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=Amphitheater Public Schools Tech Specialist Wiki=

Welcome to a wiki site I've set up for use by [|Amphitheater Public School] Computer Repair Techs, Tech Specialists, Tech Coaches, and District Technology office staff. The idea for this site came about from discussion by Amphi Tech Specialists about having an online collaboration area. **Bing!** Wiki to the rescue! WikiSpaces.com is a free hosting company that is supported by advertisements via Google. Yes, it is obnoxious, but this is free and I certainly don't see a wiki (which is typically an installation done under LAMP (**L**inux operating system, **A**pache web server, **M**ySQL database, and **P**HP/Perl/Python scripting language)) being installed on the Microsoft Server 2003 systems at the District. (Yes, Microsoft has a wiki "solution" and Apache and MySQL can be installed under Microsoft IIS, but please...)

I'm hoping that this wiki will be used to provide the tech support members of the elementary, middle, and high schools in Amphitheater district with the means to develop a group-developed series of:
 * **//How-To//** articles
 * **//hints and tips//** folks have discovered over the years
 * and **//trouble-shooting//** information.

Amphi lacks a HelpDesk application, so instead of waiting for one to materialize, let's roll our own! I realize we don't all have copious amounts of time to devote to developing these wiki pages, but whatever you can contribute and add will be greatly appreciated. If you would like to be a member of this //editing// group, please send me ([|Bill Maginnis] at [|CDO High School]) an intra-district email and I'll add you to the list.

I really want to thank Drew Woodard who was at Amphi High for all of his great contributions of info and links to the different areas of the Amphi Tech Wiki. Way to go Drew! Drew has left Amphi HS--sorry to see you go, you'll be sorely missed!

I am really anal about recording information when I fill out my trouble call work orders, so I have a //huge// stack of past work orders I'm going to go through to pull out resolutions to problems I've come across. Might help to fill in quite a few blank spaces. Comments? Questions?

Check out this page where I've put together a brief proposal of a structure we might use to start things rolling -- feel free to edit once you are a member of this "group."