Congratulations to Mrs. Kasey Johnson and the HCA Leading Ladies who returned from the KSHSAA State Musical Festival in Wichita on April 27th with a "Superior" rating, scoring 78 out of a possible 80 points! They performed earlier in the regionals at Benedictine College in Atchison. You can watch a video of that performance below.
Monday, April 29, 2013
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Technology Update
It's been a few weeks since we gave you an update on the progress we are making with Technology Integration. In that update we talked about integrating 21st Century skills (Collaboration, Creativity, Creative Thinking, and Communication) into the "5th C" - Content. Anthony Brenchley, our Emerging Technologies Librarian, and I are meeting with selected HCA West staff this week to plan some projects/activities what will specifically implement these concepts as a pilot for our 1-1 initiative beginning next January.
We are also talked about some of the infrastructure investment we are making at HCA West in advance of that initiative, including increasing our internet bandwidth capability and installing some exciting next products from Lightspeed Systems. As our previous update explained, these services will provide advanced level content filtering and monitoring, mobile device management, and a collaborative workspace called My Big Campus. We are also planning some infrastructure investment at the HCA East to increase the reliability of the wireless service there as well.
We just completed the initial installation of this infrastructure earlier this week and will be working throughout the spring and summer to get everything configured to run smoothly. First impressions are, well, impressive. I am excited about the new capability these products offer. I am including a few short videos that will help explain what these products actually can do. I would also encourage you to come to our last Town Hall meeting of the spring ... Thursday, May 2nd at 7:00 PM. Use this link to signup for this Town Hall.
We are also talked about some of the infrastructure investment we are making at HCA West in advance of that initiative, including increasing our internet bandwidth capability and installing some exciting next products from Lightspeed Systems. As our previous update explained, these services will provide advanced level content filtering and monitoring, mobile device management, and a collaborative workspace called My Big Campus. We are also planning some infrastructure investment at the HCA East to increase the reliability of the wireless service there as well.
We just completed the initial installation of this infrastructure earlier this week and will be working throughout the spring and summer to get everything configured to run smoothly. First impressions are, well, impressive. I am excited about the new capability these products offer. I am including a few short videos that will help explain what these products actually can do. I would also encourage you to come to our last Town Hall meeting of the spring ... Thursday, May 2nd at 7:00 PM. Use this link to signup for this Town Hall.
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