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Saturday, May 24, 2008

Re: School databases and the staffing for management of those databases

This has been a great thread, with some excellent ideas discussed.

My 2 additions:

1. As you are sanitizing/normalizing your data and moving into a new system, make sure that your system exports your data equally cleanly. If your new system offers you a clean UI to enter data, and is easy to use, that's great, but a good system will also offer a migration path should you ever need it. As you evaluate systems, look explicitly at how data can be exported and moved to different systems. You newly hired Database Administrator will be able to help with this :)

2. The process of forming your faculty committee on essential data should also be used as education/outreach within your school community. Frequently, data management is shrouded in mystery, and is seen as something outside the purview of a school's mission. Anything that demystifies the process and helps non-tech folks understand some of the complexities of data management is a Good Thing, and helps to unify the school community.

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Re: student information systems

I would suggest that you look at OpenAdmin --

http://richtech.ca/openadmin/ . See

http://schoolcomputing.wikia.com/wiki/Student_Information_Systems for a
list of other options.

Sam
> Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 10:37:12 +0300
> From: Damianne President <dpresident@krtams.org>
> Subject: student information systems
>
> I'm looking for an SIS recommendation. We're considering Focus and
> Centre. What are other people using? If you've used either Focus or
> Centre, can you please share your experiences with me?
>
> Thanks,
> Damianne President
>
>
> IT Coordinator
> Khartoum American School
> skype: dprez01
> Tel: 0913318639

Friday, May 23, 2008

Re: Digital Photography class

I'm away from School until Tuesday..
I'll reply to your message when I return
Thank you.

Re: Digital Photography class

=20
Hello Barbara of Rocky Hill school,
=20
We have been running a digital photography class for the past three
years.
We also offer standard black and white photography. In answer to your
questions:

Lab fee: I don't charge a lab fee. Disposable supplies, (ink and
paper) run me less than black and white photography.

Software: We use Adobe photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3 and Corel
Painter.
Academic Superstore and Creation Engine are two good school software
supply companies.

Cameras: In the past I have asked the students to provide their own
digital cameras, (we have loaner manual black and white cameras). This
year the art department has purchased 4 Canon Powershot S515 cameras
from B and H. I get a shipping deal as a member of the National
Association of Photoshop Professionals. The student's have to sign out
the cameras and are responsible for their safety. I also have a digital
SLR that I let the kids borrow during class on campus. I have a locked
cabinet where these are stored.

Printers: We have an Epson stylus photo R1800 printer. It can print up
to
13 x 19 paper, panorama prints and on printable cds. We also have a
work horse laser printer for working copies and illustrations. Ink jet
printers are the best for photo quality printing. The printer has 8
cartridges at roughly $12 each and we go through 3 to 4 per color per
year. The laser printer is cheaper to run but the prints aren't final
quality.

Questions not asked: Eventually you might want to get tablets and
stylus "pens" for more precision in your student's work. We have Wacom
tablets and they are invaluable for detailed work.

Have fun!.

Gretchen R. Tanzer
Art Department Chair
Cape Cod Academy
P O Box 469
Osterville, MA 02655
gtanzer@capecodacademy.org=20

Re: student information systems

FYI - Focus went closed source, but there's two other groups that are
working on school admin software - SchoolTool is being funded by
Canonical, the parent company of Ubuntu and OA-SIS took over the code
from Focus.

Centre is a nice package and has been recently revived by the Miller
Group.

Matt Burkhardt, MSTM
President
Impari Systems, Inc.
=EF=BB=BF401 Rosemont Avenue
Frederick, MD 21701
mlb@imparisystems.com
www.imparisystems.com
(301) 644-3911

On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 10:37 +0300, Damianne President wrote:
> I'm looking for an SIS recommendation. We're considering Focus and=20
> Centre. What are other people using? If you've used either Focus or=20
> Centre, can you please share your experiences with me?
>=20
> Thanks,
> Damianne President
>=20
>=20
> IT Coordinator
> Khartoum American School
> skype: dprez01
> Tel: 0913318639
>=20
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Re: School databases and the staffing for management of those databases

A little off topic - but I've recently come across some great free and
open source Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) tools and the one I really
like is called Pentaho Kettle - so that can really help with database
administration and reporting. There's also Talend and JasperSoft - all
good.

