Lytle ISD Technology Personnel
March 12, 2008
The Lytle ISD Technology personnel work together to help teachers and staff improve instruction in the classrooms. Our goal is to integrate technology into rigorous relevant curriculum, while improving instruction through content delivery to engage our students. We appreciate what these individuals do to assist us in reaching our goal. These are the roles they participate in daily.
Kenneth Englehart-Technology Director Oversees over 600 workstations in the district, an assortment of laptops, network printers, servers, and software. Maintain monitor, & service: Internet, E-mail, Time Clock, Earobics, Read Naturally, Fast For-Word, & Destination servers, Surveillance cameras, Cisco phone systems, High School bell schedules. Lytle ISD Webmaster, RSCCC Coordinator, Task Force coordinator. Video Conferencing Site Manager. Develops and coordinates plans and policies, resources, and mission as well as goals, vision, and expectations of agency or program; prepares and updates plans and priorities. Audits and reviews systems and practices to ensure compliance with procedures, regulations and standards. Develops or modifies rules, policies, or standards, etc. Participates in establishing direction, goals, and policies. Meets with agency managers and directors to determine needs and challenges. Supervises District Technicians including: hiring, determining workload and delegating assignments, training, monitoring and evaluating performance, and initiating corrective or disciplinary actions. Oversees purchasing of equipment & software.
Paula
Campa-District Wide Technician
Helps oversee over 600 workstations in the district, an
assortment of laptops, network printers, servers, and software.
Helps to insure that equipment is up and running, district e-mail
accounts are setup, rebuilding units, and configuring units, units
deployed and installed, along with staff development. Instructs
in-service training, and computer training classes for staff and
community members in conjunction with E-rate. Parent contact for
Digital Knowledge Central passwords; Call (830) 5105 Ext 4104.
Terri Pringle-
District Campus Technician
Helps oversee over 600 workstations in the district, an assortment
of laptops, network printers, and software. Helps to insure that
equipment is up and running, district e-mail accounts are setup,
and configuring units, units deployed and installed, along with
staff development. Instructs in-service training, and computer
training classes for staff and community members in conjunction
with E-rate.
Donelle
Harris-Junior High Technology Facilitator
Assist Jr. High & High School teachers and students
in the use of available technology. Assist Jr. High & High
School teachers in the creation of lessons and projects that
incorporate the use of technology. Assist teachers & students
in use of online resources available through ESC Region 20
Educational Resources Co-op and State funded K-12 databases. Train
teachers and students in the use of software and online
subscriptions purchased by the district. Inventory and monitor use
of available portable technology on Jr. High campus. AEIS-IT
Administrator for Jr. High campus: Monitor and update AEIS-IT
Online database for entire district, Jr. High UIL Coordinator.
Parent contact for Digital Knowledge Central passwords; Call (830)
5115 Ext 4403.
Joe Lytle-Primary
& Elementary Technology Facilitator
Provide training, guidance, and support to teachers as
they teach and integrate technology in all areas of classroom
instruction. Assist Primary & Elementary teachers and students
in the use of all technology available to them. Assist Primary
& Elementary teachers in the creation of lessons and projects
that incorporate the use of technology. Assist Primary &
Elementary teachers & students in use of online resources
available through ESC Region 20 Educational Resources Co-op and
State funded K-12 databases. Manage web and server-based technology
curriculum, train teachers and students in the use of software and
online subscriptions purchased by the district. Inventory and
monitor use of available portable technology assets on Elementary
& Primary campuses. Monitor and update AEIS-IT Online database
for Elementary campus. Parent contact for Digital Knowledge Central
passwords; Call (830) 5130 Ext 4510
Joe Corona-High
School BCIS Teacher
Teaches basic word processing, data processing,
spreadsheet graphics, power point presentations, Internet and
E-mail skills in a business setting, and Microsoft Specialist
certification and A+ certification.Facilitates operation
organization, supervision & inventory of the lab.
-High School BCIS
Teacher
Teaches basic word processing, data processing,
spreadsheet graphics, power point presentations, and Internet and
E-mail skills in a business setting. Facilitates operation
organization, supervision & inventory of the lab.
-High School
Journalism Teacher, U.I.L. director
Teaches journalism. Uses special software to produce the
student publications, including the Lytle Highlight newspaper and
the Jolly Roger yearbook. U.I.L. program director for the district.
Facilitates operation organization, supervision & inventory of
an eight-station mini-lab.
-High School Video
Conference Facilitator
Palo Alto Dual credit Economics & English Comp.
Introduces the students to the Video Conference experience,
facilitates on-site discussions during the conference and
afterwards guides the students to reflect on next steps i.e.
homework assignments. Distributes & collects assignments.
Dion Santos-Junior
High BSS Teacher
Facilitates operation organization, supervision &
inventory. Teaches the basics of Microsoft Office, how to write
checks, and how to travel abroad. Web Design: Teaches students to
collect text documents and images that will appear on a webpage and
convert them into a form in which they can be viewed. This requires
a mastery of HTML (hypertext markup language), the computer
language used to create web pages.
Sherry
Beard-Junior High Keyboarding/Journalism Teacher
(Newspaper/Yearbook)
Teaches journalism, and keyboarding. Yearbook students
are using special software & pictures (taken with digital
cameras) to create a yearbook. Newspaper is two-semester class.
Students learn basic journalism principles while producing a
monthly newspaper. First issue was printed November 14, 2007.
Yearbook is a two-semester class. Students learn basic journalism
principles while producing a yearbook. Yearbooks will be pre-sold
and delivered on the last day of school. Keyboarding is a
one-semester class in which students learn touch-typing and improve
typing speed. Half the 7th graders take the class in the first
semester and half take it in the second semester.
Norma Mueller-Elementary School Computer Lab Manager
Computer is ¼ of rotation for 2nd-5th grades, which
follow guidelines according to the Technology TEKS. Students visit
lab at least once a week, to reinforce what is learned in the
classroom: Reading, Spelling, Math, Science, History, etc.
Facilitates operation organization, supervision, & inventory of
the lab. Also performs monthly maintenance to the lab (clears
cookies, temps, etc.)
Jesus Rizo-Primary
School Computer Lab Manager
Computer is ¼ of rotation for K-1st grades, which follow
guidelines according to the Technology TEKS. Students visit lab at
least once a week, to reinforce what is learned in the classroom:
Reading, Spelling, Math, Science, History, etc. Facilitates
operation organization, supervision & inventory of the lab.
Brenda Emley,
District Librarian/Media Specialist/Public Relations
Librarian/Media Specialist: Maintains the library environment,
identifies resources to support the curriculum, fosters a
school-wide love of books and literacy, and supports students in
developing age appropriate research, media, and library skills.
Works closely with classroom teachers in identifying and developing
curriculum materials and addressing the individual needs of
students. Directs, implements, and evaluates the library program.
Assists students in becoming effective and discriminating users of
library resources . Develops and promotes programs, routines, usage
scheduling, and procedures. Assists staff and students with
technology. Provides basic instruction to staff or students for
equipment use. Provides training for teachers, students, and
community for technology and software.. Helps staff and students
become comfortable with technology by being available to assist
them. District Public Relations: Builds relations between local
newspaper and the school district by providing calendar of events,
and pictures of school events. Notifies paper of campus events.
Designs and publishes Superintendent’s newsletter. Organizes and
supervises campus video announcements.
