Independent School Educators' List (ISED-L)

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Re: Social Networking Best Practices for Teachers

Here are 10 basic guidelines:

1. The first rule is treat others online as you wish to be treated online!
2. Introduce yourself - existing members, and potential colleagues, will
often reach out to you.
3. Use the same username on different platforms - it=92s easier to communic=
ate
and establish contacts if you keep the same name.
4. Upload an image of yourself, or at least some image that denotes
something about you.
5. Join established conversations - often what you want to discuss is
already being discussed; take a moment to see what people are conversing
about, and who is participating, and join in.
6. Share as much as you take - it's an online participatory democracy that
only works if people contribute.
7. Don't "protect" too much - protecting your posts/tweets will make it mor=
e
difficult for potential colleagues to find you.
8. Don't post too much personal information - most people don't want to kno=
w
what you had for breakfast, but rather what you're reading, viewing,
writing, thinking, and teaching.
9. Converse, don't yell - always going off your own idiosyncratic gripes is
a quick road to online isolation.
10. Consider separate professional and personal accounts - some educators
converse with students via one account and their family and friends through
another.
Tom

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Ademola Popoola <popoola@gmail.com> wrote:

> All,
>
> Does anyone have a policy outlining best practices of personal use of
> social
> networking sites for their faculty they're willing to share?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> A. Popoola
> Sacred Heart Schools
>
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--=20
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Co-Director, EdTechTeacher
Chestnut Hill, MA
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EdTechTeacher.org & Boston University Summer Workshops:
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Washington Post op-ed on school filters

The Washington Post has just published an op-ed piece on school
filters written by my EdTechTeacher.org colleague Justin Reich:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/10/AR2009071003459.html.
Tom

--
Tom Daccord -- educational technology trainer, speaker, and author.

Co-Director, EdTechTeacher
Chestnut Hill, MA
tom@edtechteacher.org
http://edtechteacher.org/
http://besthistorysites.net/
twitter: thomasdaccord
c: 617-455-8716

EdTechTeacher.org & Boston University Summer Workshops:
http://edtechteacher.org/workshops.html

Tablet PC for Physics Lab

Our Physics teacher wants to upgrade to a tablet PC for his lab. Is
the HP EliteBook 2730p a good option ? What other brands/models
should we investigate ?

thanks

Carl Campion
Archmere Academy

Friday, July 10, 2009

Re: organizing digital pictures on the network

We do the same here, use folders based on graduating class.

Brian Lee
Manlius Pebble Hill School

> From: Renee Ramig <rramig@sevenhillsschool.org>
> Reply-To: A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:35:38 -0700
> To: <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Subject: Re: organizing digital pictures on the network
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of JPDS Tech
> Sent: Fri 7/10/2009 6:33 AM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: organizing digital pictures on the network
>
> I will second what Renee says with one small change: Use folders based on
> graduating class, not grade level. That way the folders move forward with
> the students. I created a specific drive (Student Photographs) which is
> mapped at login for all students and teachers. I have not been successful
> in getting teachers to put the time in to rename or resize individual files.

Re: organizing digital pictures on the network

I love the idea of graduation year! I will change to that this year.

Renee Ramig

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of JPDS Tech
Sent: Fri 7/10/2009 6:33 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: organizing digital pictures on the network
=20
I will second what Renee says with one small change: Use folders based =
on
graduating class, not grade level. That way the folders move forward =
with
the students. I created a specific drive (Student Photographs) which is
mapped at login for all students and teachers. I have not been =
successful
in getting teachers to put the time in to rename or resize individual =
files.

I archive each year's student pictures over to another drive so that the
day-to-day folders don't get clogged up too much and to prevent =
confusion.
That drive is organized by graduating class, too, but has folders within =
for
each grade/school year. Thus, the class of 2009 (our sixth graders) has
folders marked 2009 sixth grade, 2008 fifth grade, etc. Administrators =
have
access to the archived drive.=20

A growing problem for me, in terms of volume, is the rise of video. We =
are
starting a video-based assessment of our foreign language program. Each
student will be interviewed on tape for 15-20 minutes, twice a year. I
estimate for 30 minutes of video for each of 200 students will use =
between
9-11 GB of storage. Each year! Thankfully data storage is relatively
cheap.

Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Renee Ramig
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 10:29 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: digital pictures

If you only need to access them from within your network, I have found =
it
easiest to organize them in grade level folders. Within those folders =
you
can create separate folders for classrooms, event, etc. You will need =
some
cross grade folders to deal with them too.

Organizing pictures is REALLY time consuming. It is really easy to dump =
an
entire SD card of pictures into a folder, so by the end of the year =
there
are thousands of pictures. It is much better to just put 4-5 pictures =
at a
time in folders, spending the time to rename them. =20

Also, if you do an electronic yearbook, often the YB adviser will =
organize
pictures for the yearbook, so coordinate with this person.

Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Jessi
Christiansen
Sent: Thu 7/9/2009 11:50 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: digital pictures
=20
Hi Everyone,=20
We are looking for a good way to manage and store all of our digital
photos. =20

What are some labeling techniques you have used?

How do you store your digital pictures? Who has access to it?

What have you done with archived pictures?

Thanks for any ideas.

~Jessi

Jessi Christiansen=20
Assistant Head of School=20
Epiphany School=20
(206) 720-7650=20
=20

Re: P/T conference software

Doug,

Think of using Google Docs or a wiki as simply putting up a sign-up
sheet on the web. We haven't had any problems in two years. To be
fair to folks, I also keep the lists "closed," until an announced
"start" time so every parent has the same chance to snag the choice
slots. The pros are numerous:

Cons
- families without web access. I try to compile a list of those at the
beginning of each year, and I am careful to be sure to call them to
set appointments up for them.
- You need to publicize well as it lives away from the school website,
which is where folks will instinctively look for it. We send an email
or two and put a big link to it on our division page.
-It's open so anyone (i.e., students) can mess with it. (But it hasn't
happened yet, and if it did, it is all easily reversible by just
rolling back the document to any of its previous states.)

Pros
- It takes me just a few minutes to set the whole thing up for the year
- Parents can check, change, and make their own appts.
- Teachers can do the same (and it gets them to dip their feet into
technological waters they might otherwise not)
- Teachers can also block out times for breaks, insert additional
times, and add notes, if they wish
- Everyone's conference schedule is visible to everyone else so, for
example, a math teacher who might want to talk to a particular parent
(homeroom teachers run our conferences) can see when they are coming
in and be there
- It's absolutely free and does not involve releasing information to a
third party company
-It's simple, and you can change how it works or looks at any time
without calling a tech support person or paying an additional fee.

As you can see, I'm a fan. If you want to see ours, look here: https://upperschool.wikispaces.com
(Because I wanted to remove all student names before giving out the
link, I took this opportunity to set up the lists for the coming year,
and it took me under five minutes from start to finish.

