Welcome Back to a New and Exciting School Year
This year more than ever” Technology” will play a role in our lives as teachers, staff and students. Online testing will begin in earnest, the district will be migrating to Google for Education, a new Academy focused on computer aided design and manufacturing will be getting off the ground and we will continue our migration to online lesson plans, curriculum and assessment. To support all these activities its important all of us, students, teachers and staff understand the technology resources we have available to us, take advantage of them and use them to their fullest potential.
First let’s do a quick rundown of what was accomplished this summer:
- Numerous network and switch upgrades were done in individual classrooms and sections of buildings. Some of this work is incomplete due to delays in delivery but should be finished in Sept.
- All student and instructor computers were re-imaged and all computers now have Microsoft Office 2013 installed
- The District Wireless Network was reconfigured and now works more effectively and is easier to gain access to. (A tutorial and procedure page will be posted and made available to staff and students)
- We moved to a brand new Help Desk Package called KACE 1200. This system is faster, easier to use and provides additional options for staff when entering technology requests.
- We created a simple maintenance request system for North Bergen staff to use when submit requests.
- A major “behind the scenes” project that is just about complete is a major upgrade to our phone system. This project was done with the assistance of Dyntek Services Inc. one of our primary vendors and took many hours of work to make sure that the transition will go well. When complete the new system will provide the latest features in voice over IP phone systems including, higher quality audio, easy to integrate audio and video conferencing.
