This session is a broad overview of
Active Directory and what it provides for your network. We will be
discussing how to install and setup active directory, terms and
definitions, and day to day management. We will cover the following
management tasks: sites and services, users and computers, dns vs
wins, dhcp, and group policy. We will examine an example
organizational unit structure and the pros and cons that it provides
especially in terms of group policies.
Active Directory Track
Session 2:
Presenter: Curtis McKay
This session discusses several
optional active directory integrated services that are very
beneficial to the educational environment. We will be discussing
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) used for managing
Windows/Microsoft Office product updates, Windows Deployment
Services (WDS) used for imaging client workstations, Volume Shadow
Copy Service (VSS) used for end user available file restore,
Terminal Services for remote access, Distributed File System (DFS),
and Disk Quotas.
Active Directory Track
Session 3:
Presenter: Curtis McKay
This session will discuss group
policies in more detail as well as bulk user creation. There are
several scripts available to aid a network administrator in the
tedious task of adding users in bulk. We will be discussing a tool
created by the presenter (Curtis McKay) and how it would work in
your environment.
AJAX using
jQuery
Presenter: Bob Munds
Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
(AJAX) allows the web developer to develop rich internet
applications that allow for dynamic updates of the page from an
external database. The allows AJAX applications to behave more like
desktop applications than traditional web sites. This session will
incorporate jQuery into the process.
Automating your District with a Student Mgmt System: An implementation of
PMS
Presenter: Abe Loveless, Curtis McKay
Do you have a Student Mgmt System in
your school? Do you have other computer systems that are essential
to your day to day functions? Do these systems talk to each other?
Automatically? What about Active Directory integration? Using a
collection of processes, affectionately called PMS (Poor Man’s
Systems Automation),
we can help you automate some of these functions. Move data from one
system to another, automate import processes, and even create
usernames/passwords in Active Directory… we’ll show how we do these
functions in our district – without spending the money on an
“official” SIF implementation.
Automating your District: An implementation of PMS
Presenter: Abe Loveless, Curtis McKay
Note: This is the day 3 session
Do you have a Student Mgmt System in your school?
Do you have other computer systems that are essential to your day to
day functions? Do these systems talk to each other?
Automatically? What about Active Directory integration?
Using a collection of processes, affectionately called PMS (Poor
Man’s Systems Automation), we can help you automate some of these functions.
Move data from one system to another, automate import processes, and
even create usernames/passwords in Active Directory… we’ll show how
we do these functions in our district – without spending the money
on an “official” SIF implementation.
We’ll take an in-depth look into the
databases and tools that Belleville 201 uses to automate these
functions. And, we’ll take a look into the systems of a
volunteer district and determine how these tools could be
implemented in their environment. Participants will leave with
the tools and documentation necessary to get started.
Aruba
Presenter: Aruba
Future of Mobility – Aruba networks, Gartner
Magic Quadrant wireless leader, will present on the state of
wireless and what that means to your organization. From standards
based approaches to a contemporary network design, utilize this
seminar to prepare your organization for the revolution of secure
and reliable mobile communications.
Asterisk Phone System
Solutions Overview
Presenter: Mousty
Technologies
An overview of Asterisk Phone System.
Including what is Asterisk, Asterisk Flexibility, Basic Asterisk
Features, Expanded Asterisk Features, and Speech Recognition.
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Broadcasting/Streaming
Events to your Building – and the World!
Presenter: Curtis McKay & Abe
Have you ever had a guest speaker
come to your school, but couldn’t fit everyone you wanted to
participate in the meeting place? You could have streamed the event
to another location in the building for an overflow room. Do you
have any parents that are homebound or overseas? They might like to
view certain events online: Graduation, Athletic events, etc. This
session will show the tools required to stream these types of events
in an affordable, and easy to transport way. We will be using free
software from Microsoft - Windows Media Encoder and Windows
Streaming Services. We will also focus on the Pro Audio equipment
required to make these presentations a success.
Building a Business
Model for K-12 IT
Presenter: Tom Steele
K-12 technology has a long history of
being underfunded, understaffed and overextended. Much of this is
because district IT has not been recognized as a vital,
mission-critical function by district administration and the school
board. This session will discuss the eSchool News/SchoolDude.com/CoSN
2008 Survey: The Unique Challenges Facing the IT Professional in
K-12 Education and will work on identifying the role of the K-12
Information Technology in the organization and developing a business
model to justify its needs.