Steve Cohen
Assistant Upper School Head
The Allen-Stevenson School
New York City

On Jul 10, 2009, at 8:12 AM, Doug Fodeman wrote:

> Greg,
> We used software from Virtual Paragon last fall after reviewing
> several
> online solutions last year. Although the folks there were very
> helpful
> and the software did exactly what we wanted it to, we found it (and
> all
> online software) to be very burdensome to set up due to the number of
> teachers we have who wear many hats. Having so many people who
> crossed
> divisions (we're PK-8 elementary) and were advisors and teachers, we
> had
> to set up waves of parent signups. Also, it isn't cheap. As a
> result, we
> actually scrapped using it in the spring. It might be better suited
> to
> high schools.
>
> I'm intrigued to hear of some folks using Google Excel or their own
> wikis.
> I would like to hear more about the pros and cons of this
> solutions....
>
> Doug Fodeman
>
> A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> writes:
>> Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 10:47:36 -0400
>> From: "Smith, Greg" <SmithG@notredameprep.com>
>> Subject: Parent/Teacher conference software
>> Is anyone using a Parent/Teacher conference system that has been very
>> successful. We would like to host it in-house if possible but would
>> look
>> at hosted options also. We currently use PTConferenceMaker from
>> Graphtech which we are happy with but would like to bring in-house if
>> possible
>> Thanks
>> Greg Smith
>> Notre Dame Prep
>> Towson, MD
>
> ChildrenOnline.org
> ================================
> Douglas Fodeman
> Director of Technology
> Brookwood School
> Manchester, MA 01944
> http://www.Brookwood.edu
> (978) 526-4500 X6233
> ================================
>
>
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Re: organizing digital pictures on the network

I will second what Renee says with one small change: Use folders based on
graduating class, not grade level. That way the folders move forward with
the students. I created a specific drive (Student Photographs) which is
mapped at login for all students and teachers. I have not been successful
in getting teachers to put the time in to rename or resize individual files.

I archive each year's student pictures over to another drive so that the
day-to-day folders don't get clogged up too much and to prevent confusion.
That drive is organized by graduating class, too, but has folders within for
each grade/school year. Thus, the class of 2009 (our sixth graders) has
folders marked 2009 sixth grade, 2008 fifth grade, etc. Administrators have
access to the archived drive.

A growing problem for me, in terms of volume, is the rise of video. We are
starting a video-based assessment of our foreign language program. Each
student will be interviewed on tape for 15-20 minutes, twice a year. I
estimate for 30 minutes of video for each of 200 students will use between
9-11 GB of storage. Each year! Thankfully data storage is relatively
cheap.

Dan

If you only need to access them from within your network, I have found it
easiest to organize them in grade level folders. Within those folders you
can create separate folders for classrooms, event, etc. You will need some
cross grade folders to deal with them too.

Organizing pictures is REALLY time consuming. It is really easy to dump an
entire SD card of pictures into a folder, so by the end of the year there
are thousands of pictures. It is much better to just put 4-5 pictures at a
time in folders, spending the time to rename them.

Also, if you do an electronic yearbook, often the YB adviser will organize
pictures for the yearbook, so coordinate with this person.

Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Jessi
Christiansen
Sent: Thu 7/9/2009 11:50 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: digital pictures

Hi Everyone,
We are looking for a good way to manage and store all of our digital
photos.

What are some labeling techniques you have used?

How do you store your digital pictures? Who has access to it?

What have you done with archived pictures?

Thanks for any ideas.

~Jessi

Jessi Christiansen
Assistant Head of School
Epiphany School
(206) 720-7650

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Re: P/T conference software

Greg,
We used software from Virtual Paragon last fall after reviewing several
online solutions last year. Although the folks there were very helpful
and the software did exactly what we wanted it to, we found it (and all
online software) to be very burdensome to set up due to the number of
teachers we have who wear many hats. Having so many people who crossed
divisions (we're PK-8 elementary) and were advisors and teachers, we had
to set up waves of parent signups. Also, it isn't cheap. As a result, we
actually scrapped using it in the spring. It might be better suited to
high schools.

I'm intrigued to hear of some folks using Google Excel or their own wikis.
I would like to hear more about the pros and cons of this solutions....

Doug Fodeman

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 10:47:36 -0400
>From: "Smith, Greg" <SmithG@notredameprep.com>
>Subject: Parent/Teacher conference software
>Is anyone using a Parent/Teacher conference system that has been very
>successful. We would like to host it in-house if possible but would look
>at hosted options also. We currently use PTConferenceMaker from
>Graphtech which we are happy with but would like to bring in-house if
>possible
>Thanks
>Greg Smith
>Notre Dame Prep
>Towson, MD

ChildrenOnline.org
================================
Douglas Fodeman
Director of Technology
Brookwood School
Manchester, MA 01944
http://www.Brookwood.edu
(978) 526-4500 X6233
================================

Re: digital pictures

Hi:
I would enlist your librarian/media specialist's or art history teacher's
expertise--they will have experience in cataloguing and image collections.
Are the images school-related, that is, for use in the
development/admissions office? Are they for academic use in science, art,
historyclasses, etc.
Labels should definitely indicate this basic category.
For ease of access, each slide should be labeled with at the year and an
accession number and be linked and cross-referenced to an index and other
metadata (place, event, people in the picture, etc,)
It is a lot of data/field entry at the beginning but will pay off with ease
of access and storage. Access can be provided by storing photos on your
shared server.
I create back-up files of everything. If you have a very large collection of
irreplaceable images, then invest in external hard drives and/or burn the
images onto CDs and create an organized
back-up collection. Keep the collection in your library, so that this can
be managed by your librarians. Too often folders on network servers are
inadvertently deleted or moved.

But remember--CDs and disk drives have limited life spans, especially with
heavy use, so you will have to back-up your back-ups every so often. And,
replacement images can be easily scanned from existing print copies, so
permanently "losing" a photo/pic isn't as devasting as it used to be!)
Just my 2 cents.
Libby

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Jessi Christiansen
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 2:50 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: digital pictures

Hi Everyone,
We are looking for a good way to manage and store all of our digital
photos.

What are some labeling techniques you have used?

How do you store your digital pictures? Who has access to it?

What have you done with archived pictures?

Thanks for any ideas.

~Jessi

Jessi Christiansen
Assistant Head of School
Epiphany School
(206) 720-7650

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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Re: Marshall8e6

We also have been happy with cymphonix. You don't wait long for
customer support and they are friendly and professional.

Bruce Montgomery
Network Administrator
Lakeview Academy =20

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Daniel McCauley
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 3:26 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Marshall8e6

We currently are using Cymphonix and I have been pleased with how they
have been willing to work with us. They were very accommodating, even
to the point of custom coding some firmware to support our Vlan's on
campus. =20
Their web interface is very easy to use and creating filtering policies
based on groups/users/even CIDR notation is very simple and quick. =20

I have also been impressed with the bandwidth shaping capabilities based
on user/group/file type/url etc. =20

Thumbs up overall.

Daniel McCauley
Director of Network Systems
Christ School
828-684-6232 x144

-----Original Message-----
From: Renee Ramig [mailto:rramig@sevenhillsschool.org]=20
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 12:36 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Marshall8e6

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for all the posts but I really love all of your feedback. Of the
six Bandwidth Optimizing and Content Filtering Products I have looked at
via WebEx, the one I am leaning toward is Marshall8e6, followed by
Exinda. I know one of you posted and said you loved Exinda. Does
anyone have experience with Marshall 8e6 (or 8e6 before they merged with
Marshall)? =20

Thanks,

Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School

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Re: Check-in/Check-out software

I completely recommend getting custom made programs. I've used Eloise =
Pasteur Educational Designs, and the service is excellent and prices are =
entirely affordable. They are based in the UK, but the service is really =
incredible, and you get a once a done program without having to pay for =
licensing and renewal fees. They also do any number of programs and =
provide free estimates.

