Discussion+Items

=2013 Questions/Thoughts (This page is editable) = >
 * How can we network/communicate/share/collaborate better as Saskatchewan Technology Leaders?

=SETLN Discussion Board: June 2013 =

Where are we all at. renewal process...changing. quicker, what does this need to be ipad management [mobile management] elearning bringing together all of the devices...byod/t google chromebooks phones...choice digital citizenship social media in education app purchasing/configurator/mac in school to manage sis.outcomes based assessment and reporting feedback from schools infrastructure [wireless] implementation model ratios [students to device] digital fluency do we provide more technology to perform 20th century tasks professional learning CommunityNet [bandwidth, etc.] sis..analytics making distance communication/meetings work device “agnosticism”

Configurations and Infrastructure

 * Thoughts on LMS
 * Prairie South - currentlly using Moodle
 * Living Sky - using both Moodle and Blackboard
 * Use of Google and Cloud Computing
 * Prairie South - just upgraded to VMWare Vsphere - server virtualization/cloud computing
 * Open Source to mitigate costs
 * Prairie South - currently have many open-source based solutions... NOT necessarily to mitigate cost, but because they work well
 * Teacher Laptops
 * Prairie South - started supporting this model 2 years ago.
 * Bandwidth issues
 * Prairie South - mitigated bandwidth issues by implementing a hierarchical (parent/child) caching model which has been a huge help! Having said this, more is better and we applaud recent announcements that CNET bandwidth will be increasing!
 * Living Sky - over the summer will be mitigating bandwith issues by implementing caching and bandwidth compression
 * Software Compliance
 * Prairie South - we test ALL software for compatibility and security BEFORE allowing implementation.

**Planning and Visions**

 * What does "hard data" look like? How are we tracking/measure success?
 * [|Why Technology?] post discussing/justifying tech use.
 * Standardization vs. Customization
 * [|ISTE Standards]


 * PD**
 * What support looks like (higher level thinking as opposed to software training)
 * When
 * Mentors
 * Going Deeper instead of Wider


 * Legal and Privacy**
 * Filtering and Access
 * Teachers as Administrators on their machines
 * AUPs