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Barracuda Web Filter (RSS Feed)
Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 09:27 AM
Updates for the Barracuda Web Filter at 206.76.144.4 are available.
There is a firmware update available.
Current Version: 4.1.0.011
Latest Version: 4.1.0.015
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( 3 / 103 )TC Job Description
Thursday, May 14, 2009, 04:50 PM
I was looking at job descriptions for public school technology coordinators. This one looks like what I do:
Technology Coordinator Job Description
1. Leadership. Take a leadership role in developing and implementing the district plan for instructional use of computers; the implementation should include provisions for evaluation and periodic updating. Tasks include:
* Work with principals, department heads, teachers, and others who will help implement the district technology plan.
* Develop a cadre of school level technology leaders who will help implement the plan.
* Meet with school level technology leaders and technology committees for each school building in order to assist in implementation of the district plan at a school level.
* Establish evaluation guidelines so that data from different schools can be compared and can be used as part of the evaluation of district progress.
2. Finances. Understand the district budget, budgeting process, and spending process, and work within this system to secure adequate resources for instructional computing. Help to ensure that school-level budgets and the district budget adequately support the district's instructional technology plan. Be especially aware of equity issues when doing budgeting and distributing resources. Work with administration and faculty to write grants for implementation of technology related educational programs.
3. Resource Center. Develop a district technology resource center to be used by school level technology leaders, teachers, and students. The resource center may contain hardware, software, courseware, and instructional support materials such as books, periodicals and journals, films, and video tapes. This center can also be a repository for specialty equipment which cannot be afforded for each teacher, classroom, or building. This center can also be the central service area for a district or building wide network.
4. Resource People. Develop and maintain a list of resource people, which may include district staff, with information about the computer background, interests, and involvement of each person. Identify technology leaders at each school and technology oriented leaders in each academic discipline, who can assist the coordinator in decision-making processes and assist faculty in simple technical or curricular concerns related to technology. Encourage each school to develop a list of parents who might volunteer their services as computer aides, technical assistants, or fund raisers. Develop contacts with vendors who are willing to provide loans of hardware and software, or assist in training educators. Develop contacts with other educational institutions to encourage dissemination of effective policies and ideas for use of technology in the educational process.
5. Inservice Plan. Develop, implement, and periodically evaluate a district technology oriented inservice plan. One goal of this inservice plan should be to identify and/or help develop resource people in every discipline and at every grade level who can provide leadership in working to accomplish the district instructional technology plan. A second goal should be to help all teachers and school administrators become functionally computer-literate and learn their roles in accomplishing the district technology plan. A district inservice plan needs to take into consideration workshops and courses available from a variety of sources, including those available within the district (in-house inservices), from local colleges and community education programs, and those available from private consulting firms.
6. Hardware and Software Acquisition. Help the district to develop and implement plans for the acquisition and maintenance of hardware and software. Acquisition will likely involve going out for bids for necessary equipment at least once per year. The acquisition plan should accommodate the needs of each of the schools in the district, and should take into consideration current use and availability of equipment at each of the schools to determine if relocation of equipment will provide a more efficient use of technologies.
Maintenance will include routine preventive maintenance as well as more general repair and replacement. It might prove desirable to have one teacher in every school trained to do a minimal level of maintenance. In the high school, one might want to have some students trained to provide this service. A district may want to maintain a supply of spare parts and develop a maintenance contract with an individual or organization which can repair the types of equipment the district is acquiring.
The district software policy should also address the issue of whether the district will support, encourage, or discourage software development. It should contain a clear statement against software piracy. District inservice programs should address the software piracy issue; the goal is to have the district policy understood and supported by all school personnel.
7. Hardware and Software Inventory. Maintain an accurate inventory of computer hardware and software that belongs to the district and to individual schools in the district. Help set policy on the possible creation of a district-owned pool of hardware and/or software that resides in a particular school building and can be moved from school to school as needed. Help establish procedures for schools to borrow software from each other. Work to establish an "effective life" for hardware and software, so that hardware and software that is no longer appropriate to use can be removed from service.
8. Research and Evaluation. Help develop and implement a district procedure for the evaluation of software, hardware, and courseware, and for the sharing of the results of such evaluation. Be involved in district research projects to evaluate instructional use of computers. Tie in with other school districts and with national or state organizations that are doing software evaluation. Acquire books and periodicals that evaluate software.
