[Year 12 IT Apps] RNetbooks and Tech support

[Mark Kelly]

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Schultz, Gary I wrote:
> Hello  I am Gary Schultz the IT coordinator at East Loddon P-12 College. 
> We have 220 students from Preps to Yr 12 ,  93 PC’s, 27 staff laptops 
> (plus Library and Admin networks) and 20 Yr 6 Netbooks. The Netbooks are 
> a Regional initiative provided to all Yr 6 students throughout the 
> Loddon Mallee region. We have only had the Netbooks this term but they 
> are already a constant drain on my techs time and on mine. Our TSSP 
> allotment is 5.3 hours per week. We have had no additional ongoing 
> (tech) time added with these new Netbooks.
> 
> Our admin is  thinking of providing our 35 VCE students next year with a 
> Laptop each, so next year  l will have 55 Netbooks and laptops that l 
> didn’t have at the beginning of this year. There is also a possibility 
> that next Year’s Sixes may also be given Netbooks ( possibly 75 
> Netbooks/Laptops more than this year) 
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> Other than increasing my productivity a suggestion from the Principal, 
> what sought of increased Tech time should l be looking for ( l teach 17 
> out of 30 lessons and don’t want to reduce my teaching allotment)? Also 
> how do state schools employ additional tech’s and what source of funding 
> do they use for these positions?
> 
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> Thanks Gary
> 
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> *From:* itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au 
> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Clare, Ian J
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 29 April 2009 12:48 PM
> *To:* Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> *Subject:* RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] OT: Tech support
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> 1.       .65 (2 techies 1 x 3 days a week school paid 1 x  .5 day 
>  department provided)
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> 2.       205 students
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> 3.       100 for computers 20 staff and iwbs
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> 4.       Pcs, notebooks, iwbs
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> */Ian Clare/*
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> ICT Co-ordinator
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> Casterton Secondary College
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> 27 Mt Gambier Road
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> Casterton 3311
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> Ph 03 5581 1588 Fax 03 5581 1518
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> e-mail clare.ian.j at edumail.vic.gov.au 
> <mailto:clare.ian.j at edumail.vic.gov.au>
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> *From:* O'Grady, Liam A
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 28 April 2009 9:10 PM
> *To:* Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> *Subject:* [Year 12 IT Apps] OT: Tech support
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> Hi Everyone,
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> Since a lot of us are involved in running IT at our schools I was hoping 
> to share ideas/stats about how different schools manage technical 
> support and what sort of support is required. In particular I am after 
> answers to the following questions:
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> 1.       How many IT support technicians you have?
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> 2.       How many students?
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> 3.       How many computers?
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> 4.       How many different technologies your technicians support – eg. 
> timetable package, intranet server, webserver, pcs, macs, linux, ...
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> Thank-you
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> Liam
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> *Liam O’Grady*
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> ICT Coordinator and Teacher (Maths and IT)
> 
> Brunswick Secondary College
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> Dawson St, Brunswick 3056
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> School Reception: 9387-6133
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> Email: o'grady.liam.a at edumail.vic.gov.au 
> <mailto:o'grady.liam.a at edumail.vic.gov.au>
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Mark Kelly
McKinnon Secondary College

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