Open Office, Linux and so on.
On Nov 20, 2008, at 10:11 AM, Tracie Banner wrote:
> Budget? What is that? In January, our district will be $1.3 in the
> hole. We cannot purchase ANYTHING. Our computers are so slow, need
> memory, and keep crashing. Doesn't matter because we can't buy
> anything!
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Taffee" <Steve_Taffee@castilleja.org
> >
> To: <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:04 AM
> Subject: Economic Recession and Tech Budgets
>
>
> Hello everyone -
>
> I am curious to know if and how the economic recession is affecting
> your technology budgets and programs for the coming year.
>
> We are re-examining a number of our practices including email
> (FirstClass versus Google), productivity suites (MS Office versus
> Open Office and Google Docs), databases (FileMaker client versus
> FileMaker web access), web servers (hosted site versus our
> own Drupal server). These are good things to examine, anyway, and we
> would have done so. But there's no doubt that the economy has built
> a fire under us to look at these sooner rather than later.
>
> On the hardware front, we'll be purchasing more RAM to nurse
> computers along for at least a year beyond their normal retirement
> schedule (typically 3 years for laptops, 4 years for desktops), and
> will think twice about CPU-sucking upgrades to
> applications and OS that we would normally roll out on an annual
> basis.
>
> Our administration has heard from other schools that they, too, are
> retrenching by delaying hiring, minimizing tuition increases,
> setting aside more funds for tuition assistance, and - cutting tech
> budgets.
>
> So the challenge for us, perhaps others as well, is to keep moving
> forward with technology initiatives, to continue to provide great
> professional development, and not lose sight of "21st century"
> learning and teaching. Indeed, as an environmentalist I
> have often thought that much of the 21st century could well be
> marked by scarcity rather than the abundance we've grown so
> accustomed to.
>
> So once again my question to the group: how are you coping with the
> current situation as you plan for the coming year?
>
> s
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> Director of Technology 415.613.6684 (mobile)
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