Technology Update to Board (2006)

Sylvan Union School District Technology Department

Major Points

• Understanding the use of technology for communication and research are essential 21st century skills

• The vast majority of our students will only receive instruction on these tools and strategies while in the public school system.

• Students without instruction on utilizing technology for learning will miss out on current and future opportunities.

• Sylvan Union School District has made great beginning strides in incorporating modern instructional tools, but we still have a ways to go.

Professor Ikujiro Nonaka at UC Berkley:

The dynamics of knowledge have become the most important

competitive resource of the firm.

Eric Hoffer – Longshoreman/Philosopher

• In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The Learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.

David Thornburg –

• Lifelong learning needs to become the dominant paradigm for education if our institutions are going to remain relevant in the lives of their students.

Students After HS

Student Thoughts On "After High School"

Intended to enter an

apprenticeschip4%

Planned on getting a job

9%

Gave another answer

3%

Heading to college

25%

Going to the university

45%

Undecided14%

Going to the university

Heading to college

Planned on getting a job

Intended to enter anapprenticeschip

Undecided

Gave another answer

http://www.natcon.org/natcon/presentations/presentations2006/Gullekson_e.ppt

Parents Beliefs after HSParents' Thoughts for Their Children After HS

Move on to College

26%

Move on to University

54%

Get a job6%

Undecided11%Move on to

apprenticeship3% Move on to University

Move on to College

Get a job

Move on toapprenticeship

Undecided

http://www.natcon.org/natcon/presentations/presentations2006/Gullekson_e.ppt

What the Research ShowsWhat the Research Actually Shows

No Higher Education Beyond HS

64%2 Year Program

8%

Undergraduate Degree

16%

Graduate Degree

12% Graduate Degree

Undergraduate Degree

2 Year Program

No Higher EducationBeyond HS

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Summary

• Understanding the use of technology for communication and research are essential 21st century skills

• The vast majority of our students will only receive instruction on these tools and strategies while in the public school system.

• Students without instruction on utilizing technology for learning will miss out on current and future opportunities.

• Sylvan Union School District has made great beginning strides in incorporating modern instructional tools, but we still have a ways to go.

The Numbers

• Technology Hardware Replacement Budget - $50K (Replace teacher, office, and district office hardware)

• 1434 computers and 26 Servers• Two Technical Support staff• Technology Budget of $80,000

– SmartNet Contract $5,281.95 Core Router– Email Filter $1000– AntiVirus Annual Subscriptions $8342.69 ($5.75 per

computer every year)

• $44.76 per computer

= (($80K – Annual Contracts)/1434)…but, …

The Numbers• $44.76

– Does not include costs associated with network electronics, switches, software, access points, printers, supplies and materials, training, etc.

– curriculum, student information system, student report cards, warehouse, purchasing, business department, facilities, food service, transportation, print shop, child care, human resources, maintenance/operations, ESL/Categorical, special education, alternative education, libraries, summer school,

Developing Three Year Objectives

• Develop plan for computer hardware replacement, including phased implementation of server refresh.

• Develop plan and acquire funding for teacher station updates including: laptops, projectors, speakers, and document cameras.

• Implement Cisco wireless plan and deployment for Ustach and Somerset Middle School

• Create plan for meeting infrastructure goals for all sites by 2010. • Develop plan, evaluate, and implement centralization of student

information system and district wide back-up system.

Hardware Replacement Budget

Fiscal Years

Hardware Replacement

07-08 08-09 09-10

Servers $9000 $9000 $9000

Workstations $41,000 $41,000 $41,000

Total Dollars $50,000 $50,000 $50,000

Hardware 07-08 08-09 09-10

Projector and Laptop Batteries

$10,000 $10,000 $10,000

Parts and Supplies

$12,000 $12,000 $12,000

LCD Projectors $20,000 $20,000 $20,000

Elmo Document Cameras

$15,000 $15,000 $15,000

Printers $5,000 $5,000 $5,000

Cisco SmartNet Agreement

$5,281.95 $5,281.95 $5,281.95

Cisco Wireless at Somerset and Ustach Middle Schools

$53,333 $53,333 $53,333

Aeries SIS Client-Server Upgrade

$10,000 $10,000 $3,000

Centralized Back- Up System

$20,000 $3,000 $3,000

Network Infrastucture Updates

CF Brown$30,000

Orchard$20,000

Sherwood$20,000

UPS Battery Replacement

$2,500 $2,500 $2,500

Total Dollars $183,114.95 $156,114.95 $149,114.95

Software Budget

Fiscal Years

Software 07-08 08-09 09-10

United Streaming (Middle Schools)

$4500 $4500 $4500

District Standards

$4,000 $4,000 $4,000

McAffee Anivirus

$8342.69 $8342.69 $8342.69

$16,842.69 $16,842.69 $16,842.69

Cumulative Totals

Cumulative Totals

$249,957.64 $ 222,957.64 $215,957.64

07-08 08-09 09-10

Current Budget - $130,000

Proposed Budget - $249,957.64

Difference of - $119,957.64

Accomplishing our Goals

• Utilize all funding opportunities– Grants, Vouchers and other one time sources

• Continue promoting hardware and software standards that provide cost savings

Bibliography• Jukes, Ian; Education at the Crossroads – The restructuring of Education, the Future

of Employment and the Challenges of Education, The InfoSavy Group, 2005, http://ianjukes.com/infosavvy/education/handouts/eatc.pdf

• Jukes, Ian & Anita Dosaj; Understanding Digital Children – Teaching and Learning in the New Digital Landscape, The InfoSavvy Group, 2006, http://ianjukes.com/infosavvy/education/handouts/ndl.pdf

• Walsh, John; Job Shadow – Finding the Road to Your Career, University of Guelph, PowerPoint Presentation, http://www.natcon.org/natcon/presentations/presentations2006/Gullekson_e.ppt

• Thornburg, David; The Future Isn’t What it Used to Be – Comments to Citicorp on emerging trends relating to education, Congressional Institute for the Future, 1997, http://www.tcpd.org/Thornburg/Handouts/FutureIsntWhat.pdf