Sydney Region Computer Coordinators Day

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Sydney RegionComputer Coordinators Day
Sydney Region

• Term 3, 2005

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Agenda

• Wrap Up of Term 2, 2005 CC Day Term 3 2005
  Technology Update
• Questions on Notice
• MS Office Tips and Tricks
• Using the DET Portal to Access in-School Servers
• Integrating ICT into Teaching and Learning (K-6
  Day)
• MS Office Group Policies (High School Day)
• The Earth According to Google
• Industry Presentations
• NetGear Wireless Networking in Schools
• ASI demonstrating- Mimio Portable Electronic
  Whiteboards

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Wrap up of Term 2, 2005
High School Transition Projects In Term 3,
Sydney Region schools will be standardising the
way year 6 transition data is collected and
electronically transferred to each high school. 
Office Tips and Tricks This session covers
both Mac and Windows versions A Closer look at
the ASI Standard Operating Environment Integrati
ng ICT into Teaching and Learning A regular
session which highlights useful websites, Sydney
Region ICT projects and often free software to
assist teachers to integrate ICT into
TL Options for Recycling and  Re-Using
computers Eduweb Service Pack 1 A quick look at
the new EduWeb tools Industry Presentations
Deep Freeze Click View - Digital Video
Delivery for Schools.  
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Term 3, 2005 Technology Update

• Sydney Region ICT initiatives
• Website www.sydneyr.det.nsw.edu.au
• Sydney Region IT support positions-update
• Deep freeze update
• Recycling update
• STEMS
• GProxy-Gprotect
• T4L update Semester 2 2005 rollout in Sydney
  Region
• New DET Information Technology CIO
• OASIS News- OASIS Servers to be replaced
• Windows 98 Listed as end of Life
• Apple VLA
• Memorandum to all staff DN/05/00301, Suspicious
  email

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Sydney Region ICT initiatives-1-

• Sydney Region IT Website www.sydneyr.det.nsw.edu.
  au
• Sydney Region IT support positions-update
• Four appointments have been made
• Robert Pucillo
• Perrie Franks
• Andrew McLean
• Mark Dahdah
• The current planning is for two more positions
  this year with the remainder following.
• The total complement of ICT support positions for
  schools in Sydney Region will be 11, plus the
  existing four Technology Advisers, plus two Web
  Services positions and the new ICT Consultant,
  Lena Arena

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Sydney Region ICT initiatives-2-

• Deep Freeze update
• This product was demonstrated during the Term 2
  2005 CC days.
• Information is available form the Internet at
• http//www.faronics.com/australia/deepfreeze.asp
• Or on the Sydney Region site ( Intranet only)
• http//www.sydneyr.det.nsw.edu.au/
• Click on Support, then under Other Services
  select Technology
• The side menu on the left of the screen has a
  link to the Deep Freeze page which contains
  details and access to the order form.
• 440 licenses sold to schools as part of this
  initiative to date.

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Sydney Region ICT initiatives-3-

• Computer recycling update
• Sydney Region Schools are encouraged to utilise
  the procedures as set out on our Intranet site to
  make possible the reuse and recycling of your
  surplus computer equipment.
• To access this information, visit the Sydney
  region website at www.sydneyr.det.nsw.edu.au
• Click on Support, then under Other Services
  select Technology
• The side menu on the left of the screen has a
  link to the Recycling page which contains
  information and instructions.
• Useful links
• This organisation has provided this service in
  Sydney Region (Windows systems only). All items
  for pickup must be intact. http//www.itrecyclers.
  com/index.html
• All inclusive computer pickup and recycling fee
  is 95.00
• Printer Cartridge recycling www.corporaterecyclin
  g.com.auhttp//www.recyclingnearyou.com.au/cartri
  dges.html

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Sydney Region ICT initiatives-4-

• STEMS in Sydney Region
• In Term 3, STEMS was demonstrated to all Sydney
  Region Primary Principals groups
• All groups saw benefits and agreed that STEMS
  should be run in all schools in Sydney Region
• The data collection form has been finalised and
  can be used immediately
• http//stuhasic.com/stems/STEMSform.pdf
• The STEMS software has been released as of Week 7
  Term 3 and data entry for year 6 students only
  must be finalised by week 5 Term 4
• Software download http//stuhasic.com/stems/stem
  ssetup.exe
• User Manual for K-6 Schools http//stuhasic.com/
  stems/STEMS-PS.pdf
• Self-Paced Training http//stuhasic.com/stems -
  on the Instructions page
• Full details to be emailed to each school on
  Friday

