ET680 Class #3 - In Person

• Announcements and Questions

  • Planning Papers will be returned as soon as possible
    
  • Class Schedule
  • April 3 - no class (Spring Break) - Happy Passover and Happy Easter
    
  • April 10 - virtual class
  • April 11 - Funding Paper Due
  • April 17 - in-person class (last one)
  • April 24 - in-person to discuss internship (cohort only: not part of ET680); class is virtual
    
  • April 24 - Issue Paper Due
    
  • Funding Paper Due April 11 - more discussion at end of class
  • Questions
    

• iPod Return and Report

  • Return
  • Report: What did you do with it?
    

• Discussion: What Is the Role of the Technology Leader?

  • Notes in Google Docs
  • A Day in the Life - PowerPoint Powerpoint presentation

• Educational Technology Organizations

  • International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
    • ISTE National Educational Technology Standards Project
  • Association for Educational Communications and Technology
  • Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
  • Maryland Society for Educational Technology (MSET) (used to be MICCA)

• Data Protection

  • Personal Backups
  • School-Wide Backups
  • Server Backups
  • Power Strips, Surge Protectors, and UPSs
    • Uninterruptible Power Supplies from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uninterruptible_power_supply
    • TidBits Article About Protecting Your Server
      • Part 1 (http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-439.html#lnk4)
      • Part 2 (http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-440.html#lnk3)

• Technology Leader Issues

  What is the most important issue for a technology leader in a school to address?
  	Acceptable Use Policies
  	Cyberbullying
  	Software Piracy
  	Tracking Hardware
  	Plagiarism with Technology
  	Data Protection
  	Copyright Compliance
  	Equitable Access to Technology Resources
  pollcode.com free polls

  • You will be assigned a group and a topic.
  • Find your group and connect with your group in person
  • Go to the Google Doc for your group
  • Group 1
  • Group 2
  • Group 3
  • Group 4
  • Group 5
  • Together with your group, create a brief statement about your topic:
  • One paragraph about why that issue is important
  • A list of the policy and procedural concerns around that issue
  • Present to the class
    

• Funding Paper Discussion

  • Groups
  • Who has formed groups (not required)?
  • Who would like to be in a group but does not have a partner?
  • What interesting grant opportunities have you found?
  • Have you found any grants for which you really might apply (not required)?
  • Questions, Comments, Concerns

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Send email to the class (enrolled students only) at et680@googlegroups.com.

Last updated: May 16, 2012