The email is EloisePasteur@gmail.com

Hope that helps :-)

Beth Lynne Ritter-Guth
Educational Communication and Technology Facilitator
The Hotchkiss School
11 Interlaken Road
Box 800
Lakeville, CT 06039
(860) 435-4445
http://hotchkiss.org
http://hotchkissedtech.blogspot.com

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Bill Griscom
Sent: Thu 7/9/2009 10:30 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Check-in/Check-out software
=20
Hi everyone,

Does anyone have experience with software that we could use to check in =
students and have parents check them out? We have some after-school =
programs and we'd like to have parents check their kids out when they =
leave. Entering a code on a touch screen would be ideal. I have seen =
some similar software at daycare facilities, but my sense is that those =
packages would be overkill for a small after-school program.

Thanks.

Regards,

Bill Griscom

Director of Information Services
Lancaster Country Day School
725 Hamilton Road
Lancaster, PA 17603-2491
717.392.2916 x. 246
griscomb@lancastercountryday.org
Visit my blog @ https://talk.e-lcds.org/users/griscomb/

Check-in/Check-out software

Hi everyone,

Does anyone have experience with software that we could use to check in =
students and have parents check them out? We have some after-school =
programs and we'd like to have parents check their kids out when they =
leave. Entering a code on a touch screen would be ideal. I have seen some =
similar software at daycare facilities, but my sense is that those =
packages would be overkill for a small after-school program.

Thanks.

Regards,

Bill Griscom

Re: digital pictures

If you only need to access them from within your network, I have found =
it easiest to organize them in grade level folders. Within those =
folders you can create separate folders for classrooms, event, etc. You =
will need some cross grade folders to deal with them too.

Organizing pictures is REALLY time consuming. It is really easy to dump =
an entire SD card of pictures into a folder, so by the end of the year =
there are thousands of pictures. It is much better to just put 4-5 =
pictures at a time in folders, spending the time to rename them. =20

Also, if you do an electronic yearbook, often the YB adviser will =
organize pictures for the yearbook, so coordinate with this person.

Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Jessi =
Christiansen
Sent: Thu 7/9/2009 11:50 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: digital pictures
=20
Hi Everyone,=20
We are looking for a good way to manage and store all of our digital
photos. =20

What are some labeling techniques you have used?

How do you store your digital pictures? Who has access to it?

What have you done with archived pictures?

Thanks for any ideas.

~Jessi

Jessi Christiansen=20
Assistant Head of School=20
Epiphany School=20
(206) 720-7650=20
=20

Re: Marshall8e6

I am away from school until Monday, July 20. I will respond to your email
upon my return. If you need immediate assistance, please email Katrina at
katrina_wolfe@ajhds.com

Re: Marshall8e6

I am replacing my 8e6 R3000 with a Content Protect box. I find that the 8e6 reporting to be so-so and the yearly maint. cost more than the CP box. The CP box will also do virus/spyware protection and QoS, things that the 8e6 does not do.

Justin Dover
615-346-0082
Harpeth Hall School
www.harpethhall.org
"Harpeth Hall educates young women to think critically, lead confidently, and live honorably"

Re: Parent/Teacher conference software

>Pam, Do you think this would work for us?
Kay

If you are talking just about sheduling. We simply set up a table with
> times on a wiki page (one for each teacher doing conferences) and had
> parents go to the page and fill their names in next to the time they
> want. It has been well received by parents and virtually effortless to
> set up and maintain, and best of all it's free. When it's time for the
> next round of conferences we simply copy and paste a blank template
> (times but no names) onto the page. We use wikispaces.
>
> Steve Cohen
> Allen-Stevenson School
> NYC
>
>
> On Jul 9, 2009, at 10:47 AM, Smith, Greg wrote:
>
>> Is anyone using a Parent/Teacher conference system that has been very
>> successful. We would like to host it in-house if possible but would
>> look
>> at hosted options also. We currently use PTConferenceMaker from
>> Graphtech which we are happy with but would like to bring in-house if
>> possible.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Greg Smith
>>
>> Notre Dame Prep
>>
>> Towson, MD
>>
>>
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>
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>
>

Re: Marshall8e6

I have also been impressed with the bandwidth shaping capabilities based
on user/group/file type/url etc. =20

Thumbs up overall.

Daniel McCauley
Director of Network Systems
Christ School
828-684-6232 x144

-----Original Message-----
From: Renee Ramig [mailto:rramig@sevenhillsschool.org]=20
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 12:36 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Marshall8e6

Hi Everyone,

Thanks,

Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School

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digital pictures

Hi Everyone,=20
We are looking for a good way to manage and store all of our digital
photos. =20

What are some labeling techniques you have used?

How do you store your digital pictures? Who has access to it?

What have you done with archived pictures?

Thanks for any ideas.

~Jessi

Jessi Christiansen=20
Assistant Head of School=20
Epiphany School=20
(206) 720-7650=20
=20

Re: Marshall8e6

No. I first heard about Cymphonix at the edACCESS 2008 conference (
http://www.edaccess.org). And, while they have lots of business customers,
I have found that they have worked very well with me and with other
educational institutions.
I didn't find anything in the configuration or interface that led me to
believe that they do not support educational institutions as well as they
support businesses.

Christopher

Christopher Butler
Director of Information Systems
St. John's Preparatory School
http://www.stjohnsprep.org

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Renee Ramig <rramig@sevenhillsschool.org>wrote:

> Did you have any problems with the fact Cymphonix primarily works with
> businesses rather than education? I did look at Cymphonix and their
> pricing is less than Marshall8e6, but they seemed very business
> oriented.
>
> Renee
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators
> [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Butler, Christopher
> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 10:07 AM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: Marshall8e6
>
> Renee -
> Recently, we tested the Cymphonix, Marshall8e6, and the iPrism web
> filters.
> We decided on the Cymphonix in the end, but it was close between the
> Marshall8e6 and the Cymphonix. In the end, it mostly came down to the
> fact
> that I found the web interface for the Cymphonix to be miles ahead of
> the
> interface for the Marshall8e6. We also found that the Cymphonix had
> better
> settings for filter and shaping.
>
> Christopher
>
>
> Christopher Butler
> Director of Information Systems
> St. John's Preparatory School
> http://www.stjohnsprep.org
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Renee Ramig
> <rramig@sevenhillsschool.org>wrote:
>
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > Sorry for all the posts but I really love all of your feedback. Of
> the
> > six Bandwidth Optimizing and Content Filtering Products I have looked
> at
> > via WebEx, the one I am leaning toward is Marshall8e6, followed by
> > Exinda. I know one of you posted and said you loved Exinda. Does
> > anyone have experience with Marshall 8e6 (or 8e6 before they merged
> with
> > Marshall)?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Renee Ramig
> > Seven Hills School
> >
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Re: Marshall8e6

Did you have any problems with the fact Cymphonix primarily works with
businesses rather than education? I did look at Cymphonix and their
pricing is less than Marshall8e6, but they seemed very business
oriented.

Renee

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From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Butler, Christopher
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 10:07 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Marshall8e6

Renee -
Recently, we tested the Cymphonix, Marshall8e6, and the iPrism web
filters.
We decided on the Cymphonix in the end, but it was close between the
Marshall8e6 and the Cymphonix. In the end, it mostly came down to the
fact
that I found the web interface for the Cymphonix to be miles ahead of
the
interface for the Marshall8e6. We also found that the Cymphonix had
better
settings for filter and shaping.