Design and encourage pilot projects. For each new "innovation," eventually the district must decide whether to adopt and implement its use. Pilot studies can help answer such questions.
9. Information Dissemination. Disseminate technology-related information throughout the district via news bulletins, electronic main, presentations at district and building level staff meetings, etc. Establish a liaison committee of key people in the community and meet periodically with this committee. Help to create and/or work with a local computer-using educators group. Be an active participant in local and regional education conferences, including those not directly related to technology use (perhaps presenting at such conferences).
10. Community Relations. Work on community relations by speaking to parent and professional groups, publicizing the district technology plan and progress. Encourage schools to have technology oriented open houses for parents, with students and teachers demonstrating various uses of technologies in the classroom. Work with community education programs to assist community members and parents in use of computers and other technologies.
11. Hiring Policy. Encourage the development and implementation of a district hiring policy that takes into consideration the computer knowledge and experience of applicants, and gives preference to computer literate applicants.
12. Fund Raising. Help the district to obtain outside funding by participating in grant planning and proposal writing. Try to find funds to support individual teachers in developing pilot studies on various instructional applications of technologies. Help individual teachers obtain funding to go to educational technology conferences and participate in staff development.
13. Improve Education. Work to improve the overall quality of education received by students in the district. Be sensitive to equity issues and work to resolve inequities. Be an educational change agent. Participate in the development of curricular standards and benchmarks to encourage appropriate use of technology. Work with educators to develop lesson plans and activities involving use of technology to further attainment of educational goals. Inform teachers of new technologies or software which may assist in developing concepts of content specific materials. Be aware of technology trends and possible futures of the field of computers in education.
14. Technical Competence. Remain technically competent. Continue to grow as a professional technology educator and as an educational leader. Be professionally active at regional or higher level meetings. Subscribe to technology-oriented educational publications and schedule regular time to read them. Keep apprised of changes in the technologies available and directions of future technology development.
Assist faculty and staff in dealing with minor technical issues in order to maintain a positive attitude among educators about use of technologies and avoid frustrations and fear of technologies by those teachers unfamiliar with them. Perform simple maintenance and trouble-shooting procedures on equipment for efficient use of maintenance funds.
General and Technical Qualifications for the Position of Technology Coordinator
The general qualifications of a technology coordinator can be divided into four main categories. The categorization is somewhat arbitrary and some categories overlap; still, this categorization is useful. Notice that the first three categories do not address technology.
* A broad general education and dedication to lifelong learning. Overall intelligence and perseverance; a strong work ethic; high ethical standards; self confidence; good time-management skills; budgeting and other fiscal skills.
* Knowledge of and support for the district's educational system; appropriate skills in teaching school children as well as educators and other adults. Knowledge of curriculum, curriculum development, and school reform. Knowledge of testing and assessment.
* Interpersonal relations skills, especially in being a good listener, skills in written and oral communications; administrative skills. Good telephone and electronic mail communication skills.
* Technical knowledge in the fields of computer science, computer education, and the broad range of technologies used in hypermedia environments. Knowledge of the theory and practice of instructional technology. Substantial experience in working with students and educators in the instructional technology field. Knowledge of teaching and learning theory as they relate to the roles of technology in content and pedagogy.
In keeping with these qualifications, it is recommended that this position be limited to a certified educator in the state of Texas. This person need not be certified to teach computer programming (specifically), though this individual should have a strong background in educational technology both in the workplace and from an accredited institution. Given the curriculum and pedagogical background requirements, it is recommended that this person hold a Master's degree in educational technology or curriculum development from an accredited institution, and have at least three years of teaching experience.
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( 3 / 132 )Matt in El Salvador #4
Monday, May 4, 2009, 09:12 AM
From mat_stringer@yahoo.com Mon May 4 08:49:11 2009
Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 07:09:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: Matt Stringer <mat_stringer@yahoo.com>
To: leif@paisd.net
Subject: Correspondence #4
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I know this is the end of the school year. Finals are coming up. I will keep in touch with Leif Johnson throughout the summer. I would like to continue the correspondence. Please help with this correspondence.
I tried making a rough timeline of El Salvadorian history. I hope this helps to get a better idea of how El Salvador arrived to where it is now.
Timeline of El Salvador
1400 - 1821: Colonization in El Salvador until independence (1821).