Bag Boys
Presenter: Mike Jones and Zack Gilbert
Have you ever wondered what
teachers are creating in their classroom with the resources that you
have provided? Do you wonder if these tools are effective in student
achievement or simply “toys?” In this session, we will be
demonstrating how several teachers are incorporating devices such as
Pulse Pens, MP3 players, digital voice recorders, and document
cameras for meeting the needs of both gifted and special needs
students. We will also discuss Apple’s Ipad & Ipod touch universal
access features and highlight several must-have apps.
We will demonstrate why incorporating
Front Row audio sound fields are important to the classroom as well
as showing how to take Class room sound fields and integrate it into
Smart Notebook software lessons.
BCS - About HP
ProCurve
Presenter: BCS
HP ProCurve is the networking
division of HP. HP ProCurve produces a line of network switches,
wireless access points, WAN routers and access control servers/ sw.
HP is the world's second-largest vendor of networking switches based
on port count and revenue.
The best warranty in the industry. HP ProCurve offers a standard
"lifetime warranty" with next business day advanced replacement. The
warranty is based on the product, not on the initial buyer and
covers also fans, power supplies and accessories
CCCCC
Care & Feeding of your
Ubuntu Web Server
Presenter: Abe Loveless
Ok, the guys on the tech-geeks list talked you into installing
an Ubuntu web server, and you put Moodle on it and a couple
other things. How do you update it? How do you back it up? For
that matter, how do you do anything to it? I’ll show some tips
and tricks to help you administer the servers. We’ll look at
backup procedures, and show how to back your databases and web
content up to a Windows share.
Network Access
Control, Spam, Anonymous Proxies – Solved with CIPAFilter
Presenter: CIPAFilter
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is session will discuss a different approach to taking care of
anonymous proxies and spam mail, all without any false positives
and constant black-list updates. Learn about the way spammers
operate and discover how students can be the ones to help you
fight the war against filter circumvention!Also learn about
Network Access Control. This new technology allows an
administrator to lock down their entire wireless/wired network
from unauthorized devices, including any handheld devices and
computers.
CIPAFilter is an innovative filtering and security solution for
K-12 districts, and has been helping school districts in
Illinois for 10 years. www.cipafilter.com
Content Filters – To
Buy or Not to Buy
Presenter: Daniel Zobel
We will be looking at different features that are available when
using a free product, DansGuardian, vs. a commercial content
filter, Cymphonix. There are many differences between the two
products, but both can do a great job at protecting a network.
Which kind of filter is right for your network? We will learn
and discuss the two different approaches.
Cisco - Collaborate &
Communicate with
Mobility
Presenter: Cisco
This will be a deep dive into Cisco Wireless Roadmap & Cisco's
k12 mobility vision, as well as a look into the benefits of
Cisco Unified
Communications in Education. A look beyond dial tone."
Cymphonix -
Content/Bandwidth Control
Presenter: Cymphonix
Cymphonix presents on why Block/Allow isn’t enough for your
content filter.
DDDDD
Databases: ODBC
Presenter: Abe Loveless
Do you have any applications in your
district that require a database? Are you able to export everything
you ever wanted from those systems? If you’re tired of having to
rely on canned export/import procedures, I’ll show you how to
connect directly to your data. We’ll talk about ODBC, simple query
statements to view data, and dig into WinSQL. As long as you can
locate an ODBC driver for your database, we can talk to it. (MS SQL,
MySQL, Firebird, even STI’s topspeed database)
Drupal
1 - School Website using Open Source Content Management System
Presenter: Chris Wherley
Examples of Drupal Sites
Terminology - Blocks, Modules, Content, Users, Permissions
Breakdown of Permissions
Getting Started
Menus
Drupal
2 - School Website using Open Source Content Management System
Presenter: Chris Wherley
Installation
Adding, Updating Modules
Calendar Feeds from Data Entry, Google, ScheduleStar
Using Views Module
Permissions
Menus
Using your own PHP/MySQL code
The Great Data
Warehouse Bakeoff
Presenter: CPSI/Mizuni/Decision Ed Group
Data Warehouses are becoming a
concern to both smaller and larger districts as they are trying to
collect and then report on the data they have. Multiple
vendors will have 20-30 minutes to present their product and how it
differs from the competition. At the end of their mini-session
every participant will rotate to another vendor till at the end of
the full session the participant has heard from every vendor.
It is important to understand the basics of what a Data Warehouse is
as this session is more to show off the differing products compared
to explaining the basics of a Data Warehouse.
