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2. 2 Avon High School Tech Crew Agenda Introductions Group Overview Group Expectations Our Goals & Priorities District & Community Presence Fundraising Tech Crew Resources Future Meeting Preview First Topic (time permitting)

3. 3 Avon High School Tech Crew Introductions So … what’s my background? –Technical role with Oracle –27 years in the technology industry H/W Support, System Administration, S/W Development, Management, Technical Presales –Tech Community Tri-C Technology Advisory Committee LCCC Technology Advisory Committee Lorain Tech Prep Program NEOSA Facilitate Cleveland Java User Group & MySQL User Group What about you … what are your interests?

4. 4 Avon High School Tech Crew Group Overview You don’t need to be an expert Meet every* Tuesday @ 3:30PM in Room 243 Expect the meeting to end between 5:00- 5:30PM You’re not expected to be here every week Presentations, notes, links will be posted to our website You can subscribe to the ‘Tech Crew’ mailing list You can contact me any time: scotts@ahstechcrew.org scotts@ahstechcrew.org

5. 5 Avon High School Tech Crew Goals & Priorities Basic Goals & Priorities –Compliment course offerings, clubs and hobbies –Play a role in technology at AHS, district & community –Understand current tech industry trends –Introduce you to new technologies, paradigms –Acquire skills that help you stand out How will we learn? –Lectures & speakers –Challenges & exercises –Hands on experience

6. 6 Avon High School Tech Crew Goals & Priorities GOALS?

7. 7 Avon High School Tech Crew Group Expectations Treat Everyone with Respect You don’t need to be an expert Participate, Participate, Participate –Ask questions, share your experiences, offer suggestions, ideas Expand Learning Beyond our Meetings –Apply what you learn Challenge Yourself –Step outside your comfort zone, learn from mistakes Check Email Regularly

8. 8 Avon High School Tech Crew Group Expectations Teaching is not my profession … But, I’m committed to help you learn My job requires frequent travel… –WebEx –Conference Calls

9. 9 Avon High School Tech Crew District & Community Avon Tech Department –Routine Computer Lab Maintenance –Repair –Summer Internships Community –Avon Senior Center –Working on more ideas … Workshops Newsletter

10. 10 Avon High School Tech Crew Fundraising Why do we need funds? –Hardware & Software –Build a system? –Set some goals Some Ideas … –Tech Support Events –Grants –Solicit Sponsorships/Donations –Auction –Sell USB Drives, Virus Protection, etc –Your thoughts …?

11. 11 Avon High School Tech Crew Tech Crew Resources AHS Tech Crew –On the web: http://ahstechcrew.orghttp://ahstechcrew.org –Follow us on Twitter: #AHSTechCrew –Facebook: http://facebook.com/AHSTechCrewhttp://facebook.com/AHSTechCrew –Subscribe to Mailing list: http://ahstechcrew.org/listshttp://ahstechcrew.org/lists Twitter –If you have consent, consider an account –NOT a requirement! T-Shirts –Limited sizes/colors

12. 12 Avon High School Tech Crew CLOUD DATA & DATABASES APP DEVELOPMENT GRAPHICS GAMING PERIPHERALS NETWORK LANGUAGES OPERATING SYSTEM Future Meeting Preview STORAGE CPU MEMORY GRAPHICS I/O NETWORK VIRTUAL

13. 13 Avon High School Tech Crew Included in each topic: –Guest Speaker* –Brief History –Definition –Technical Overview –Trends –Classroom/Online Challenges –Hands on (when practical) –Additional Content/Links –Project** Future Meeting Preview *Not for every topic **Based on interest STORAGE CPU MEMORY GRAPHICS I/O NETWORK

14. 14 Avon High School Tech Crew Questions/Comments? Scott Seighman scotts@ahstechcrew.org