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ICT Inset
6th January 2008
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Agenda
Changes
Help
Certification
Feedback
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Changes
Be afraid
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The old way
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The old way #2
Benefits:
Easy to administer
All computers roughly the same
Disadvantages:
Virtual Straitjacket
Hard to understand
Difficult to use with whiteboards More people that use it, the slower it gets
Very bad at running multi-media applications
One user can affect all the others
Wastes the expensive computer you have on your desk
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The new way
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The new way #2
Disadvantages:
More work for IT department initially
Benefits:
Control back in your hands – you can run whatever youwant (within reason)
Independence for users
Works just like your computer at home (only slower )
Uses the expensive computer resource that you have on your desk
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Aim of changes
Get rid of “weirdo” non-standard applications
Use industry standard applications and systems
Be legal and current
Allow YOU to do what you want to do with your computer
Allow pupils to do more with the computers
Provide a wider application portfolio
Increase staff skills and confidence
Broaden the use of ICT in the curriculum
Keep the school’s IT secure and current
Provide access to IT everywhere on anything
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Changes/New Stuff
Terminal Servers
Office 2007
Sophos Antivirus
Website
Moodle/Virtual Learning Environment
Wireless Network
Video
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New E-mail System
Moving all staff from Navaho to Outlook/Exchange
Benefits
More “standard”
Easier to use, especially with lots of messages
Better SPAM filtering
Further services (calendar, integration, etc)
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Impact to you
Rob or Adrian will need to come and spend an hourwith you to get everything setup and give you a quicktour
All your e-mail will be moved over for you
It will mean some parallel running with Navaho
A new e-mail address –[email protected]
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Timescale
End of Spring Term for completion of e-mail switchover
Beginning of Autumn Term for Calendar switchover
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Teaching Staff Folder
Is a dumping ground
Has some logical filing, some splatter
Isn’t easily searchable
Has a lot of old documents lying around
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Teaching Staff #2
New service, called Sharepoint
Accessed via http://staff
Allows us to:
Upload/Store documents
Have a discussion forum
Search documents
Set expiry dates
Much much more
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Accessing School Network from
Old system – https://mail.hordlewalhampton.co.uk stillworking
Has limited functionality
New system – VPN or Virtual Private Networking
Allows access to entire network securely
Requires installation of a small programme on yourcomputer – disks and instructions available
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Doing reports from home
New school database doesn’t work very well over VPN(too slow)
However…
Use VPN to connect to school
Then use “Remote Desktop Connection” to connect to Terminal Server
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New Applications Office 2007
OpenOffice
Google Sketchup
English Type Junior
Handwriting for Windows
Google Earth
Tux Paint
Paint.NET
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Use of IT rooms
ICT 1 (nearest Science)
Teaching
Pre-Prep
Activities/Clubs
ICT 2
Seniors/Staff
Quiet room for working, “library conditions”
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Maintenance System
http://maintenance to log all your maintenancerequests
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Printing
New print server up and running at start of last term.
Much more reliable than old one
95% of wasted printing is from staff
Remember that lots of people use the printers, so
when you click print, it won’t always pop out of theprinter right away
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Help!
Don’t Panic, Mr Mainwaring!
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Ways to get help
Rob Austin
Quick help Guides
Online Training Materials
Colleagues
Log a “Service Ticket”
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Ways to help us
Ask good questions, provide good information
“Printer broken” vs “Printer in Staffroom has no toner”
Tell us in time!
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Rob Austin
Works on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays
First point of contact
5 hours (10 x 30 minute slots) available to sign up forcoaching/help/counselling
Is developing online training materials for commonapplications that will go online
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HW Certification
We must all be certified (certifiable?)…
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Introduction Various external certification frameworks available,
e.g. CLAIT, ECDL, DIDA
None of them “job specific”
Aim is to give you the skills to do your job more easilywith fewer frustrations, and specific to your job
3 levels of achievement; everyone must complete level
1 by the end of the summer term.
Not designed to develop basic skills in Office orgeneral IT – for help with these, book individualsessions with Rob
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Level 1
By completing level 1, you will be able to:
Enter grades
Write reports
Upload pictures and text to Mercury
Transfer files from home/memory stick to teaching staff &SharePoint site
Securely connect to school from home (and writereports/grades from home)
Manage SPAM
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Level 1
By completing level 1, you will be able to:
Send and receive e-mails with the new system
Use address books
Send and receive pictures/attachments
Add/edit items on the school calendar
Create topics and take part in discussions on sharepoint
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How to pass your Level 1
Classroom training will be available for Level 1 on fouroccasions during the Spring Term
Rob Austin available for one-to-one coaching
Adrian/Rob both available for questions
“Quick Guide” available
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