Dec 4th, 2009

Staff MacBook buy out option is possible as long at the teacher pays the full value of the computer.

• Dean's Laptop
  • MacBook Pro = 109,500 YEN
  • Apple Care  = 26,800 YEN
  • Total = 136,300 YEN

FirstClass to Gmail

1. Benifits
   1. Reduced cost saving of 1,433,520 a year
   2. 7 GB of space per user
   3. seemless intergration with google docs
   4. opens 4 IU of space in the server rack
2. Negatives
   1. diffucult to transition eg. Teachers Lounge and associated file
   2. Not sure if Calendar feature is equal
   3. Unknow transition issues

Nov 27th, 2009

1. Nick for December
2. Resource access, awareness and booking
3. Learning Hub
4. Bulk order
   1. Refresh 35 of the oldest MacBooks, currently stored in the IT Office
      1. 35 hard drives
      2. 70 sticks of memory
   2. Retrospect Backup software
   3. Smartboard Cable Replacements
   4. School email accounts for Grades 3-5
   5. Still and Video cameras for ELC-Grade 5

5. New hardware and software

   1. New FileMaker Pro Server Advanced new hardware and software
   2. Paul N receiving a New Laptop
   3. David N receiving new laptop, after having many documented problems with his existing Laptop

   4. iBook for Jacyl Ware

6. 1-1 update

for another Time

Firewall

Server Room

Position for Inventory person

1 to 1 ideas: meeting with Paul, Shanel and Christine first

Feedback on social networks from Dennis and John, a work in progress, will have more detail next week

1. Recommend placing printed signs in the IT Lab and meeting with those supervising the IT Lab for a review of the following proper conduct guidelines
   1. No consumption of Food or Drink (execpt bottled water)
   2. No Playing around
   3. No Yelling or Shouting
   4. No Standing Around
   5. One person per chair
2. a need for an Info literacy session
   1. Question is when and where, still talking details on this one

Oct 9, 2009

Firewall

Server Rack

any other business

batch order

Oct. 2nd

New Server Rack

Sep. 24th, 2009

• Priority 1: MacBook Pro & finalization of new (DRAFT) Faculty Laptop Program
• Priority 2: Elementary Hardware request:
  • Projectors in the rest of classroom projected cost: 7,000,000 YEN

    • Location	Change
      2 Grade K	Projectors, Speakers, DVD+VCR
      2 Grade 1	Projectors, Speakers, DVD+VCR
      2 Grade 3	Projector, Speakers, DVD+VCR
      2 Grade 4	Projector, Speakers, DVD+VCR
      2 Grade 2	Projector, Speakers, DVD+VCR
      2 Grade 5	Projector, Speakers, DVD+VCR
      Replace Loft projector & Audio system	Projector, Speakers, DVD+VCR
      Art Room	Projector, Speakers, DVD+VCR

       

  • Camera still & video, would iPhones be a better option?
• Priority 2: Firewall Update (Phase II Meetings with IIJ, Fuji Xerox)

Sept 3rd, 2009

• Cabrelli visit
• Kristen's request
• Batch order

  • Order list, priority in accordance of it's listing

    1. New Firewall  :  ￥3.5 Million YEN OR Rental
    2. (PURCHASED)Replacement RAID using Drobo Pro : ￥500,000 
    3. Kensington lock for Chinese Language teacher
    4. Replacing oldest MacBooks assigned to Teacher (qty of 32) ￥2.5 Million 
    5. Laptop case & Kensington locks for E Wilson
    6. Backblaze (Remote Internet Backup) Accounts for All Teachers $3750/yr
    7. (PURCHASED) 23 Apple Keyboards & 5 Mice, 5 Mini-DVI to VGA Adapters (185,000 yen)
       1. Keyboards are allowing us to give more space to students when they're working.
    8. 11 external hard drives for Media Studies
       1.      500GB LaCie ~15000 yen each.
• Replace Teacher MacBooks with serial numbers ending with *U9E & *WGL
  • Order at the most 32.... or at the least the computers with the most trouble 4 at this point but there might be more...
    • Simon L. (He is not on the list below)
    • Sunita Devadas (On the list below w/ *U9E)
    • Andrew Ware (On the list below w/ *U9E)
    • Dean Faught (On the list below w/ *U9E)
    • Elliot Tracey
  • Do we replaced teacher computers one at a time or in a batch?
    1. Non-batch price: 111,000 + 37000 for AppleCare
    2. Batch price: 109,500 + 36500 for AppleCare
    3. ~1.2% price difference per unit.
    • 
    • Replaced Projector and Amp in the Loft

• Computer Policy Moving Ahead WITH Replacements

  • Draft Policies Here
    • Of Note: Faculty Laptop Program
  • A segway policy into MacBook Pro 13" instead of MacBooks.
• Dean's role

May 22, 2009

• Budget overview
• Summer hire details 

   

April 3, 2009

• Curriculum update
  • Students: iSkills
  • Teachers:  ISTE Technology Standards for Teachers 
    • Facebook & Social Media • 
      • stimulate conversation Sample Policy in the news • FaceBook In Reality
  • The Role of Leadership in Technology Integration  

    "For technology to become an integral part of a school, it not only is necessary to help teachers use the technology but administrators must be involved in it, too. The importance of training for developing teachers in technology has long been recognized in the educational community. These findings indicate that administrative leadership and decision-making are equal, if not more important than spending on infrastructure to maintaining a successful technology program.

• Learning Hub update
• JASCD update
• Live Streaming how to make it better
  • 2 emobile connectors• internet most anywhere in Japan • 10,000 yen a month
  • pro account for mogulus • ad free, high quality video streaming • $350 a month
  • Canon GL2 & tripod • small camera with excellent quality of video & sound • $3,500
• Budget proposal to spread out spending and work loads
  • Summer purchase
    • 6 Laptops for new teachers
  • September purchase
    • 40 plus or minus laptops replacing broken computers (final numbers are figured out during the summer)
• Summer helper assists department from May - 1st week of school. Need to advertise & interview

March 6th, 2009

• Staff meeting presentation topics
  • Best of Animoto
  • Follow up Posterous
  • Collaboration with ASIJ & Voicethread
• Google Pilot start.yis.ac.jp
• Ustream live streaming using a video camera and a computer both can be streamed and recorded,
  • Potential examples: IB Music recital IT Meetings

• Emobile Modems + Canon GL2/XL2/GLH2