| At Forsyth Country Day School we seek opportunities to advance technology in support of our learning community. We are currently working toward a number of initiatives that will expand our technology resources and capabilities, benefiting our community both now and in the future. (2003 Updates in orange) |
| Academic Technology |
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Expand our curriculum to include a broad range of technologies, including networking, applications, web design, programming languages, graphics, video, and audio
Lower and middle schools implemented. Upper school implementation planned for fall 2004. |
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Expand the faculty and staff professional development to encompass training and integration into the classroom.
Training sessions have been implemented for the calendar year and are offered early morning and late afternoon. |
| Web-Based Communication |
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Promote communication within the school and home community through teacher web pages
Teacher web pages in development, coming online 1st semester 2003 - 2004. |
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Move to a dynamic web environment, providing online access to numerous services, including: School store, Admissions, and Human Resources |
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Provide online interactive training for staff, faculty and students.
Completed summer 2003. |
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Promote the use of student discussion boards within classes |
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Offer appropriate classes in a Distance Learning environment |
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Provide remote access to the network for the school community, including e-mail, teacher grade books, files, and applications.
Parental access to grades, conduct and attendance via NetForsyth available September, 2003 |
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Ensure sufficient Internet content filtering
Summer 2003 - Upgraded to latest version of Webblocker from Watchguard Technology |
| Infrastructure |
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Go Wireless
August, 2003 - Completed 802.11G infrastructure in Johnson/Pike building. Childress Center online September, 2003. |
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Upgrade Data Center to handle increased traffic and materials needed by the school community
August, 2003 - Began migration to new rack-mounted Gigabit Ethernet server farm, installed new 2.4 terabyte disaster-recovery server. |
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