CLOUD-BASED IT RESOURCES
Cloud IT Resources in Education
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
NMC Horizon Report 2014 on School IT trends
- Less than 1 yr: BYOD, Cloud Computing
- 2 to 3 years: Games and Gamification, Learning Analytics
- 4 to 5 years: Wearable Technology, IoT (Internet of Things)
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Agenda
- What is Cloud- Based IT?
- Why choose the cloud?
- Pros for using the cloud
- Cons on using the cloud
- Types of educational cloud services
- Sayreville's journey
- Where we are presently
- The Future of the Cloud
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Why Choose the Cloud?
- Costs
- Demand for "anytime, anywhere", 24/7 services
- Staff resources
- Environmental maintenance
- Workflow processes
- Frees up some IT resources
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Why Choose the Cloud?
- Use of data for decision making: both academic and business
- Collaboration and Sharing of data
- Expert IT knowledgebase
- Mobility
- Backup/Archiving data
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Cons
- Student Privacy
- Data Mining
- Cost
- Updates/Upgrades by hosting company
- Increase Bandwidth
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Types of Educational Cloud Services
- GAFE/Office 365
- HR online services
- Learning Management Systems
- Hosted Student Information Systems
- Hosted VoIP
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Lesson Plans, SGOs, observations, evaluations
Types of Educational Cloud Services
- Communication: Social Media, school/district website, document storage, online faxes
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The Sayreville Journey
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Hurricane Sandy, October 2012
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Effects of the Hurricane
- Displacement within the community
- Lack of electricity, heating
- Flooding of homes
- Need for food and shelter
- providing services to the community wherever needed
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Mission Critical Services
- Communication: email, telephone, website, social media
- Student Information Systems: PowerSchool, Genesis, RealTime, OnCourse
- Business Processes: Payroll, Personnel, Substitutes, Employee Applications
- Mandated trainings - GCN
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Communication
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In the Cloud
- Office 365/GAFE for email
- Website hosted outside of district - School Messenger
- Social Media - Twitter, Facebook, Bomber Blast, Sup Talk
- Telephone system (On Premise/Off Premise)
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Student data and information
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In the Cloud
- Lesson Planning, Observation, SGOs, Evaluation, Curriculum - OnCourse
- Instructional/Learning based services - Raz Kids, Discovery Education, IXL, Envision, Rosetta Stone, BrainPop, iReady, ST Math, etc.
- GAFE - Google Docs
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Business Processes
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In the Cloud
- Frontline technologies - Applitrack, Aesop, Employee center
- Payroll, Personnel - AWS
- State and Federal Mandated trainings - GCN
- Printer services (on premise- going paperless
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In the Cloud
- Food Services- backed up via VM
- Transportation Services - backed up via VM
- Security video in the cloud (not there yet)
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In the Cloud
- Office 365/GAFE
- Lesson Planning, Observation, SGOs, Evaluation, Curriculum - OnCourse
- Web-based devices - Cloud-Ready (Chrome OS)
- Instructional/Learning based services - Raz Kids, Discovery Education, IXL, Envision, Rosetta Stone, BrainPop, etc.
- SMS - PowerSchool (on premise - VMWare)
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In the Cloud
- Azure - backup and AD services
- Cloud-based devices - CloudReady OS
- Webfilter services - Securly, etc.
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Disaster Recovery Plan
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Future
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Thank you
Contact info: sandra.paul@sayrevillek12.net
Twitter: @spaul6414
LinkedIn: Sandra Paul
Cell: 908-433-7076
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