Tech Director Chat

A weekly chat tackling the issue of educational technology from both sides. Ben Rimes, a former teacher turned educational technologist, chats with Pete Poggione, an Information Technology Professional from the private sector turned School IT Director.In this episode Pete and Ben talk about some of the "fun" projects that he gets to be involved with, as well as confronting the reality of dealing with vendors, sales people, and others hoping to offer a solution to school's technology problems. We also address a number of questions from teachers including local network issues with our Apple TVs and tackle a question from Sarah on Twitter about the biggest obstacles to bringing new technology into a school or classroom.Timestamps for this weeks questions::40 Pete isn’t certain about who he is anymore1:26 What has Pete been doing today?2:14 Why was Pete on the roof of the high school?3:19 What sort of projects are you working on most of the time?4:40 What is a wireless survey and why are we doing it?5:40 When wil