Needing to be “Refreshed”

It’s been almost two months since I’ve written in my blog, been in the office more than an hour, or slept an entire night without waking up from computer or Promethean dreams.    I need to be “refreshed”!  ha-ha

For those of you not from Greenville County, South Carolina….let me explain.  I am very fortunate to work in Greenville County.  Our county is very supportive of technology integration and actually places money into such integration.   We have a “refresh” program where once every five years, I go into the schools and help organize an update for computers, technology, etc.  However, this is a year long process.  We do not just go in and buy new equipment.  For a school to get this “refresh”, they must spend a year working on a technology plan unique to their school.  From this technology plan, we (district) desides what equipment is needed.  After being “refreshed”, a school should have a 1 to 4 ratio (1 student computer per 4 students).  This ratio does not include teacher computers.  That is our goal anyway.  Just recently we moved 5 schools into new facilities over Christmas.  There were many people in our district that gave up their Christmas break to help get these schools ready for the beginning of January.  I bet most of our community and other school employees do not realize how many people and hours are involved in setting up these schools.  I know myself that I worked everyday of Christmas Break except for two.   I want to personally thank the many many employees that put forth hours upon hours to help me with all of the technology.  All of you are incredible!

 Well, hopefully it will not take me two months to post again!  Have a great day!