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FOG
Presenters: Chuck Syperski and Jian Zhng
FOG is a free and open source
computer imaging solution for Windows XP and Vista with an easy to
use web interface. FOG doesn't use any boot disks, or CDs;
everything is done via network booting. With FOG, most drivers are
built into FOG, so you don't need to worry about drivers. FOG
includes a Windows client that can be used to easily manage tasks on
the client computers. The client service can perform many tasks from
changing the computers hostname to installing printers to installing
application snap-ins.
Fitness and Wellness
for Geeks
Presenter: Bob Munds
Course Description:
What one thinks as of as the "typical" geek lifestyle is not a
healthy lifestyle. The long term results of long hours at a
computer, large quantities of caffeine and poor diet are a
diminished quality of life. According to Sally Fields, you've only
got one body. It's time to do something about it.
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Gimp
Presenter: Jim Hays
GIMP is an open-source, free
image editing program that contains many of the "high-end"
capabilities of expensive "professional" image editors like
Photoshop. GIMP allows the user to work in layers, use high end
"filters", manipulate colors separately, and much more. GIMP can
help you make professional looking images without the expense of a
commercial image editor. The lack of funds should not preclude you
from producing professional images.
GIMP can be used to update your school's logo, create images for web
page slide shows, in your school's Art program, and much more.
Google Apps
Presenter: Terry Sullivan
Google offers K12 schools free
services registered under their domain and managed by the school.
Several districts are exploring the use of Google Apps for Education
for staff and students. This free service provides Online Docs with
Office compatible editors, Calendar, Gmail, and even Websites. This
session will give an overview of the services available and quickly
go though how to request and configure a domain for your district.
Literally in an hour you can have a Google Apps site registered to
your district and functioning.
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Have Web App, Will
Travel: Convert your web apps to iPhone apps
Presenter: Curtis McKay
I’ll demonstrate the iPhone User
Interface (http://code.google.com/p/iui/) class to help you convert
your web applications into iPhone applications. We’ll look at some
examples, and dig into the code. It’s a lot easier than it looks!
Hyper-V
Presenter: Tom Steele
Hyper-V is Microsoft’s FREE
virtualization solution. This session will discuss the requirements
for deploying Hyper-V and walk through the process of setting up a
Hyper-V solution.
Hacking 101: Intro to what your students already know
Presenter: David Thurm
Application of common hacking tools
and tricks. Reconnaissance to exploitation.
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Introduction to VOIP
Presenter: Mousty Technologies
This session will cover the basics of
the VOIP technology. Including How VOIP works, Benefits with
VOIP, Challenges, using IP Trunking, HOsted system solutions, and
Internet faxing.
Introduction to SQL
Presenter: Joshua Halls
SQL is the common language used
between many of the major database players in the market. This
session is going to cover some basic day to day SQL Query language
that you would use interacting with all major SQL vendors. A
few minutes will be spent on the tools for MSSQL and MySQL as well.
Illini Data &
Integrity Schools – Decision Support Solution
Presenter: Integrity Schools
Data-based decision making is
essential to school improvement efforts to increase student
achievement! The purpose of this session is to demonstrate how
teachers and administrators using the Illini Data decision support
solution can access and use data to make decisions that lead to
school improvement and increased student achievement. This is only a
starting point in the need for data analysis to identify the
achievement gaps that exist and provide a data system that can drill
down to the student level to analyze factors that may affect
individual student performance. Data needs to be provided in a
timely manner, with organized structure to create a culture of
continuous improvement.
The IlliniData system is a portal and data warehouse solution
designed to provide: 1) a consolidated view of daily operational
data coming from multiple disparate sources: a productive portal for
staff to access student data with the data warehouse components, and
2) a resource for the statistical analysis on historical test scores
and grade data tied to curricular objectives and standards that can
be used at the district, building, class, and individual student
level.
The Great Interactive
Whiteboard Bakeoff
Presenters: Smart/Mimio/Promethean/Hitachi
If you are like most Illinois
districts, you have been spending a considerable amount of time
installing interactive whiteboards, or you are looking at what’s the
best one for your situation. It can get confusing, so the TechFeast
is bringing together several of the major interactive whiteboard
vendors to one location for a “bake-off”. Vendors from Smart, Mimio,
Hitachi, and Promethean will be in separate rooms in a 20 minute “speed
dating” style presentation to highlight what differentiates their
solution from the competition. We welcome any TechFeast participants
to bring a curriculum person, teacher or administrator to this
session free of charge. It’s a great way to earn some Feast bucks
and learn about whiteboard differences.
