technology briefing for sga presented by: keith ellenberg march 10, 2011 putnam county charter...

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PUTNAM COUNTY CHARTER SCHOOL SYSTEM

Technology Briefing for SGAPresented by: Keith Ellenberg

March 10, 2011

Putnam County Charter School System

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Technology is a critical component in Putnam County Schools fulfilling its mission. Technology continues to evolve and change how we live our lives everyday. Putnam County Schools is committed to using and taking advantage of these advancements in Technology to prepare its students, educators, and parents for lives filled with change, learning and exploration.


Technology Mission

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Students and teachers will expect the internet in their classroom to be as fast if not faster than the internet in their homes.

Instruction will be delivered over the high speed network with telepresence technologies enabling real-time face-to-face instruction from an instructor located elsewhere in the world. Students and educators will receive their instruction and professional development using the same types of technology

Instructional software will evolve to be Georgia Performance Standard aligned. Students will have access to their instructional software at home using their home

internet connection Parents will have access to their children’s grades, attendance and assignments via the

student information system’s parental portal All employees will manage their human resource and payroll withholdings and

enrollments via a web-based employee portal Financial and human resource business processes will use electronic documents instead

of paper-based documents Electronic textbooks will begin to replace the traditional hardcopy textbook 1 to 1 computing will evolve to include personal devices like Apple’s iTouch and

Amazon’s Kindle Broadcasting video throughout the system will not be an event, but a daily commonplace

occurrence. Community members and parents will increase their involvement in the schools due to

the quality of information disseminated to them via the schools website and training classes.


Putnam County envisions a school district where:

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Networks◦ Local Area Networks, Phone, Intercom, Cable TV◦ Internet Connection◦ Wide Area Network

Computers, Laptops, Netbooks Servers Audio/Visual Equipment

◦ Projectors, DVD/VHS players, Speakers Instructional Devices

◦ Cameras, Video cameras, MP3 players, eReaders, Student Response Systems, Slates, wireless stuff (keyboards, mice, microphones), headphones, assistive technology

Intercom Phones Copiers Software (about 100 different applications) Printers


What Technology?

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School Status

PCPS

PCES

PCMS PCHS Totals

Classrooms 66 44 43 41 194

Network drops 675 600 680 1068 3023

Computers 375 244 187 351 1157

Projectors 20 40 43 41 144

Interactive Boards 10 37 40 40 127

Labs/Computers 2:60 2:60 3:88 5:145 12/353

iPads/iTouch 0 0 30 36/53 66/53

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Three employees (Keith, Willie, Dennis) Software and Repair Budget of $274,349

◦ Recurring software of about $100,000/year◦ Contract Engineer $41,000/year (2 days a week)

$300,000 year in SPLOST purchases for replacement equipment

Federal money from Title I and Title II grants CTAE purchases Grants from business Erate from the FCC

◦ Discounts our phones, cell phones, Internet connection and network maintenance bills

◦ Discounts network infrastructure costs every 3 years


Budget Information

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Erate funding SPLOST revenues Maintaining our current service levels Keeping the old stuff running Shrinkage means breakage and theft When the “killer app” won’t run on our older

equipment Educating staff and students on respectful

social networking behavior


Technology Threats

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PCHS◦ Wireless network completion◦ Security cameras◦ vBrick setup and training◦ CableTV to the school◦ Solar Panel installation

PCMS◦ Complete network switch replacement◦ Rewire downstairs and renovated wing (800 drops)◦ Install wireless network◦ vBrick setup and training◦ Security cameras

PCES◦ Complete network switch replacement◦ Install wireless network

PCPS◦ Complete projector and Promethean Board installations


Current/Summer Projects

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Tablets (iPad, Tab, Xoom, TouchPad)◦ IOS vs Android vs WebOS◦ Software for these platforms will evolve rapidly

Netbooks eTextbooks Smartphones going to 4G (LTE) 3D projectors Video streaming Windows 7 going to Windows 8 Office 2010 going to Office 2012 Internet Explorer 8 going to IE 9 Delivering services and applications using the cloud The New Thang


New Technology Opportunities

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Money drives everything◦ Service Levels◦ Bleeding Edge or Middle of the Pack◦ Upgrade (keep the same numbers, but newer)◦ Expand (keep the old, but have more)◦ How to leverage technology to save costs


Example of Future SGA Decisions and/or Discussions

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