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Agenda

• Introductions• Group Overview• Group Expectations• Our Goals & Priorities• District & Community Presence• Fundraising• Tech Crew Resources• Future Meeting Preview• First Topic (time permitting)

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Introductions

• So … what’s my background?– Technical role with Oracle– 27 years in the technology industry

• H/W Support, System Administration, S/W Development, Management, Technical Presales

– Tech Community• Tri-C Technology Advisory Committee• LCCC Technology Advisory Committee• Lorain Tech Prep Program• NEOSA• Facilitate Cleveland Java User Group & MySQL User Group

• What about you … what are your interests?

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Group Overview

• You don’t need to be an expert• Meet every* Tuesday @ 3:30PM in Room 243• Expect the meeting to end between 5:00-

5:30PM• You’re not expected to be here every week• Presentations, notes, links will be posted to our

website• You can subscribe to the ‘Tech Crew’ mailing list• You can contact me any time:

scotts@ahstechcrew.org

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Goals & Priorities

• Basic Goals & Priorities– Compliment course offerings, clubs and hobbies– Play a role in technology at AHS, district & community– Understand current tech industry trends– Introduce you to new technologies, paradigms– Acquire skills that help you stand out

• How will we learn?– Lectures & speakers– Challenges & exercises– Hands on experience

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Goals & Priorities

GOALS?

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Group Expectations

• Treat Everyone with Respect

• You don’t need to be an expert

• Participate, Participate, Participate– Ask questions, share your experiences, offer

suggestions, ideas

• Expand Learning Beyond our Meetings– Apply what you learn

• Challenge Yourself– Step outside your comfort zone, learn from mistakes

• Check Email Regularly

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Group Expectations

• Teaching is not my profession …

• But, I’m committed to help you learn

• My job requires frequent travel…– WebEx

– Conference Calls

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District & Community

• Avon Tech Department– Routine Computer Lab Maintenance– Repair– Summer Internships

• Community– Avon Senior Center– Working on more ideas …

• Workshops• Newsletter

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Fundraising

• Why do we need funds?– Hardware & Software– Build a system?– Set some goals

• Some Ideas …– Tech Support Events– Grants– Solicit Sponsorships/Donations– Auction– Sell USB Drives, Virus Protection, etc– Your thoughts …?

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Tech Crew Resources

• AHS Tech Crew– On the web: http://ahstechcrew.org– Follow us on Twitter: #AHSTechCrew– Facebook: http://facebook.com/AHSTechCrew– Subscribe to Mailing list: http://ahstechcrew.org/lists

• Twitter– If you have consent, consider an account– NOT a requirement!

• T-Shirts– Limited sizes/colors

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CLOUD

DATA & DATABASES

APPDEVELOPMENT

GRAPHICS

GAMING

PERIPHERALS

NETWORK

LANGUAGES

OPERATING SYSTEM

Future Meeting Preview

STORAGE

CPU

MEMORYGRAPHICS

I/O

NETWORK

VIRTUAL

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• Included in each topic:– Guest Speaker*– Brief History– Definition– Technical Overview– Trends– Classroom/Online Challenges– Hands on (when practical)

– Additional Content/Links– Project**

Future Meeting Preview

*Not for every topic**Based on interest

STORAGE

CPU

MEMORYGRAPHICS

I/O

NETWORK

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Questions/Comments?

Scott Seighmanscotts@ahstechcrew.org