Praire+South


 * Major restructuring taking place which may leave us with no one with a specific IT or educational technology role. That's the way things currently stand but there's still some sorting out to do.

Curriculum:
Dean Shareski [shareski.dean@prairiesouth.ca] Jeff Boulton [boulton.jeff@prairiesouth.ca](also handles Online/Distance Education, HS Science & Math and SIRS)

IT/Business
Barry Stewart [stewart.barry@prairiesouth.ca]: IT Manager Chad Burkholder: Database Administrator/Systems Analyst Gord Kyle: Network Analyst Mark Dunne: Network Administrator Glen Munro: Network Administrator (Assiniboia Office) David MacLachlan: Network Administrator - Linux Abdul Ally: Computer Technologist Jared Pfluger: Computer Technologist Jason Breton: Computer Technologist Vacant: Computer Technologist

Initiatives
[|Plan/Vision] [|Content Filtering Policy]
 * Wireless for schools 22 out of 35 currently
 * Allowing Outside Devices
 * Explore use of Netbooks
 * Customize Centralized Spending
 * Collaborate with Decentralized Spending Decisions
 * SmartBoard Grant
 * Digital Storytelling Academy
 * Embedding into Current Initiatives (Assessment, Middle Years Renewal)
 * Cellphone Project
 * School Websites
 * Moodle
 * Expansion of Online Course Offerings
 * Exploring SharePoint
 * SIRS rollout

Issues and Struggles(besides more time, personnel and money)
[|AUP]
 * Moving tech from a luxury/option to embedded
 * Moving past automated use to transformative
 * Exploring new approaches to PD
 * Standardization vs. Customization