Meeting of the Board Technology Committee

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Meeting of the Board Technology Committee
February 5, 2007

• Kelly Smith, Assistant Superintendent for
  Technology Services
• Diana Goering, Executive Director of Information
  and Infrastructure Services
• Gerri Collier, Director of Integrated Information
  Systems
• John Evans, Director of Acquisitions and Project
  Management
• Lori Jones, Director of Integrated Infrastructure
  Services
• Jana Knezek, Director of Library and Textbook
  Services
• Elizabeth Langer, Director of Technology Training
  and Development Services
• Joyce Stevens, Director of Academic Technology
  Services

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Presentation Topics

• Discussion of Texas Long-Range Plan for
  Technology 2006-2020
• Status Report on NISD/Elert 10-Year Technology
  Plan
• Discussion on Internet Filtering
• Discussion of Bond 2007 Initiatives
• Update on Data Warehouse, Business/HR Management
  System, Document Management System Initiatives

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Texas Long-Range Plan for Technology 2006-2020
(LRPT)
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LRPT

• Replaces the Texas Long-Range Plan for
  Technology, 1996-2010
• New plan developed over a two year period by the
  Educational Technology Advisory Committee (ETAC),
  appointed by the Commissioner of Education
• Plan includes funding requests to the Texas
  Legislature

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LRPT

• Communication Timeline
• November TEA submitted the 110-page plan to the
  State Board of Education
• December Plan was submitted to Texas Legislature
• January Plan was submitted to the U.S.
  Department of Education and distributed to
  schools
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LRPT  

• Includes recommendations for
• State Board of Educator Certification
• Education Service Centers
• Local Education Agencies
• Higher Education
• Parents, Community, and Private Sector
• Recommendations in four categories
• Teaching and Learning
• Educator Preparation and Development
• Leadership, Administration and Instructional
  Support
• Infrastructure

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LRPT  

• In your packet
• Overview of goals included in the plan
• A self-assessment of Northside ISDs status
  regarding the Recommendations to Local Education
  Agencies
• A summary of funding requests from the ETAC to
  the Texas Legislature

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Status Report on NISD/Elert 10-Year Technology
Plan
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NISD/Elert 10-Year Tech Plan

• NISD retained Elert Associates in July 2001 to
  assist the District in the review of its
  technology resources and uses, and to help plan
  for future uses of technology
• In March 2002, Elert Associates published the
  179-page Northside ISD Technology Master Plan
  2002-2012 Implementing Excellence
• First status report provided to the Board in July
  2004
• February 2007 status report is in your packet
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Discussion on Internet Filtering
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Internet Filtering

• Internet Safety and Filtering addressed in CQ
  Local, CQ Legal, and TEC-01(see packet)
• Additional Internet Safety and Filtering
  information is posted on the NISD website (see
  packet)
• Approximately 20 sites per month are submitted to
  the Internet Safety Committee for review and
  action
• Many safe alternatives are provided for image
  searches (see packet)
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Discussion of Bond 2007 Initiatives
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Technology Campus Security
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Update on Data Warehouse, Business/HR Management
System, Document Management System Initiatives
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Data Warehouse Initiative

• Data Warehouse What Is It? (see packet)
• Data Management Services Coordinator hired in
  January
• NISD Data Center upgrade project completed will
  house the data warehouse
• Storage Area Network (SAN) pilot complete
  provides necessary storage requirements to
  support the data warehouse
• NISD's acquisition of a "second site" to provide
  for redundancy of critical systems' data and
  information is nearing completion of construction
  phase
• Formed cross-departmental team and provided
  initiative kick-off presentation to district
  personnel on October 25
• Published the Data Warehouse Initiative website,
  a resource for team members
• Provided 6 hours of training for team members
  from The Data Warehousing Institute on November
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• Developing bank of requirements from Request
  for Proposals used by other school districts
• Continuing research and discovery phase
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Business/HR Management System

• Will provide staff the ability to easily access
  and manage both summary and detailed fiscal and
  employee information (current system is iTCCS
  provided by Region 20)
• Formed cross-departmental team in September
  meeting every other week (eight times so far)
• Published the Business/HR Information Management
  System Initiative website, a resource for team
  members
• Continuing research and discovery phase
• Prepared and distributed online survey of Texas
  and large U.S. school districts to gather
  feedback
• Team has attended two vendor presentations at NLC
• Team plans to complete the acquisition phase in
  spring 2007
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Document Management System

• Will provide staff with ability to securely track
  and store, retrieve, manage and electronic
  documents, images, and related work flow
• Formed cross-departmental team in September
  meeting every other week (eight times so far)
• Continuing research and discovery phase
• Several team members attended ARMA International
  conference (association for records and
  information management professionals) in October
• Team has attended two vendor presentations at NLC
• Team plans to complete the acquisition phase in
  spring 2007
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