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North America ISU FY07

North America ISU FY07. Audience. Ever meet with a School Board? Ever watch a School Board or Council Meeting? Which is why I am happy to be speaking to you today. Landscape for School Systems. Political Splintered Funding – Not Sustained Leadership Changes Information Technology.

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North America ISU FY07

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  1. North America ISU FY07

  2. Audience • Ever meet with a School Board? • Ever watch a School Board or Council Meeting? • Which is why I am happy to be speaking to you today.

  3. Landscape for School Systems • Political • Splintered • Funding – Not Sustained • Leadership Changes • Information Technology

  4. Political • What’s behind the question? • Federal/State/Local Legislation • Lobbyist • Competitors • Favors • Prejudices

  5. Splintered • Collective Bargaining Units • School Operations • Instructional Technology • Information Technology • School Board

  6. Funding • Project based • Politically Driven • Not sustained • Grants • E-Rate • QZAB • IT is generally under funded

  7. Leadership Changes • Superintendent 2-3 years • Long-Term Employment • Long term relationships • Lasting longer than leadership • Powerbase?????

  8. Information Technology • Survey the infrastructure • Central vs. Decentralized • Standards • Age • Software/Hardware Inventory • Support • Number 1 problem excluding resources and budget • Information Technology Plans

  9. Rules Based On Landscape • Plan and budget for long term and TCO • Provide short term deliverables • Always involve schools, Instructional Technology, and bargaining units • Maintain your relationships • Find out what’s behind the question • Leverage existing technology

  10. Miami–Dade County Public Schools Our story • Over 4 years • All new products must be web-accessible • No thick clients • Centralized • Build new products from the warehouse with web applications, friendly reporting services • Changes controlled centrally and automated • Belief that 1:1 computing and internet access would be available for all students within 5 years

  11. Foundation Projects - Software • District Email • Districtwide Curriculum Software • Active Directory Migration • Exchange Migration • Patch Management and Virus Protection • Districtwide Gradebook • Data Warehouse • OLAP • Password Synchronization • Auto Update Active Directory Accounts • Centralized Database and Network • Self Service for Technology Support • Leveraged Existing Microsoft Licensing

  12. Foundation Projects - Hardware • Dark Fiber – Native Mode Lan Interconnection (NMLI) • Caching Servers • Local Domain Controllers • 1 Gig Backbone • Storage Area Network • Virtual Server Environment

  13. Foundation Projects - Support • District Administration • School Board • Principals • Teachers • Need • Community • Business Partners

  14. Foundation Projects - Training • Leveraged existing skill sets using .net, SQL and reporting services • Mentoring Model using in-house and product experts

  15. Riverdeep Teaching Resources Plato Documents Weekly Briefings Forms Data Warehouse Gradebook E-mail Destiny

  16. Class Rosters Student Information Student Test Data E-mail & Calendars Teacher Planning Tools Riverdeep Learning Village Document Store Teachers have one-stop access to

  17. Portal “Lite” • Proof of Concept with Microsoft • Soft Rollout as of September 19th • 108,550 student visits • 8,548 parent visits • 55,235 teacher visits • 3,215 principal visits

  18. Thanks to M-DCPS Microsoft Team • Bob Dudenhoefer • Paul Cotter • Sunit Carpenter • Bob Pfief • Dom …..

  19. What Microsoft Did Right! • Accepted No • Understood our fiscal responsibilities • Worked within our timelines • Built relationships • Stayed in bounds with Instructional Technology, Information Technology and Procurement • Brought in partners • When you could not; you still helped • Introduced products based on need • Premier services • ADS migration support • Portal Lite Proof of Concept – Development Services

  20. What Microsoft Did Right! • Helped us when we were really in trouble • Examined and improved third party code • Attended a board meeting • Worked within our deadlines; not yours • Included M-DCPS • Sunshine Connection Pilot

  21. What Microsoft Did Right! • Generous • Over $1 million in services and product • Sponsor our events • Good pricing over the years • Dedication to K-12 • Class Server • Sunshine Connection • Learning Essentials

  22. Room for Improvement - Product • Parent/student identification solution • Redundancy and 24/7 service • Professional Development for users; needs to be weaved into product rollout

  23. Room for Improvement – Services • Need more resources for the volume you serve • Better communications between technical areas and sales • Offer pricing alternatives for home use

  24. Students, Parents, Teachers, and Principals have access to information Any Time, Where, One (Any TWO)

  25. Demonstration

  26. For a Full Portal • Add single sign-on • Role-based access • Collaboration Tools • Hardware/Software • Workflow Technology • Customization • $3.4 Million

  27. What is a Portal? • A Portal is a secure gateway to access systems and services. • It brings together a collection of services and information. • It allows the user to receive a personalized content and experience. • It allows the user to customize their own content and interface according to their own needs.

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