Matt Burkhardt, MSTM
President
Impari Systems, Inc.
=EF=BB=BF401 Rosemont Avenue
Frederick, MD 21701
mlb@imparisystems.com
www.imparisystems.com
(301) 644-3911

On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 10:03 -0500, Jeff Ritter wrote:
> Fred:
>=20
> This is a great question. When I got to St. John's 8 years ago, I was=20
> tasked with consolidating all of the databases or at least get them=20
> talking to each other but was given no resources to do this. Just this=20
> past summer I was given the money and we hired a Database=20
> Administrator. Once she was hired we also finally got our website data=20
> tied to Raiser's Edge and are finally moving forward with getting things=20
> tied together.
>=20
> Our DBA's roll is to make sure all data is consistent between databases,=20
> handle incoming parent/student information, point person on=20
> consolidation/integration of databases, and an overall resource for the=20
> offices that use the databases. Our Network Administrator handles all=20
> upgrades, backups, and server management and he works closely with our=20
> DBA. They both report to me and office near each other that is pretty=20
> central to most of the main offices that use the databases.
>=20
> I think you are correct that this position is going to become more and=20
> more important in schools. In addition to how data driven schools have=20
> become, the pressure to get the databases talking to each other is just=20
> going to increase and there has to be someone to coordinate all of this.
>=20
> Jeff Ritter
> Director of Technology
> St. John's School
> 2401 Claremont Ln.
> Houston, TX 77019
> 713-850-4020
>=20
> Fred Bartels wrote:
> > I'm very curious what independent schools are doing in terms of databas=
e
> > management staffing. How many positions, where the positions are locate=
d
> > within the organizational structure, and what the impact is on staffing=
of
> > various approaches to providing database services... are the major
> > questions I have. Before creating a survey I thought it would be helpfu=
l
> > to brainstorm the idea a bit to help clarify what information would be
> > most helpful to collect... and of course share.
> >
> > Thanks for any thoughts you are willing to share on the subject.
> >
> > Fred
> >
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Re: School databases and the staffing for management of those databases

I completely concur with Ken and the only caveat I would add is to
assign a person in each area to be responsible for the data. That way,
at least one person is trying to keep a handle on what goes in.

Matt Burkhardt, MSTM
President
Impari Systems, Inc.
=EF=BB=BF401 Rosemont Avenue
Frederick, MD 21701
mlb@imparisystems.com
www.imparisystems.com
(301) 644-3911

On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 10:36 -0400, Griffin, Ken wrote:
> We're currently starting down this path (as we plan to integrated our
> Blackbaud Raiser's Edge database with our Education & Financial Edge).
> We have a similar model to what has already been mentioned: an IT
> resource handling all the technical DBA work with power users in each of
> the groups that understand their front-end modules & processes.
>=20
> If the data is not clean / normalized (and without good data entry rules
> / process guidelines or controls my guess is it won't be) the approach
> I'd recommend is forming a committee of key resources from each of the
> areas (Development, Admissions, Finance, Dean's Office, etc.) to both
> create the standards and to clean the data. A concentrated data
> clean-up is the only way I've successfully done it. Trying to do it
> over a period of time always seems to fall short. This concentrated
> process can be long & somewhat painful but gets you to the right
> starting point.
>=20
> Once clean, I plan to have my IT DBA do quarterly checks for the things
> we can't control / restrict systemically and calling on this committee
> when issues or new items arise.
>=20
> -Ken
>=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators
> [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Jennifer Davenport
> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 1:15 PM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: School databases and the staffing for managment of those
> databases
>=20
> As a shoot-off from Fred, for those of you who don't have a dedicated
> Database Person (even though you probably need one), how do you deal
> with
> data cleaning? Is it a once-in-a-while thing you do? Or is it an
> ongoing
> collaboration between several departments? We can't seem to get our act
> together on this one.
>=20
> Jen
>=20
> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Fred Bartels
> <fred_bartels@rcds.rye.ny.us>
> wrote:
>=20
> > Renee, Alex, Curt, Kate, Dave and Tom,
> >
> > Thanks for your thoughtful responses. It is really quite amazing how
> > database driven our schools have become over the past twenty years. It
> is
> > also quite amazing (though of course typical) that every independent
> > school has a different approach to managing these databases. It seems
> > clear that a full-time database manager/coordinator/facilitator is
> > becoming a defacto position at many schools, and that making that
> position
> > explicit will become more common moving forward. In our case, a
> > long-serving administrator who developed and maintained many FileMaker
> > databases will be retiring in a year and we are starting the process
> of
> > researching how we will move forward without him.
> >
> > Should be interesting.
> >
> > Fred
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [ For info on ISED-L see http://www.gds.org/ISED-L ]
> > Submissions to ISED-L are released under a creative commons,
> attribution,
> > non-commercial, share-alike license.
> > RSS Feed, http://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?RSS&L=3DISED-L
> >
>=20
>=20
>=20

Re: School databases and the staffing for managment of those databases

Fred:

This is a great question. When I got to St. John's 8 years ago, I was
tasked with consolidating all of the databases or at least get them
talking to each other but was given no resources to do this. Just this
past summer I was given the money and we hired a Database
Administrator. Once she was hired we also finally got our website data
tied to Raiser's Edge and are finally moving forward with getting things
tied together.

