1. DUNLAP CUSD #323
DISTRICT TECHNOLOGY
BuildingTechnologyCapable
21stCenturyLearners

2. John Wethington – Support Specialist
 DHS – Angie Stancil
 DGS– Angie Connor
 BES – Jennifer Welsh / Angie Connor
 WW / RES – Tammy Browning & Jennifer Welsh
 DMS – Chip Wooden
 DVMS – Christy Hochmuth / Amy Berg
 Closed over 2000 help requests in 2 years
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
TECHNOLOGY CONTACTS

3.  Dashboard / Mission / Continuous Improvement
 District – John Wethington
 DHS – Angie Stancil
 DGS / Banner – Angie Connor
 DMS – Chip Wooden
 Had 200 submissions to the Technology Strategic Planning
Survey
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
BUILDING LEADERSHIP TEAMS

4.  Motorola Wireless Antennas
 Installed at Banner / Ridgeview / Wilder-Waite / District Office
 Centralized array of antennas at Dunlap Middle School
 Consistent 160 megabit traffic
 Dunlap Grade Fiber functioning at 1 gigabit
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
SUMMER NETWORK UPGRADE

5.  New Fiber Internet Connection with Mediacom
 50 Megabits upload / download
Former Cable Connection New Internet Connection
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
SUMMER NETWORK UPGRADE

6.  Over 1000 computers district-wide
 Over 200 desktops purchased Summer 2010
 150 laptops purchased Summer 2010
 90 Netbooks on mobile carts for DMS
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
COMPUTERS AND OTHER HARDWARE
311
222 185
136 136 120 123
14
1247
DHS DMS DVMS RES DGS BES WW UO District
District Computer Distribution

7.  95 – Smart boards district-wide
 4 - Smart Response Systems were purchased in Summer 2010
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
SMART BOARDS / SMART RESPONSE
DHS DMS DVMS RES DGS BES WW District
Rooms 62 30 22 22 15 23 16 190
Smart Boards 24 15 15 10 9 13 9 95
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
Smart Boards / Rooms
1:46
1:30 1:28
1:47
1:36
1:30
1:42
1:37
DHS DMS DVMS RES DGS BES WW District
Smart Board / Student Ratio

8.  Schools are utilizing their smart boards as fast as we can get
them installed!
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY USAGE

9.  Many schools are using wiki’s, blogs, Pick-A-Time, and other
forms of communication in their schools / classrooms
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
WEB 2.0 / SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY USAGE

10.  DMS Computer Class created Flash Based Videos
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
WEB 2.0 / SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY USAGE

11.  Many schools within the district are utilizing such tools as
Flickr, Schedule Star, Write to Learn, AimsWeb, Lexia, etc. to
bring technology directly to students.
 DHS / DVMS are using GoogleDocs to help students working
on projects at home/school
 DMS have been using 90 small netbooks on laptop carts this
Fall. Increasing the amount of computer time throughout the
school.
 Many more tools will be installed and in use over the next
year!
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY USAGE

12.  Powerschool was implemented over the summer
 Web based grade book for teachers to use anywhere
 Apple IPhone / IPad / and Droid compatible for mobile use
 Parent Portal for 24/7 access to grades / attendance
 Over 39,000 logins since 8/18/2010 or an average of 204 logins per day!
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
POWERSCHOOL
88%
71.50%
81.90% 80.47%
DHS DMS DVMS MS/HS Avg
Guardian Account/Student
Averages
22.30%
25.20%
26.70%
24.73%
DHS DMS DVMS MS/HS Avg
Automated Email Notifications

13.  Sub Finder
 Centralized Substitute database
 Web-based / Phone driven for easy access from anywhere
 E-Pay / Comalex Integration into Powerschool
 Pay online for registration fees and activity fees
 Display lunch balances from Comalex in Powerschool (and Parent Portal)
 Curriculum Mapping
 Utilizing Atlas Mapping throughout the district
 Data Warehousing
 Track data from all areas of the school district
 Data driven decisions
 Initial school / district personnel interviews beginning in November
 Centralized Phone System
 Voice Over IP
 Scalable to add phones anywhere without complex wiring or third party vendors
 District-Wide Internal Wireless
 DMS / RES / DHS New Addition are already completed
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
FUTURE PROJECTS