Sydney Region

ICT Coordinators Information Day

Term 4 2008

Sydney Region

ICT Coordinators Information Day

Term 4 2008

He finally did it!

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Agenda Wrap Up of Term 3 - 2008 ICT Day

Term 4 2008 Technology Update

Videos made for teachers by students

Integrating ICT into Teaching and Learning

Tips and tricks (Primary days only)

Virtualising Servers (High School day only)

Learning Systems update

Term 4 ICT housekeeping

The Internet through the eyes of our students:

Are teachers even in the line of sight?

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Wrap up of Term 3, 2008

Wrap Up of Term 2 - 2008 ICT Day

Term 3 2008 Technology Update

How to Make a Google Maps Mash-up

Integrating ICT into Teaching and Learning

MS Office -Tips and tricks (Primary days only)

Learning Systems update

Digital images

Stu’s Double Jeopardy v3.1

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T3 2008 ICT day General Comments

Ideas – how to incorporate Comiclife and Artrage into KLA’s ; examples of best practice by others using these packages

Use flipcharts

Lena’s courses in Intranet

Freeware programs that allow you to animate images

Showcase of successful ICT projects

Website design and management

Basic day for new CC’s

Entries for making movies 08

GIMP in service

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K-6 summary of sessions T3 2008

1.Wrap Up of Term 2 - 2008 ICT Day

2.Term 3 2008 Technology Update

3.How to Make a Google Maps Mash-up

4.Integrating ICT into Teaching and Learning

5.Tips and tricks

6.Altiris

7.Lunch and Networking

8.Digital images

9.Double Jeopardy v 3.1

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7-12 summary of sessions T3 2008

1.Wrap Up of Term 2 - 2008 ICT Day

2.Term 3 2008 Technology Update

3.How to Make a Google Maps Mash-up

4.Integrating ICT into Teaching and Learning

5.DET procurement

6.Altiris

7.Lunch and Networking

8.Digital images

9.Double Jeopardy v 3.1

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Term 4 ICT Update

NSW and Commonwealth ICT initiatives Connected Classrooms - Phase 3 NGEN T4L, Apple Contract, Server Contract Staff E-Mail Student E-mail DET Portal changes Digital Education Revolution School Website Service 2008 Connected Learning Awards Government Schools of NSW from 1848 website

Sydney Region initiatives STEMS, SMSpresso, SR Servers-new contract, SMS alerts

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Connected Classrooms - Phase 3

Phase 3 inspections started. 40 Schools have been contacted.

Selection of Classroom: Must be power and Data outlets on front wall.

Power within 4m of cabinet Data within 2m of cabinet

Must be power within 4m of centre of back wall. Front wall behind IWB must be clear – no power, data outlets, conduit or

battens above 30cm and below 2.5m. Can not be demountable or MDR construction.

Phase 3 will be installed during Semester 1, 2009.

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Network Bandwidth Project (NGEN)

The scope of NGEN is to deliver a minimum of 10Mbps to each location over the next 24-30 months; however sites that have currently more than 10Mbps will maintain the current service they have today.

All Sydney Region have been surveyed in preparation for the NGEN program.

Once surveyed ITD networks will liaise with the school and with Telstra to facilitate the transition to NGEN.

It is envisaged that Sydney Region will be completed by the end of June 2009.

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Technology for Learning (T4L)

No details are available at present regarding the NSW T4L program in 2009

Apple contractThe previously advertised Apple desktop products have now gone 'end of life' and no stock is available.

Apple has advised us that they are in negotiation with the Department of Commerce to have new models tested and accepted under contract.

Once the new DET standard equipment is available for purchase it will be advertised. Schools should hold off on any discretionary Apple purchases until further notice.

Fileserver contract

https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/it/t4l/hardwarespecs/t4l_server_dell.htm

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Staff Email

Email services for staff in schools and TAFE will be brought in-house onto the existing corporate email system during the remainder of 2008. 

The new email service for staff will result in a number of changes for staff, including:All staff email address will end with @det.nsw.edu.au

Your mailbox will provide access to a global address list of all staff within the NSW  Department of Education and Training

You will need to set up your address book to see your school students' email addresses at your site.

https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/it/learnsyssupport/staff_email/index.htm

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Student Email

This email upgrade project will deliver a new service to 1.2 million NSW school and TAFE students by the end of 2008.

The new email service will provide a number of enhancements including:

larger mailbox capacity (over 7GB of space) larger total message sizes (up to 20MB) world class anti-spam and anti-virus protection

Change over processThere is no involvement required by local staff members or students for the changeover to occur.