Our DBA's roll is to make sure all data is consistent between databases,
handle incoming parent/student information, point person on
consolidation/integration of databases, and an overall resource for the
offices that use the databases. Our Network Administrator handles all
upgrades, backups, and server management and he works closely with our
DBA. They both report to me and office near each other that is pretty
central to most of the main offices that use the databases.

I think you are correct that this position is going to become more and
more important in schools. In addition to how data driven schools have
become, the pressure to get the databases talking to each other is just
going to increase and there has to be someone to coordinate all of this.

Jeff Ritter
Director of Technology
St. John's School
2401 Claremont Ln.
Houston, TX 77019
713-850-4020

Fred Bartels wrote:
> I'm very curious what independent schools are doing in terms of database
> management staffing. How many positions, where the positions are located
> within the organizational structure, and what the impact is on staffing of
> various approaches to providing database services... are the major
> questions I have. Before creating a survey I thought it would be helpful
> to brainstorm the idea a bit to help clarify what information would be
> most helpful to collect... and of course share.
>
> Thanks for any thoughts you are willing to share on the subject.
>
> Fred
>
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Re: School databases and the staffing for management of those databases

We're currently starting down this path (as we plan to integrated our
Blackbaud Raiser's Edge database with our Education & Financial Edge).
We have a similar model to what has already been mentioned: an IT
resource handling all the technical DBA work with power users in each of
the groups that understand their front-end modules & processes.

If the data is not clean / normalized (and without good data entry rules
/ process guidelines or controls my guess is it won't be) the approach
I'd recommend is forming a committee of key resources from each of the
areas (Development, Admissions, Finance, Dean's Office, etc.) to both
create the standards and to clean the data. A concentrated data
clean-up is the only way I've successfully done it. Trying to do it
over a period of time always seems to fall short. This concentrated
process can be long & somewhat painful but gets you to the right
starting point.

Once clean, I plan to have my IT DBA do quarterly checks for the things
we can't control / restrict systemically and calling on this committee
when issues or new items arise.

-Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Jennifer Davenport
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 1:15 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: School databases and the staffing for managment of those
databases

As a shoot-off from Fred, for those of you who don't have a dedicated
Database Person (even though you probably need one), how do you deal
with
data cleaning? Is it a once-in-a-while thing you do? Or is it an
ongoing
collaboration between several departments? We can't seem to get our act
together on this one.

Jen

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Fred Bartels
<fred_bartels@rcds.rye.ny.us>
wrote:

> Renee, Alex, Curt, Kate, Dave and Tom,
>
> Thanks for your thoughtful responses. It is really quite amazing how
> database driven our schools have become over the past twenty years. It
is
> also quite amazing (though of course typical) that every independent
> school has a different approach to managing these databases. It seems
> clear that a full-time database manager/coordinator/facilitator is
> becoming a defacto position at many schools, and that making that
position
> explicit will become more common moving forward. In our case, a
> long-serving administrator who developed and maintained many FileMaker
> databases will be retiring in a year and we are starting the process
of
> researching how we will move forward without him.
>
> Should be interesting.
>
> Fred
>
>
>
>
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Re: Lakeview's Summer Technology Institute

Hello Connie,
=20
Please send registration information as I would like to attend the July 28 =
- July 29th session.
=20
What is the cost?
=20
Thank you!
=20
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achers> and administrators in the emerging areas of technology. Instruction=
will> include the implementation or expansion of a wireless laptop program=
,> Web 2.0 education and implementation ideas, and other 21st Century> skil=
ls. You will get hands-on experience and learn more about the> techniques, =
ideas and applications that have proven to be successful.> > Learn about so=
ftware programs that work, open source alternatives and> the exciting possi=
bilities available with Web 2.0 tools. Collaborate> with other educators to=
expand your learning network to gain exposure to> the valuable expertise o=
f your peers. We will also share the nuts and> bolts of implementing a succ=
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f development opportunity is structured around the new NETS> standards for =
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> Comments from a few of last year's participants:> > "This is something th=
at I will use personally and professionally"> "Kudos to Lakeview Academy fo=
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Re: Teacher Drop Boxes

We wrote a simple script for this using Apple Script Editor. It works
great, it mounts the drives at logon when you add the script to the
user's startup.

Here is an example of what to put in the script editor:

tell application "Finder"
mount volume
"smb://WORKGROUP;username:password@machine_name/directory"
mount volume
"smb://WORKGROUP;username:password@machine_name/directory2"
mount volume
"smb://WORKGROUP;username:password@machine_name2/directory3"
end tell

Eric Wallis
Network Administrator
Notre Dame Prep School
443-921-2777

-----Original Message-----
From: Lisa Sjogren [mailto:lisa.sjogren@srsmn.org]=20
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 3:02 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Teacher Drop Boxes

I used to be able to on our old image (10.3) to create aliases to our =20
teacher drop boxes directly on the student desktop. Now with 10.5 =20
Leopard I cannot figure out how to do this, the only option I have =20
found is to put it on the sidebar which I do not want to do.

