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NSW DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Digital Education Revolution – NSW
Bulletin 9, October 2009
Since our last Bulletin a number with the Commonwealth to prioritise
TEACHER LAPTOPS
of milestones have been achieved. Round 1 schools over Round 2.1 The next rollout of 7000 laptops for
They include: schools. teachers is scheduled to commence
in Term 4.
• 2,026 student laptops commissioned Round 2.1 schools will receive their
on Friday 25 September alone roll out in Term 4. Other factors that To get the maximum advantage of the
have influenced this term’s schedule teacher laptops schools are reminded
• 26 676 students have received
their laptops have been the readiness of the wireless that teachers are able to log on
network and the appointment of using their DET logon ID to a laptop
• 350 schools have had Phase1 Technology Support Officers. Laptop commissioned to another teacher.
wireless network connected allocation is contingent on the
successful implementation of these
• 44 of 47 DER-NSW Regional TSO REFRESH OF T1 TEACHER
positions have been filled two factors.
LAPTOPS
• All 10 DER-NSW Regional Managers There have also been enquiries
about why senior schools and senior The upgrade of the operating system
have been appointed
campuses are receiving laptops when on the teacher (T1) laptops to elevate
• 3,000 applicants for 423 these devices to the most up to date
they do not have Year 9 students. The
TSO positions supported platform will commence
Commonwealth DER-NSW agreement
• 278 TSOs have entered on duty clearly stipulates that every school and during the October school break. Please
– bringing the total to 359 TSOs campus in Australia receive sufficient note that this will be a one off upgrade
employed as of 25 September devices to bring them to a ratio of exercise that the Program has committed
one device to two students in Years to as part of the decision to get the first
LAPTOP NEWS 9 to 12 by June 2010. Senior schools round of teacher laptops out as soon as
STUDENT ROLLOUT UPDATE and senior campuses must receive possible.
To overcome situations where Year 9 the number of devices allocated to Your TSO or Regional TSO will contact
enrolments have increased over the them by Canberra in either Round 1 or you prior to the commencement of
school year, July ERN numbers are Round 2.1 to meet this requirement.
the refresh process to advise how the
checked before orders are placed Senior schools will receive 50% of their
upgrade will be done.
with Lenovo. Remember, your allocation in 2009 and 50% in 2010
Regional DER-NSW Manager is the to enable them to cater for external
first point of contact if you require enrolments in both 2011 and 2012. BATTERY LIFE
additional laptops. It should be noted that Years 7 to 10 During a school visit we made some
middle schools will have moved to a 1:1 enquires about the duration of batteries
We have received enquiries regarding
ratio in Years 9 and 10 by the start on a regular school day. One student
laptop allocation i.e. why some schools
of 2010. reported that 20% battery life remained
are receiving their allocation before
others within the same area. This is a Refer to: https://detwww.det.nsw. even after having used the laptop all
direct result of an obligation by DER- edu.au/deptresources/majorprojects/ day. Another student reported having
NSW under the funding agreement dernsw/schedule/index.htm 1½ hours of battery life remaining when
leaving school.
DIGITAL EDUCATION REVOLUTION – BULLETIN 9, OCTOBER 2009 PAGE 2
LAPTOP ACCESSORIES
Laptop accessories including storage
cabinets, battery chargers and AC
adaptors can be purchased through the
Procurement site at: https://detwww.
det.nsw.edu.au/procurement/products/
index.htm
STOLEN OR LOST LAPTOPS
A number of deputy principals have
contacted the Program Office to
enquire about processes for lost or
stolen laptops.
The Policy Implementation Procedures
stipulate that students must notify the
responsible person at the school as
soon as possible. If this is the Deputy
Principal, he or she would notify the
Technology Support Officer (TSO) to
ensure that the laptop is logged as ‘lost’
or ‘stolen’ in the Resource Management
Unit (RMU).
The student would be required to fill
in a Laptop Incident Report (see DER-
NSW Policy website) and supply, where
relevant, a Statutory Declaration or a
Police Report Number. In the case of
theft, the Deputy would also request the
TSO to trigger a machine destruction
order. In case of loss or in-school theft,
he or she may choose to wait a day or
two in case the laptop is recovered.
