WEMTA: June 2014

Friday, June 6, 2014

Adobe License Options for WEMTA Members

Greetings from JourneyEd !!

I just wanted to provide you with an update in regards to the Adobe options you have as a WEMTA member. Since Adobe is transitioning to subscription based model, you have two ways you may license your school / district –

EEA – Education Enterprise Agreement

This program is releasing May 1st and is based off a site location (high school / middle school / elementary). You have district based option as well, but there is a minimum FTE you need to be at to enroll in a district-wide license. You purchase based off the FTE for the site (location) and would be able to deploy the CCE licenses on every computer owned by the school at that location. The pricing could range anywhere from $70/ FTE to 30/ FTE depending on the FTE for the school

ETLA – Enterprise Term Licensing Agreement

This is an agreement negotiated by WEMTA with Adobe and we act as a fulfilment partner and a point of contact for WEMTA members. You purchase based off your FTE for the district (no minimum) and would be able to deploy Adobe licenses at all locations (district-wide). You would be able to deploy CCE at the high schools and middle schools and Photoshop Elements, Premiere Elements and Acrobat at the Elementary schools. The price negotiated with Adobe under WEMTA is $24.00 / FTE

FTE can be calculated by using this formula –
(Full Time Faculty) + (Part Time Faculty/3) + (Full Time Staff) + (Part Time Staff/2)

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Please see more program details here.

Thursday, June 5, 2014

By June 16th join G+ Community, DPI WEMTA ListServ being decommissioned

WEMTA Members,

We are pleased to offer you this opportunity to join the WEMTA PLC Google+ Community and the WI DPI School Libraries PLC Google+ Community. Both of these communities use PLC to stand for Professional Learning Community whereas it’s members learn and share together in their profession.

Before June 16th, please make sure to join, because the DPI WEMTA ListServ will be decommissioned on that date.

During the WEMTA 2014 Conference we invited everyone on the WEMTA listserv and at the conference to join the new WEMTA PLC Google+ Community. Joining this community will provide a place to discuss hot topics in education surrounding Library Media & Technology. To date we have 600+ members that have joined and many are actively participating, sharing, and learning with each other.

The WI DPI School Libraries PLC Google+ Community is part of the WISE Learn platform, our state’s educator portal. Joining this community will provide an opportunity to share information, curate resources and develop a collective wisdom to provide a high quality 21st century school library programs.

If you currently have a Google+ account and can access it from school, work, or home, you can join the WEMTA PLC here, and the WI DPI School Libraries PLC here by clicking on the red “Join Community” button in the top right of the screen.

If you would like notifications of posts delivered to your email, you will need to adjust your settings for both Communities. Here is a video (2.5 minutes) to show you how to adjust your settings to receive emails of the posts to the communities. Otherwise notifications will appear when you click on the bell icon in the top right corner of your screen when you are logged into your Google account.

If you do not have a Google+ account, we ask that you set up a professional Google+ account at home. Adjust the settings for automatic email notification (you may include your school or work email account), and then you will continue to receive posts from the Community. However you are not able to post to the Community from your email, if the Google+ website is blocked in your workplace.

If you want to join in on the conversations on the Communities, you can start a new post, you can show your appreciation by adding a comment or a +1 to someone elses post, or you can reshare the post with your circles. Watch this video (1 minute) to learn more.

Contact the communities if you have questions. We are our best resource.

Donna Smith Nancy Anderson

WEMTA President School Library Consultant, WI DPI