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How Educators and Technology Departments can play nice

Dean ShareskiISASW

Arlington, TXApril 18,2013

This is me

dean@shareski.ca

shareski.ca

@shareski

7,000 students40 schools10 IT staff12,000 sq miles

I threw down the idea/challenge to my guys to consider allowing teaching staff to be local admins on their computers. I won’t tell you what the ini:al reac:on was LOL… but a>er much discussion, they’re going to put on their thinking-‐caps and see what can be done

values

“We don’t make educational policy”

“Students are our most important clients”

http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldbank/4699803809/

“A Spirit of Innovation”

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcleod/6684760745

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcleod/3909431214/

Structures

De-Centralized Purchasinghttp://flickr.com/photos/destructogirl/485253612/

Differentiation

Communication��

Tech Support Team

Spaces

relationships�� &�� Social�� Capital

The way to an IT person is through their stomach

Leaders Who Praise and Support Publicly

Transparency

Document Success

Wisdom is knowing I don't know everything and some of the things I do know might be wrong

http://www.flickr.com/photos/johndavey/3487719637

Edu-Wins

Outside Devices

Apples and Oranges Windows

challenges

Filtering

http://www.flickr.com/photos/peter_roberts/5334386342/

• Teachers are the best filters

• Teachers need to be proactive

• Content Filters do not teach about appropriate use

• Off task behavior online should be dealt with the same as offline issues

Prairie South Content Filtering Guidelines

a filter exists to protect children from accidentally

bumping into unsavory material or getting there through simple searches. No usable filter is

perfect, and the best filter is achieved through training the child to

behave responsibility.

Bandwidth

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