Update given to the Board's Education Committee on infrastructure projects and the hardware equity plan for Vancouver schools.

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Transforming Learning and Work through Technology

2. Goal 2
• Improve equity of
access to programs
and services across
the School District
Goal 4
• Effectively manage the
resources of the school
district to support student
learning opportunities
• Develop technology
infrastructure that supports
teaching, learning, and
system-wide efficiency and
effectiveness
• Develop and enhance the
capacity of staff to meet the
core purpose of the School
District
Goal 3
• Strengthen School District
governance structures,
processes and practices
Goal 1
• Employ technology
to support and
enhance teaching
and learning
• Provide professional
development and
training in
instructional
assessment
practices that
engages students
April 2012 – Technology Strategy Aligned to District Goals
Learning
Technologies
Infrastructure:
Networks and
Service
Delivery
Administrative
and Business
Systems

3. Learning & Work Spaces
Access Equity
Infrastructure

4. Secondary Schools are complete!
* Bandwidth implications
Elementary Schools
20 complete
35 in-progress
October completion (est.)
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5. Infrastructure, a utility grade service…
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PLN Upgrades:
10mb --- Elementary
100mb --- Secondary
Consider…
A VSB owned fiber
optic network
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6. Access Equity, devices and support…
Tablet
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7. School Offices
Student Labs
(Secondary)
Libraries
Resource Rooms
Student Mobile
(Elementary)
Alternative
Education
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8. School Offices – productivity / efficiency
Library & Resource Rooms
(18) Secondary library (10) devices
(20) Elementary library (5) devices
(18) Secondary resource (10) devices
(20) Elementary resource (5) devices
Student Devices
(18) Secondary labs (31) devices
(20) Elementary carts (15) devices
Alternate Education
(various needs)

9. (20) Elementary Schools
* Proposed *
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Professional capacity
No existing iPad cart
Inner city schools considered
Britannia
Brock
Cook
Cunningham
Fraser
Grandview
Henderson
Lord
McBride
Moberly
Norquay
Mt. Pleasant
Nelson
Queen Alexandra
Southlands
Tillicum Annex
Thunderbird
Waverley
Weir
Wolfe

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In Summary…
Bandwidth upgrades
Access to Technology
- Ongoing need -
- Ongoing need -