1. Cost Saving Strategies to Maximize Your Technology Budget Chris Hamady Toledo Central Catholic High School

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3. Cost Saving Strategies

4. Repurpose Old Equipment Linux on Older Windows desktops Re-use Computer Monitors as Tele- prompters/Video monitors iSights/Webcams Make Great Security Cameras Re-use desktop computers as servers or servers as desktop computers

5. Reduce Dependency on Outside Contractors Limited Personal Stake in Your Success May Be Biased Toward Keeping Their Jobs Customizations are Expensive No Immediate Access When Needed Invest in People, Not Services

6. Increase Efficiency Create a Help Desk Log Everything- Facts Don’t Lie Solidify Policies and Procedures (and use them) Consider an ITC to Cost Effectively Reduce Administrative Tasks

7. Evaluate Existing Technology Implementations and Projects Compare and Replace with More Cost Effective Solutions Use FOSS for Desktops (Do Commercial Site Licenses Exist?) Use FOSS for Servers (WordPress, Exponent, GLPI, Moodle) Textbooks?

8. Inexpensive Backup Solutions Disk Utility Carbon Copy Cloner Super Duper (pre and post flight scripts) CLI Tools Like rsync and dd Others?

9. Do It Right The First Time! Professionally Installed Cabling Buy Quality hardware for Mission Critical Applications Don’t allow others to dictate issues that might create potential long term problems.

10. Think Outside the Box Use data infrastructure for video distribution VOIP vs Analog Document cameras (iPevo)iPevo Datavideo vs Tricaster Airports vs enterprise class 802.11b/g Virtual Machines vs Physical Hardware Printer management

11. Think Outside the Box SSD drives in servers and workstations Replace printers with network copiers Build your own camera security system Insource rather than outsource (on- hold) Clickers vs Moodle choices Self servicing vs extended warranties ARD vs other management software Inexpensive TelEx

12. Think Outside the Box Shockwatch stickers Use third-party parts if quality is good Software videoconferencing vs hardware Buy third-party RAM upgrades Acer monitors are good all purpose monitors Twitterfall and PPT project. Live HTML? Emergency alert system

13. Spend Money Like It Is Your Own Multiple quotes/Multiple vendors/Multiple solutions Name your own price Take advantage of your strong position when negotiating Maintain a strict “Professional” relationship Do a thorough needs analysis prior to RFP

14. Computer Platform Choice Mac OS X- No anti-virus or anti- malware licensing needed Macs dual boot Windows/Mac OS X reducing the need for additional hardware VASTLY reduced support time/money Integrated suite of learning tools- iLife, video conferencing, podcast producer, screen capture, PDF creation

15. Kiosk System Mac Mini Altinex A/V transmitter and receivers ElGato EyeTV KVM

16. Web Services YouTube for video archival and serving WordPress for websites and blogs Tumblr for blogs, videos and audio Voicethread for collaborative web- based audio conversations Stickam, Ustream, and LiveStream for live video streaming Pixlr for image editing DropBox for file sync and sharing

17. Web Services Google Apps for Education for office tools Jing for screen capture Doodle for meeting scheduling Zamzar for file conversion Edmodo for classroom learning environment. Wikispaces for wikis Prezi for web-based presentations ChrisHamady.com for a list of FOSS apps

18. Help Others and They Will Help You

19. Thank You! ©2011 C. Hamady