Just an FYI, we use local accounts and do not use our server to manage =20
student computers (we only have 60 laptops).

Any insight would be wonderful.

Thanks,
Lisa

---
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Director of Technology
St. Raphael's Catholic School

763-504-9450, ext. 311
763-504-9460, fax

lisa.sjogren@srsmn.org
My Blog: http://lisasjogren.srsmn.org

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Touring HIV/AIDS educational exhibit: FOCUS ON LIVING

The touring educational exhibit,"Focus on Living: Portraits of Americans
with HIV/AIDS," showcases sixteen Americans living with HIV and AIDS and
offers schools an important resource for HIV/AIDS education.

This touring exhibit is based on the book, Focus on Living, (University of
Massachusetts Press) by photographer/writer,
Roslyn Banish.

Focus on Living combines compelling photographs and first-person accounts to
document the feelings and experiences of a wide range of Americans carrying
the HIV virus. Men and women speak candidly about their lives, their
relationships, and how they have come to terms with the presence of this
chronic and potentially deadly disease.

To learn more about the touring educational exhibit, Focus on Living, visit
the http://www.focusonliving.org

For information: Contact: ChrisComm Management: 570-675-4933;
chriscom@microserve.net

" ... Banish's unadorned portraits, often shot at her subjects' homes, are
subtle and dignified, and the narratives have a lucid strength, even in
despair. . further breaking the silence and statistics that surround people
living with HIV and AIDS. " - from Publishers Weekly

"The "Focus on Living" exhibit was very well received by the student body.
It was a very powerful and personable way to reach young people regarding
AIDS and its impact on everyday human beings without actually lecturing
them. This exhibit enabled the student to be the seeker of knowledge, rather
than a passive recipient of it." - University of Minnesota, Student Health.
Crookston, MN

Re: communication and lice

Here's another email from the listserv. This might even be a topic to
add to the SY book this year.

Elizabeth A. Wheeler, Esq. / 610-854-6252
Editor: Private Education Law Report
Legal Update for Teachers
Center for Education and Employment Law
ceelonline.com

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Larry Kligman
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 6:13 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: communication and lice

Sue,
We send a letter out to the grade level notifying other parents in the
grade that we had this situation.
The school nurse also checks every child in that grade.

If you would like a copy of the letter we send out, please let me know.

Larry

Larry Kligman ('85), Middle School Director Abraham Joshua Heschel Day
School
17701 Devonshire Street
Northridge, CA 91325
www.heschel.com
main: 818.368.5781 x505
fax: 818.360.6162
Larry_Kligman@ajhds.com

Tradition ~ Character ~ Community

>steadfast. However, when she occasionally finds a lice case, she
>doesn't advertise it around - under the HIPPA constraints. Might there
>be a way to stop the spread if we had a way to let parents know whom to

>avoid? I know that sounds harsh.
>
>What have you done, policy-wise or with a simple communication tool, to

>let parents know when there might be a case or an outbreak - without
>breaking confidentiality concerns?
>
>Thank you,
>Sue Groesbeck

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Re: communication and lice (UNCLASSIFIED)

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED=20
Caveats: NONE

For a number of reason (including the fact that you probably don't bill
for medical services) I don't believe there are any HIPAA constraints in
this case. Most schools follow the AAP recommendations (which I think
have already been referenced) which have school wide notification and
education as part of the standard of care. =20

As long as you do not individually identify the student you will not
violate HIPAA or any other state or federal regulation I am aware of.
You should include the minimum amount of information concerning the
student. Providing their grade is probably fine but you should
definitely avoid gender and other information that is unnecessary for
prevention and could lead to identification. This would also be true of
cases like meningitis where community notification is an important part
of the standard of care. =20

If you want to proceed with an abundance of caution, you can always have
the parents of the effected student authorize disclosure, but I believe
that is unnecessary if you are not identifying the student. As always, I
am not a HIPAA expert, but I have been to a heck of a lot of training
for it.

_J
___________________________________

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Web Services Branch - Walter Reed Army Medical Center Ingenium (ISO
9001:2000 certified)
Office: 202-782-1047
Cell: 202-262-0516
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jason.p.johnson2@us.army.mil=20

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Groesbeck, Sue
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 5:46 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: communication and lice

I have a "friend" who runs a school and "he" wants to know what you do
about lice in your school. (I don't want to admit we might have lice
ever!)