Once the paperwork is done the Deputy
should authorise the TSO to issue a
replacement. The Implementation
Procedures provide advice in situations
where a student has a poor laptop
history.
A revised Laptop Incident Report has
been developed to meet both Treasury
Managed Fund and Computrace
requirements. Please see:
https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/media/
WIRELESS NETWORKING NEWS
downloads/deptresources/majorprojects/ REMEDIATION OF FIBRE OPTIC CABLING IN SCHOOLS
dernsw/techsupport/incidents.pdf An email was sent by the Director-General on the 23 September to notify schools of
the additional funding to cover the costs of fibre optic remediation. As a point of
For your information, attached are clarification, the payment will only be for schools with fibre optic remediation issues
screens developed by the Resource identified by IBM for the DER-NSW program. These are schools which have been or
Management Unit for Principals and are in the process of being contacted by the Principal Liaison Officers from the DER-
school DER-NSW managers to help NSW Program Office. This team will continue to process quotes for reasonableness
monitor the school’s laptops. and make adjustments in consultation with Principals.
NSW DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
DIGITAL EDUCATION REVOLUTION – BULLETIN 9, OCTOBER 2009 PAGE 3
The funding arrangements are as follows: TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT OFFICERS NEWS
- If schools have negotiated a DER loan this will now be paid in full The advertisements for the travelling TSO positions
by the DER-NSW Program. have been published on the Jobs@DET website as
- If a school has paid 75% (and DER-NSW 25%) the DER-NSW well as local press publications to ensure maximum
Program will reimburse the school. coverage. Successful applicants will support
- If a school has funded the remediation (as identified by IBM) then schools with smaller cohorts of students and
the DER-NSW Program will reimburse the school. where a full time employee cannot be justified. In
- If a schools existing network requires re-configuration to release most cases these travelling TSOs will be based in
spare fibre optic for the DER –NSW wireless network then the one school and will support another neighbouring
DER-NSW Program will reimburse the re-configuration costs. site when necessary.
If you have inquiries please contact Tony Fugaccia (9561 8123), As part of the process each Regional team has
Graeme Davies (9561 1924) or Terry Tunkunas (9561 1091). They
been conducting TSO induction sessions as a
are there explicitly to address your concerns and inform you of the
requirement of their recruitment. This mandatory
due process.
session covers in detail all of the new technologies
SCHOOL FUNDED WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS that are being implemented as part of the DER-
It is recognised that some schools may desire wireless coverage in
NSW program. Also covered are other important
areas that are not included in the DER-NSW program scope, such
training materials such as Child Protection and
as: staffrooms; halls; or other specialist rooms.
OH&S responsibilities.
It is now possible for schools to request quotes from IBM for
additional school funded access points by completing a “School Training up this new large support group of TSOs
Funded Wireless Access Point Request” form which can be is no small task. The DER-NSW Regional Managers
found at the following site: https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/
are simultaneously managing the training of their
media/downloads/deptresources/majorprojects/dernsw/wireless/
school based TSOs as well as the rollout and
aprequestform.doc
implementation of the DER-NSW Laptops and
Please note: indicative pricing can be found on page 2 of the form.
technologies.
Standard inclusions with the purchase of each additional
access point: TSOs who have arrived at schools which are not
scheduled to receive DER-NSW devices for a few
• Supply and install :
weeks have been asked, where they can, to best
o Aruba 125 Access point
prepare for the arrival. TSOs should contact their
o mounting kit DER-NSW Regional TSO for support, but can
o patch cables find lots of useful materials on the DER-NSW
• Install Cat 6E cabling from existing building distributor to Intranet site.
Access point (up to 80m)
DER-NSW OPERATIONAL SUPPORT GUIDE –
• Configure, commission and test Access Point and cabling
UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2009
• Add to management system and heat maps Since version 1 of the Operational Support Guide
• Schedule, test, stage and deliver equipment (OSG) was published on the 3 August 2009 we
• Provide warranty and service levels to match DER-NSW provided have received lots of positive and constructive
Access Points. feedback from schools and Regional ICT teams.
