All students can become productive, fulfilled, inquisitive citizens who are an asset not only to themselves, but to their communities. Our challenge is to enhance the lives of students by motivating them to learn and grow through whatever resources technology can provide.
Training opportunites
There are many training opportunities available. We are in the process of compiling the various resources and will list them here:
Students
Parents
Staff
Internet safety
Net Cetera
Chatting With Kids About Being Online, OnGuard Online gives adults practical tips to help kids navigate the online world.

Lightspeed Internet content filter
Parents can get similar protection to what the school district is using by pointing a home computer at Lightspeed System's hosted filter for free. Details at: www.lightspeedguide.com.
Services
Purchasing
We handle all purchases of hardware and software. This allows us to maintain an accurate inventory, reduce un-needed purchases, and get education pricing. Please follow this process for purchases:
- Submit purchase request to the Technology Director via email or the technology online work system (http://whd.zps.org).
- Technology Director reviews request and seeks any additional clarification.
- Request is approved or denied.
- Purchase is made using appropriate budget.
- Software/hardware is received, inventoried, and delivered.
Online Services
- Infinite Campus - Student Information System
- Moodle
- Google Apps
- Email - GroupWise
- Web sites
- Survey tool
- Group collaboration space
- Calendars
- Email mailing lists
Network Services
- Fiber wide area network (WAN)
- Local area networks (LAN)
- File storage and backup
- Shared file storage
- Individual file storage
- Network applications
- VPN
- Firewall
- Internet content filtering
Policies
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| AcceptUse.pdf | 6.84 KB |
Technology Plan
During the 2008-2009 school year a team of teachers, administrators, and staff partcipated in a technology visioning and planning process. The work of this group helped guide our updated technology plan.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| Technology Plan 2009-2012.pdf | 1.44 MB |
