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2018-19 Mandatory Tech Contact & Media Coordinator Meetings 2018-19 Mandatory Tech Contact & Media Coordinator Meetings

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Sunday, August 29, 2021

Welcome Back!


 We hope you had a restful break and a great first week back with students!  Below you will find some important information/reminders.



Please mark your calendars for our beginning of the year tech/media meeting, which will be virtual via Google Meet (we'll send out the links closer to the date, too). 

Date and time options:
Option 1: Tuesday, August 31st 3pm-4pm OR
Option 2: Tuesday, August 31st 4:30pm-5:30pm


Both meetings will cover the same information, so just pick a time that works best with your schedule. 
Please remember that it is mandatory for all CTAs and tech contacts to attend one beginning of the year meeting and one end of the year meeting in order to maintain rights and access. 


*IMPORTANT* Before you checkout chromebooks to students, look in Destiny to see if they have devices not yet returned from the 2020-21 school year.  


JCPS Technology Services recommends Chromebooks for BYOD. We do not recommend Apple or Windows products to use safely on our networks. Other devices, such as Windows or Apple, are not approved due to security issues and an infection could take down the school and entire district. There is no way to ensure updates and virus protections are maintained on personal devices.  If schools have students bringing those devices in, just know they are not approved and put our network at risk.

 

Please archive/delete Google Classroom groups from last year.  Last year's restrictions through Relay Classroom will not release those students until the class has been archived/deleted.  


We have our 2021-2022 dates for Technology Discards/Recycle!

**VERY IMPORTANT** 

If you have any projector bulbs that need to be picked up, please put in an IT Direct Ticket in ASAP.  Please do not place them with the Technology Discards/Recycle items or in the courier because the likelihood of the bulb breaking and exposing others to Mercury would be too great.  


Do you have technology your school no longer uses but it still works?  Sharing is caring!  

Please use this SWAP Meet sheet to add what you have and/or what you need.      



Access our Tech Quote Folder in Google Shared Drive

https://bit.ly/JCPSQuotes


Request Destiny Patron Account (new, transfer, name update etc.)

http://bit.ly/JCSPatron              


Request New Golden Record/Asset in Destiny

http://bit.ly/JCSAsset


Information Regarding Discards

https://bit.ly/JCPSDiscards


New & Old iPads & Chromebooks (Configuring/Deprovisioning)

http://bit.ly/JCPSdevices

Phone Extensions

District Directory

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Monday, August 13, 2018

2018-19 Mandatory Tech Contact & Media Coordinator Meetings


Important updates are shared during our Tech Contact & Media Coordinator Meetings.  New this year, we will have three different meetings in effort to accommodate as many schedules as possible.  In order to maintain your status/rights as Tech Contact and/or Media Coordinator at your school, it is mandatory that you attend one of the BOY and EOY Meetings listed below.  Please mark your calendars!  Note:  There will not be any make-up/conference call sessions!

Beginning-of-the-Year Tech Contact & Media Coordinator Meeting
Monday, September 17, 2018 ~ 4:15-5:30pm ~ West Campus Conference Center
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 ~ 2:45-4:00pm ~ AG Glenn Team Room
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 ~ 4:15-5:30pm ~ AG Glenn Team Room
Monday, October 1, 2018 ~ 2:45-4:00pm ~ AG Glenn Team Room
Monday, October 1, 2018 ~ 4:15-5:30pm ~ AG Glenn Team Room


End-of-the-Year Tech Contact & Media Coordinator Meeting
Monday, April 29, 2019 ~ 2:45-4:00pm ~ AG Glenn Team Room
Monday, April 29, 2019 ~ 4:15-5:30pm ~ AG Glenn Team Room
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 ~ 4:15-5:30pm ~ AG Glenn Team Room


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Friday, August 25, 2017

Welcome Back Updates

Welcome Back
Welcome Back to the 2017-18 school year.  We hope you are getting settled and things are going well as you prepare for the student return on Monday.  We wanted to share a few things with you about our summer projects and dates to put on your calendar.

