without SPACES or special characters. Sooooooo instead of saving a file and uploading it called:

  Arp Elementary Calender for 2009-10.doc         

  you need to shorten that to

  ElemCal_9_10.doc      

  The underscore _  is OK but the dash – is NOT OK. We use the underscore instead of spaces. Keep the name as short as possible….this is very important for all documents you create as the longer the file name the more space it takes up on the disk directory (hard drive or server) AND in the case of the WEB, the less likely it will be for you to give someone the correct address of its location.

   This is what a URL looks like that has spaces in it.  http://www.arp.sprnet.org/Elem%20Calendar%202009-10.htm  Spaces are replaced by %20  in the Web address…this is done automatically…and that looks really nasty to someone wanting to type in that address into their browser.

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4. AUP (Acceptable Use Policy)

• Who is responsible for student behavior on the computer? CIPA & DOPA

• Who logs onto a computer? When can a teacher log on for a student?

• When can students surf the Web?

  • What is POPUP Stopper used for? - When to use it...When NOT to use it.

• When can students use email?

• When can students play on a computer?

• --- >Can I bring my personal laptop and connect it to the Arp ISD wireless or hardwired network?

• When can students be sent to a computer lab?

• When can students play games on the computer?

• When can teachers show Hollywood movies?

• When can teachers show cartoons?

• What happens if a new student comes to the district?

• Are Flash Drives and Disks allowed to come into the district? NO! Use either Google Docs or outside email that Teacher can retrieve. If not Internet Access, bring disk to Studio.

• Save Files as .rtf instead of .wps or .doc

• If they KNOW, they MUST tell....email me if you are concerned.....

• BESS Filter & How it Works -- Requests for Opening Sites & Teacher Bypassing for Students

• AUP STEP-by-STEP

• AUP REVIEW

5. NETWORK RESOURCES: Website, Network Folders, & Share Folders

• How to locate information on the Arp ISD Website  (Email, District Forms, GradeSpeed, Campus Site, Google, District Calendar, etc.)

• \\maroon\teachers

  • Network Personal Folder

  • Keeping Desktop Clear

  • Do NOT SAVE to Computer (Documents)

• \\maroon\teachers\software

  • All software you might need and is approved for your computer. Do NOT download anything else!!

• \\video\share

  • Folders for SHARED PROJECTS (students)

• STUDENT FOLDERS

  • Jr H and High School student Folders: \\maroon\HS

  • Elementary School Student Folders: \\elem\share

• Managing Student  & Teacher Network Folders:

  • Better Example

  • Poor Example

• Technology Quickstarts

  • Email Management - (Outlook Quickstarts) -- Inside & Outside the District & Student Email

    • Using Web Mail when possible - Students to use only Web Mail

    • Managing Folders

      • Creating Sub Folders

      • Saving to the Network Folder

      • Deleting Old Mail

        • Mailbox Over Limit

      • Deleting the Delete

      • Deleting the Sent Mail

      • Appointments & Accepting Appointments

      • District Calendar & Saving to Outlook

  • GradeSpeed QuickStarts and everything else you might need to know

6. Teacher Classroom Responsibilities: http://www.arpisd.org/MISUSE.htm

• Clean around computers once a week (Check out this http://www.arp.sprnet.org/admin/maint.htm )

• Clean computers once a month - make an Outlook Calendar appointment to remind you

• Do NOT stack things around computers, document cameras or printers OR you may lose your equipment.

• Turn in to the Tech Department any equipment that you are not using or that is not working. Do not leave it in your classroom. (printers, surge protectors, remotes, cables, etc.)

• Surge Protection - Best Practices

• Flat Screens - Maintenance

7. FYI

• Technology Initiatives for new school year

  • Study Island

• Location of Technology in your Classroom

• Additional Technology Tools for your Classroom

• Available Technology Tools on your campus

  • New Technology

  • Technology for the Classroom

  • Tech initiatives

  • TAKS Software

  • Technology by Campus

8. IMPORTANT FORMS to Fill out

• Technology Forms  and Maintenance Request

• SBEC Survey Form

• Technology Needs Survey

• Going Green Challenge

For questions please contact: Dr. Joy Rousseau, joy@arpisd.org 

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