One of the concerns is that a family generally tries to hide the fact
that they have lice. The school nurse is wonderful and is diligent and
steadfast. However, when she occasionally finds a lice case, she
doesn't advertise it around - under the HIPPA constraints. Might there
be a way to stop the spread if we had a way to let parents know whom to
avoid? I know that sounds harsh. =20

What have you done, policy-wise or with a simple communication tool, to
let parents know when there might be a case or an outbreak - without
breaking confidentiality concerns?=20

Thank you,=20
Sue Groesbeck

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student information systems

I'm looking for an SIS recommendation. We're considering Focus and
Centre. What are other people using? If you've used either Focus or
Centre, can you please share your experiences with me?

Thanks,
Damianne President

IT Coordinator
Khartoum American School
skype: dprez01
Tel: 0913318639

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Oral Histories Workshop Discount Deadline

Telling Their Stories: Producing Web-Based Digital Video Oral Histories
5-Day Intensive Educator Workshop

www.tellingstories.org/workshop/cit.html

Sunday â€" Thursday, July 27 â€" July 31, 2008
8:30 a.m. â€" 3:30 p.m.
8:30 a.m. â€" 3:30 p.m.
Center for Innovative Teaching
The Urban School of San Francisco

Discounted Registration Deadline is May 31st

NEW, Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) available from University of Southern California (USC)

Who: This workshop is designed for middle school through college teachers who want to implement a student oral history/interviewing internet-based project.

Note: this workshop has filled the past 2 years.

Instructor: Howard Levin, Director of Technology, The Urban School of San Francisco

Cost: $650 ($605 prior to May 31, $560 for colleagues - see [ https://www.urbanschool.org/page.cfm?p=176 ]registration page for early discounts)

This hands-on workshop explores the production and web publishing of digital video interviews. The publishing of student-conducted interviews has efficacy far beyond oral history. Consider the benefits of interviews with local authors, scientists, mathematicians, community leaders, artists and musicians.

Using The Urban School's award-winning project, [ http://www.tellingstories.org/ ]Telling Their Stories: Oral History Archives Project, as an example, participants will learn and practice production techniques, including interview preparation, creating and using a mobile studio, and post-production leading to a public website, complete with digital video and full transcription. See [ http://www.tellingstories.org/ ]www.tellingstories.org for examples.

Production will be completed on Apple Macintosh computers, but skills are transferable to other platforms. Participants with Apple laptops are encouraged to bring them to the workshop. The Center for Innovative Teaching also will provide Apple laptop computers for the duration of the workshop.

New This Year: Participants in small groups will conduct interviews at the homes of a local elders drawn from the current topics of Holocaust survivors, camp liberators, and Japanese American relocation camp internees. Participants will complete all stages of production, from preparation to interview to publication. In true â€œAuthentic Doingâ€ style, this interview will be added to the Telling Their Stories website ([ http://www.tellingstories.org/ ]www.tellingstories.org), providing a lasting
contribution to oral history scholarship.

**Note** Some prior reading in preparation for the interview will be provided. Participants will also be expected to complete some proofing tasks from their homes on a flexible schedule during the weeks following the workshop.

Collaborate and Join Telling Their Stories: Educators attending this workshop will be invited to join the existing [ http://www.tellingstories.org/ ]Telling Their Stories: Oral History Archives Project. Telling Their Stories will offer ongoing technical support and curriculum advice, as well as host new interviews conducted by schools from around the country. Interested participants/schools can therefore focus attention on the curricular needs and basic interview techniques and leave the more
technical aspects of web publishing to Telling Their Stories.

Topics Include:

Interview techniques and materials
Scaling and adapting to local and grade-level needs
Topic development and research
Developing a mobile studio, (lighting, sound and recording)
Transcription procedures
Simple movie editing using QuickTime Pro
Processing systems: moving from tape to the web
Classroom/project management practices

Please visit the [ https://www.urbanschool.org/page.cfm?p=176 ]registration page.

More information and Registration:â€¨[ https://www.urbanschool.org/page.cfm?p=97 ]https://www.urbanschool.org/page.cfm?p=97

Let me know if you have any questions.

Howard
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Howard Levin
Director of Technology
The Urban School of San Francisco
415-593-9525
hlevin@urbanschool.org

www.howardlevin.com

Apple Distinguished Educator - Apple Distinguished School
Board of Directors - International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

Telling Their Stories: Oral History Archives Project
www.tellingstories.org
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Center for Innovative Teaching - Summer 2008 Professional Development Workshops

Integrated Tech Symposium: Technology Rich Learning Across the Curriculum
Thursday - Saturday, August 7 - 9, 2008

Telling Their Stories: Producing Web-Based Digital Video Interviews
Sunday - Thursday, July 27 - July 31, 2008

www.urbanschool.org/cit

Re: communication and lice

Sue,
Here is a copy of the email sent to all families at our local elementary
school. This email gets sent every time a case of lice is found.
I hope it is helpful.

