SISD March Technology Report
Technology Department 2021
Apptegy Website and Mass Communication System Refresh
There will be more information on this project in the following months.
Updated Go-Live Date Live Preview - 3/15 - DNS Live SISD.org 4/1 (Changed from 3/5)
This project will help us meet a selection of our SISD Strategic Goals:
► Improve communication district and community-wide
► Increase visibility to share the lifestyle and increase enrollment
Apple Developer Account:
For the district to be able to provide an app-based experience for the new website an Apple Developer Account was required. To do this Apple required SISD to give permission to Matthew Gore and Apptegy to post on its behalf. Google does not have the same requirement.
The App should go live in the Apple App Store on 3/15 for students, parents, teachers, and staff. It will allow push notifications in emergencies and give all community stakeholders the ability to keep up with SISD and its unique schools.
Matthew Gore has donated drone photography from the travels around the district to SISD use to show just how unique SISD and its schools are.
Please see a copy of the requested document from Apple to verify SISD as an App Developer.
Apptegy will be creating the App and posting it to the Apple App Store on behalf of SISD.
ASTE 2021 Confrence
Computer Systems; An Experiential Approach, was presented at the conference showing what SISD has been doing and looking to a future of practical Computer Systems education across the state of Alaska.
A resource from the conference is the SouthEast Region Padlet that showed off just some of the amazing resources at the conference. Please see the link below.
State Testing
Our state testing Window will be based around the month of April. During this time our students will be participating in the PEAKS state examination provided by DRC.
For more information of the Alaska PEAKS Assessment please visit their informational page:
https://education.alaska.gov/assessments/peaks
20-21 S2 Technology Testing Support
ACCESS ELL's
NWEA MAP
ParaPro Test
PEAKS (Required State Summative Testing)
I-Ready (Literacy Grant)
Electronics Recycling
CANVAS LMS
CANVAS will be an important part of the future education strategies at SISD. It will allow our AK Trails program to offer improved asynchronous content. As we approach summer the technology department will complete the remaining onboarding and training that will secure the platform for the next two years of district use. There is no financial obligation to the district.