1824 : Federal Republic of Central America. El Salvador has a head of State. (Oligarchy Rule).
1821 - 1932 : Birth of the resistance movement and the left-wing "rebel" movement. Struggle between conservatives and liberal/progressive governments, resulting in more democratic policies under certain rulers
1832 - 1833 : Anastasio Aquino leads indigenous rebellion.
1841 : El Salvador becomes independent of the Federal Republic of Central America.
1929 : Partido Comunista Savaldoreno, founded by Farabundo Marti, gathers force in revolutionary movement. Movement consists of peasant farmers and indigenous people.
1932 : Under General Maximaliano Martinez, and supported by the USA, in an effort to stop the formation of communism in El Salvador, roughly 30,000 people were massacred. Most of the people were of the indigenous populations.
1930's - 1960's : Dictatorships and strengthening of the oligarchic rule and law. In the 1960s, the imports begin to surpass exports and El Slavador begins to have a rising deficit.
1970s and 1980s : Birth of several left-wing, revolutionary groups. Napoleon Duarte begins Christian Democratic Party as an option to Communism. This party is backed by President Reagan. The party fails, and US government increases military aid to El Salvador which is used for military repression of left wing groups.
1980 : Military forces of the left come together, forming the FMLN.
1981 (January): FLMN leads the general offensive military attack against the Salvadorian Government.
1981 (March) Four nuns and a layperson are raped and murdered by high ranking officials from the El Salvadorian Military. US Ambassador White in El Salvador is outraged. He pleads for US to cease military aid, but aid continues until the massacre of the Jesuit Priests later in 1981 by the El Salvadorian Government.
1983 : US begins military intervention again.
1987 - 1989 : Talk of signing Peace Accords begin.
1992 : The civil war ended through the signing of the Peace Accords after twelve years of fighting. The Peace Accords include land reform, judicial reform, and reform of National Police. The FMLN is recognized as a legal party.
1994 to present : Seven elections have been carried out. FMLN has won more and more spaces each election.
1994 - present : US began the deportation of El Salvadorians that committed crimes. This help to spread the El Salvadorian street gang MS -13 and Calle 18 through out El Salvador and Central America. MS - 13 is now the world's largest street gang. El Salvador is ranked the 5th highest murder rate in the world. 124 in 100,000 deaths are murders.
2009 : Mauricio Funes is the first president elected from the FLMN Party.
Poverty in Tijeretas
Pinpointing the roots of poverty is difficult. It is a complicated web including the climate, the desire of people to change, their education, their culture, the political climate, access to resource, access to infrastructure, and the protection of the environment.
Solving poverty is even more complicated. These are the major a tasks that Non Governmental Organizations and Governmental Organizations are trying to put in to place in order to tackle the severe level of poverty in the Municipality of Torola including Tijeretas.
1. better access to infrastructure
a. improved roads
b. more bus service
2. improve the level of education and reinforce the necessity it at home
3. use resources, water, land, etc., in a sustainable and efficient manner
a. better farming practices
4. improve health
a. education including water treatment, disease prevention, nutrition
b. construction of potable water systems and latrines.
5. entrance in local markets to provide knowledge of free markets
The Non Governmental Organizations and Governmental Organizations are all underfunded and understaffed, but everyone that I have worked with has been friendly, helpful, and express to a true desire for change.
Here are a few the projects I have been working with in the community. These projects are more not all directly related with health. Most are trying to help people understand how free market works and to try to put a little bit of money in the pockets of the subsistence farmers.
First off, there is a bee program through a non-governmental organization called PROESA. There are 5 or 6 families that participate in this bee program. It seems successful in the fact that they produce honey. How they treat this resource is similar to how they treat the fruit trees. No real idea of conservation and saving for another day. The honey is completely organic and delicious. I hope to help the families sell it in the some of the tourist markets near Tijeretas.
Second, my counterpart from PROESA has a women's group that makes various candies and sells them in various cities in Morazan mostly in Perquin. The women sell and make all the product. It crazy how little they know about how business works ie profits, expenses, etc. It is complicated with their illiteracy.
There is a fruit tree program with PROESA and CARE. Anyone who does not burn their ground and digs holes for the trees and terraces the holes receives free fruit trees. These trees include avocado, oranges and one other tree I do not remember the name. They seem to be taking advantage of this program. We will not plant any trees until rainy season in a couple of weeks. The fruit tree program will help to diversify the diet of the campesinos. Currently, their diet is almost only egg, tortillas and beans.
