Updates 1/4/10

I hope that everyone's winter break was wonderfully relaxing! Now it's back to the routine of teaching and learning, which is a GREAT routine to be in.

As I mentioned in emails/blog posts prior to the break, the HASIP servers were moved to the Washington school district's new data center in late December. The move took our VPN offline, closing your "tunnel" and preventing access to secure iChat and Confluence. Now that are servers are located in a new location and are part of a different network, they have new IP addresses.

These new IP addresses necessitate that we reconfigure the security protocols on your HASIP MacBook. You will be hearing from Matt and Trent in the coming days with specific information and instructions for what will happen. Until your machine is updated you will continue to have a "closed tunnel," no secure iChat, and no Confluence access. Thus, it is essential that you watch for the information to come from the HASIP tech team, and that you respond according to their instructions. We want to get you back to full operating capacity ASAP!

Some other reminders:

1. If you want to take the next endorsement course (beginning the second week of January), I need to know NOW. USU is currently enrolling our course, so I need your names (and A#s)! I have responded to every email I have gotten so far about registering, so if you emailed me and didn't hear back, PLEASE email me again (the way that Gmail "stacks" responses to a thread sometimes causes me to miss individual email, despite my paranoia!).
2. If you plan to attend the UAGC conference at the end of the month, please make sure that I am aware so that I can add you to my reimbursement list.
3. Goal Reviews and November/December lesson reflections are due on January 8th. I have also acknowledged each of these emails, so if you sent something in and haven't heard back, let me know.
4. Please check the HASIP UEN page daily for informational blog posts and reminders.

Have a GREAT first week back at school!