Article #12 in a Series >>>>> Departments and Offices of the Minneapolis Public Schools >>>>> Information and Technology Services

As I complete the advanced final draft of my new book, Understanding the Minneapolis Public Schools:  Current Condition, Future Prospect, I am conducting a final review for updating mission statements and staff composition.  I have in the last days and weeks listed and made comments on many offices and departments, with an emphasis on staff members and effectiveness.  In the current series of articles I will be emphasizing departmental function and mission statements, but I will give staff listing updates as I deem useful to my readers and will give staff composition in cases for which I have not previously done so.

 

MPS Chief of Information and Technology is the enormously talented and clear-thinking Fadi-Fadhil, a native of Iraq whose very path to the United States was an exercise in survival and creativity.  Fadhil has a very clear vision as to proper and improper uses of technology.  He has inaugurated two key online services at the Minneapolis Public Schools, one called The Source, providing all manner of data, the other called Pulse, which provides a bevy of data for the precise identification of student academic strengths and needs.

 

Here I present information on MPS Technology as presented on the pertinent portal

of the MPS website.

 

MPS Department of Information and Technology

 

Our Services:

 

Computers and Hardware:     Troubleshooting & support for devices, classroom technology, and security systems

 

Software & Web Applications:     Installation of software, web programming, enterprise systems, access troubleshooting & support for devices, classroom technology, and security systems

 

Printing, Scanning, and Fax:  Cloud printing, PaperCut management, fax setup

 

Phone Services:  VolP and cewll phone setup and procurement;  voicemail password resets

Email, Calendar & Accounts:  Active Directory accounts, email and calendaring services for students and staff

Network, Data & Storage Services:  Wired and wireless connectivity, web filterin, VPN, shared drives

Design & Training:  Technology training, digital content creation, and course development

IT Alerts

 

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