Kristen Dennison

*One case of head lice found in Grade 2
We check the sibs of infected child.

We check the class of infected child
**

Lice Procedures at School
*

As you may know, this time of year is one of the times when lice are most
prevalent. Given that, I want to inform you of the procedures that we follow
at C School to manage and minimize the incidences of lice infestation. These
procedures are aligned with those recommended by the American Academy of
Pediatrics and are consistently applied by our School Nurse.

When a child is found to have head lice, that child's siblings and all of
the children in that child's class are checked by the nurse.
A hard copy notice is sent home that day to the students in that child's
classroom and an email blast is sent to all parents.
Once the student who has lice has been properly treated, s/he is again
checked by the school nurse and allowed to return to school.

Having lice is a difficult situation for any child and family, so please be
assured that we are doing all that we can as soon as we become aware of any
situation that requires a response. For more information about head lice,
you may go to:
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;110/3/638

We will continue to be vigilant on this issue and follow the recommendations
of our physician. We know lice is a private and sensitive issue, but you
can help out the community at large by notifying us if you are aware your
child has lice. Please check the web site above for tips your child can
take to prevent the spread of lice. If you would like R, our school nurse,
to check your child for lice, she will be more than happy to do so.

>
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Lakeview's Summer Technology Institute

Lakeview Academy's Summer Technology Institute

Don't be left behind!

Our annual Summer Technology Institute is designed to prepare teachers
and administrators in the emerging areas of technology. Instruction will
include the implementation or expansion of a wireless laptop program,
Web 2.0 education and implementation ideas, and other 21st Century
skills. You will get hands-on experience and learn more about the
techniques, ideas and applications that have proven to be successful.

Learn about software programs that work, open source alternatives and
the exciting possibilities available with Web 2.0 tools. Collaborate
with other educators to expand your learning network to gain exposure to
the valuable expertise of your peers. We will also share the nuts and
bolts of implementing a successful technology program to save your
school time and money.

This staff development opportunity is structured around the new NETS
standards for students. Sign up for one or both offered sessions.=20
Session 1: July 24th & 25th=20
Session 2: July 28th and 29th.

SDU/PLU: 1 Unit

Individuals or groups may either Register Online or email me for a
registration form.

Comments from a few of last year's participants:

"This is something that I will use personally and professionally"
"Kudos to Lakeview Academy for your hospitality and leadership. Thanks
for sharing you knowledge and expertise. Great ideas, wonderful
applications, excellent sources of information. This class is
essential."
"Very informative, great instructors, fun, professional. Excellent"

Please join us,
Connie

Connie White
Director of Technology & Media
Lakeview Academy
Gainesville, Ga 30501
770-531-2605

http://www.lakeviewacademy.com/podium/default.aspx?t=3D46689

Re: communication and lice

Sue,
We send a letter out to the grade level notifying other parents in the
grade that we had this situation.
The school nurse also checks every child in that grade.

If you would like a copy of the letter we send out, please let me know.

Larry

Larry Kligman ('85), Middle School Director
Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School
17701 Devonshire Street
Northridge, CA 91325
www.heschel.com
main: 818.368.5781 x505
fax: 818.360.6162
Larry_Kligman@ajhds.com

Tradition ~ Character ~ Community

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>I have a "friend" who runs a school and "he" wants to know what you do
>about lice in your school. (I don't want to admit we might have lice
>ever!)
>
>One of the concerns is that a family generally tries to hide the fact
>that they have lice. The school nurse is wonderful and is diligent and
>steadfast. However, when she occasionally finds a lice case, she
>doesn't advertise it around - under the HIPPA constraints. Might there
>be a way to stop the spread if we had a way to let parents know whom to
>avoid? I know that sounds harsh.
>
>What have you done, policy-wise or with a simple communication tool, to
>let parents know when there might be a case or an outbreak - without
>breaking confidentiality concerns?
>
>Thank you,
>Sue Groesbeck

communication and lice

I have a "friend" who runs a school and "he" wants to know what you do
about lice in your school. (I don't want to admit we might have lice
ever!)

What have you done, policy-wise or with a simple communication tool, to
let parents know when there might be a case or an outbreak - without
breaking confidentiality concerns?=20

Thank you,=20
Sue Groesbeck

Re: Substitute teachers and use of school laptops?

