Joint Information Systems Committee - leadership in the innovative use of ICT to support education and research

neat discussion about the role of an Ed Technologist. participants include educators and IT professionals.

Metiri Group presented to technology coordinators in Alberta. Presentation includes links to examples, resources and reports.

Strategies to manage email

A history of technology in education

The proliferation of ed tech is certainly cause for celebration. But that celebration carries a dark side--the potential for fraud and abuse. Tech & Learning asked four technology directors about five security challenges that keep them up at night.

In our district we have worked very hard to integrate Mac OS and Windows. We use Microsoft AD for directory services. It is an ongoing struggle to make these two environments work together.
Is your district also dual platform? I would love to share experiences and hopefully solutions.
Please post here or email me - cgseibel at cbe.ab.ca
Thanks!

Blog posting - security data from Websense supports the perspective that social networking sites pose a threat to corporate networks.

A significant challenge for us is to balance the availability and security of the network with the use of tools that support 21st century learning. The debate continues....

I believe that participating in building design is key so that we can best plan for and design the supporting technology (instructional, building systems, administration).

book summary and order process

Reporting that MS has made deal with PC manufacturers - Windows XP home on ULPC's in return for screen size limited to 10.2 inches, hard drives to 80Gbytes, and no touchscreens.

Value Sensitive Design - approach to the design of technology that accounts for human values in a principled and systematic process

Hi. I'm from the public school district in Calgary AB. Approx 100,000 students in 210+ schools.

Top pressures are:
1. Providing flexible platforms to support new learning models
2. Growing technology footprint
3. Growing complexity (connectivity, applications)
4. Growing demand
5. External competition for skilled technical staff
6. Same resources (staff levels)

Cindy Seibel
Director, Information Technology Services
Calgary Board of Education

Thanks Miguel for setting this up. I look forward to connecting with others in a similar role.

Would it be helpful if we shared a little about our districts? And what our top issues are right now? I know I would find that helpful - so I'll start a new thread.

Cindy Seibel

Miguel guhlin wrote:
> This is a place where Chief Technology Officers, Directors of Technology can ask those questions they were always afraid to ask, as well as share their experiences and links to resources they discover for getting work done.
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> A few suggestions...
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> *Change your notification of group messages to DAILY so that you can messages once a day rather than all at once.
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> *If you haven't already, install Diigo or Digolet for easy bookmarking and tagging of resources.
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> *Tag any items that you bookmark with the tag of "ctonetwork" so that rest of us will be able to find it easily.
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> Remember--to get a lot, each of us has to give a little.
> ;- >
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> Best wishes,
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> Miguel Guhlin