When our monies dipped below $500 we stopped doing TPs ( read it as "TP(S) Reports", TPaper or however you like). I would not mind filling our an online form if it was done well. Heck I will even write and host it. The current system is out-dated, requires too much labor - PAPER work of all things and feels punitive. Very sorry for those of you who get enough money to justify the seven labors of Hercules the TPs require.
A question - if all of this paper is going into this process what is being done with it? The fact that they want paper tells you that it just fills a file drawer and no one ever looks at it. If all this data gathering serves some further purpose they would what it online, right? Don't tell me, it is important for us to consider what we do with our money and this process helps us. My tech budget is less than $10,000 per year, much less. I usually just blow it on toner and replacement parts anyway. I seldom consider how to make a few thousand dollars meet all the tech needs of 80 classrooms. I wish someone would make me consider how I spend this money. BK On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 7:12 AM, Jesse <teh.u83r.1...@gmail.com> wrote: > I can see it now... > > "The SIP is due." > "And?" > "Well, it has the word 'Technology' somewhere in it." > "And?" > "Well, just wondered if you'd written it yet. We don't want it to be late." > > D'OH! > > > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Michael Bendorf <bendo...@a-ccentral.us> > wrote: >> I believe the next go-round our DIP and TIP will be the same document. >> --Michael T. Bendorf-- >> Technology Administrator >> A-C Central C.U.S.D. #262 >> 217.476.3312 ext. 2019 >> DID #: 217.476.6019 >> Cellular: 217.306.6824 >> >> "I'm trying to teach myself to ask the same questions that you do during >> your lectures so that I do not need you any more." >> >> A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for >> others. >> >> "The computer revolution hasn't started yet. Don't be misled by the enormous >> flow of money into bad defacto standards for unsophisticated buyers using >> poor adaptations of incomplete ideas." >> >> - Alan Kay >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Heath Henderson <hmh1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I can't say anything nice about Tech plans. I just don't see how they are >>> technically a tech plan. I think they need to be termed Fundamental >>> Organizational Outline of Longitudinal Instruction by School Honorees. >>> >>> I seriously think however FOOLISH the basis is sound. I don't think it is >>> really in the realm of "tech" though. I think it is more appropriate for >>> school administrators on the curriculum side to address the needs and paths >>> the district wants to pursue educationally and instructionally. Tech only >>> has small hand in what these plans are designed for but somehow we the tech >>> republic get the brunt of doing these plans I think sometimes because >>> Administration might not want to or be confused because it is titled "Tech >>> Plan." >>> >>> -Heath Henderson >>> >>> On Sep 20, 2010, at 2:28 PM, JimHays <hay...@sages.us> wrote: >>> >>> > Bob said my least favorite two word phrases - "Tech Plan". If someone >>> > wants to make real and positive political reform the word "tech" would >>> > never, ever, ever be followed by the word "plan". >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > Bob Schmidt wrote: >>> >> Has anyone seen this template and how horribly outdated it is? The >>> >> spreadsheet doesn't even include Windows 7, but it still has Windows 95! >>> >> It asks how many computers I have with a modem below 28.8kbps, and how >>> >> many have 28.8 or better! >>> >> Then it asks for Brand Names like Smart Boards or Mimeos. What if I >>> >> have Promethian? >>> >> Then they want to know how many Firewalls, Spam Filters, Content >>> >> Filters and Intrusion Detectors I have in our classrooms and >>> >> administrative >>> >> offices. >>> >> Does anyone still use LCD Panels on overhead projectors? >>> >> There is no mention of Student Response Systems at all. >>> >> And it goes on and on and on. >>> >> Who writes this stuff and how much are we paying them? >>> >> Sorry, I am very frustrated today dealing with this Tech Plan. >>> >> >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >> >>> >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >>> > >>> > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >>> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >> >> >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >> > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
