ECSD Technology Department STATE OF TECHNOLOGY March 26, 2018

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1 ECSD Technology Department STATE OF TECHNOLOGY March 26, 2018

2 ECSD Technology Department STATE OF TECHNOLOGY March 26, 2018 Technology Overview & History Technology Equipment Categories The Issues/Challenges: Tomorrow is Today End of Life for Technology Equipment Recap Slides available on district website

3 A Brief History of Technology Bond issues that were passed by our community The first infusion of technology in ECSD Approximately $5 million for technology (Including Durant Funds) Electrical upgrades in all buildings Network infrastructure (Switches, UPS s, MDL s/idl s created) Network Servers in each school Phone system, Phones in every classroom

4 A Brief History of Technology Bond issues that were passed by our community Classroom TV s and VCR s Laptops for all teachers (TTI program) Classroom computers & printers (Dot Matrix!) Computer labs Network Cabling (no wireless!) TV Cable/Video network (1/2 Coax Cable)

5 A Brief History of Technology Decemeber 31 st, :59 pm Y2K!...Uneventful for ECSD

6 A Brief History of Technology Decade of maintaining Warranties ran out End of Life (EOL) of Equipment Donations (Homeland security, Local Colleges) Buying used equipment/parts Due to budget constraints, purchases/upgrades were deferred 2005 Installed security camera system 2005 YouTube started District Server Room created at CO (Shower room)

7 A Brief History of Technology Bond issues that were passed by our community Second Infusion of Technology Approximately $4 Million allocated for technology Out with the old in with the new New infrastructure (Switches, UPS s) New VOIP Phone System Wireless in all buildings Servers and SAN (storage area network), Virtualized Devices

8 A Brief History of Technology Bond issues that were passed by our community Classroom SmartSuites (Including Projector, Smartboard, Sound System, Document Camera) New computers district-wide: labs, media centers, laptops, ipads (2010), offices, including custodial offices. Media Cast video distribution system (No more VCR tapes!)

9 A Brief History of Technology 2009-Current Second decade of maintaining Warranties have expired End of Life (EOL) of Equipment Buying used equipment/parts Due to budget constraints, new purchases/upgrades are deferred

10 Technology Classifications Infrastructure Safety & Security Classroom SmartSuites Building Technology Devices Offices and Equipment Everything else

11 Technology Classifications Infrastructure District Server Room, Building MDL s/idl s, Network Switches, Backup Power Supplies (UPS s), Air Conditioners, Wireless Network, Phone and voic system, Network Cabling, Internet & Firewall, HVAC Monitoring/Controls Safety & Security Security camera system, Electronic door systems, Building Clocks/PA Systems Classroom SmartSuites Teacher computer, desk, printer, phone, document camera, SMART board, projector and sound system.

12 Technology Classifications Building Technology Devices Computer Labs, Media Centers and building computers (including desktops, laptops, Chromebooks, ipads and Android tablets) Offices and Equipment Office Computers, printers, copiers, etc. Everything else Website, & Spam Filter, Media Cast, Network Services (Cloud), Stadium, Printers, Software, etc.

13 The Issues/Challenges Tomorrow is Today Tomorrow is Today The majority of our current computers were purchased with 2009 bond funds and they are out of warranty as of the end of the school year SmartBoards are still operational but are out of warranty as of 2017 Classroom Sound systems are out of warranty and no longer supported

14 The Issues/Challenges Tomorrow is Today Tomorrow is Today At the end of this school year, classroom teacher computers will be eight years old are at the end of their usable life. iphone 4? June 2010 Building computers are not powerful enough for newer classroom programs (IE: STEM, PLTW)

15 The Issues/Challenges Tomorrow is Today Tomorrow is Today Security camera system was installed during the school year Required by law to retain video for 30 days These five servers and software are 12 years old and no longer supported (buying parts on Ebay) We cannot add anymore cameras to the system and replacement cameras are configured to their lowest quality settings to work with the current system

16 The Issues/Challenges Tomorrow is Today Tomorrow is Today Building clock and PA systems are failing and many are 25+ years old Numerous power outages over the last few years have caused havoc with our infrastructure equipment Lack of General Fund dollars has caused us to defer much of the needed equipment replacement purchases. We are strictly in a reactive phase of support.

17 State of Technology Technology has drastically changed since 2009 Wireless Technology ipads (2010), Chromebooks (2011), Smart Phones Social media (the way we communicate) Online access and Online Learning Future Technology Planning: Average person has three to four wireless devices 24/7 access to systems/information

18 State of Technology What have we done during these maintaining years? Everything needs to work Technology has become essential to our curriculum & operations Protecting our infrastructure has been our first priority Technology has a budget from the general fund that covers basic repairs

19 State of Technology - Devices Still able to add new devices Grants, Donations, PTO s, Fund raisers Chromebooks, 3D Printers, ipads, Android Tablets, Laptops, Desktops, PLTW, Software Chromebooks and G-Suite (Google Apps) are a game changer Added over 600 Chromebooks in two years Added stress on our aging infrastructure (wireless network)

20 End of Life Equipment End of Life equipment EOS End of Sale EOL End of Life No more support idevices/tablets/chromebooks

21 End of Life Equipment Network Switches 12/30/2018

22 End of Life Equipment Wireless Network Main Controller 10/31/2019 Wireless Access Points 8/1/2020

23 End of Life Equipment Phone switches 7/1/2018

24 Recap The Future: Keeping up with rapidly changing technology Over 3600 devices most with no warranty or upgradability Total devices on our network are over 5,000 plus BYOD. End of life for our equipment is here Technology installed in 2009 isn t adequate for today s needs At the point of not begin able to provide the services needed. There is a demand to get devices in students hands Chromebooks and Google Services are a game changer

25 Recap We will continue to do whatever we can to maintain district technology We don t anticipate that everything will stop working tomorrow. We need to replace our aging technology to support both the current and future needs of the district. The General Fund cannot sustain such a replacement effort or ongoing upgrades/replacement costs We can t afford to wait until there is a district-wide failure

26 Thank You

27 By the numbers Closed almost 1,900 helpdesk tickets last year We own and support over 3,600 computers, laptops, Chromebooks, ipads and Android tablet devices. Total devices on the network are over 5,000 plus BYOD. By the numbers: Network Switches: 110 Wireless access points: 333 Voip phones: 486 Phone switches: 16 Voic servers: 2 Security Cameras: 126 Network user accounts: 4600 Network Servers: 24 physical and 154 virtualized (includes servers and desktops) Network cable: 750,000 feet (142 miles) District SAN has 60TB of disk storage (almost 45 million floppy disks or almost 90 thousand CD-Roms) BYOD: Average devices per day and this number is growing