Title: Using and Deploying Google Apps for Education
Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Time: 9:30 AM EST
Duration: 00:47:17
Link: http://web.aiu3.net/
Description: Google Apps for Education is a collection of web-based programs and file storage that run in a web browser. The applications include communication tools (Gmail, Google Talk, and Google Calendar), productivity tools (Google Docs: text files, spreadsheets, and presentations). With Google Apps, sharing content is as simple as granting someone access, which facilitates collaboration, peer review of academic materials, and the collective generation of knowledge. Learn how to use Google Apps as an end user and how to deploy and maintain Google Apps as an IT administrator for your environment.
Title: Preparing your school for Student Owned Mobile Devices
Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Time: 11:10 AM EST
Duration: 00:51:45
Link: http://web.aiu3.net/
Description: In the fall of 2010, Hempfield High School began allowing students to bring their own personal electronic devices to school and use these devices during the school day. Personal electronic devices is a broad category, including cell phones, laptops, and other Internet-enabled devices. During this presentation we will review the steps we took to prepare Hempfield High School for this implementation. We will cover network configurations and security precautions, policies that were written or modified, and staff and student education and communication efforts. After reviewing our implementation, we will have time at the end for a question-and-answer as well as best-practice discussion with the audience.
Title: CoSN’s CTO Certification: What it is and how it will help your career
Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Time: 1:30 PM EST
Duration: 00:41:47
Link: http://web.aiu3.net/
Description: The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), the premier professional association for school district technology leaders, is creating a new certification program for Chief Technology Officers (CTO). Based on CoSN’s Framework of Essential Skills of the K-12 CTO, the new certification program will be a sought-after destination for technology leaders dedicated to their careers and to the school districts in which they work.