The process to change students to the new email system involves:

Changing the student’s portal link to open their new email hosted at Google Redirecting email from the current service to the new service Copying the student’s existing email to their new mailbox

https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/it/learnsyssupport/student_email/index.htm

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DET Portal changes

The Account Administration function under My Applications will be disappearing on December 12

Staff will need to use EMU to reset passwords for students

There will be a new Staff Management Utility (SMU) for resetting staff passwords

Access for EMU and SMU will need to be allocated by the Principal using AMU

Further information will be provided once SMU has been released

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Digital Education RevolutionEVERY senior NSW public school student will get to keep a mini laptop after a new funding deal was thrashed out at yesterday's Commonwealth-state funding talks in Canberra.

Some will receive their custom-built computers, powered by a wireless broadband network, by the end of term two next year. Students will be able to keep their computers after they leave school.

The funding breakthrough came after months of bitter fighting over the Federal Government's offer of $1 billion to the states to fulfil federal Labor's election promise to give every year 9 to 12 student a computer.Mr Rees immediately pledged that NSW would lead the country by providing 197,000 senior public school students with the specially designed teenager-friendly computers.

Half the state's public high schools would have wireless internet connections by mid-2009, he promised, signalling the start of the laptop rollout. Mr Rees told The Sun-Herald NSW would receive $200 million from the Commonwealth for computers in public schools - and offered the other states and territories the chance to join NSW in a huge computer spending spree.

Lisa Carty and Kerry-Anne Walsh [edited]November 30, 2008

http://www.digitaleducationrevolution.gov.au/about.htm

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Digital Education Revolution - continued

"These custom-made laptops are about three-quarters the size of a regular laptop - compact enough to fit into a schoolbag or a locker but powerful enough to support all the IT needs of our high school students."We can deliver the digital revolution by putting wireless networks in every public secondary school and buying a laptop for all the 197,000 students in years 9 to 12.“

As the laptops run on a wireless network, there was no need to build expensive computer labs or banks of network servers.At a press conference with all state and territory leaders yesterday, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the extra funding for education came with strings attached.A "new era" of public transparency in reporting was needed from schools across the country.

Lisa Carty and Kerry-Anne Walsh [edited]November 30, 2008

http://www.digitaleducationrevolution.gov.au/about.htm

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Digital Education Revolution - continued

Specifically, over 4 years, DER is expected to provide:

197,000 custom-laptops to all students 9-12 commencing June 2009

Students to take laptops home and keep them after year 12

Comprehensive Wireless installations in all High Schools

Additional technical support for all high schools (“hundreds of extra staff”)

Teacher Training

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NSW DET School Website Servicehttps://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/lists/directoratesaz/communications/onlinecommu/projects/swp/index.htm

School website service will:

Create a network of school sites as a way to communicate information from the department that parents would find relevant and interesting, mixed in with the content of local and school-specific nature.

Allow for communicating information from other government agencies that is relevant to parents in the school education context.

Provide opportunities for publishing by school students, P&C members, community groups, extra-curricular activity providers, and anyone else whose content the principal is willing appear on your school website. 

Provide an easy to use editing tool (that enables content creation and updates), user-centred design, branding and editorial services, and centrally maintained content for use on school sites.

Provide greater support for school website management.

Promote the value of public education to the community. 

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NSW DET School Website Servicehttps://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/lists/directoratesaz/communications/onlinecommu/projects/swp/index.htm

Pricing $40 per annum for schools with fewer than 160 students

$440 per annum for all other schools.

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2008 Connected Learning Awards

Digital Story Awards: winners

2008http://www.governmentschools.det.nsw.edu.au/cli/e-

learning/cl_awards/ds_past_winners.shtm

Digital Art Awards: winners

2008

http://www.governmentschools.det.nsw.edu.au/cli/e-learning/cl_awards/da_past_winners.shtm

Short Film Awards: winners

2008http://www.governmentschools.det.nsw.edu.au/cli/e-

learning/cl_awards/sf_past_winners.shtm

Web Design Awards: winners

2008

http://www.governmentschools.det.nsw.edu.au/cli/e-learning/cl_awards/wda_past_winners.shtm

Learning Resource Awards: winners

2008 http://www.governmentschools.det.nsw.edu.au/cli/e-

learning/cl_awards/lr_past_winners.shtm

Greeting Card Design Awards: Winners

2008http://www.governmentschools.det.nsw.edu.au/cli/e-

learning/cl_awards/cards_past_winners.shtm

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Government Schools of NSW from 1848 website

http://www.governmentschools.det.nsw.edu.au/cli/govt_schools/index.shtm

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Sydney Region – School Servers Recommendations

Dell is the DET Preferred supplier for servers. 2 Dell models available

Base Model: T300/R300 Advanced Model – T2900/R2950

Sydney Region ITSU recommends:

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SRITSU Recommendation: SRITSU Recommendation: Small/Medium PrimarySmall/Medium Primary

