[E10-erate] FW: [LAN] FW: 2009 Tech Plan Online system opens July 1

[Sue Rains]

FYI.....Please get these updated as soon as you possibly can.  We
appreciate it.

Thanks,

Sue Rains & Stacy Peters

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From: Witt, SuAnn
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 3:53 PM
To: TAG; Nebraska Operations Committee; NE ERATE
(NE-ERATE at nlc.state.ne.us)
Subject: [Noc] 2009 Tech Plan Online system opens July 1

 

* Please forward to the person(s) responsible for technology planning
and E-Rate filing for your district or ESU *

 

The Technology Plan interface for the 2008-09 funding year is scheduled
to open on July 1.  

 

Be sure to read the USAC Technology Plan guidelines at
http://www.usac.org/sl/applicants/step02/

 

Please note that the online interface has been changed slightly.  

1.    The Inventory section has been modified to include separate counts
for instructional and administrative computers.  

2.    To assure authorized access to modify or create a Plan, access to
the Administrative site now requires a login and password.  

 

To complete (create) your Tech Plan for E-rate FY 2009, go to
http://edweblab.unl.edu/retc

and log in with your Co-Dist number (including the hyphen) and password.
If you cannot find or do not remember your password please contact SuAnn
Witt at suann.witt at nebraska.gov.

 

After logging in to your account, you will be given the choice to "Edit
Existing Tech Plan" or "Create a New Tech Plan."  Click on "Create a New
Tech Plan."  You will now be presented with two options when creating a
new Tech Plan; one (Option I) will be to select a Tech Plan (probably
the previous year) from which to transfer contact information and School
Improvement Goals and Strategies; two (Option II) will be to "Create a
New Empty Tech Plan".  More than likely, most will want to choose Option
I, and transfer information from the FY2008 plan.  You will then be
asked to "Select Year for Plan:" that you are creating (this will, of
course, be FY 2009).  It will then confirm that the new Plan has been
created. 

 

Update the contact information and School Improvement Goals and
Strategies as needed.  Also, you will need to enter technology inventory
and budget information for FY 2009.  The budget information, of course,
will be estimates.

 

When you have finished editing the 2009 Tech Plan, click on the
Notification section, click the appropriate responses, and then click
the "Submit" button.  If the Tech Plan is, indeed, complete you will
receive a certification notice and Certification Number within 5-7 days.
PRINT THIS CERTIFICATION NUMBER NOTICE EMAIL and put it in your new FY
2008 E-rate file folder.  You do have a file folder for each E-rate
year, right?  This is very important if you are ever audited in the
future.  As a backup, a

PDF version of this document is also archived on the Tech Plan
Certification System server.

 

Prepare for next year (FY:2010):  The Technology Plan tool is proving to
be a valuable resource for Curriculum and IT in providing strategic
planning and supporting data.  Expect additional changes to the
Technology Plan next year that will provide elements required for E-rate
as well as other Federal programs such as Title II-D, and assessment
data on the mastery of use of technology by students, staff, and
administrators. 

 

Anyone who wishes to receive updates on Technology plan developments and
the E-rate program are encouraged to register with the NE-ERATE listserv
on the Nebraska Library Commission website at:
http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/libdev/erate/eratelist.html
<http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/libdev/erate/eratelist.html> 

 

If you have any questions, contact me or your ESU E-Rate person.

 

  =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

  SuAnn Witt

  Erate Coordinator and Infrastructure Specialist

  Nebraska Dept of Education

  PO Box 94987 * Lincoln NE 68509-4987

  402.471.2085

* New email: suann.witt at nebraska.gov *

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