I have also started working with CARE. I have talked to everyone from the country director down the field workers.I really like CARE and the people that work for it. Right now we are just starting a big water project through out the community. They are also building latrines. The prerequisites are you must attend all three meetings and dig the hole for the latrine. Then bam, you get a free latrine. I help to organize these meetings and make sure the people who need the latrines come to the meetings.
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( 3 / 162 )ERATE and Web Hosting
Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 10:38 AM
Whereas PAISD has recently entered into a web hosting contract, it is interesting to note USAC's ERATE policies regarding this issue
Update to Expanded Eligibility of Web Hosting
In the April 10, 2009 SL News Brief, we discussed the expanded
eligibility for web hosting services that provide access to intranet
or password-protected web pages. We are offering the following
additional guidance. Applicants apply for support to host content on
the web in two ways. In the first case, applicants can apply for web
hosting service, which is eligible in the Internet Access category.
In the second case, applicants can apply for discounts on the
purchase of a web server, which would be eligible in the Internal
Connections category. In either case, applicants are in
“control” of their websites.
Distinct from the examples above are websites hosted by application
vendors where the applicant is NOT in “control” of the
website, such as Student Information Systems vendors or database
content vendors. Applicants may store their own data on the
company’s servers, such as their own student data, or may
simply access content provided by the application vendor. Access to
the application may be provided over the web, typically behind a
user-id and password. Applicants do not control these websites. These
websites and the data hosting remain wholly ineligible.
The following principles should be kept in mind for either scenario.
1. USAC will continue not to pay for application software on the
applicant’s own web server or provided through the web
hosting service.
2. USAC will continue to pay for web hosting information that the
applicant creates on its own website or the website hosted by its
web hosting provider.
3. Applicants can place content created by applications either on
their own web server or on the site hosted by the web hosting
provider.
As is the case today, USAC will not provide any support for
third-party applications or database websites that may host applicant
data, such as Student Information Systems or databases providing
content to libraries. The change that was announced recently in
regards to web hosting is that the cost of hosting intranet or
password-protected web pages is now eligible. The following,
however,?continue to be ineligible:
* Costs for applications or web-based tools (i.e. templates)
* Web hosting costs for applications or web-based tools
* End-user file storage
* Costs for creating or modifying content
Here are three examples of how costs?would?be allocated where?a
service is not fully eligible:
Example 1: The service provided by Vendor A includes web hosting with
password-protected pages and a content management system. The web
hosting service hosts the applicant’s website and the applicant
is in control of that website. Vendor A will have to cost allocate
the costs associated with the content management system, including
the software cost and any costs for hosting the software on the
applicant site. The cost of hosting the newly created?content on the
applicant's website would be considered eligible.
Example 2: Vendor?B is providing a basic web hosting package that
includes password- protected web pages at a cost of $150/month. This
basic package is?fully eligible.?The web hosting service hosts the
applicant’s website and the applicant is in control of that
website. Vendor B also offers?an advanced bundled package that
includes all of the services in?the basic package plus ineligible
applications -?blogs, discussion boards, and a Student Information
System - for $200/month. The cost allocation for the ineligible
portion of the advanced bundled package can be calculated by
subtracting?the cost of the basic?package from the cost of
the?advanced package ($50/month).
Example 3: Vendor?C is a provider of a Student Information System
hosted on its own servers, with applicants accessing that application
and entering their data through password-protected web pages. The
website is not under the control of the applicant even though the
applicant may be the only entity that can access its data. Because
this would be considered an application vendor arrangement, all of
the costs associated with this service remain ineligible.
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( 3.1 / 170 )SPAM Email Header 4-22-09
Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 12:33 PM
I'm starting to get 20 of these emails per hour from various sources.
This one's from a server in Mexico, the last few were from Asia.