Christopher

Christopher Butler
Director of Information Systems
St. John's Preparatory School
http://www.stjohnsprep.org

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Renee Ramig
<rramig@sevenhillsschool.org>wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> Sorry for all the posts but I really love all of your feedback. Of
the
> six Bandwidth Optimizing and Content Filtering Products I have looked
at
> via WebEx, the one I am leaning toward is Marshall8e6, followed by
> Exinda. I know one of you posted and said you loved Exinda. Does
> anyone have experience with Marshall 8e6 (or 8e6 before they merged
with
> Marshall)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Renee Ramig
> Seven Hills School
>
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Re: Marshall8e6

Renee -
Recently, we tested the Cymphonix, Marshall8e6, and the iPrism web filters.
We decided on the Cymphonix in the end, but it was close between the
Marshall8e6 and the Cymphonix. In the end, it mostly came down to the fact
that I found the web interface for the Cymphonix to be miles ahead of the
interface for the Marshall8e6. We also found that the Cymphonix had better
settings for filter and shaping.

Christopher

Christopher Butler
Director of Information Systems
St. John's Preparatory School
http://www.stjohnsprep.org

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Renee Ramig <rramig@sevenhillsschool.org>wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> Sorry for all the posts but I really love all of your feedback. Of the
> six Bandwidth Optimizing and Content Filtering Products I have looked at
> via WebEx, the one I am leaning toward is Marshall8e6, followed by
> Exinda. I know one of you posted and said you loved Exinda. Does
> anyone have experience with Marshall 8e6 (or 8e6 before they merged with
> Marshall)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Renee Ramig
> Seven Hills School
>
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Marshall8e6

Hi Everyone,

Thanks,

Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School

Re: Parent/Teacher conference software

We made a Google doc-just excel. Worked great foer 365 kids. Only one
parent tried to move another's spot and you can track by version which was
first.

Deirdre

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Cohen Steven <sac@aol.com> wrote:

> If you are talking just about sheduling. We simply set up a table with
> times on a wiki page (one for each teacher doing conferences) and had
> parents go to the page and fill their names in next to the time they want.
> It has been well received by parents and virtually effortless to set up and
> maintain, and best of all it's free. When it's time for the next round of
> conferences we simply copy and paste a blank template (times but no names)
> onto the page. We use wikispaces.
>
> Steve Cohen
> Allen-Stevenson School
> NYC
>
>
> On Jul 9, 2009, at 10:47 AM, Smith, Greg wrote:
>
> Is anyone using a Parent/Teacher conference system that has been very
>> successful. We would like to host it in-house if possible but would look
>> at hosted options also. We currently use PTConferenceMaker from
>> Graphtech which we are happy with but would like to bring in-house if
>> possible.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Greg Smith
>>
>> Notre Dame Prep
>>
>> Towson, MD
>>
>>
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--
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Baker Demonstration School
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Wilmette, IL 60091

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Love to Learn. Cherish the Journey. Serve the World.

Re: High School Longitudinal Study of 2009

We are participating this fall for the first time.
Christopher

Christopher Butler
Director of Information Systems
St. John's Preparatory School
http://www.stjohnsprep.org

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Joe Lennertz <jlennertz@wayland.org> wrote:

> We are being asked to participate in HSLS:09 conducted for the National
> Center for Education Statistics in the US Dept of Education. Have other
> independent schools been invited to participate? I would be interested in
> knowing more experiences with this type of survey.
>
>
>
> Joe Lennertz
>
> Academic Dean
>
> Wayland Academy
>
>
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>

Re: Parent/Teacher conference software

If you are talking just about sheduling. We simply set up a table with
times on a wiki page (one for each teacher doing conferences) and had
parents go to the page and fill their names in next to the time they
want. It has been well received by parents and virtually effortless to
set up and maintain, and best of all it's free. When it's time for the
next round of conferences we simply copy and paste a blank template
(times but no names) onto the page. We use wikispaces.

Steve Cohen
Allen-Stevenson School
NYC

On Jul 9, 2009, at 10:47 AM, Smith, Greg wrote:

> Is anyone using a Parent/Teacher conference system that has been very
> successful. We would like to host it in-house if possible but would
> look
> at hosted options also. We currently use PTConferenceMaker from
> Graphtech which we are happy with but would like to bring in-house if
> possible.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Greg Smith
>
> Notre Dame Prep
>
> Towson, MD
>
>
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Parent/Teacher conference software

Is anyone using a Parent/Teacher conference system that has been very
successful. We would like to host it in-house if possible but would look
at hosted options also. We currently use PTConferenceMaker from
Graphtech which we are happy with but would like to bring in-house if
possible.=20

=20

Thanks

Greg Smith

Notre Dame Prep

Towson, MD

Re: Social networking guidelines

Thanks Nancy. We don't provide guidelines for parents. I think that is a
bit of a Pandora's box. Faculty/staff will have to decide for themselves
and responses will vary widely depending on people's relationships and the
way they use their social network accounts. I have been contacted 3 times
by parents and asked to be friended. I've declined each time simply
because I consider my FB account to be personal and for real-life friends
only. In each of the 3 instances I was surprised they asked, though one
of the requests was likely fake from a a scammed account.

Doug

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 09:52:50 -0500
>From: "Jones, Nancy" <nancy.jones@shschicago.org>
>Subject: Re: Social Networking guidelines
>
>This is GOOD!!
>Do you provide any guidelines for parents in terms of trying to friend
>teac=
>hers on facebook or requesting to follow on Twitter? I find that a bit
>unco=
>mfortable myself, even though I always decline. I guess I would prefer
>not =
>being asked. it is almost like an invasion of my privacy in a way , or
>aski=
>ng me for my home phone.

Re: High School Longitudinal Study of 2009

Long ago I used data from the National Longitudinal Study of 1972...

It's an awesome collection of data. We did comparisons of public and
private schools in the study and were able to show interesting and
important differences in various components to learning.

It is likely a time consuming effort but at least this one-time
researcher found it a great asset.

Best wishes.

-------------------------------------------------
Gary M. Grandon, Ph.D.
Principal
American Hebrew Academy
4334 Hobbs Road
Greensboro, NC 27410
336.217.7012
www.americanhebrewacademy.org
ggrandon@americanhebrewacademy.org

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Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 9:13 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: High School Longitudinal Study of 2009

We are being asked to participate in HSLS:09 conducted for the National
Center for Education Statistics in the US Dept of Education. Have other
independent schools been invited to participate? I would be interested
in
knowing more experiences with this type of survey.

=20

Joe Lennertz

Academic Dean

Wayland Academy

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High School Longitudinal Study of 2009

We are being asked to participate in HSLS:09 conducted for the National
Center for Education Statistics in the US Dept of Education. Have other
independent schools been invited to participate? I would be interested in
knowing more experiences with this type of survey.

