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Device Imaging and Integration

Posted by February 10, 2017Lillie Swearingen, Technical Analyst

DEVICE IMAGING AND INTEGRATION

DII ASSISTING CUSTOMERS

Larry Barrios was out this week. In his stead, Anthony Melton acted as lead in DII. He did a great job. Way to go, Anthony!

Anthony as Larry

While sitting in for Larry Barrios, Anthony Melton was able to attend the TELPAS meeting at the Berry Center. This meeting was with Celia Delapiedra, Testing Department, and was held on Tuesday. Also present was Dearly Buentello who is listed as one of Technology Support representatives. Derly got up and spoke to Celia and her Secondary team about testing and where to find TELPAS in the LANDESK Workspaces window.

The Elementary staff meeting was held on Wednesday. Anthony, Derly and Lillie attended the meeting. Lillie was able to talk about launching TELPAS from the LANDESK window and explained that they would have onsite support via the campus technician.

While sitting in for Larry, Anthony continued to work on the Low Voltage project. This project involved working with Marvin Banks. The scope of the project was to get 16bit and 32bit diagnostic software for equipment in the district to work on new setup. Joshand Anthony were able to get a system working for the Low Voltage team. Josh was able to get their programs to work with an express serial port card. Sometime next week, Bryan and Josh will be testing the software and the serial port card.





Derly Buentello and Lillie Swearingen did quick presentations regarding the use of the TestNav application for state testing. Celia Delapiedra from the Testing department led the sessions and was very appreciate of Derly and Lillie taking the time to present and answer questions.

Lillie Presenting

Derly and Celia

Derly Presenting





Horne Elementary reported that the iStation app was not opening correctly on their 50+ iPads. Nancy Grellaadvised the Campus Technician that the fix was to reinstall the app from the CFISD App Catalog. The Campus Tech reported that they were stilling having issues, so Nancy and Michelle Campos went to Horne to assist the Librarian with resolving the problems

Nancy with iPads


Posted by February 10, 2017Larry Barrios, DII Manager


DII –Larry in Austin TCEA

This past week, Larry Barrios along with other Technology Managers (Paula Ross, Jay Johnson, John Crumbley, and Jennifer Miller) were fortunate enough to attend TCEA (Texas Computer Education Association) in Austin. TCEA is a member-based organization devoted to the use of technology in education. TCEA’s primary focus is on integrating technology into the PreK-12 environment and providing members with state-of-the-art information through conferences, workshops, newsletters, the Internet, and collaborations with higher education and business. This past week in Austin, more than 1,000 sessions awaited the team with an amazing array of sought-after presenters and prominent keynotes speakers from all over.

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Larry Barrios, DII Manager attended sessions offered at TCEA, some content was exciting and others reinforced that Cy-Press Fairbanks is doing what others are doing. Larry attended the following sessions:

Digital Leadership: Abilities VS Responsibilities

Sphero My Hero

Augmented Reality: Better Than the Movies

The Fab 4’s Top 20

One App, So Many Uses

Lets get Chromified

TCEA Makers Sandbox

Confessions of a Networked Learner

Augmented Reality the other AR

Tools and Trends that Will Amaze and Inspire You

What is PLN? Become a “Connected Educator

Killer Chrome Tips and Tricks you Should Know

Digital Pedagogy for Deeper Learning

Leadership Trip Report

Posted by Larry Barrios, DII Manager February 10, 2017

TCEA 2017

Course 170612 Augmented Reality: The

Other AR by Deb Atchison

Deb Atchison is an EdTech Consultant and

presenter. She presented at TCEA.

She says AR is the layering of digital

information, usually 3D and interactive, over a

real world item or image. It’s your book coming

to life right before your eyes!

What is needed to view AR?

Mobile device with a camera (iOs,

Android, tablet or phone)

App (specific to what you are viewing)

Marker, target or trigger image

Good lighting

Course 171773 Killer Chrome Tips and

Tricks You Should Know by Diana Benner

Diana pointed out that in order to be

successful one most know the difference

between Apps and Extensions. One must

know which ones are good, do research and

ask others for advice.

Recommended Apps

Scan QR

Clarisketch

Spell Up

Video Notes

Mic Note

Recommended Extensions

Goo.gl URL Shortener

Helper Bird: OpenDyslexic

Google Dictionary

Screencastify

CraftyText





TCEA as allows school districts to connect and spend some time with vendors. Some vendors are new and some are existing. TCEA is a place that existing vendors listen to concerns of the customer like Cy-Press Fairbanks. This past week Larry Barrios, DII Manager, talked to some of the following vendors:

Prime Systems

Microsoft

Lenovo

CDW-G

Pocket Lab

SHI

IVANTI/LANDESK

Layer3

Aruba

NetSync

Ingram

Polar 3D

Tech Smith

CTL

Appliansys

Promethean

Leadership Trip Report

Posted by Larry Barrios, DII Manager February 10, 2017

TCEA 2017

TCEA is a place to connect with Vendors.

Larry Barrios, was able to meet with

Promethean at TCEA in a invitation only

meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to

try and understand what large school

districts are looking for, to understand the

customer needs. In the meeting Larry was

able to preview upcoming features and

asked to critique current features. This is

time well spend and will benefit others in the

long run.

TCEA is a place to connect with Vendors.

Larry also spend time with Lynn (our Lenovo

rep) and was able to meet Donzell Newkirk,

Lenovo Google Chromebook expert. Larry

along with Klien ISD, was able to talk and ask

questions pertaining to direction of Lenovo

Chromebooks.

Lynn talking to group

Donzell

Promethean Team

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