As of July 1, the Technology Department is now part of Operations, the Digital Learning team has been moved to Academic Innovation and the Information Services is now part of Communication and Engagement.  Although we are not in one department anymore we are still working closely to make sure you are support in all that you do at the school level so feel free to continue to reach out for emergencies through the Help Desk (helpdesk@johnston.k12.nc.us) - ext 1011 or enter tickets though SchoolDude for assistance when needed.
Thank you for your patience as we are doing our very best to get to all tickets in a timely manner.  

Over the summer there were several projects that you might want to be aware of:
  • We completed a Data Center Refresh (this completed the fixes from the hurricane last October)
  • We deployed new servers at all Middle and High Schools and two elementary schools
  • New school equipment installation and setup for SwiftCreek Middle and Innovation Academy
  • We assisted with switching from Sharpschool to Blackboard as our website host
  • Just a reminder all accounts are provisioned and your tech contacts should have rights to see staff and students in google as well as reset passwords for AD if you don't let us know so we can check your account OR help you get the training to get rights
  • We also had some analytics done on our Google settings and have made a few adjustments to better align our settings with COPPA and CIPA compliance standards.
  • We will no longer update the Digital Learning tools blog including the Web 2.0 Wednesday, and Google Tips. However, you will find similar posts on the new blog for Academic Innovation and you are encouraged to subscribe: http://thejocoreal.blogspot.com/
  • Google has made 2 updates over the summer, so all chromebooks need to be updated using the small update arrow at the bottom right of your chromebook. You might have to do it twice to get to the latest version of Chrome.  This arrow will offer to "Update and Restart" so it should be done when there is not an urgency to use the devices as it might take a few minutes to complete.
Meeting Reminders Please mark your Calendars!

BOY Media & Tech Contact Meeting*
AG Glenn Team Room
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
4:15-5:30 pm

EOY Media & Tech Contact Meeting*
AG Glenn Team Room
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
4:15-5:30 pm 

*Both meetings are required to gain/maintain CTA rights.  If you cannot attend, a rep from your school should be present.

Here is the Technician Schedule for 2017-18

If you need training of any kind please bring those needs to the BOY meeting so we can work to get a schedule together. (Resource Manager/Inventory, Coding, CTA training, etc)

If you are offering any training be mindful of the new Digital Learning Competencies.  We are still working on a plan to we will insure our teachers and administrators get credits as needed in this area, but they are NOT tech tool trainings and you can not give credit for updating your website that is associated with this "type" of credit.  It must be focused specifically on one of the 4 areas and centered on instruction.












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Thursday, August 20, 2015

Media Contacts


Image from: http://fairytailfanon.wikia.com

Huge Thank You for the following people being willing to be your first line of support this year!  All of these ladies are awesome and can help you get answers to most of your questions.

Elementary - Leta Woodall
Middle - Natalee Whitaker and Emily Vann
High - Deanne Holcombe and Yvette Davis

It is going to be a great year for Media.  We will have a few meetings this year for both Media and Technology here are the dates, so go ahead and mark your calendar.

Date/Time:
Location:
Topic:
September 16, 2015
4:00-5:30pm
AG Glenn, Team Room
Beginning of Year Tech Contact Meeting: Welcome Back!
October 27, 2015
4-6pm
JCC Auditorium Lobby
Digital Learning Expo
TBA
Spring Digital Learning Conference and/or Optional PLC
TBA
Meeting/Optional PLC
Meeting
April 26, 2016
4:00-5:30
AG Glenn, Team Room
Year End Tech Contact Meeting.
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Friday, August 16, 2013

Getting the year Started off right!

While we are not meeting with you during the opening workdays we have some information we would like to share with you prior to the start of school.  Here is a short video to help you get your school year started off right.  Take just a few minutes to watch the video.  There is one correction....AD Migration will go through December 2014 not 2012 as stated in the video.  ALL documents referenced as well as the presentation itself and this video are in the Tech Folder in Google Drive if you need them for reference.

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