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TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Chad Branum
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Exec Dir of Technology
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Judy Lyssy Ad Asst/Tech Purchasing
NETWORK SERVICES Chris Stouff-Coordinator Stephen McGilvray Shelley Shuga Travis Welch
HELPDESK SERVICES Shylene Quinones-Manager (Admin, Service Center) Patcee Becerra (CHS) Mona Hinze (East, Mockingbird, Valley Ranch, Wilson) Chris Jones (West, Cottonwood, Brock)
Matching Funds Fall 2009
The matching funds program for Fall 2009 will be sent out to principals on October 1 with a due date of October 31. The District emphasis will be defined in the documentation that will be sent to each principal.
Implementations Wireless Upgrades CHS, CMS West, Brock and the Service Center
Ryan Mayes (North, Denton Creek, Town Center)
Netbook Pilot Various campuses are testing Noah Swartz (Ed. Annex, Austin, the use of netbooks within the Lakeside, Pinkerton) instructional process for students. I-TEAM SECONDARY Shalone Willms-CHS Jill Galloway-NTH@C Nancy Garvey-East Donna Casto-North Polly Simpkins-West
ELEMENTARY Sarah Daugherty– Austin/ Cottonwood Christine McNeme-Denton Creek/Lakeside Jenni Keith-Mockingbird/Valley Ranch Tami Martins-Pinkerton/Town Center Susan Wangler– Wilson
New Remote File Storage for students and staff (Fileway) All staff and students can access their network mapped drives at the following URL: http://home.coppellisd.com
Outlook Live for Students All students now access their student email via Outlook Live at the following URL: http://www.outlook.com
What’s on the horizon? More Wireless Enhancements Upgrades to wireless networks at each elementary school will be occurring over the 2009-2010 school year.
Safari Montage Pilot We will be beta testing this digital media streaming product at Town Center and CMS East between Oct. 19 and Dec. 18.
Virtual PC Pilot—CMS East We will be testing the potential of virtual PCs and software access with students and staff at CMS East this fall. This could be a large cost savings for the District over time.
Student Personal Laptops The District will be exploring the possibility of allowing students to bring their own laptops to school starting next school year. More information to come later in the spring. New Student Enrollment System The District is in the process of upgrading the current student enrollment system. It is scheduled to be completed by April 1.
Teacher’s Choice (laptop vs. desktop via replacement schedule) The District is considering the possibility of allowing teacher choice through the normal replacement schedule process. Please stay tuned for more information over the course of the fall semester.
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TECH INFO Upcoming Events/Educational Opportunities Cyber Bullying/Internet Safety: What Parents Need to Know (Community Event) In an effort to continue the education of both students and parents regarding cyber bullying and Internet safety, we have asked a third party (Special Agent Aaron Covey – Dallas FBI) to come into the district and share some important information with our community. Please read the attached flyer (page 5 of newsletter) and make sure your parents are aware of this opportunity. We hope that attending one of these meetings will help guide them with being better prepared to help protect their children in our online world. This information is also be posted on the District website and the Technology staff portal page. Obtain Flex Credit! Any staff member that is interested in attending the Cyber Bullying/Internet Safety meeting(s) can receive approved flex credit. Please go out to Eduphoria Workshop and sign up. CISD Technology Internet Safety Week: October 19-23 Each campus will have various activities throughout this week in order to provide additional information regarding Internet Safety for all students. We hope that this will allow students to become more knowledgeable about their use of the Internet and the resources that it has to offer.
Technology Staff Member Spotlight Chad Branum—Executive Director of Technology I have been a part of the CISD Technology Department for 10 years. Before that, I graduated from Southlake Carroll and attended Texas A&M University where I obtained a Bachelors of Science degree. Additionally, I attended Western Michigan University to obtain my Master of Arts degree in Educational Technology. I also have a wife (Tabitha) who is the Director at New Tech High @ Coppell along with 3 children (Kegan-12, Cade-9 and Karys-3). All of my spare time outside of work is all about baseball! I really enjoy working for Coppell ISD and hope to continue helping the District integrate technology throughout the educational experience.
Nancy Garvey—Technology Integration Specialist I have been a part of the Coppell ISD family for quite a while. I graduated from Coppell High School in 1995. I attended Texas Tech University, and then started my teaching career in Coppell at Town Center Elementary. I had so much fun teaching at TC ! This is where I learned that technology is such an important part of our student’s lives. I became a Technology Integration Specialist the year it was introduced in Coppell. I have been an I-Team member for 5 years and have had the privilege of working on 3 more campuses (Cottonwood, Wilson and now CMS East). I have a very sweet husband and have been married for about a year and half. We have 2 amazing dogs, and a very sweet foster puppy. All of my spare time outside of work is taken up with photography and hanging out with my family.