-Leif
Here's the email header:
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From: paisd@paisd.net
MIME-Version: 1.0
Importance: High
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1251
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
X-Barracuda-Connect: dsl-201-102-30-205-dyn.prod-infinitum.com.mx[201.102.30.205]
X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1240413176
Message-Id: <20090422151254.2ED6E48B091@barracuda.port-aransas.k12.tx.us>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:12:54 -0500 (CDT)
X-Barracuda-Virus-Scanned: by Barracuda Spam Firewall at port-aransas.k12.tx.us
X-Barracuda-Header-Alert: BAD HEADER Non-encoded 8-bit data (char D2 hex) in message header 'X-ASG-Orig-Subj'
X-ASG-Orig-Subj: \322\360\345\341\363\345\362\361\377 \357\345\360\345\342\356\344\367\350\352\n
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X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 5.58
X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: Yes, SCORE=5.58 using global scores of TAG_LEVEL=3.5 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=1000.0 KILL_LEVEL=9.0 tests=BSF_SC0_SA_TO_FROM_ADDR_MATCH,
BSF_SC0_SA_TO_FROM_ADDR_MATCH_HL, HEAD_ILLEGAL_CHARS, NO_REAL_NAME, RDNS_DYNAMIC, SUBJECT_NEEDS_ENCODING, SUBJ_ILLEGAL_CHARS
X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.2, rules version 3.2.1.23902
Rule breakdown below
pts rule name description
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0.00 NO_REAL_NAME From: does not include a real name
0.10 HEAD_ILLEGAL_CHARS Headers have too many raw illegal characters
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1.28 SUBJECT_NEEDS_ENCODING SUBJECT_NEEDS_ENCODING
0.10 RDNS_DYNAMIC Delivered to trusted network by host with
dynamic-looking rDNS
0.50 BSF_SC0_SA_TO_FROM_ADDR_MATCH Sender Address Matches Recipient
Address
3.50 BSF_SC0_SA_TO_FROM_ADDR_MATCH_HL Custom Rule
SA_TO_FROM_ADDR_MATCH_HL
X-Priority: 5 (Lowest)
X-MSMail-Priority: Low
Importance: Low
X-Barracuda-Spam-Flag: YES
X-Virus-Status: Failed
[Display of full headers is now on.]
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( 3 / 181 )Network Note (Easter Sunday) RSS Feed
Monday, April 13, 2009, 07:27 AM
To: "PAISD NOTICE" <staff@paisd.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 5:22 PM
Subject: Network Note (Easter Sunday)
Principals et. al.:
We had two abrupt power outages at around 5 AM on Easter Sunday.
Unfortunately though I can monitor and manage our routers remotely from most locations, we do not have Internet service at the ranch where I spent the weekend. The outage impacted many of our hard-working teachers that wanted to complete their grades on-time. The recovery is in progress now and should be completed in the next hour. My apologies for the
inconvenience.
Sincerely,
Leif Johnson
(361) 749-1200 x. 316
http://blog.paisd.net
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( 3 / 205 )Clam-AV Protection
Friday, April 10, 2009, 08:40 AM
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Daemon check list:
Database modification detected. Forcing reload: 4 Time(s)
Virus database reloads:
Now protecting against 103584 viruses: 1 Time(s)
Now protecting against 103586 viruses: 2 Time(s)
Now protecting against 103591 viruses: 1 Time(s)
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( 3 / 191 )Crontab Speaks to me Each Morning
Friday, April 10, 2009, 08:35 AM
Backing up the Webcal With Cron RSS Feed http://blog.paisd.net
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:03:02 -0500
From: Cron Daemon <root@croaker.port-aransas.k12.tx.us>
To: leif@croaker.port-aransas.k12.tx.us
Subject: Cron <leif@croaker> wget -P /home/leif/public_html/auth/ http://marlin/webcal-bak.tar
--06:03:01-- http://marlin/webcal-bak.tar
Resolving marlin... 206.76.144.2
Connecting to marlin:206.76.144.2::80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 266240 (260K) [application/x-tar]
Saving to: `/home/leif/public_html/auth/webcal-bak.tar.113'
0K .......... .......... .......... 19% 43.7M 0s
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250K ... 100% 11.2M=0.02s
06:03:01 (15.1 MB/s) - `/home/leif/public_html/auth/webcal-bak.tar.113' saved [266240/266240]
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( 3 / 228 )PAEF Grant Awarded
Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 08:57 AM
PAEF REQUEST
General Information
February 25, 2009
PAISD Technology Coordinator Leif Johnson
100 Station St. Port Aransas, Tx 78373
(361) 749-1200 x. 316 http://blog.paisd.net
leif@paisd.net
I. Proposal Information
Classroom Laptop Initiative
Classroom/Campus Enrichment
Grant Submitted by Leif Johnson
The purpose of this grant is to integrate a variety of software and web-based applications to the social studies, science, and English Language Arts curriculum to increase student achievement.