Joe Lennertz

Academic Dean

Wayland Academy

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Re: Mac on AD

All our Macs are bound to the AD Directory. This can be done through
the Directory Access in the Applications ---> Utilities folder

We also use OD for permissions (e.g idle user logout)

If it helps I can send you some screen shots of the configuration

Carl Campion
Archmere Academy
302-798-6632x823

On Jul 8, 2009, at 3:27 PM, Renee Ramig wrote:

> I know this has been posted here before, but of course, I didn't
> need to
> know how to do this at the time :)
>
> We were a 95% PC school (with Macs laptops only in our K-1
> classrooms).
> But, I bought a cart of Macs to use in our middle school, primarily
> for
> video.
>
> I need to be able to have these Macs authenticate to my Active
> Directory. What is the easiest way to do this? The main reason I
> want
> this, is I am going to be using a content filter and bandwidth
> optimization appliance soon, and all users and groups need to be in my
> AD.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Renee Ramig
> Seven Hills School
>
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Re: Stumped by Word2003 to PDF to Word2007

Hi:

Sounds as if a block of text was selected and copied from a .pdf file, and
pasted into a document written in Word 07. Unfortunately, unless you have
Adobe Acrobat Elements there isn't much you can do to mark-up .pdf text .
But you can

1, select the paragraphs you want, and click copy.
2. open a new Word 07 doc. Paste your selection --it will no longer look
formatted. You have to tweak it in Word to make it make look like the rest
of the book/paper (font, size, layout, etc.).
3 .Copy this newly formatted paragraph
4. Go back to your Table of Contents. Delete the .pdf "block" of text and
paste the newly-minted paragraph , now written in Word 07.

It's not very elegant but it works.

Libby Mueller
Greenwich Library

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Poole, Aeronia
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 9:42 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Stumped by Word2003 to PDF to Word2007

All,
I'm stumped and under the clock: a colleague took a Word03 document,
converted it to PDF, then converted it to Word07.
The document is composed of anchored paragraphs in a Table of Contents
document; it is not allowing her to edit (i.e., inserting bullets). Any
ideas about the anchors?

Aeronia L. Poole
Educational Technology Specialist
& SMART Certified Trainer
The Madeira School
Department of Technology-Ed Tech Ctr
8328 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA 22102
apoole@madeira.org
703.556.8350

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Re: Mac on AD

Hi Renee,
This is actually the same problem we are tackling this summer. If you have
another tech person, you should let that person deal with the whole Mac
integration issue. This can eat up some time if you have a busy summer
schedule as you discover nuances in the binding, manage preferences, and
other issues you may not have thought of (1-2 weeks).

I can give you some thoughts about the situation.

Mac OS 10.4:
Does not integrate well with Active Directory. There is a way to do this,
but it will take some time to resolve. I know of a public school in my area
that uses Extremez-IP to resolve this situation. Unfortunately, we are
trying to phase out the 10.4 computers and it will cost us about $4,000 to
implement a 100 concurrent session software. It can be more cost effective
than purchasing Active Directory Binding clients.

Mac OS 10.5:
Integrates with Active Directory very well. The home folders show up as
predicted. Though you don't get the manage preferences, so we also bind the
computer to Open Directory on the XServe.

Active Directory Binding Helpers:
- ADmit Mac (client only)
- New Centrify (client only)
- Likewise (they have a free client version)
- Extremez-IP (server side only, client software not necessary)

Pushing the Binding:
As for the actual binding process, we purchase JAMF Casper Suite for our Mac
management. We push the binding configuration from the server instead of
doing it on the computers. It saved us a load of time from doing everything
manually. Instead of pushing out monolithic images, we push out modular
packages that allows us to customize groups of computers quickly.

Brian Lee
Manlius Pebble Hill School

> From: Renee Ramig <rramig@sevenhillsschool.org>
> Reply-To: A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 12:27:28 -0700
> To: <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Subject: Mac on AD
>
> I know this has been posted here before, but of course, I didn't need to
> know how to do this at the time :)
>
> We were a 95% PC school (with Macs laptops only in our K-1 classrooms).
> But, I bought a cart of Macs to use in our middle school, primarily for
> video.
>
> I need to be able to have these Macs authenticate to my Active
> Directory. What is the easiest way to do this? The main reason I want
> this, is I am going to be using a content filter and bandwidth
> optimization appliance soon, and all users and groups need to be in my
> AD.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Renee Ramig
> Seven Hills School
>
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> Submissions to ISED-L are released under a creative commons, attribution,
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Mac on AD

I know this has been posted here before, but of course, I didn't need to
know how to do this at the time :)

We were a 95% PC school (with Macs laptops only in our K-1 classrooms).
But, I bought a cart of Macs to use in our middle school, primarily for
video.

I need to be able to have these Macs authenticate to my Active
Directory. What is the easiest way to do this? The main reason I want
this, is I am going to be using a content filter and bandwidth
optimization appliance soon, and all users and groups need to be in my
AD. =20

Thanks,

Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School

Re: Exinda

We have a 4700 series box and love it. Easy to setup and configure. Tech =
support is great as well. You can contact me off-list if have more =
questions.
-Andy
=20
=20
Andrew Beasley
Network Administrator
Fort Worth Country Day
817.302.3234

>>> Renee Ramig <rramig@sevenhillsschool.org> 7/8/2009 12:20 PM >>>
Has anyone used them for bandwidth optimization and filtering? If so,
what do you think?

Thanks,

Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School

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Exinda

Has anyone used them for bandwidth optimization and filtering? If so,
what do you think?

Thanks,

Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School

Re: Social Networking guidelines

I think the larger question is less about privacy than about
navigating the potentially problematic waters of teacher-student
interaction via the social networking sites. (hence, the reference to
"...healthy, age-appropriate use...")--the things you mentioned are
certainly a cause for potential concern, but not so much with regards
to the specific educational environment & culture which is our primary
focus.

Ed Owens
Director of Technology
Episcopal Day School

On Jul 8, 2009, at 11:38 AM, Norman Constantine wrote:

> This is good stuff.....but why are we worried so much about what
> people can find out about us on social networking sites when we do
> not seem to be much troubled by government collections of electronic
> data (NSA, CIA engaged in domestic intelligence gathering, Homeland
> security databases that contain who knows what. ) which can be far
> more dangerous to your future and well-being than anything you leave
> on your FACEBOOK.

Re: Social Networking guidelines

This is good stuff.....but why are we worried so much about what people =
can find out about us on social networking sites when we do not seem to =
be much troubled by government collections of electronic data (NSA, CIA =
engaged in domestic intelligence gathering, Homeland security databases =
that contain who knows what. ) which can be far more dangerous to your =
future and well-being than anything you leave on your FACEBOOK.=20
=20
=20

________________________________

From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Jones, Nancy
Sent: Wed 7/8/2009 10:52 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Social Networking guidelines

This is GOOD!!
Do you provide any guidelines for parents in terms of trying to friend =
teachers on facebook or requesting to follow on Twitter? I find that a =
bit uncomfortable myself, even though I always decline. I guess I would =
prefer not being asked. it is almost like an invasion of my privacy in a =
way , or asking me for my home phone.

________________________________________
From: A forum for independent school educators [ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] =
On Behalf Of Doug Fodeman [dfodeman@brookwood.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 6:50 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Social Networking guidelines

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> =
writes:
>Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 14:54:18 -0500
>From: Ademola Popoola <popoola@gmail.com>
>Subject: Social Networking Best Practices for Teachers
>
>All,
>Does anyone have a policy outlining best practices of personal use of
>social
>networking sites for their faculty they're willing to share?
>Thanks,
>A. Popoola
>Sacred Heart Schools

Ademola,
We are a PreK-Grade 8 elementary school. Like many schools, we've =
grappled
with the difficulties and issues that arise with the use of online =
social
communities in the online world where privacy is eroded and there are no
boundaries. We developed the guidelines below for our faculty/staff
handbook for this fall. You are welcome to use any portion of this =
which
you find of value.

