Victorian Information Technology Teachers Association Inc.

TSSP Technicians' Conference

Wednesday November 25, 8:00am to 4:30pm
Victoria University

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DEECD ITD in partnership with the Victorian Information Technology Teachers Association are to conduct a Technical Program for TSSP Specialist Technicians as part of the annual VITTA Conference on Wednesday 25^th November 2009 at Flemington Racecourse and Victoria University Footscray Park Campus.

DEECD - Departmental Projects

DEECD - Ultranet

Microsoft

Apple

Cisco

Xirrus

Lunch is provided at Grandstand Flemington. Happy Hour, prize giveaways and the finals of the So You Think You Can Rock? competition will begin at 4:00pm in the Expo on Wednesday 25 November. Technicians are most welcome to attend.

Program

9:00 - 10:00 Keynote Presentation

ITD Strategic Vision including: eduSTAR, Steve Loquet, Assistant General Manager ITD; Chris Enkelmann, Project Manager, eduSTAR, Service Delivery and TSSP; Robert Hill, Manager, Service Delivery and Alvin Prasad,Central Service Delivery Manager

Concurrent Sessions

Delegates choose from the same sessions at these session times.

Concurrent Session 1:

Department current and future ICT projects - Deep dive into Department current and future ICT infrastructure projectsDEECD – Central and Regional SDM

School ICT Progression Strategy v2.0

SIPS 1 and 2 star capability uplift

eduSTAR

CASES Technology Asset Intelligence and Monitoring

eduGate and the School Business Portal

Wireless for schools

WoVG ISP

Cisco SCE

Concurrent Session 2:

Ultranet Project Update DEECD – Ultranet Team/SDM

Demo of Ultranet components that have been signed off

Preview of Ultranet components to come / components of OSL3 application that may be incorporated in to the Ultranet

School readiness – computer minimum and optimal system requirements

Concurrent Session 3:

Leveraging Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 in the education environment Microsoft

New features in Windows 7 relevant to education (Applocker, VHD management, Windows XP Compatibility Mode) – Practical walkthrough/talkthrough demos provided.

Windows Server 2008 R2 new features relating to classroom computer management (group policy) – Practical introduction to the new GPMC.

Windows Server 2008 R2 desktop deployment with WDS (non practical demo on the big screen).

Demo on Office 2010 CTP

Concurrent Session 4

Cisco Network Infrastructure for School ICT Design - Cisco

Configuring a Cisco Catalyst 3570G core switch and Cisco (Linksys) SRW 2048 edge switch for use in a school environment to:

Allow for multicasting (Ghost and WDS) – specifically highlighting the use of rapid spanning tree / jumbo frames (for Linksys) etc.

Discuss port aggregation and its pro’s and con’s.

Discuss the Cisco Aeronet 1252 WAP

Cisco software for network management

Cisco switch simulator website and resources

Concurrent Session 5

Xirrus wireless arrays for high density areas and conferences (e.g. Student Summit etc)

The theory of a Xirrus array

Use of a Xirrus switch for conferences or high density areas

Case studies

Xirrus configuration demo

Concurrent Session 6

Leveraging OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and iLife 2009 for podcast creation and storage

OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard client feature walkthrough/talkthrough, highlight features.

OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard server features walkthrough/talkthrough

Podcast creation and storage

iTunes ULeveraging OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and iLife 2009 for podcast creation and storage

OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard client feature walkthrough/talkthrough, highlight features.

OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard server features walkthrough/talkthrough

iTunes U

CONTACTS

Chris Enkelmann

Project Manager – School Technology Architecture and Resources

Renee Hoareau

Executive Officer VITTA Office

2009 Outstanding Technical Achievement Awards

This year VITTA and the DEECD are proud to announce the inaugural Outstanding Achievement Technicians' Award 2009.
Department of Education technician managers will be asked to nominate technicians who have contributed in two areas:

- Technical support and advice to the TSSP Community

Download the nomination form here

- Technical tools for the TSSP Community

Download the nomination form here

These awards will be announced at the keynote session at the Slide to Open ~ digital learning VITTA Annual Technicians' Conference at Victoria University, Footscray Park campus Wednesday 25 November, 2009.

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