Currituck County Schools Media and Tech

The Technology Department has been very busy with several projects lately.

Andy Broome, the newest member of our staff, worked this week to get the CCMS weather station live on the web.  You can view it here or follow the link from the CCMS home page.

We have been making preparations for our library software transition.  We are moving to Destiny, which is a centralized database of all our library books.  This new system will be easier to maintain and will have improved functionality.  The media specialists will be in training all day 4/7 and 4/8 and the new system will be live later that week.  Your media specialist may need a hug because change is always stressful.

We have also been working with a consultant to improve the security of our network.  You might think no one would ever want to hack into a school but stranger things have happened!

The Interactive Classroom Project (aka Smart Board installs) is moving along. With the exception of the audio enhancement, the project is complete at Central. Installation will begin at Moyock next week. I shared this information with the BOE at their meeting Monday night.

This is a Microsoft Movie Maker production that I uploaded to Teacher Tube. The photos were taken with a standard digital camera. The audio was recorded with a small mp3 player/recorder. This is the same device the Tech Academy participants will receive. The audio is not great on this production. I think I needed to boost up the signal some when I edited it. Oh well, not a bad first try.

Download Video: Posted by pobriant at TeacherTube.com.