Spent the morning working on the Smithville Media Center and then had to backtrack some orders that had been sent out in error. Also, I finally got the process started on replacing the Kenavisoin document cameras that I had installed in the Middle School at GTPS. They are being replaced with Avervision cameras that are of much better quality. The teacher's workstations at the Middle School have been designed with the document camera as a primary tool in the entire enriched classroom environment. My Troxel representative Dave Johnson, also came through with some very special pricing on the new units as well. I had tried to save two hundred dollars per each camera and it got me no where with quality. I should have known that it would not have been that easy. I have several more untis that need to be built and I may switch myself on to that project for the day since I now have most of the parts needed to accomplish the task. I also need to come up with the rest of the workstations that will drive the Media Centers. I gave that task to Tom Ortiz and I am confident that he will get them done quickly. I have had to rely on Fred Groff to handle the bulk of the work with regard to the important task of software installation that was requested by the Curriculum Department as well as preping the terminals for the Media Centers and in addition to all that, building workstations too. Fred proves himself time and time again as the member of the group that can rise to the occasion every time I need him, whatever the task may be. He is an extremely valuable member of my team and while I don't tell any of them that enough I appreciate their dedication to a man. As I wrote earlier this week we should be able to wrap up most all of the loose ends by the end of next week. Once that has been accomplished we can move on to some other projects that we need to get finished by the end of this calendar year. I will review them next week in detail as it will help me get organized in my efforts.
We have been discussing a slight change to the curriculum and majors at the Chartertech High School. I proposed to the BOE there tonight that we add a "minor" to TV and Film with a concentration in Computer Technology. I am some preliminary ideas as to what should be offerred and it could contain everything from infrastructure design and installation to animation drafting and programming. It would be nice to put together a year to year set of courses that would enable a student to completely master the art of computing. I will work on some ideas and post them to judge the response on them. Till next post.
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