Best regards,
Doug Fodeman
ChildrenOnline.org
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
Douglas Fodeman
Director of Technology
Brookwood School
Manchester, MA 01944
http://www.Brookwood.edu <http://www.brookwood.edu/>=20
(978) 526-4500 X6233
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D

Guidelines for Faculty and Staff Use of Social Networks

1. CLASS USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING: New social networking tools and
features are being continually introduced which may or may not be
appropriate for course or student use. Social networks, even those
designed for education, give rise to unique concerns and inherent =
dangers
related to their use. In order to provide healthy, age-appropriate use =
of
social networks, faculty are asked to submit all requests for
school-sanctioned online social tools to the Division Heads Committee =
for
review.

2. MODEL APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR: Faculty should always exercise =
appropriate
discretion and professionalism with all online communications and =
postings
(friends, colleagues, parents, former students, etc.) since their =
behavior
on social networks may not be private.

3. FRIENDING ALUMNI: Although Brookwood encourages faculty to keep in
touch with alumni, faculty should be aware that such contact via the
Internet presents unique challenges and risks. Faculty should be aware
that the following conditions are all possible in communications online,
especially in social networks:

a) Current Brookwood students may be friends of alumni online, and
therefore the current students may see faculty posts to the alum =
accounts.

b) If current Brookwood students are friends of alumni online, those
students may also have indirect access to the faculty member's social
network account, depending on the privacy settings of the faculty =
member.

c) Photos or videos of faculty members that are tagged by others may be
available to anyone searching social networks.

d) Social networks have become commonplace locations for deception and
loss of privacy.

We recommend that faculty carefully review their privacy settings and
exercise care when posting content and information in their online
profiles. Faculty may wish to regularly review their personal pages,
especially when content is posted by others. As in all social =
situations,
faculty members should remember that, as teachers, they represent
Brookwood School. People can draw conclusions, however erroneous, based
on online activities which may affect their perceptions of your
professionalism.

4. PUBLIC INFORMATION: Given the open nature of the Internet, and social
networks in particular, it would be prudent for faculty to use social
networks as if none of their content is private, including photos and
videos.

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Re: Student Computers on LCD Projector

I believe a networked projector could take care of all of this. NOTE: I
haven't done this myself, so perhaps somebody else could weigh in to correct
me.

If I understand the way these work, the projector is assigned a fixed IP
address just like a networked printer. You install a small utility on each
laptop which would push the screen image across the network to the
projector. There is usually a password protection to prevent students from
'taking over' the projector uninvited.

Dan Berger
JPDS-NC

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of clienec@ucls.uchicago.edu
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 6:50 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Student Computers on LCD Projector

Check out the Class Spot product from Tidebreak. Simple drag and drop
cross platform screen sharing. Saw this at InfoComm in June and was
mightily impressed, will be piloting this and their Team Spot product this
year. They have been mostly in the higher ed space, and seemed surprised
by growing interest from folks like us.

Curt Lieneck

> Try Twitter or simple text messaging....nothing to hook up.
>
> Norman
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Bill Griscom
> Sent: Tue 7/7/2009 11:13 PM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: Student Computers on LCD Projector
>
>
>
> Renee,
>
> If you need a way to have the student push the image without the teacher's
> involvement, I'm not sure what would work best. If the teacher can just
> highlight the computer from a list and project it, you may want to look at
> Synchroneyes. It works very well for this. You may also want to consider
> iTalc, which is a free option.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill Griscom
>
> Director of Information Services
> Lancaster Country Day School
> 725 Hamilton Road
> Lancaster, PA 17603-2491
> 717.392.2916 x. 246
> griscomb@lancastercountryday.org
> Visit my blog @ https://talk.e-lcds.org/users/griscomb/
>
>
>>>> Renee Ramig <rramig@sevenhillsschool.org> 6/22/2009 10:31 PM >>>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> My middle school science teacher is getting a whole new science center
> this summer, and he wants tech to be like "Minority Report." :)
>
> One thing I am not sure how to do easily is this:
>
> Students will be working on experiments and one of them will want to look
> up something online. They grab a laptop, find something, and then they
> want to quickly share it with the rest of the class on the LCD projector.
>
> The way we do it now, is the student copies the link to the student share
> folder, goes over to the teacher computer that is hooked up to the LCD
> projector, opens up the share folder and clicks on the link.
>
> Is there a way to do this more easily? Is there any quick way to screen
> share from a student computer to a teacher computer? Or, is there a way
> to set up wireless VGA that any computer can connect to on the fly?
>
> One other caveat is that we decide on computer platform based on what best
> supports curriculum. For our science class this means a Mac running OSX.5
> for the teacher, 6 PCs running XP Pro, 6 Macs running OSX.4 for the
> students.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Renee Ramig
> Seven Hills School
>
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Re: Social Networking guidelines

This is GOOD!!
Do you provide any guidelines for parents in terms of trying to friend teac=
hers on facebook or requesting to follow on Twitter? I find that a bit unco=
mfortable myself, even though I always decline. I guess I would prefer not =
being asked. it is almost like an invasion of my privacy in a way , or aski=
ng me for my home phone.

________________________________________
From: A forum for independent school educators [ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On=
Behalf Of Doug Fodeman [dfodeman@brookwood.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 6:50 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Social Networking guidelines

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 14:54:18 -0500
>From: Ademola Popoola <popoola@gmail.com>
>Subject: Social Networking Best Practices for Teachers
>
>All,
>Does anyone have a policy outlining best practices of personal use of
>social
>networking sites for their faculty they're willing to share?
>Thanks,
>A. Popoola
>Sacred Heart Schools

Ademola,
We are a PreK-Grade 8 elementary school. Like many schools, we've grappled
with the difficulties and issues that arise with the use of online social
communities in the online world where privacy is eroded and there are no
boundaries. We developed the guidelines below for our faculty/staff
handbook for this fall. You are welcome to use any portion of this which
you find of value.

Best regards,
Doug Fodeman
ChildrenOnline.org
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=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
Douglas Fodeman
Director of Technology
Brookwood School
Manchester, MA 01944
http://www.Brookwood.edu
(978) 526-4500 X6233
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=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D

Guidelines for Faculty and Staff Use of Social Networks

1. CLASS USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING: New social networking tools and
features are being continually introduced which may or may not be
appropriate for course or student use. Social networks, even those
designed for education, give rise to unique concerns and inherent dangers
related to their use. In order to provide healthy, age-appropriate use of
social networks, faculty are asked to submit all requests for
school-sanctioned online social tools to the Division Heads Committee for
review.

2. MODEL APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR: Faculty should always exercise appropriate
discretion and professionalism with all online communications and postings
(friends, colleagues, parents, former students, etc.) since their behavior
on social networks may not be private.

a) Current Brookwood students may be friends of alumni online, and
therefore the current students may see faculty posts to the alum accounts.

c) Photos or videos of faculty members that are tagged by others may be
available to anyone searching social networks.

d) Social networks have become commonplace locations for deception and
loss of privacy.

We recommend that faculty carefully review their privacy settings and
exercise care when posting content and information in their online
profiles. Faculty may wish to regularly review their personal pages,
especially when content is posted by others. As in all social situations,
faculty members should remember that, as teachers, they represent
Brookwood School. People can draw conclusions, however erroneous, based
on online activities which may affect their perceptions of your
professionalism.

