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Neil Manders, Technology Coordinator Windham Central Supervisory Union
FINALLY, A First Class, A-1 Solution
A tour of how a project called the Virtual School Network has helped bring technology off the shelf and move it forward in the district.
Quick Overview of District April, 2004
The district:– 10 schools: 2 admin offices; Covering 365 sq.
Miles– Most schools single grade or grade clusters– Student population approx 1100– Teaching, support staff and admin approx 225
The technology:
NES
BES
TES
JES
WIN ES
Ward ES
DES
MES
WCSU
LGUHS
Verizon’s Frame Cloud
Sover Net
ISP
WCSU Technology
High school centric
Modem Bank
Pop Mail accounts
Apache Server
The Technology (Continued)
Lack of technology staff to provide local assistance and motivation
No centralization all under local control Varied use of technology from school to school A few individual initiatives but no broad
initiatives
What Were the Issues
Tech-lethargy– No district-wide initiatives– Lack of local support– Other interests on plates– Technology thought of as add-on
Need for collaboration across the district (teachers, administrators & students)
Very limited Dollars for Technology– Small schools; small dollars
Newfane
Brookline
Townshend
Windham
Wardsboro
Dover
Marlboro
Central Office
LGUHS
Sover Net
ISP
Jamaica
Harmonyville office
Verizon Frame Cloud
Duncan CableSDSL
So. Vt. Cable
The Match that Ignited Change
More Matches
NCLB awareness and requirements Technology GLEs Reduction of District Technology Position Desire to get more out of the districts investment
in FirstClass– SVTC First Class Project– Admin Use of First Class out of the box
The Superintendent Is that all there is?
Dennis-Yarmouth District
Cape Cod, Mass.
Yarmouth School District
Yarmouth Maine
The Two Yarmouths
What Did We Want Increase the use of technology in the schools Keep system costs ALAP (as low as possible) Use the limited tech coordinator time to supporting teaching and learning not
infrastructure Get/nudge/pressure local involvement Maintain some school identity but create district unity Small learning curve in order to get up and running Flexible system to grow with use and need Cross Platform use New and useable web sites for all schools
– Easy publishing of school information– Non-techie management and content loading– Lots of people able to contribute directly– all sites reach out and include their respective communities– All teachers to have easy web publishing for their classes
What Did We Get
Professional accounts for all teachers and staff Heightened awareness and participation by
school personnel Workshops, discussions, and trainings at all
schools School board attention, training and involvement AND
Customized User Desktops
Intranet/In-house communications
Internet/ Web CommunicationsSchool Web Pages
Brookline elementary
Dover Elementary
Jamaica elementary
Marlboro elementary
Wardsboro elementary
Newfane elementary
Windham elementary
Leland and Gray HS
Lets take a First Hand Look
What next
Increase participants involved with sites Build up all school sites with CONTENT Work with teachers Create new templates Expand use of forms, form tracking and paper
reduction Create on-line learning environments for PD and
student use Integrate local SIS actively into the system
Cost Design and Set up fee Hosting fee
– Example (a): 1 district + 1 HS + 7 elem• Design/setup = $9300• Hosting = $5000• Year one = $14,300• Year two + = $5000
– Example (b): 1 elem. school with VSN Lite• (web site only)• Design/setup = $400• Hosting = $400• Year one = $ 800; Yr. 2 = $400