Welcome NSBA Members

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Welcome to Minnetonka! MN Site Visit, May 13, 2008
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Department Organization
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Hardware Standardization
Standard Desktop Dell Optiplex GX755 Intel Core 2 Duo/2.3GHZ, 2.0GB RAM, 8x DVD/-RW, Windows XP Pro SP2
Standard Laptop Dell Latitude D530 Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 1.6GHz, 1.0GB RAM, 24X CD-Rom, Windows XP Pro SP2
Interactive Whiteboard Smart Technologies SMARTBoard
Voice Distributed System Phonic Ear Wireless Microphone System Anchor Audio Wireless Microphone System
Projector NEC VT695
VCR/DVD Players JVC DVD/VCR Combo
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Hardware Standardization
Classroom of the Future A Mounted Projector DVD/VHS Combo A Voice Distribution System
Interactive Classroom of the Future A SMARTBoard A Mounted Projector DVD/VHS Combo A Voice Distribution System
Updated Lab Tech Line Furniture Cable Electrical Hookup A Mounted Projector DVD/VHS Combo A Voice Distribution System
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Software Standardization
Operating System Windows XP
Standard Software Windows Movie Maker, Windows Media Player 10, Paint, WordPad, Calculator, Notepad, Destiny (Library Catalog), Inspiration 8, Digital Blue Microscope Drivers
Office Productivity Tools Microsoft Office 2003 (Word, Excel, Publisher, Outlook, Powerpoint, InfoPath, Access)
Plug-ins and Utilities Ahead Nero Sun Java 1.4 and Sun Java 1.5 Apple Quicktime 7.0 Macromedia Shockwave Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 Macromedia Flash InterVideo WinDVD 5 Macromedia Authorware Paint.NET
Virus Protection Sophos AntiVirus
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Software Standardization
E 2 Software Graph Club Kid Works Kidspiration Everyday Math Might Math Zoo Zillions Baileys Book House Type to Learn KidPix Millies Math House Trudys Time and Place House Sammys Science House Neighborhood Map Machine
Instructional Software Music Maestro Finale NotePad Adobe Creative Suites Accelerated Math Adobe Photoshop Elements Biolab Frog Barnes Health Software NJ Star Communicator Biolab Fly Cyber Ed GeoSketch Pad
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Network Infrastructure
Network Architecture 11 buildings connected by
6 strands of single mode fiber owned by the
district with the core being at the high
school Network monitoring tools -Wireless -
Airwave Management Platform -Switches - Procurve
Manager Plus -Workstations Systems Management
Server -System Center Operations Manager Network
Operations Centralized at the Tech center
consisting of about 30 servers and two 8TB backup
units and a 16TB SAN
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Important Notes

• Centralization
• Standardization
• Redundancy
• Reliability