Welcome to a new school year! With a new school year brings new changes. Tom Derhammer has been named Director of Technology for Allentown School District, and his former position as Technology Integration Leader is now being directed by Dave Stauffer and myself (Melanie Hoskins).
We are excited to take on this role and look forward to working very closely with Dieruff High School teachers in the education and development of our students.
Dave & I will be working together this year on a number of projects.
Our responsibilities include:
1.Afternoons: LCCC Dual Enrollment “Tech Support” in Rooms B-6, F-17, G-5, & D-9
2.All Day: Cyber Learning / Credit Recovery in Room E-5 extension 2584
3.CDT Testing Coordinators
4.Instructional Coaches
Below are some updates about your concerns:
1.POP & Sapphire Access on SHARED MacBooks – There is currently a Parental Control feature activated that is blocking those sites. IT is coming over this afternoon to show us how to rectify the problem and we will come around tomorrow and change this for you. Teachers will not be provided with the ADMIN password for these machines. You will have to go through IT for software installation & updates.
2.SMARTBoard Software – If you have ADMINISTRATOR rights, you can install it yourself. See link below. If you do not – we can install it for you when we change Parental Controls.
·For SMART Notebook Collaborative Learning software download information please follow:https://pop.allentownsd.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=7d232692b121484eabba3e68f978e7ad&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.smarttech.com%2fus%2fSupport%2fBrowse%2bSupport%2fDownload%2bSoftware(Product key: NB-AEAAN-CADPM-R9484-DSCAB). Use the 10.8 version for MAC or Windows.
3.GREAT NEWS – We have an in-house technology specialist, Jonmichael Vito & Tech Assistant Spencer Bernhard, who will be available to answer heat tickets in a timely manner. Please email https://pop.allentownsd.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=7d232692b121484eabba3e68f978e7ad&URL=mailto%3ahelpdeskstaff%40allentownsd.org or call HELP (4357) with issues relating to internet, network, hardware setup, computer connections, printers, software installation, projectors, interactive whiteboards & other general computer problems.
4.ATTN: Moodle Users –NEW SITE
https://pop.allentownsd.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=7d232692b121484eabba3e68f978e7ad&URL=http%3a%2f%2fmoodle.allentownsd.org%2f The site is now public. Start by creating your account using your allentownsd.org email address. More details will follow with instructions on how to create courses and add students.
5.Math Teachers & Computer Labs – I understand the math curriculum involves a lot of online work & assessment. Please work together with
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