Note: Many improvements and updates have taken place
• Price also includes IBM administration costs including analysis of in response to the feedback we have received and
request, quotation and Statement of Work. ask that all feedback is fed through to the DER-
• Only wireless access points purchased through the DER-NSW NSW Program via the DER-NSW Regional teams for
program can be connected to the DER-NSW wireless network. maximum impact.
NSW DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
DIGITAL EDUCATION REVOLUTION – BULLETIN 9, OCTOBER 2009 PAGE 4
USEFUL WEBSITES GET EQUIPPED–RESOURCES FOR LAPTOPS
The DER-NSW Internet site for parents
and students is now live at: IMPROVED TALE SEARCH
TaLe (www.tale.edu.au) is the primary gateway to access resources from
www.schools.nsw.edu.au/dernsw CLI and a range of other resource providers. You can now search TaLe for
‘DERNSW’ to discover new and existing resources that have been labelled and
The DVD that is part of the Parent
tested as ‘laptop friendly resources’. Other common search terms will also
Information package can be found here
discover DER-NSW resources, including: laptop, DER, DER-NSW, and L4L.
as well as on YouTube at:
TALE DER-NSW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-
To get an overview of the range of DER-NSW resources on TaLe there is a
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dedicated DER-NSW page. KLA based ‘saved searches’ make finding relevant
Translations of the Parent Information resources easier. Go to TaLe, Secondary section, DER-NSW resources link on
Sheet that accompanied Bulletin 5 are the right of the page.
now live. They are still waiting to go on
the individual languages pages but can
be accessed from the by documents
pages at:
https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/
languagesupport/documents/dernsw/
info.htm
The special DER edition Clicks Newsletter
is available at:
https://staffowa.det.nsw.edu.au/owa/
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Laptop Incident Report is available at:
TaLe Tools+
https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/media/
downloads/deptresources/majorprojects/
dernsw/techsupport/incidents.pdf
THE EDUCATION TAX REFUND –
GET 50% BACK
Under the new Education Tax Refund,
parents and others who are eligible
can now claim 50% of their eligible
education expenses up to $1500
for secondary students. Laptops,
educational software and home The new Tools+ site contains a wealth of support resources for using
internet connections, printers, etc Departmental technology tools. This includes sections supporting Software
are eligible claim items under the tools (eg Microsoft and Adobe suites), and Interactive classrooms (eg
Education Tax Refund. For eligibility and interactive whiteboards and video conferencing). Go to TaLe, Secondary
items that can be included see www. section, Tools+ link in the top right of the page.
educationtaxrefund.gov.au
NSW DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
DIGITAL EDUCATION REVOLUTION – BULLETIN 9, OCTOBER 2009 PAGE 5
Tools4U
Tools4U provide support for the new suite of Adobe, Microsoft, and other educational software. Tools4U resources
include online tutorials, examples of classroom use and step-by-step guides. You will find a growing list of Tools4U
including Adobe Captivate, Adobe Presenter, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Microsoft OneNote,
GeoGebra and more.
UCreate
The UCreate resources focus on a technology product that teachers and students can create, such as a podcast, vodcast,
digital portfolio or webpage. The resources provide a step by step guide for novice users.
GETTING STARTED WITH LAPTOPS
Earlier this year CLI and the Curriculum K-12 Directorate partnered with teachers from each secondary KLA to run a 2-day
DER-NSW Teachers Forum. The Getting started with laptops product includes video recordings, podcasts, presentations
and presenter notes from the teacher forum.
NSW DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
DIGITAL EDUCATION REVOLUTION – BULLETIN 9, OCTOBER 2009 PAGE 6
VIDEO RESOURCES
Keep an eye out for Teachers talk
laptops Students talk laptops and
Leaders talk laptops. These video-
based resources will capture the
hopes, anxieties and excitement
as the laptops are rolled out.
The resources will be updated
regularly as to reflect the changing
understandings as students teachers
and leaders gain experience and
skills in using the laptops.
www.schools.nsw.edu.au/click
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