1. Wilson County Schools Back to School Media Meeting August 21, 2014

2. Welcome Tessa McManus – Jones Elementary Cori Burroughs – Speight Middle

3. Social Media Like our Facebook page for updates on “What’s going on in the classrooms with technology.” https://www.facebook.com/WilsonCountySchools TechnologyDepartment https://www.facebook.com/WilsonCountySchools TechnologyDepartment Jessica Bailey – LEA Webmaster

4. Dates to Remember Monthly PLC – September 19 - Wells NCSLMA - October 9-11 Winston Salem Monthly PLC – November 21 Monthly PLC – December 19 Monthly PLC – January 16 -Hearne Monthly PLC – February 20 NCTIES – March 4-6 Raleigh

5. Dates to Remember Elementary Battle of the Books – March 13 –First Free Will Baptist Church Battle of the Books – March 27 –Volunteer? Monthly PLC – April 17 Monthly PLC – May 15

6. DiscoveryEd TechBooks Purchased Middle School Science beginning this semester Purchased High School Sciences beginning 2 nd Semester

7. DiscoveryEd TechBooks We purchased logins only for Science teachers and their students. ITFs have training logins so they can help teachers with the technical side of the resource. Your role is to collaborate with teachers to provide additional resources that enhance the content- no login necessary. DiscoveryEd Contract has legal verbiage that disallows the sharing of logins. The sharing of logins will be a breech of our contract and will be moved up to Senior Leadership for disciplinary actions.

8. Student Logins Student user names will be first name+last name+last 4 of student# i.e. janesmith4321. First password is their student ID. –Note: first+last up to 16 characters, no dot between first and last, no hyphens or spaces or apostrophes, there is a folder (LoginNames) on the common drive with all the student login names

9. Zscaler will be studentusername@wilsonstudent.net same network password. Password sync will be done overnight. studentusername@wilsonstudent.net Gmail will be studentusername@wilsonstudent.net same network password studentusername@wilsonstudent.net

10. Student Logins Middle School students must login at a desktop the first time and wait for their password to sync overnight before they try to login on an iPad.

11. New Accountsand Transfers Network, Gmail, Destiny –For Students - Will be created or transferred overnight syncing with PowerSchool. –If your students are not in homerooms it’s an issue with way they are entered into PowerSchool.

12. Resource Calendars For labs, carts, sets of iPads, etc. –All Elementary –Beddingfield High –Available for others

13. Inventory Inventory at Central Office is not accurate YOUR Inventory in Destiny for hardware/equipment should be accurate! Do not move computers, printers or phones from room to room –The naming scheme is associated with the room where it is located. –It will impact calls, printing, etc. Retired Inventory –Appropriate paperwork –Room 109 at Daniels

14. Inventory I am going to be pulling the inventory list from Destiny on Sept 5th for your school. I will need you to remove any lost or stolen iPads if you have not updated this in Destiny and add any missing serial numbers prior to this date. This information is what your school's insurance billing will be created from. We don't want your school to be billed for iPads you don't have. Preview your list of Staff iPads I have pulled and send me any corrections needed by editing the Google Doc link I will share with you in an email at the conclusion of this meeting. The company is going to remove these iPads from the billing quote.

15. Middle School iPad Repairs The procedures will be different this year but simple. You will be given 5 boxes in advance to have on hand email the insurance/repair company asking for a pre paid shipping label box the damaged ipad, attach the label call Fed Ex to have the box picked up from your school Fed ex will return your same repaired ipad to your school in a few days There will be no paperwork to send to CO inventory since we won't be getting replacement iPads, but repaired ones Save the returned box for a future a repair

16. Technology Fee Must be recorded in Destiny –$30.00 –$25.00 Reduced Lunch –$20.00 Free Lunch

17. Repairs Students will be covered by an accidental insurance if they pay their technology fee. Coming Soon: Staff may sign up for the accidental coverage and pay online - $24.00 We are investigating an insurance option for staff with laptops.

18. AMTR 332 questions – 157 questions Target Start Date – August 22

19. AMTR

26. Requirements All new teachers must complete the Copyright course, sign and submit the completion sheet to you. – First screen – Guest and Guest –Next screen – Password, copyright CIPA courses completed by students –October 1 deadline

27. Professional Development

28. TAKE 5 Edmodo – Level 1 Evernote Google Calendar – Level 1 Keynote for the iPad Google Forms – Level 1 iMovie 101 – iPad Edition Google Drive Google Sheets – Level 1

29. Elementary/High Laptops Printing –They will not be networked to a printer. –They should save in their Google Drive and print from a desktop.

30. Focus for the Year Signature Lines Weeding Ebooks – Use them and promote them Appropriate resources, services, and instruction

31. Job Alike Groups Suggested Topics of Conversation –Follett’s Reference Addition –Renaissance – Who has extra scanners? Are you purchasing Renaissance for your school? –Magazines – Are you still buying?