Number of Youth Participants: 97
Number of Adult Participants: 6
Amount Requested $9,947.00
Total Cost Of Project $34,947.00
Project Period Start Date: August 24, 2009
I have a commitment for $25,000 in matching funds for this project.
Signature of Applicant Title
Date ___________________
Signature of School Principal or Administrator Title
I. NARRATIVE classroom laptop initiative
A. Summary
This request is for the purchase of 27 Acer Aspire mini laptop computers and one Linksys wireless access point. This equipment will be mobile and available for classroom checkout so that teachers may engage a full classroom of students in application and web-based resources to increase student achievement. The district will allot $25,000.00 to bring the number of laptops up to 92 allowing for full access by students in a variety of classes simultaneously. We will also have to augment the wireless access points in the high school building which will come out of the technology allotment for the high school in the next budget.
B Proposal Information
1. 27 Acer Aspire mini laptops (see attachment GovConnection quotation)
and one Linksys wireless access point
2. The target groups of this project are primarily the English Language Arts, social studies, and math, and science students.
3. The goals of this project is to increase student achievement as measured by the TAKS tests in those areas.
4. This resource will promote educational excellence at Port Aransas High School putting quality instructional resources in the hands of every student during guided instruction. This is a collaborative grant request. I have discussed this project with the HS Principal, the district librarian, HS English, social studies, science, and math teachers. Some of the specifics that these teachers are looking at are:
-access to textbook publisher's on-line resources
-access to interactive periodic tables for the science classes
-guided composition instructional
-graphing software
-Quizdom for Geography and U.S. History
-Power Zone for social studies
-Multimedia presentations
-Arc View 9.1 for mapping
-GIS Lessons
-National Endowment for Economics Education
-Lesson & geography software
-Annenberg Video Questioning software for social studies
-Geometry Sketchpad
-various math & science resources
_______________________________________________________________________________
5. Time-line: We will submit purchase orders in summer 2009 to have equipment ready by August 24, 2009
6. The evaluation of the impacts of this new resource will be measured through trends in TAKS scores and advancements in levels of student achievement.
7. Each teacher involved will be required to publish a testimonial about the impact this new resource has on the levels of student achievement in their classrooms.
C. Applicant Information
1. Leif Johnson is the district technology coordinator for PAISD
2. It will be my role to keep inventory and repair reports on the equipment, install software and maintenance updates, and to assure that the wireless hotspots are functioning
D. Financial Information
1. The total project cost about $35,000.00. We have a commitment from the high school principal for matching funds of $25,000.00
2. We will absorb the maintenance and update costs in future years into the technology budget for the high school.
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( 3.1 / 216 )NETWORK OUTAGE REPAIRS COMPLETED
Friday, April 3, 2009, 09:38 AM
Message: LEARN fiber repaired at 5PM on Thursday SUBJECT: LEARN NETWORK OUTAGE REPAIRS COMPLETED AFFECTED: Houston to Corpus Christi START TIME: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 11:46 CDT END TIME: Thursday, April 2 2009, 16:38 CDT DESCRIPTION: As of 16:38 the fiber outage in Houston has been corrected. TIMESTAMP: 04-02-09 16:39 CDT TICKET: 3115 (Use this number for reference when contacting the OTS NOC about this problem) PROBLEM ONSET: 11:30 AM Central Thursday, 02 April 2009 Duration: Unknown Sites Affected: Houston, Corpus Christi, South Texas Customers Affected: UTPA, UTB, HRAHC, ERAHC, and all THENet customers in the South Texas Valley.
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( 3 / 210 )Failures Refreshing Secondary DNS From Aransas Pass
Thursday, April 2, 2009, 09:25 AM
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Failure trying to refresh zone:
16.213.198.in-addr.arpa from 198.213.16.3:
timed out: 4++ Time(s)
aransas-pass.k12.tx.us from 165.95.18.60:
timed out: 2++ Time(s)
**Unmatched Entries**
zone 16.213.198.in-addr.arpa/IN: refresh: retry limit for master
198.213.16.3#53 exceeded: 4 Time(s)
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( 3 / 236 )Clam-AV (RSS Feed http://blog.paisd.net)
Thursday, April 2, 2009, 09:21 AM
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