What’s Next

IT Summer Work and What’s New for Next School Year

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We’re nearly there!!!  Over the summer there will be lots of changes taking place.  Some are still in the initial planning phases or waiting for budget decisions.  However, to ensure you are kept in the picture and there are no sudden surprises, here is the current plan:


    • Upgrade to Moodle 2.4 *details coming shortly
    • P drives unavailable to students starting next school year from Grades 9-11 and faculty and Grade 12 as of October
    • Current folders in Classworks special projects will be deleted

 

 

 

 

 


  • iPads – curricular sets and individuals – will be collected before CWW trips but will be available during CWW exhibition upon request.  
  • Desktops will be replaced with new All in One desktops running Windows 7 and have the same software.
  • All the old SMART Boards and beamers will be replaced with a SMART Board like the one currently in rm 104.
  • Removal of SMART Board in the upstairs of the library
  • Tablet return for non-returning faculty and end of lease machines will be collected no later than Friday 14 June. *if this applies to you, you will be contacted with more detailed information
  • Student portfolios on blogs.zis.ch will be refreshed including adding the Class of 2017 into the Upper School navigation structure
  • Recording studio ready for use in semester 1
  • Four new classrooms ready for use 
  • Prepare tablets for new faculty and students

 

BIG Ed. Tech Decisions Coming Shortly

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 In the article Technology is Not Neutral (Stager, 2013) outlines the need for us to  think of technology  as cognitive tools, an essential viewpoint for our upcoming decisions
Come up to the blob table and play with the Light SMART Raise Beamer with this BIG question in mind:
                             How will this impact teaching and learning?  
Please write your feedback on the whiteboard or this digital board. http://padlet.com/embed/nmxlchq4c

If the SMART pen and projector remote is not out it is in Amy’s office.

 *PLC time this week will be devoted to formal feedback in curriculum areas regarding the ideal digital classroom eco system, overview of next phase of 1-to-1, and a few observations from Liz about current student tech usage.

Future Device Decision

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The decision(s) regarding what 1-to-1 computing will look like at ZIS in the future will happen before the end of March. Your “story” as it pertains to 1-to-1 is very useful and needed! Please “tell your story” by filling out the questionnaire.  Alternatively, if you would like to “tell your story” in person, I will make time! Later this week the Device Review Group will meet to come up with the educational lens through which all conversations about future device options will be considered.