Post date: Mar 12, 2013 3:42:13 PM
Huddle Team: Niners (Gary, Holli, Michelle, Mike)
Recognition: Jeanne took Springy to shoot pool and gave the award on to Kevin
Above and Beyond nominations: Adam Hazel and Paige Gordon
Activity: Teams created jargon filled descriptions of their jobs and then composed more friendly versions. Here's a video of our support analysists as they created their version:
Data Center Jargon: We provision storage through the UNX system; administer Active Directory, call manager, Cisco Unity; maintain SEP, DRAC, DNS, DHCP, V-Sphere, XenApp, Apache, Tomcat, MySQL, CheckPoint, BlueCoat
Data Center Friendly: We support the backbone of technology
Copy Center Jargon: The file was sent as a publisher file so we had to convert it to a jpg or pdf in order for the plotting printer to be able to read it and print it.
Copy Center Friendly: We got it printed for you.
Instructional Technologists (and Nawal) Jargon: The functional interface and implementation of SIOP and Tier I strategies to maximize the impact for and by all stakeholders in the face of CCSS and PARCC.
Instructional Technologists (and Nawal) Friendly: We help people learn about, through, and with technology.
Help Desk Jargon: We facilitate the integration of data, hardware, and software within the educational community.
Help Desk Friendly: We help people.
Christi, et al Jargon: Obtain names from various sources, confirm them with AD. Make work orders for techs and notify users.
Christi, et all Friendly: Get user accounts ready to be set up or changed.
Joe, Steve, et al Jargon: Provide technical leadership, supporting VOIP, LAN, WAN, ISP, IDS, IPS, OS, device level support including iOS and latest revision operating systems.
Joe, Steve, et al Friendly: Lead, manage, and support district technology resources.
DMS and STG Jargon: Implement education enhancements to all levels of cognitive abilities.
DMS and STG Friendly: Ship stuff to kids and teachers.
Programmer Analysts Jargon: Design and implement medium level instructions in multiple languages for computational systems in the district network structure to store, manipulate, and disperse student, financial, and employee data.
Programmer Analysts Friendly: Automate business processes.
Support Analysts Jargon: Using SMA and ARD to improve student achievement through MDM, TWAIN32, and clouds.
Support Analysts Friendly: Turn screws, search google, press power, click the mouse, and answer email.
Motivation: A poem by Taylor Mali