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Sydney Region ICT initiatives-5-
GProxy-Gprotect GProtect, is designed to be
installed on your Gproxy server. This software
will automatically backup data from any server...
Windows, Novell, and OASIS and soon to be
released Apple OSX. It does not rely on
user-intervention, it does not rely on tapes ..it
copies all data in a school on a 10 day
incremental cycle, equivalent to a 10 tape
rotation. It then has the added ability of
archiving this data OFFSITE to the DET (Sydney
Region will introduce this in Terms 3 and 4
2005). Details on GProtect are available
here http//www.gptech.com.au/backup.htm gproxy
.gptech.com.au https//secure.gptech.com.au/gprox
y/home
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T4L Semester 2 2005 rollout in Sydney Region

• The ASI and Apple schedules are yet to determined
• Once your installation date is confirmed please
  advise the sender of the email as soon as
  possible if a variation is required.
• Meetings are to be held with providers to discuss
  the rollout. The evaluations completed by schools
  will form part of the discussions (30 of schools
  completed an evaluation)

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• New CIO to manage IT system overhaul

Stephen Wilson, the chief information officer and
vice president of information for Asia Pacific,
Japan and Latin America for Janssen-Cilag (a
division of Johnson Johnson) had been appointed
to the position of Chief Information Officer
(CIO). "Mr Wilson brings to this role a
proven, successful track record in a range of
areas including managing major IT implementations
in a very large, complex organisation,
development and management of systems to support
the business, and consolidation of business
systems across countries," a DET spokesman
said. The department is deep in preparations for
the massive project, known as the Learning
Management and Business Reform (LMBR) program,
which will replace its finance, payroll and human
resources applications, and its ageing OASIS
school management system, which is expected to go
to tender in a year's time. The LMBR program is
temporarily being overseen by DET general manager
of finance Ken Dixon, who served as acting CIO
while a replacement for Mr Edgecumbe was
found. From the Financial Review Aug 11
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OASIS News- OASIS Servers to be replaced
A 7M Project has been announced to replace all
OASIS servers in 2200 public schools.  A
request for tender will be issued for the supply
and installation of new server hardware and
transfer of all existing OASIS data from the
existing servers.  The new servers will still run
the current version of OASIS, however the version
of the Netware Operating System on the server
will be upgraded from 4.11 to 6.5.  This
project is in place due to the growing failures
of existing hardware, CD ROM drives and tape
backup units in the now six year old OASIS
servers which were originally supplied during the
1999 OASIS Y2K project.   There will be no tape
backup in the new OASIS servers as data will be
backed up centrally across the DET WAN.  K1 and
K2 backups will however continue as
normal.   This is an interim solution until the
155M DET  Learning Management and Business
Reform program is finalised over the next four
years.
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No More support for Windows 98

• Microsoft have listed Windows 98 as end of Life.
• From 2006, Sydney Region IT Support will not
  provide support for Windows 98.
• We will provide support to migrate workstations
  from 98 to Windows 2000 or XP
• (If specifications are OK minimum 128MB RAM
  required)

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Apple Volume License Agreement (VLA)-1-

• A VLA has been signed with Apple Australia.
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• This VLA allows some Apple Workstations/Notebooks
  and Servers to be upgraded to OS-X 10.4.
• The agreement covers
• Any Apple Computer provided under the Technology
  For Learning (T4L) Program (2005)
• Any Apple Computer provided under the Computers
  in Schools Program (CISP) in 2002 and 2003.
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• It does not cover
• Any School Purchased Apple Computer,
• Any Apple Computer provided under CISP prior to
  2002 (i.e. 1997 2001),
• Any Apple Computers won by or donated to schools.

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Apple Volume License Agreement (VLA)-2-

• OS-X 10.4 requires the following minimum
  specifications
• Apple desktop/notebook or server with PowerPC,
  G3, G4 or G5 processor, (G4 or better
  recommended)
• Built-in firewire port,
• DVD drive for installation, 
• 256 Mb RAM (Minimum 512 Mb recommended),
• At least 3 Gb of available hard disk space
  recommended minimum size of hard drive is 10 Gb
  to provide space for applications and data.
• To assist you with identification of computers,
  these WebPages give you details of Macintosh
  models and the dates they were available.
• Software Sales Apple Volume License Agreement
  Page - http//software.det.nsw.edu.au/software/sof
  tware_information/agreements/apple/index.htm
• Apple Website Details of Specifications
  regarding Macintosh Computers -
  http//www.info.apple.com/support/applespec.html

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Memorandum to all staff DN/05/00301, Suspicious
email
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• Invoices for the 3 days held so far in 2005 will
  be sent to each school in early Term 4
• A single bill will cover all three days and all
  participants sent from any one school _at_ 20 per
  person, per day
• In early Term 4, 2006 a single bill will be sent
  to cover Terms 4, 1, 2 and 3
• Prompt payment will be appreciated as we are
  currently in the red.

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