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Re: Stumped by Word2003 to PDF to Word2007

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Stumped by Word2003 to PDF to Word2007

All,
I'm stumped and under the clock: a colleague took a Word03 document,
converted it to PDF, then converted it to Word07.=20
The document is composed of anchored paragraphs in a Table of Contents
document; it is not allowing her to edit (i.e., inserting bullets). Any
ideas about the anchors?

Re: Student Computers on LCD Projector

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Social Networking guidelines

Best regards,
Doug Fodeman
ChildrenOnline.org
================================
Douglas Fodeman
Director of Technology
Brookwood School
Manchester, MA 01944
http://www.Brookwood.edu
(978) 526-4500 X6233
================================

Guidelines for Faculty and Staff Use of Social Networks

1. CLASS USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING: New social networking tools and
features are being continually introduced which may or may not be
appropriate for course or student use. Social networks, even those
designed for education, give rise to unique concerns and inherent dangers
related to their use. In order to provide healthy, age-appropriate use of
social networks, faculty are asked to submit all requests for
school-sanctioned online social tools to the Division Heads Committee for
review.

a) Current Brookwood students may be friends of alumni online, and
therefore the current students may see faculty posts to the alum accounts.

c) Photos or videos of faculty members that are tagged by others may be
available to anyone searching social networks.

d) Social networks have become commonplace locations for deception and
loss of privacy.

We recommend that faculty carefully review their privacy settings and
exercise care when posting content and information in their online
profiles. Faculty may wish to regularly review their personal pages,
especially when content is posted by others. As in all social situations,
faculty members should remember that, as teachers, they represent
Brookwood School. People can draw conclusions, however erroneous, based
on online activities which may affect their perceptions of your
professionalism.

Re: Student Computers on LCD Projector

Curt Lieneck

Re: Student Computers on LCD Projector

Try Twitter or simple text messaging....nothing to hook up.
=20
Norman

________________________________

From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Bill Griscom
Sent: Tue 7/7/2009 11:13 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Student Computers on LCD Projector

Renee,

If you need a way to have the student push the image without the =
teacher's involvement, I'm not sure what would work best. If the teacher =
can just highlight the computer from a list and project it, you may want =
to look at Synchroneyes. It works very well for this. You may also want =
to consider iTalc, which is a free option.

Regards,

Bill Griscom

>>> Renee Ramig <rramig@sevenhillsschool.org> 6/22/2009 10:31 PM >>>
Hi Everyone,

My middle school science teacher is getting a whole new science center =
this summer, and he wants tech to be like "Minority Report." :)

One thing I am not sure how to do easily is this:

Students will be working on experiments and one of them will want to =
look up something online. They grab a laptop, find something, and then =
they want to quickly share it with the rest of the class on the LCD =
projector.=20

The way we do it now, is the student copies the link to the student =
share folder, goes over to the teacher computer that is hooked up to the =
LCD projector, opens up the share folder and clicks on the link.

Is there a way to do this more easily? Is there any quick way to screen =
share from a student computer to a teacher computer? Or, is there a way =
to set up wireless VGA that any computer can connect to on the fly?

One other caveat is that we decide on computer platform based on what =
best supports curriculum. For our science class this means a Mac =
running OSX.5 for the teacher, 6 PCs running XP Pro, 6 Macs running =
OSX.4 for the students.

Thanks,

Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Re: creating Home Directories for AD clients

Hi there,

With our "Golden Triangle" set up we set the users home directory in
Active Directory (which gives an error about not being able to
pre-create the home directory {this is because we purposefully DIDN'T
give the write privileges on the home folder share as Active Directory
incorrectly creates the folder permissions and buggers everything up})
then we go onto the xServe storing the home folders and use the
command line tool "createhomedir" which will run through Active
Directory read all the user home directory locations and make the
folders for us with the correct initial settings we just have to add
any extra ACE/ACL we need on the end in Server Manager:

http://support.apple.com/kb/TA21050?viewlocale=en_US

James ;)

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Re: Student Computers on LCD Projector

Renee,

If you need a way to have the student push the image without the teacher's =
involvement, I'm not sure what would work best. If the teacher can just =
highlight the computer from a list and project it, you may want to look at =
Synchroneyes. It works very well for this. You may also want to consider =
iTalc, which is a free option.

Regards,

Bill Griscom

>>> Renee Ramig <rramig@sevenhillsschool.org> 6/22/2009 10:31 PM >>>
Hi Everyone,

My middle school science teacher is getting a whole new science center =
this summer, and he wants tech to be like "Minority Report." :)

One thing I am not sure how to do easily is this:

Students will be working on experiments and one of them will want to look =
up something online. They grab a laptop, find something, and then they =
want to quickly share it with the rest of the class on the LCD projector. =
=20

The way we do it now, is the student copies the link to the student share =
folder, goes over to the teacher computer that is hooked up to the LCD =
projector, opens up the share folder and clicks on the link.

One other caveat is that we decide on computer platform based on what best =
supports curriculum. For our science class this means a Mac running OSX.5 =
for the teacher, 6 PCs running XP Pro, 6 Macs running OSX.4 for the =
students.

Thanks,

Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School

creating Home Directories for AD clients

Please excuse the cross post

We need to add the class of 2013 to the Active Directory. Students'
Home Directories reside on one of two XServes. Last year when we
transitioned to the "Golden Triangle" the engineer set up the servers
and moved the student directories from Windows servers to the
Xserves. When we try to add in these new students we get a
permissions error when the AD attempts to create the Directory on the
Xserve.

I would appreciate any help .

thanks

Carl Campion
Director of Academic Technology
Archmere Academy
302-798-6632x823

Social Networking Best Practices for Teachers

All,

Does anyone have a policy outlining best practices of personal use of social
networking sites for their faculty they're willing to share?

Thanks,

--
A. Popoola
Sacred Heart Schools

Re: Corrupted DNS Entry

Is the domain Active Directory integrated? If not, you should be able to s=
ee the zone files in %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\DNS, and from there delete it.

S
---
Steven Dickenson <sdickenson@keyschool.org>
Computer Network Manager
The Key School, Annapolis Maryland

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> L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Renee Ramig
> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 2:37 PM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Corrupted DNS Entry
>=20
> Hi Everyone,
>=20
> I need help from some of the more techie people out there.
>=20
> I did not have a content filter installed this past year, so I messed aro=
und
> with creating new DNS entries on my Windows 2003 server to basically have
> users go to nowhere when they tried to go to specific websites.
>=20
> One of the entries (for facebook) is now corrupt. I just want to go in a=
nd
> delete it, but nothing I do in DNS will allow me to access the entry in a=
ny
> way, including to delete it. I get a red X and a message that says Zone =
Not
> Loaded by DNS Server. I cannot access the properties. When I try to del=
ete
> it, I get the message "The zone cannot be delete. Access was denied.) (=
I am
> logged in directly to the server where I created the dns record.)
>=20
> Does anyone know how to delete this out of the registry using regedit? Or=
is
> there some other way to force the DNS server to delete this corrupted DNS
> entry?
>=20
> Thanks,
>=20
> Renee Ramig
> Seven Hills School
>=20
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Re: Extended closing

Hi,
I am currently on summer break, but will be checking my e-mail every
few days. I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Have a great summer break!
~Amy Ward

Re: Extended closing

How do you like Alfresco with compared to Sharepoint Server? My school is
researching into implementing Sharepoint to share forms, guides, and general
handouts.