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TECHNOLOGY TIDBITS CHECK OUT THESE WEBSITES:
Office of Educational Technology - USDE No Child Left Behind
TECHNOLOGY LINGO URL: Uniform Resource Locator...a “Yellow Pages” for finding a webpage or site. Bandwidth: How much information can be moved across the network at one time.
International Society for Technology in Education Regional Technology in Education Consortia
USB: Universal Serial Bus...connects common devices such as mice, keyboards and printers to a computer.
Texas Education Agency
CPU: Central Processing Unit...it makes your computer go!
CREATING WEBSITE SHORTCUTS ON YOUR DESKTOP
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Navigate to website for which you wish to create a shortcut. Copy the URL (highlight the URL and right click and Copy) Go to the desktop and right click anywhere. Click on New. Click on Shortcut
6. Paste the URL in the location (right click and Paste) 7. Click Next
8. Name the shortcut 9. Click Finish
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TECH INFO Technology FAQs If I have a Technology related issue, what should I do? Log into Eduphoria and submit a helpdesk ticket. Your designated PC Technician will contact you as soon as possible. If I have an emergency technology issue, what do I do? Contact your campus/department secretary and they can call your PC Technician. If they are not able to reach your PC Technician then call the Technology Department directly at x6900. How do I purchase a Dell PC for my at-home personal use? Click on this Dell website link. Our Dell member ID is KS1359533. Where can I go to get more information about technology resources? Check out all of the resources that are available on the Technology staff portal pages. Click on the link below to go check them out: https://portal.coppellisd.com/tech/ default.aspx What should I check if I cannot log onto my laptop? Check to see if the wireless light on the laptop is on. If not, hit Fn+F2 to turn it on. Then, wait a minute for it to connect and log in. I am able to log into the staff portal but when I try to open an application, it is asking me to enter my password again. What can I do? Log onto the staff portal and navigate to the bottom left hand corner and you will see SSO Management. Click on the Master Password link. Once you have clicked on Master Password link, fill in your username along with a NEW password and click “OK.” This will update your password. The next time that you click on the program links on the left hand navigation menu, it will automatically log you into that program.
Have you received an email message that your mailbox is almost full? Try these tips to keep the message at bay: 1st: Delete the files in your Sent folder and empty your Deleted Items folder . 2nd: Save documents, pictures, videos, or other attachments you want to keep to your H: drive and delete them from your mailbox. 3rd: Archive messages you need to keep, but don’t regularly access. They are safe, backed-up, and most importantly, won’t count against your space allotment. I can’t find all of my mapped drives such as R, S and T. What should I do? Once you are logged onto the CISD network, please do the following steps: Click on the “Start” button Select “All Programs” Select “CISD” Select “Technology” Choose “Map Drives” This will run a bundle that should remap your network drives. If for some reason they do not re-map, then simply reboot your computer and log back onto the network. How does the computer replacement schedule work and when will I get a new computer? The District is on a 5 year technology replacement schedule for all Desktops and Laptops. Each device has a CISD barcode on it along with the original year of purchase. The actual replacement of the device is based upon this purchase year and will be replaced over the course of the 5th year of use.
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How do I archive e-mail messages in Microsoft Outlook? Choose the messages you want to archive Choose Tools Go down to Mailbox Archiver Add Selected Messages to Archive List How do I retrieve an archived e-mail message in Microsoft Outlook our Microsoft WebAccess? To retrieve an archived e-mail message, simply double click the message and in a minute it will be back. Can students purchase Office 2007 for their home computer? Yes. Parents have the ability to purchase MS Office 2007 from the Academic Superstore for $59.98. This is a permanent license, owned by the family, that can be used after the student leaves Coppell ISD. See flyer that is attached or simply click the link below: http://www.academicsuperstore.com/ institution/select/ How do staff members get access to work-at-home licensing for Microsoft Office 2007? All staff members are required to participate in a Level 1 training for Microsoft Office in order to receive the media to install at home. Please continue to check Eduphoria Workshop for upcoming training events. I am not able to find my applications in the start menu. They were there before. What can I do? Once you are logged onto the CISD network, please do the following steps: Click on the “Start” button Select “All Programs” Select “CISD” Select “Technology” Choose “Refresh Zenworks”
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Once on the website, it will ask: School Type: K-12 School School/Institution’s State: Texas. School/Institution Name: Coppell Ind School District (actually have to type Coppell and it will look up the name of the district name for you to select in the field)