Introduction to PHP
Presenter: Bob Munds
PHP allows the developer to
design dynamic database-driven web pages. PHP is a language written
for the web, quick to learn, easy to deploy and provides substantial
functionality.
Introduction to jQuery
Presenter: Bob Munds
The popular JavaScript library
jQuery is an amazing way to extend the design possibilities of your
site beyond what CSS alone can do. This is a very basic introduction
to including jQuery on your web pages.
Identity Management
Automation
Presenter: Mark Wefer
Creating, maintaining, and
ultimately removing computer accounts for thousands of students and
hundreds of employees across multiple applications and then ensuring
the user only has access rights to what they are entitled is a major
task for educational institutions. Automating these tasks reduces
costs because everything is done according-to-the-book and
troubleshooting is seldom necessary. Find out how Heartland
Community College does it!
Introduction to
Virtualization
Presenter: Chris Fox (VMware)
Introduction into Virtualization.
IlliniCloud
Presenter: Jim Peterson/Abe Loveless
Discussion about the IlliniCloud.
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Licensing with CDWG
Presenter: CDWG
CDWG is offering a session with their
Microsoft Licensing Professional. If you have questions about
Microsoft Licensing (who doesn't) this will be a good session to get
those answered or simply listen in to what is new in Microsoft
Licensing and how it all works.
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Manipulating CSV files
with PHP
Presenter: Mark Drone
This session will demonstrate how to
use the TM::MyCSV PHP class, which handles standard CSV or TXT text
files as if they where database tables. It supports most benefits of
both SQL tables and PHP arrays. It doesn't need a real database
management system nor does it require any knowledge of the SQL
language. It hides all file system functions so you don't have to
deal with file pointers, field delimiters, escape sequences and so
on. Because it uses the widespreaded standard CSV file format, you
are able to create, read and update the tables using any spreadsheet
software (e.g. Excel). It supports user defined table sort similar
to ORDER BY, auto incremented ID numbers, limitation and joins
similar to LIMIT and LEFT OUTER JOIN. With simple PHP scripts
(samples provided), user-friendly displays are easy to create.
MediaFeast ft. Bag
Boys (Day 3)
Presenter: Chris Holt, Mike Jones and Zack
Gilbert
Come and enjoy play time! In this
session, we will demonstrate and explore web 2.0 technologies and
other tools while focusing on ways that each can be included in the
classroom. This day will be extensive in hands on activities while
providing choices of topics and one-on-one support. Topics to be
covered: Livescribe’s Pulse Pen, media software applications,
communication tools, how teachers can easily build a web presences
and other web 2.0 resources.
Moodle 1
Presenter: Terry Sullivan
Introduction to Moodle and complete
how-to for installation. There will be time to learn what Moodle
really is and how it can be used in your school, then go through a
complete install and finally cover the basic configuration and
management of a Moodle site. Yeah it really is that easy.
Moodle 2
Presenter: Terry Sullivan
This session is for those who have an
existing Moodle site or those who want to be proactive and prepared.
Learn some advanced configuration options such as LDAP integration
and site maintenance. Maintenance topics include in place site
version upgrades, backup of a course or complete site, restoring a
site, moving a complete site to a new server. Time permitting we
will attempt installing an Add-On module to a Moodle site.
MediaFeast
Presenter: Chris Holt
Media technology that is out there.
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Novell Zenworks ZCM/Zenworks
10
Presenter: Daniel Zobel
Novell came out with its new and
improved Workstation Management system called Zenworks Content
Management or Zenworks 10. We will look at the very improved design
and how to put it into your network even if you are running a
Windows network this will work. From Printers to GPO’s on XP to
Windows 7
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Opportunities for
Women in IT
Presenter: Joy Lucht
If you think IT is only for men,
please join me for this session outlining the great opportunities
for Women in IT. You may be in an influential position for young
women deciding their future, and you will want to share these videos
and websites with them.
Overview of Heartlands
Programming Curriculum and using Cacti and Wireless Location
Appliance
Presenter: John Wardell/Todd
Simeone
Overview of Heartlands Computer
Programming Curriculum. (10:40 to 11:25)
Presentation will cover an overview of Heartland's computer
programming curriculum with special emphasis on the newly designed
mobile programming curriculum which focuses on the iPhone and
Android platforms.