Provides 272 Gb StorageProvides 272 Gb Storage

Item Qty

Base Server - T300/R3001 x Quad Core Xeon Pro X3353,12MB Cache,2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 4Gb RAM, 2 x 146 Gb HDD

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146 Gb HDD (additional)Raid 5 Controller (Additional)

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17" LCD Monitor (optional) 1

Total (Does not include Backup unit) $2656

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SRITSU Recommendation: SRITSU Recommendation: Medium/Larger PrimaryMedium/Larger Primary

Item QtyAdvanced Server - T29002 x Quad-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) E5410, 2x6MB Cache 2CPU 2.33GHz, 2x6MB Cache, 1333MHz FSB, 16 Gb RAM, 2 x 300Gb HDD

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300 Gb HDD (additional) 117" LCD Monitor (optional) 1

Total (Does not include Backup unit) $4007 Provides 600Gb StorageProvides 600Gb Storage

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SRITSU Recommendation: High SRITSU Recommendation: High SchoolSchool

Item QtyAdvanced Server - T2900(2 x Quad-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) E5410, 2x6MB Cache 2CPU 2.33GHz, 2x6MB Cache, 1333MHz FSB, 16 Gb RAM, 2 x 300Gb HDD)

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300 Gb HDD (Additional) 3

17" Monitor (optional if the school has a spare monitor) 1

Total (Does not include Backup unit) $4697 Provides 900Gb StorageProvides 900Gb Storage

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Backup SoftwareBackup Software

Symantec Backup Exec V12Symantec Backup Exec V12

Item QtyBackup Exec 12 CoreCore component required for Backup.

1 $215

Windows Server AgentAgent required to backup a Windows Server. Includes Shadow Copy to copy files in use.

1 Copy per Server

$130

Active Directory AgentAgent required to backup and Restore Active Directory.

1 Copy per Active Directory

Server

$215

Total $560

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Backup Hardware – Option 1Backup Hardware – Option 1Tape DriveTape Drive

Item QtyExternal Tape Unit Suitable for R300, T300, R2950

1 $825

Tapes 5 $210

Total $1035

Item QtyInternal Tape Unit Suitable for T2900 only

1 $715

Tapes 5 $210

Total $925

Schools should budget for new tapes each yearSchools should budget for new tapes each year

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Backup Hardware – Option 2Backup Hardware – Option 2External USB Hard drivesExternal USB Hard drives

Primary School

Item QtyMaxtor OneTouch 4 Plus 500GB Ext Hard Drive 3 144.55

Total (check backup options adjacent) $433.65

High School or Large PrimaryItem Qty

Maxtor OneTouch 4 - Hard drive - 1 TB - external - 3.5" - Hi-Speed USB - 7200 rpm

3 290.00

Total $870

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Backup Hardware – Option 3Backup Hardware – Option 3Network Attached StorageNetwork Attached Storage

Primary SchoolItem QtyBuffalo LinkStation Pro Duo LS-W1.0TGL/R1 - NAS - 1 TB - Serial ATA-150 - HD 500 GB x 2 - RAID 0, 1 - Gigabit Ethernet

1

Total $620

High School or Large Primary

Item QtyBuffalo LinkStation Pro Duo LS-W2.0TGL/R1 - NAS - 2 TB - Serial ATA-150 - HD 1 TB x 2 - RAID 0, 1 - Gigabit Ethernet

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Total $820

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Sydney Region initiatives- STEMSAnother successful year for STEMS with all Sydney Region schools participating

Thanks to all K-6 schools and their staff for their great work in getting the data completed on time

Three high schools asked for specific training because their year 7 advisers have changed

The Goulburn and Shellharbour areas of Illawarra and South East Region also ran STEMS this year

Some interesting statistics from STEMS 2008 are on the next slide

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Sydney Region initiatives- STEMS

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Sydney Region initiatives- SMSpresso

Sydney Region’s SMS Solution SMSpresso is now available for schools to sign up Schools in Sydney Region will get free on-site installation if

required Minimum order is 5,000 credits at 8c each ($440 inc GST) No other costs involved Standard export reports built into OASIS for attendance and

Overdue Library books http://sitwww.det.nsw.edu.au/sr/smspresso for full details SMSpresso is available now

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Sydney Region initiatives- Softwarehttp://sitwww.det.nsw.edu.au/sr/bulksoftware.htm

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Sydney Region initiatives- SMS IT alerts

Sydney Region ITSU is to start sending IT alerts via SMS to Computer Coordinators.

If you would like to be alerted of ICT outages at your school as detected by ITSU or general DET ICT outages as well as other important ICT notices, and you did not give us your number last term (or if your number has changed), please leave your mobile phone number on the sign on sheet.

There is no charge for this service

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ICT Coordinators Information Day

Term 4 2008