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Welcome to Information Technology Services

Mr. Garren Shannon

Dir. Info Services

Technology is an ever-increasing part of our daily lives. We wake to it, brush our teach with it, work with it and even depend on it to keep us safe and warm. Today, we would be hard pressed to find but a few areas of our lives that is not impacted by technology. This is why, as Director of Information Services, I am so dedicated to ensuring that your students and teachers are empowered with the best technology that is both available and affordable.

I lead a team of 4 highly motivated technologists like myself. We focus on current technologies that have a proven track record of impact learning outcomes at all ages and grade bands. We work hard to keep access to technology high while keeping costs as low as we can.

Over the past 10 years, we have implemented district wide Gigabit fiber, a new digital phone system, Cloud services, and a Course Management System affectionately known as the PEP server. We have increased access from 280 systems to over 1100 desktops; and the demand is still growing. We now manage over 8 Tera Bytes of data and make that data available to your students and our staff 24 hours a day.

Over the next few years, we will implement district wide wireless, a BYOD (bring your own device) support system and will continue to strive for excellence in everything we do for your students and our staff.

IT is no longer an ancillary function of the business model, it is a core technology and we appreciate the continued support of our community members. You enable us to advance our mission.

Thank you...

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Labs

425 computers make up the Pullman School District computer labs.

All labs come standard with Microsoft Office 2010 Professional

VDI -- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure -- VMWare View is used to deploy virtual desktops to workstations all over the district, and even to students at home.

ThinApp -- VMWare product used to virtualize applications. This means programs are independent of the operating systems and don't need to be installed.

LAB	Location	Hardware	Special Software	Operating System
Multimedia	PHS	Coastline Micro based PCs Intel Core i7 quad core GeForce GTX 465 video cards	Adobe CS5 Suite Autodesk Animation Studio	Windows 7 Enterprise
Buisness Education	PHS	Dell and Coastline Micro based PCs	Adobe Photoshop Virtual Business for Education	Windows 7 Enterprise
Accounting Lab	PHS	Dell and Coastline Micro Based PCs	Adobe Photshop Adobe Lightroom	Windows XP
General Education	PHS	Repurposed PCs	Software deployed through ThinApp	Windows 7 Enterprise delivered by VMWare View
Library Classroom Lab	PHS	Dell Optiplex 760 workstations	Oracle Virtual Box Sketchpad	Windows 7 Enterprise
CAD Lab	PHS	Coastline Micro based PCs Intel i5 processors Quadro Video	SolidWorks MasterCam	Windows 7 Enterprise
Ag Lab	PHS	Intel Core 2 Duo based workstations	Standard software	Windows 7 Enterprise
Math-Science Lab	PHS	Repurposed PCs	Software deployed through ThinApp	Windows 7 Enterprise delivered by VMWare View
PHS Mini-Lab	PHS	Dell workstations Intel Core 2 Duo	Smart Sync Sketchpad	Windows 7 Enterprise
Electronics Lab	PHS	Coastline Micro based PCs	Robotics Robotics Visual C++	Windows XP
LMS Lab	LMS	Dell workstations Intel Core 2 Duo	Photoshop Online Testing Software Google Sketchup	Windows 7 Enterprise
LMS Library Lab	LMS	Repurposed PCs	Software deployed through ThinApp	Windows 7 Enterprise delivered by VMWare View
CTE Lab	LMS	Wyse Thin Clients	Software deployed through ThinApp	Windows Embedded Standard
Jefferson Lab	JES	Dell based systems	Washinton online testing software Elementary software package	Windows XP
Sunnyside Lab	SES	Dell based systems	Elementary software package	Windows XP
Franklin Lab	FES	Dell based systems	Elementary software package	Windows XP

Be sure to take a look at the Pullman Education Portal. PEP.psd267.org