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 1:38 PM +0000 wrote:
>While we're on the subject of providing laptops (and appropriate training) for all faculty, how are you dealing with substitutes?
>- Daily subs?
Not issued a laptop.
>
>- Long-term subs?
Issued a laptop.
>
>- Sabbatical replacements?
Issued a laptop - teacher on sabbatical keeps the laptop issued.
>
>Does integration stop when there's a sub, or is it expected to continue normally?
Long term sub would be expected to continue. Daily subs actions would be determined by instructions left by teacher. It varies.
>
>
>And what about teachers on medical/maternity/sabbatical leave? Do they keep their laptops or do they transfer to their temporary replacements?
Haven't had medical concern and would need to visit with divisional director and teacher on medical leave on what makes sense. Maternity or paternity leave the laptop is returned to the school and issued to the sub. Sabbatical leave - teacher keeps the
laptop and a different laptop is issued to the sub.
>

Marilyn

------------------------------------------------------
Marilyn Kelley Director of ISS
mkelley@blakeschool.org (v) 952-988-3408
http://www.blakeschool.org

(f) 952-988-3412

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye." The Little Prince

Re: Substitute teachers and use of school laptops?

Again we feel that we must provide a laptop if teachers are to use any technology with their students. We are a laptop school and therefore there is an expectation from students that some of their work at least will involve the use of their laptop or
tablet.

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 1:38 PM -0500 wrote:
>While we're on the subject of providing laptops (and appropriate training) for all faculty, how are you dealing with substitutes?
>- Daily subs?
No. There is not time to get them to sign paperwork to use the network and give them the training they would need to function. They just don't use tech on those days.
>
>- Long-term subs?
Yes - we generally pull a laptop out of the loaner pool and hope we don't need it. They sign for network access, get an email account, access to the teacher's Blackboard account, etc. Whatever is needed for the students to continue to get the education
they would with a regular teacher.
>
>- Sabbatical replacements?
Yes - again from the loaner pool. Doesn't happen very often.
>
>Does integration stop when there's a sub, or is it expected to continue normally?
It is not expected for a day or two, but it is expected for any extended period of time. It's the way we teach here!
>
>And what about teachers on medical/maternity/sabbatical leave? Do they keep their laptops or do they transfer to their temporary replacements?
We allow those teachers on leave to keep theirs. We find the communication between the teacher and the temporary replacement to be important for continuity for the students. We also want to keep the teacher on leave in the loop as to what is going on at
school and in the classroom, and to have the teachers continue planning for their return. Costly? Yes, but part of what we need to do for the curriculum.

Hope this helps. Karen

Re: Substitute teachers and use of school laptops?

I find this topic very interesting. So how are expectations of
technology met with a substitute?
We have a policy at present that a sub (unless long-term) will not use
technology, because they are not usually on board with how technology
is handled in our school.
If they are a long term sub, they work with me on technology projects
or integration and are also given an account on our computers.
We would like to overcome this, which sounds like a training issue.

Would love to hear more how others handle this.
Lisa Douthit
Technology Resources & Locust Systems Admin
Notre Dame de Sion

On May 22, 2008, at 1:43 PM, Lisa Sjogren wrote:

> On May 22, 2008, at 1:38 PM, Tami Brass wrote:
>
>> While we're on the subject of providing laptops (and appropriate
>> training) for all faculty, how are you dealing with substitutes?
>> - Daily subs?
>
> Nope
>>
>> - Long-term subs?
>
> Yes, they get an account on the teacher laptop.
>
>>
>> - Sabbatical replacements?
>
> Have not had to deal with before so I am not entirely sure how we
> would handle it.
>>
>> Does integration stop when there's a sub, or is it expected to
>> continue normally?
>
> Integration is expected to continue as normal. Long-term subs are
> require to integrate just as much as a regular teacher. Most
> teachers for daily subs give them integration based lessons which
> work well and the kids are able to adapt.
>>
>>
>> And what about teachers on medical/maternity/sabbatical leave? Do
>> they keep their laptops or do they transfer to their temporary
>> replacements?
>>
> Their laptops are transferred to their replacements.
>
>> Tami Brass
>> MS Technology Coordinator
>> St. Paul Academy & Summit School
>> http://www.spa.edu
>> tbrass@spa.edu
>> http://www.tech4teaching.org
>> http://del.icio.us/brasst
>> tamilb@mac.com
>>
>>
>>
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>
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Teacher Drop Boxes

I used to be able to on our old image (10.3) to create aliases to our
teacher drop boxes directly on the student desktop. Now with 10.5
Leopard I cannot figure out how to do this, the only option I have
found is to put it on the sidebar which I do not want to do.

Just an FYI, we use local accounts and do not use our server to manage
student computers (we only have 60 laptops).

Any insight would be wonderful.

Thanks,
Lisa

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Director of Technology
St. Raphael's Catholic School

763-504-9450, ext. 311
763-504-9460, fax

lisa.sjogren@srsmn.org
My Blog: http://lisasjogren.srsmn.org

Re: Substitute teachers and use of school laptops?

