Denver Public Schools Teachers’ Tech and Data Tools Erin Magley Matthew Woolums Kirk Anderson

Educational Technology & Library Services

Nigel Jordan Mark Thiel Jason Rand Jeff Braa Department of Technology Services, Site Support

Web Resource Everything is linked at: http://TeacherTechResources.wikispaces.dpsk12.org

http://tinyurl.com/DPSTech

Technology In Education Technology implementation is vital to the LEAP (Leading Effective Academic Practice) Framework: http://leap.dpsk12.org/The-Framework/2012-13-Framework.aspx

Who Supports You?

  School Tech Rep (STR) Department of Technology Services (DoTS)  Hotline (720-423-3888)  Site Support Team  Network Team  Telecommunications Team  Educational Technology and Library Services

DPS Board of Education – Tech Policies

 The proper use of technology systems is governed by Board of Education policies.

 The district is subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) which mandates how personally identifiable student records are to be handled.

 Board policies prohibit the sharing of passwords with anyone: colleagues, students.

DPS Board of Education – Tech Policies Board policies located at:

http://board.dpsk12.org/policy/policy.shtml

JRA/JRC EGAEA Student Records/Release of Information on Students Electronic Mail EGAEB EGAEC EGAD-R-1 Internet Policy Network Connections Copyright Compliance (Computer Software)

What’s in Your Classroom

      Teacher Computer (Dell or Mac)  Teacher Laptop Project (all teachers by Dec 2012) Cisco telephone with voice mail to Outlook email Computer lab access Projector (or to check out) Shared printer access Other items particular to each school

Systems You Can Access

 Teacher Portal/Schoolnet( http://teacher.dpsk12.org

)  Infinite Campus - student information system ( http://campus.dpsk12.org

)  Employee Self Service ( http://employeeinfo.dpsk12.org

)  Outlook - Email ( http://webmail.dpsk12.org

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Standardized Supported Software

 Microsoft  Windows 7/Vista/XP  Office 2007/2010  Macintosh  OS 10.x  Office 2008/2011  Home use of MS Office

DPS Network

 Wired vs. Wireless  DPS Barcoded Equipment Only  Non-DPS Equipment – Only on DPSGuest Wireless

Your First Days With Technology

Day 1

• • • • Take student attendance in IC (Infinite Campus) Access your DPS Outlook e-mail account Set up your telephone voice mail Access Teacher Portal/Schoolnet

Your First Days With Technology

Days To Come

• Check your employee information (including your pay stub) on Employee Self-Service • Ask for your guest teacher from SmartFind Express (substitute system)

Self-Service Password Management (SSPM)

 The Department of Technology Services (DoTS) rollout of the Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution includes a stand-alone Self-Service Password Management tool which provides convenient and confidential password reset functionalities for Denver Public Schools (DPS) employees, contractors, volunteers and mentors.

Self-Service Password Management (SSPM)

 Benefits of Managing My Own Password • Centralized self-service for password management • One place to go for all password management related activities, such as password resets, password changes and username lookup • Retrieve a forgotten DPS network/email account username • Reset forgotten DPS network/email account password • Available at any time, 24 hours a day/7 days week

Your First Days With Technology

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Standard-Based Progress Report

Used by all elementary and most middle schools (not high schools) Trimester schedules Enter progress marks and comments in IC

Instructional Technology

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Online research databases

 Access via: http://lion.dpsk12.org/  Gaggle.net (student email, blogging, and social media) 

Learning.com

Instructional Technology

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Edmodo

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(Social media/Learning Management) Create an account in DPS

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Google Apps (Not Available Yet)

Instructional Technology

 YouTube (can be overridden by teachers) 

Digital Educator Academy

 Tech Symposium Sept. 8 th and Oct. 6 th (Saturdays)  http://dea.dpsk12.org

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Teacher Webpages

 Currently Wikispaces

Instructional Technology

Safari Montage (streaming digital content)  6000 high-quality educational videos  Searchable

On Aug 10th Account Set Up

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Outlook Email

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Infinite Campus

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Teacher Portal/Schoolnet

How can WE help?

Questions?

Web Resource Everything is linked at: http://TeacherTechResources.wikispaces.dpsk12.org

http://tinyurl.com/DPSTech