Services

IT Planning Workshop

What is it?

The IBM K-12 IT Planning Workshop is a week long planning session facilitated by consultants from IBM K-12 Education to help a school district develop or refine their IT Strategic Plan. The objective is to define an IT Plan that will meet the District's curricular and administrative objectives at the lowest possible total cost.

Topics Covered:

• Design and cost of long term, optimal IT model
• Design and cost of medium term, compromise IT model
• Why do we want computers in schools?
• Total Cost of PC Ownership (TCO)
• Schools are different from businesses
• Effective IT in Schools 
  1. W/S deployment - classroom or labs
  2. Resource Centre strategies
• IT Infrastructure - Best Practices 
  1. Hardware
  2. LAN/WAN
  3. Systems Management Standards
  4. Technical Support Strategies
  5. School Interface
  6. Professional Development Strategies
  7. Software (S/W)
• Implementation & roll-out strategies

Participants:

IBM:

• K-12 Curriculum Consultant
• K-12 IT Infrastructure Consultant

District:

• Director/Superintendent
• Curriculum
• Finance
• IT
• Purchasing
• Administration
• Representative Principals

To Order:

Call 1-800-66-LEARN (665-3276)