On May 22, 2008, at 1:38 PM, Tami Brass wrote:

> While we're on the subject of providing laptops (and appropriate
> training) for all faculty, how are you dealing with substitutes?
> - Daily subs?

Nope
>
> - Long-term subs?

Yes, they get an account on the teacher laptop.

>
> - Sabbatical replacements?

Have not had to deal with before so I am not entirely sure how we
would handle it.
>
> Does integration stop when there's a sub, or is it expected to
> continue normally?

Integration is expected to continue as normal. Long-term subs are
require to integrate just as much as a regular teacher. Most teachers
for daily subs give them integration based lessons which work well and
the kids are able to adapt.
>
>
> And what about teachers on medical/maternity/sabbatical leave? Do
> they keep their laptops or do they transfer to their temporary
> replacements?
>
Their laptops are transferred to their replacements.

> Tami Brass
> MS Technology Coordinator
> St. Paul Academy & Summit School
> http://www.spa.edu
> tbrass@spa.edu
> http://www.tech4teaching.org
> http://del.icio.us/brasst
> tamilb@mac.com
>
>
>
> [ For info on ISED-L see http://www.gds.org/ISED-L ]
> Submissions to ISED-L are released under a creative commons,
> attribution, non-commercial, share-alike license.
> RSS Feed, http://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?RSS&L=ISED-L

Substitute teachers and use of school laptops?

While we're on the subject of providing laptops (and appropriate training) for all faculty, how are you dealing with substitutes?
- Daily subs?
- Long-term subs?
- Sabbatical replacements?
Does integration stop when there's a sub, or is it expected to continue normally?

And what about teachers on medical/maternity/sabbatical leave? Do they keep their laptops or do they transfer to their temporary replacements?

Tami Brass
MS Technology Coordinator
St. Paul Academy & Summit School
http://www.spa.edu
tbrass@spa.edu
http://www.tech4teaching.org
http://del.icio.us/brasst
tamilb@mac.com

Re: Part-time teachers and use of school laptops?

Fred,

All teachers - full and part time receive a laptop and are required to attend training. Providing laptops for part time teachers is not inexpensive, however, we are asking all faculty to take attendance online, use the online software for entering
grades/comments, create online curriculum maps, and communicate using the school's email system. Since desktops have been removed from the classrooms, all teachers need a laptop. If the new part time teacher is truly an addition (new class/position), the
understanding is that the school/division (not the technology department) needs to not only fund the cost of the laptop, but also increase the technology budget by 25% of the cost of the laptop (laptop, software, lock, backpack). The technology budget
must contain the monies for ongoing replacement (4 year replacement cycle for faculty laptops). The experience is that the part time positions do not disappear, but may expand the following year.

Marilyn

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mkelley@blakeschool.org (v) 952-988-3408
http://www.blakeschool.org

(f) 952-988-3412

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye." The Little Prince

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 12:30 PM +0000 wrote:
>As our Upper School grows and prepares to graduate it's first class,
>we are increasing our course offerings. To facilitate these
>electives, we will be using a few part-time teachers. They are only
>going to teach one course - Latin for example. We are trying to
>figure out how to handle their need for a laptop and does it make
>good business sense to provide a laptop to them. They may already
>have a laptop from their main employer but their guidelines might
>prevent them for using them for other employment.
>
>Have any of you had similar situations? If so how did you handle it?
>
>Thanks
>
>
>Fred Austin
>Technology Coordinator
>The Oakwood School
>Greenville, NC

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Marilyn Kelley Director of ISS
mkelley@blakeschool.org (v) 952-988-3408
http://www.blakeschool.org

(f) 952-988-3412

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye." The Little Prince

Re: ISED: Digital Photography Class

Adobe has PhotoshoExpress.com - a new free tool to store/share photos
and some basic editing.

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Jayme Johnson
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 11:23 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: ISED: Digital Photography Class

Adobe also released a free, basic, edition of photoshop. You can
download it from Adobe's website. It is a more basic version than
photoshop express, but still "fancy" enough to crop, rotate, adjust,
color, etc...all the basics a student should need.

Jayme Johnson
Director of Academic Technology

Village School
780 Swarthmore Avenue
Pacific Palisades, California 90272
310-459-8411 x120
jjohnson@village-school.com
http://www.village-school.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Wade Thaxton [mailto:Wade.Thaxton@depaulschool.org]=20
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 10:01 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: ISED: Digital Photography Class

Barbara,
I haven't taught a photography class, but did teach a digital media
class this year. We used GIMP and found it to be quite complex, but I
didn't know about GIMPshop. =20
My suggestion, if this fits into your curriculum, is to use a free
program called, PhotoStory 3. It's a Windows add-on and can be
downloaded fr