Transcript Technology Update - Department of Education and Communities

Sydney Region
ICT Coordinators day
Term 1 2008
Sydney Region
ICT Coordinators day
Term 1 2008
Sydney Region
Agenda
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Wrap up of Term 4 ICT day
Term 1 2008 update
The Fuse Is Lit... It's Time to Change
Integrating ICT into Teaching and Learning
Favourite Digital Learning Resources Intranet site
MS Office -Tips and tricks (Primary days only)
Setting up a Local Cisco Networking Academy (HS only)
Effective Use of the Internet and Email
Centre for Learning Innovation (CLI)
Fileserver management in SR schools
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Wrap up of Term 4, 2007
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DET wireless standards
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Integrating ICT into Teaching and Learning (all days)
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MS Office -Tips and tricks (Primary days only)
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Moodle (High school only)
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The Information R/Evolution
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Effective Use of the Internet and Email
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Apple update
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Comic Life and Scratch
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ICT day T4 2007 evaluations (PS)
1.Wrap up
Evaluation
2. ICT update
3. DET wireless standards
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4. Integrating ICT into Teaching
and Learning
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6. The Information R/Evolution
4 7. Effective Use of the Internet and
Email
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8. Lunch
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Session
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9. Apple update
10. Comic Life and Scratch
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ICT day T4 2007 evaluations (HS)
1.Wrap up
Evaluation
2. ICT update
3. DET wireless standards
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4. Integrating ICT into Teaching
and Learning
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5. Moodle
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6. The Information R/Evolution
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7. Effective Use of the Internet and
Email
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8. Lunch
9. Apple update
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Session
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10. Comic Life and Scratch
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Term 1 ICT Update
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T4L 2008, Rollout, take back, discretionary
purchases
Connected Classrooms
SR software
Classmate trial
Employer communication devices – staff use
policy
New ITD website
Public Schools– ICT site
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T4L 2008
3253 entitlement units broken down as:
246 notebook computers
21 servers (to be installed)
1782 desktop computers
520 “extra” computers to support school administration
The Apple rollout is scheduled for Semester 1 2008 (subject to current
negotiations).
SR ITSU will be contacting schools after the T4L computers have been
installed to determine if the school requires further assistance.
https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/it/t4l/t4l.htm
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T4L 2008
https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/it/t4l/t4l.htm
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T4L 2008 –take back program
Lenovo have sent out 4 emails on the takeback program, asking for the
schools to email their requirement so that a schedule can be created.
To date, less than 10% of schools have responded, and the deadline has been
extended twice to accommodate.
Lenovo have stated to the schools that they would not be in a position to
respond to each enquiry until the schedule is created.
The next scheduled communication was during the week of March 17.
Lenovo will extend the deadline again to April 1. After this date, any
outstanding takeback for that school will be forfeited and they will have to
execute takeback using their next entitlement.
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Connected Classrooms
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The Connected Classrooms Program consists
of 3 key projects:
Network Bandwidth Project
Learning Tools Project
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Interactive Classrooms Project
In total these projects will see the investment
of $158 million over the next 4 years
http://www.cli.nsw.edu.au/cli/news/index/connected.shtm
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Connected Classrooms
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Sydney Region has nominated the first 20
schools to receive an “interactive” classroom.
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40 schools from Sydney Region are to be
nominated for their installation in semester 2
2008.
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Sydney Region will be advising schools of their
nominations in coming weeks.
Sydney Region
Number: DN/08/00076
Issued: 10 March 2008
INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS
COST SAVINGS ON CONTRACT FROM APRIL 2008
There is great interest in the Connected Classrooms Program and particularly the acquisition of
interactive whiteboards (IWBs) in schools. As the school year marches on I am aware of the
significant growing demand from schools to purchase IWBs.
The current situation is that the tender has closed, analysis is well under way and the IWB
Management Committee is in the process of assessing the information received from which to
make a recommendation.
Early indications are that there should be a genuine improvement in the price of the product and
associated service. The Management Committee is anticipating finalising its recommendation
by the end of this month which will enable schools to purchase whiteboards at greatly
reduced prices as from April 2008.
Accordingly, our strong advice is to await an outcome from the current tender process. Advice on
the contract will be published through InPrincipal as soon as the contract has been executed.
Your continued assistance in waiting for the release of this contract is appreciated.
PAUL HOPKINS
Chief Procurement Officer
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Sydney Region Software initiatives
http://www.sydneyr.det.nsw.edu.au/
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Intel Classmate project
This project involves Hebersham PS in Western Sydney region together with
Clemton Park PS from Sydney Region.
it's Intel's answer to the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project happening in
several disadvantaged countries over the world. Intel's product (as well as
being used in third world countries) is being trialed in developed countries
as well.
It's targeted at 5 to 14 year olds, but in both our project schools, they will be
exclusively used, on a one-to-one basis with Stage 2 (years 3 and 4
students).
http://www.classmatepc.com
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Employer communication devices –
staff use policy
3.3. Economic Use
Employees are required to use the most economical and efficient means of communication
when using departmental communication devices. Employees should keep short any
communication which is time charged; this applies equally to calls made from standard
telephones as well as calls from mobile telephones.
To reduce unnecessary power consumption of computer equipment, employees should
completely shut down their workstation before leaving work for the weekend.
Computer monitors still consume some electricity in standby mode. To save power, monitors
should be turned off overnight.
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https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/policies/staff/ethical_behav/comm_dev/PD20020024_i.shtml
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Annual greenhouse gas emissions and electricity consumption for PCs and laptops
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“A single computer running 24 hours a day for a year consumes around 1,000 kilowatt
hours (kWh) of electricity, the generation of which produces more than one tonne of
carbon dioxide. At a rate of $0.14 per kWh, it costs more than $140 per year to run
that computer”.
On average, office computers are only used for about eight hours each day. Therefore,
the cost of running the computer, its power consumption and the carbon dioxide
produced in generating that power can be substantially reduced by simply switching the
computer off at the end of each day.
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Computers
Desktop Computer
60-250 watts
60-250 watts
On screen saver
(no difference)
Sleep / standby
1 -6 watts
Laptop
15-45 watts
Monitors
Typical 17" CRT
80 watts
Typical 17" LCD
35 watts
Screen saver (any image on screen)
(no difference)
Sleeping monitor (dark screen)
0-15 watts
Monitor turned off at switch
0-10 watts
Apple iMac G5 w/built in 20" LCD screen
Doing nothing
97 watts
Monitor dimmed
84 watts
Monitor sleep
62 watts
Copying files
110 watts
Watching a DVD
110 watts
Opening a bunch of pictures
120 watts
Computer sleep
3.5 watts
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ITD’s New Website
Phase 1 of ITD’s new website has just been published on the DET intranet.
A key feature of the new website is the prominent display of news, alerts,
notifications and updates that more effectively communicate important and
interesting items to the user community. The display will provide a
continuous flow of the latest ICT-related information.
Also new to the site are:
a space for the provision of up-to-date information on ITD projects;
streamlined access to ICT standards documentation;
detailed information from the ITD Services Catalogue.
https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/it/
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Public Schools New Website
http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/news/technology/index.php
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ICT Coordinators day
Term 1 2008