The document discusses the need for Sylvan Union School District to improve technology instruction for students. It states that 21st century skills like using technology for communication and research are essential, and most students only learn these skills in public school. The district has made progress but needs to further incorporate modern tools. It then provides details on current technology budgets, hardware, and multi-year plans to upgrade networks and wireless infrastructure.

1. Sylvan Union School District Technology Department

2. Major Points Understanding the use of technology for communication and research are essential 21 st century skills The vast majority of our students will only receive instruction on these tools and strategies while in the public school system. Students without instruction on utilizing technology for learning will miss out on current and future opportunities. Sylvan Union School District has made great beginning strides in incorporating modern instructional tools, but we still have a ways to go.

3. Professor Ikujiro Nonaka at UC Berkley: The dynamics of knowledge have become the most important competitive resource of the firm.

4. Eric Hoffer – Longshoreman/Philosopher In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The Learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.

5. David Thornburg – Lifelong learning needs to become the dominant paradigm for education if our institutions are going to remain relevant in the lives of their students.

6. Students After HS http://www.natcon.org/natcon/presentations/presentations2006/Gullekson_e.ppt

7. Parents Beliefs after HS http://www.natcon.org/natcon/presentations/presentations2006/Gullekson_e.ppt

8. What the Research Shows http://www.natcon.org/natcon/presentations/presentations2006/Gullekson_e.ppt

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15. Summary Understanding the use of technology for communication and research are essential 21 st century skills The vast majority of our students will only receive instruction on these tools and strategies while in the public school system. Students without instruction on utilizing technology for learning will miss out on current and future opportunities. Sylvan Union School District has made great beginning strides in incorporating modern instructional tools, but we still have a ways to go.

16. The Numbers Technology Hardware Replacement Budget - $50K (Replace teacher, office, and district office hardware) 1434 computers and 26 Servers Two Technical Support staff Technology Budget of $80,000 SmartNet Contract $5,281.95 Core Router Email Filter $1000 AntiVirus Annual Subscriptions $8342.69 ($5.75 per computer every year) $44.76 per computer = (($80K – Annual Contracts)/1434)…but, …

17. The Numbers $44.76 Does not include costs associated with network electronics, switches, software, access points, printers, supplies and materials, training, etc. curriculum, student information system, student report cards, warehouse, purchasing, business department, facilities, food service, transportation, print shop, child care, human resources, maintenance/operations, ESL/Categorical, special education, alternative education, libraries, summer school,

18. Developing Three Year Objectives Develop plan for computer hardware replacement, including phased implementation of server refresh. Develop plan and acquire funding for teacher station updates including: laptops, projectors, speakers, and document cameras. Implement Cisco wireless plan and deployment for Ustach and Somerset Middle School Create plan for meeting infrastructure goals for all sites by 2010. Develop plan, evaluate, and implement centralization of student information system and district wide back-up system.

19. Hardware Replacement Budget $50,000 $50,000 $50,000 Total Dollars $41,000 $41,000 $41,000 Workstations $9000 $9000 $9000 Servers 09-10 08-09 07-08 Hardware Replacement Fiscal Years

20. $149,114.95 $156,114.95 $183,114.95 Total Dollars $2,500 $2,500 $2,500 UPS Battery Replacement Sherwood $20,000 Orchard $20,000 CF Brown $30,000 Network Infrastucture Updates $3,000 $3,000 $20,000 Centralized Back- Up System $3,000 $10,000 $10,000 Aeries SIS Client-Server Upgrade $53,333 $53,333 $53,333 Cisco Wireless at Somerset and Ustach Middle Schools $5,281.95 $5,281.95 $5,281.95 Cisco SmartNet Agreement $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 Printers $15,000 $15,000 $15,000 Elmo Document Cameras $20,000 $20,000 $20,000 LCD Projectors $12,000 $12,000 $12,000 Parts and Supplies $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 Projector and Laptop Batteries 09-10 08-09 07-08 Hardware

21. Software Budget $16,842.69 $16,842.69 $16,842.69 $8342.69 $8342.69 $8342.69 McAffee Anivirus $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 District Standards $4500 $4500 $4500 United Streaming (Middle Schools) 09-10 08-09 07-08 Software Fiscal Years

22. Cumulative Totals Current Budget - $130,000 Proposed Budget - $249,957.64 Difference of - $119,957.64 $215,957.64 $ 222,957.64 $249,957.64 Cumulative Totals 09-10 08-09 07-08

23. Accomplishing our Goals Utilize all funding opportunities Grants, Vouchers and other one time sources Continue promoting hardware and software standards that provide cost savings

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