The document summarizes a meeting for lead technology teachers in the Sun West School Division. The goals of the meeting were to introduce the teachers to each other, review their roles and responsibilities, discuss technology goals and budgets, and make plans to support staff and students. Key topics included determining needs, setting goals at both the division and school level, strategies for communication and training, and developing collaborative partnerships.

1. LEAD
TEACHNOLOGY
TEACHER
MEETING
Sun West School Division
October 4, 2012

3. Today’s Goals
• Meet other Lead teachers • Provide information
in Sun West related to IT duties
• Provide overview of • Explain communication
Technology Review Plan regarding technology
Process • Explore ways to learn
• Introduce Division Goals about technology
related to the CIAF • Share ideas around
• Explore roles and supporting your staff
responsibilities connected • Build plans to reach our
to the Lead position technology goals for this
year

4. The Morning
Lead
Bits and
Teacher
Bytes
Position
Team Goals Sharing
for 2012- Our
2013 Learning

5. LEAD TEACHER SURVEY RESULTS

6. Activity 1

7. Sharing Our Successes

8. Technology Goals related to CIAF
Objective Objective Objective
#1 #2 #4
Objective Objective
CIAF #5
#17
Objective Objective Objective
#15 #11 #9

9. Reviewing the Job Description
Strategic Plan
for technology:
position under
review
Focus on
ET, rather
than IT
Handout

10. Skills Needed
• Willingness to learn • Interest in technology
• Problem-solving • Basic computer skills
• Communication • Awareness of computer
• Organization hardware and software
• Multi-tasking
• Motivation
• Flexible
• Approachable
• Resourceful
• Patience

11. Team Skills
• “My only strength is my • “Love of sharing what I
willingness to learn and know.”
to give it a try!”

12. Time Allotment
10% = 90 hours Review Question:
Given this time, how
20% = 180 hours
can the Lead
30% = 270 hours
technology teacher
position support
= Equivalent to 4.6 effective technology
full time teachers in training/professional
the Division learning for staff and
students in Sun
West?

13. Technology Budget
• Hardware • Lead teacher
meeting: $11,200
• Software
• Is this meeting the
most
• Staffing effective/efficient
• IT Personnel way to present
• Lead Technology information to the
Teachers group?
• Feedback survey

14. Activity 2
• Lead teacher duties in handout package
– How might this look in your schools?
– Groups of 3 (10 minutes)
– Share ideas with large group

15. Ensure Access and Functionality:
aka Minor Repairs
Computer Maintenance:
•Cleaning computers and monitors
•Maintenance on towers
•Checking to see if cords are plugged in
Computer Replacement:
•Replacing equipment – monitors, keyboards, mice
•Hooking up computers
•Rebooting of machines
•Changing parts like DVD players
•Installing and reconnecting speakers

16. Other Minor Repairs
Printers
•Changing ink cartridges in printers
•Printer jams
•Getting the printer back on line
Other Repairs
•Replacing cable
•Changing projectors
•Dealing with cables for hook up
•Projector filter cleaning

17. More Minor Repairs
Software
•installation of software if allowed
•helping with Moodle courses
SMARTBoard
•Troubleshooting
Handout

19. Survey Says …
• Top Needs in Your Schools
Handout

20. Communicating the Job Description
Under Duties on CIA
review website
Focus on
ET, rather
than IT

22. Communicating the Job Description
- Following
Under Duties on CIA File
meeting, Friday
review website
update with
explanation of the
LEAD Technology
Teacheron and
Focus role
Communicating the Division and
ET, rather
Our Roles School Goals for
than IT
2012-2013

23. Communicating Your Role to Staff,
Students and Parents
• Standing item on Staff meeting agenda
• Staff email
• Opening Assembly
• SCC Meeting
• Open House
• Google Forms
• In Class Visits with all classrooms

24. Bits and Bytes – aka Boring Tech Stuff
Auditor’s
Tech Docs Help Desk
Report
You Tube Ministry
Adobe Update
for Education
Equipment
Q and A ROVER
Purchases

25. Auditor’s Report
• Also known as “Why we do the things we do”
– I Boss Filtering
– Student Log Ins

26. Tech Docs
• www/sunwestsd.ca/techdocs
– Lead teachers eyes only
– Task Pads
– Italc
– Printer Set Up
– Using www.test.com
– Cacti Graphs

27. Activity 3
• Access www/sunwestsd.ca/techdocs
• www.test.com
– 5 minutes to explore techdocs and test.com

29. Gathering Information from Staff
• Email
• Helpdesk ticket requests/logbook in the
Computer Lab
• Face to face with staff
• Google Survey/Forms
• Notes in mailbox
• Staff meeting discussions
• Canvass teachers on at least a monthly basis