Using Cacti and Wireless Location Appliance (11:30 to 12:10)
Presentation will cover an overview of using the Cacti software with
Cisco’s Wireless Controller module and Cisco’s Wireless Location
Appliance. The presentation will give participants a hands-on
opportunity to work with the software and hardware devices.
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Pro Audio 101: For
School Techies
Presenter: Scott McKay
This will be a crash course for
school technology personnel. We’ll talk about professional grade
audio equipment including:
Microphones: Wireless vs. Wired / Lavaliere vs. Handheld
Audio Mixers: Why you need them
Speakers: Bigger isn’t always better
We’ll also talk about some of the more common troubleshooting
questions:
Connect audio from any source to any device
Getting rid of the buzz and hum
Squash that annoying squeal AKA Feedback
PlanetEd - Borderless
Networking with 802.11n
Presenter: PlanetEd
PlanetEd Technologies and 802.11n
Wireless Networking
PlanetEd - Improving
Life Safety via VOIP Applications
Presenter: PlanetEd
PlanetEd Technologies and Life Saftey
via VOIP Applications
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SharePoint Foundation
2010
Presenter: Joshua Halls
SharePoint
Foundation 2010 is the replacement for Windows Services 3.0.
SPF is offered as a free add-on for Server 2003 and Server 2008 just
as WSS 3.0 was. SPF allows you to create a collaborative
website for internal and external users to save documents, setup
shared calendars, run blogs and wikis, and a few other collaborative
technologies. This session will look at the latest SharePoint
2010 technology and how it can be used in your school district.
SQL or VMware Lab
Presenter: Joshua Halls/Jason/Tracy/Andy
Open lab for SQL
Lab (mini lab with beginner/intermediate tasks) along with any other
questions you might have about setup/administration. VMware
lab is also in the same room if you have VMware related questions
regarding installation/usage/storage.
SQL and PHP Lab
Presenter: Bob Munds and Joshua Halls
This full day
session will concentrate on using MySQL along with using PHP to
connect up to the MySQL Server. This will be a combination of
the SQL Lab and Mysql/PHP session that is offered along with some
additional materials or time if you attended either or both of these
sessions. If you wish to start looking at writing your own
database applications or simply understand better how they work this
is a good session to attend.
The Great Student Response / Clickers Bakeoff
Presenter:COTG/CIM/Troxell
Multiple
Vendors/Resellers will have 15-20 minutes to show off their student
response clicker systems and participants will rotate through all
the rooms. After the session the participants should have a
solid understanding of what every company is offering in this space.
This session is open to the outside so invite anyone you would like
to see this presentation.
Storage and
Backup with Virtualization
Presenter: Jason Radford and Tracy Keller
Moving forward
with Virtualization you will eventually need to provide a shared
storage solution to host your VMs on if you want any kind of fault
tollerance. This session will discussion using VMware with
SAN/NAS/iSCSI/NFS along with low/high cost options that are out
there in the storage arena. Also, time will be spent
discussing backing up those VMs as well.
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VMware VDI
Presenter: Andy Brittin/Chris Fox (Vmware)
The Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
(VDI) Session will introduce the use of VMware View 4.x in order to
simplify management and repair of desktop computers and reduce
end-user downtime. This includes an introduction to the features and
benefits of VMware View, how to install, setup and configure virtual
desktops and deployment considerations. It is recommended to have
some understanding of how the VMware infrastructure works (vCenter
and ESXi).
Virtualization and
Storage Lab
Presenter: Jason Radford/Tracy Keller/Andy
Brittin
Missed the VMware sessions or want to
expand on what was shown during the sessions? The
Virtualization and Storage Lab is a good opportunity to come in and
play with these technologies. Want to hook up an enterprise
NAS unit and see how that works or want to play with VDI this will
be a good session to attend.
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Workstation Mgmt and
Image deployment with WDS / PXE Linux
Presenter: Curtis McKay
PXE is an often overlooked, and can
be a very powerful tool for managing your workstations. I’ll show
how you can load a lot of troubleshooting utilities by booting to a
PXE session, rather than dragging around that boot cd. Also, we’ll
talk about deploying computers using Microsoft’s Windows Deployment
Service, which also uses PXE to launch.
The Great Wireless
Bakeoff
Presenter: Cisco/Aruba/Ruckus
Cisco, Aruba,
and Ruckus will have 25 minutes to show off their wireless systems.
This will mostly include enterprise solutions that feature
controller models. Participants at the end will shuffle
through all the rooms so at the end of the session they have
seen/listened to every vendor and should have a better understanding
of what product offerings are out there.