31. Using the Helpdesk
• Submitting help desk tickets
– Purpose and process
– Examples
• Kenaston pilot project
• Contact Doug if you are interested in trying
something similar in your school

32. You Tube for Education
• Bandwidth Issues
– 1 meg per broadcast
– HD version of You Tube
– Staff and students still using streaming audio in
classrooms
– Notifying your staff about these issues

33. Ministry Update
• Negotiations about bandwidth

34. Equipment Purchases
• SmartBoards
• Wireless Update
• Replacement Schedule Update
– New hardware and software
– Computers for Schools
• Technology Purchases

35. Adobe Purchase

36. ROVER Update

37. AP 140 and AP 140-1
• Administrative Procedure Review
– AP 140
– AP 140-1

39. Activity 4
• Exploring AP 140 and AP 140-1
• Groups of 3
– Review AP 140
– How could you introduce this to all staff and
students in your schools? Email your ideas to
group.leadteachers
– 10 minutes

41. Question and Answer
• Round Table Q and A
– What do you still need
to know about the “fix
it” things that need to be
done in schools?

42. 2012-2013 Technology Team Goals
• Division Goals (CIAF)
• School-based Goals
• Personal Goal(s)

43. Division Goals (CIAF) 6 Areas of Focus
• Digital Awareness • Assistive Technologies
Session for All Staff and (2, 4, 17)
Students (4, 5, 17) • Integrating Purposeful
• Online Research Skills– Use of Technology in
supporting Librarians (4, Classrooms (1, 2, 4)
12) • Distance Learning (4, 9,
• PowerSchool (1, 4) 11)

44. Division Goals – Determining Success
• Reporting at the end of
the year:
– Spring Satisfaction
Survey
Afternoon Planning

45. School-Based Goals - 6 Areas of Focus
• Developing School-wide • AP 140 and 140-1
plans with • IT Supports
Administrator • Taskpads
• Web page
• Cacti Bandwidth
Monitoring
• Individual Teacher
Needs (school survey?)
• Supporting SLIP Plan
• Innovation

46. School-Based Goals – Determining Success
• Reporting progress • Technology Showcase in
throughout the year: the Spring
– Work with
Administration to
develop school-wide
plan; share School Plans
in October
– Update Progress in
December and March

47. Personal Goal(s) - Optional
• Duties encompass large
area of technology
know-how
• Use some of the time to
develop technology
skills so you can support
your teachers

48. Survey Says …
• Most Challenging Part • What Do I Need to Be
of Lead Position … More Effective?
handout handout

52. Learning and Training
Workshops
and Webinars and Technology
Conferenced Podcasts Forums
(IT Summit)
Sun West
Lead Supporting
Teacher Trial and Error Technology
Colleagues Wiki
Online Tech Subscribing
User Guides to Blogs
Tutorials

55. Technology Blogs

56. Technology Forums,
Online Training, User Guides

57. Twitter

58. Sun West Supporting Technology Wiki
• Lead Technology Teachers are welcome to
add content throughout the year!

59. Trial and Error

60. Colleagues
• Joomla

61. Activity 5
• Collegiality
– If a colleague needed help in technology, how
could you assist? Share your technology strengths
on a Google Doc.
– When would you be available to meet
collaboratively with others? Share your release
time on the Doc.

62. Top ET Needs in Sun West
• Based on survey results, Technology
Integration, PowerSchool, SmartBoards are
the top three needs for ET support.
• This includes more effective use of the
internet.
• 21st century skills

63. Ministry of Learning
• Technology in Education Framework
• “The integration and effective use of technology
is vital to Saskatchewan’s teaching and learning
environment and to enhancing learner success.
• The acquisition of skills and dispositions related
to technology is fundamental in an information
age and knowledge-based society; technology
use is no longer just an option …”

64. 21 Century Skills for Staff
st

66. 21 Century Skills for Students
st

69. SUPPORTING STAFF AND STUDENTS
IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

72. Supporting Staff and Students in ET
Sharing
One on one
information at Team Teaching
mentoring
Staff Meetings
Sun West
Hosting Providing Online Supporting
Workshops Resources Technology
Wiki
Creating Tech Creating Tech Write a
Docs Tutorials Tech Blog

73. Lead Teacher Teams
• Feedback Survey
• Software Training
– Learning
– Teaching others

74. The Afternoon – Putting It All Together

75. Afternoon
• Add Your Name to the list of Lead Technology
Teachers (one team at a time) on the
Supporting Technology Wikispace
• Work with a group to develop a plan for
implementation of Division and School-based
goals
• Share with team at end of today (2:00)

76. Wrapping It Up
• Feedback Survey – next week
• E-copies of today’s handouts
• School-wide plan – template (end of October)
• Mileage Form
• Questions – Doug, Shari, Jade

77. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thank you for your willingness to learn
. today!
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