Brian Lee
Manlius Pebble Hill School

> From: Janet Thorson <janet.thorson@duchesne.org>
> Reply-To: <janet.thorson@duchesne.org>
> Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 13:04:14 +0000
> To: <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Subject: Re: Extended closing
>
> We have setup Moodle and alfresco to give us the capability for course
> continuation. For young learners parents will be trained on how to use the
> system. ALFRESCO will give us the ability for off-site file repository.
>
> Janet Thorson
> Duchesne Academy
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> Sent: Jul 6, 2009 9:55 PM
>
> During the swine flu media blitz, there was quite a bit of talk here
> about what schools would do if/when they were forced to close for an
> extended period of time. Would any elementary and/or middle school be
> willing to share their plan for continuing learning during an extended
> period? We're updating our crisis plan and I would like some examples
> to share as we discuss the possibilities.
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
> Bernadette Roche
>
>
>
> Director of Technology
>
> Oakhill Day School
>
> www.oakhilldayschool.org
>
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Monday, July 6, 2009

Extended closing

During the swine flu media blitz, there was quite a bit of talk here
about what schools would do if/when they were forced to close for an
extended period of time. Would any elementary and/or middle school be
willing to share their plan for continuing learning during an extended
period? We're updating our crisis plan and I would like some examples
to share as we discuss the possibilities.

Thank you,

=20

Bernadette Roche

=20

Director of Technology

Oakhill Day School

www.oakhilldayschool.org

bernadette.roche@oakhilldayschool.org

816.436.6228

=20

Re: Gradebook software

Hi, Norm.
We've used GradeQuick Web for two years with no problems. (I do like =
that they are responsible for security and back-ups!) Our MAC users =
sometimes get confused, since the interface is sightly different, but =
that has been the extent of any problems. The flexibility and wide =
variety of reports make it very appealing for my faculty.=20
Even with the new BlackBaud version for small schools, it is still =
rather pricey for us. Is the support still iffy? I had heard some =
complaints in the last two years, which is too bad, since I remember it =
as outstanding.

Judith Claire Robison
Director of Technology
Saint John's Catholic Prep

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Norman =
Constantine
Sent: Mon 7/6/2009 2:34 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Gradebook software
=20
I have used GradeQuick and I think is leaves much to be desired. If you
use Blackbaud Education Edge Faculty Access is the way to go. The best
part of FA is that it is web based and can be used from anywhere.
GradeQuick has serious work at home issues though they may have been
fixed at this time.=20

Norman=20

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Judith Robison
Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 9:03 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Gradebook software

Our teachers love GradeQuick. Volunteers tried 3 different gradebooks,
reported to the whole faculty who voted, and we've used GradeQuick for
the past 4 years.

Judith Claire Robison
St. John's Catholic Prep
Director of Technology=20
-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Bernadette Roche
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 3:52 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Gradebook software

At this time, we don't utilize any specific gradebook software, but
there has been an inquiry from a small group of teachers. My only
experience is with Integrade Pro and it wasn't a good one. Someone
mentioned Easy Grade Pro as a possibility. What other gradebook
programs have your teachers found particularly useful?

=20

Bernadette Roche

=20

Director of Technology

Oakhill Day School

www.oakhilldayschool.org

bernadette.roche@oakhilldayschool.org

816.436.6228

=20

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Re: Pen Pals

Renee -
You can find partners through organizations such as iEARN and ePals. I also
run an online community where people can find project partners:
http://globaleducation.ning.com.

Lucy Gray
Education Technology Specialist
Center for Elementary Math and Science Education
University of Chicago
http://cemse.uchicago.edu
773-702-2597
lucyg@uchicago.edu

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Renee Ramig <rramig@sevenhillsschool.org>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Do any of you have Pen Pals for your foreign language classes in
> elementary and /or middle school? If so, where do you find them? Are
> they native speakers?
>
> What about Pen Pals for other classes for elementary and middle school?
> Is anyone doing anything like this? If so, what grades, what subject
> area, and how are you organizing this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Renee Ramig
> Seven Hills School
>
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Pen Pals

Hi,

Do any of you have Pen Pals for your foreign language classes in
elementary and /or middle school? If so, where do you find them? Are
they native speakers?=20

What about Pen Pals for other classes for elementary and middle school?
Is anyone doing anything like this? If so, what grades, what subject
area, and how are you organizing this?

Thanks,

Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School

Re: Bandwidth Optimizing

Hi,

I have looked at NetEqualizer, but it doesn't have the filtering
capabilities as well as the specific user level services I need.

Thanks for the info on SonicWall.

Renee

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Dickenson, Steven
Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 12:48 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Bandwidth Optimizing

Have you looked at NetEqualizer?

I've used Sonicwall's bandwidth shaping in the past on several PRO
series appliances and found it wanting. Reporting was awful, too.

Jason Johnson has pretty good, if somewhat dated, firsthand experience
with the Cymphonix.

S
---
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Computer Network Manager
The Key School, Annapolis Maryland

> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:ISED-
> L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Renee Ramig
> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 3:42 PM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Bandwidth Optimizing
>=20
> Hi Everyone,
>=20
> I am trying to decide on the best bandwidth optimization product for
my
> school. I have narrowed it down to three. I am looking for something
> that is appliance based, easy to use, and school friendly. If you use
> any of these, I would love your input on how well you think they work
to
> monitor and adjust access and bandwidth by group and user.
>=20
> Sonic Wall
> Marshall 8e6
> Cymphonix
>=20
> Thanks,
>=20
> Renee Ramig
> Seven Hills School
>=20
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Re: Corrupted DNS Entry

Renee:

Do you only have the one DNS server internally? If so, Ryan's
approach should do the trick...though I would only do this if you have
a full backup of the server including the system state. Never poke an
AD/DNS server with sticks unless you have a way of unpoking it.
Otherwise, you may have no network at all!

If not, you may need to repeat the procedures on the
secondary/downline internal DNS servers as well. The trick in a multi
DNS environment is to do the fix and take the server offline then
repeat the steps on the other server and only then bring them back
online...otherwise you may inadvertently replicate the corrupt entry.

I would also recommend reviewing the event logs for DNS on the server
to see if there is more going wrong (especially in a multi AD/DNS
server environment as this could be a DNS replication issue).

On 7/6/09, Ryan Fox <Ryan@tads.com> wrote:
> Renee,
>
> Fixing DNS corruption within Active Directory will be beyond the scope of my
> suggested solution, but give this a try:
>
> From the DNS Snap-in:
> Expand your forward zones
> Get the properties for the faulty zone
> On the General tab, ensure the Type is Primary
> (If it is Active Directory Integrated, click change and uncheck the box at
> the bottom)
>
> From the Service Snap-in:
> Locate DNS Server Service
> Right click and select Stop
>
> From Windows Explorer:
> Navigate to %SystemRoot%\System32\dns
> Delete the .dns file for the faulty zone
>
> From the Service Snap-in:
> Locate DNS Server Service
> Right click and select Start
>
> From the DNS Snap-in:
> Expand your forward zones
> Right click the faulty zone and select Delete
> (It 'should' allow you to delete it now)
>
>
> Thanks,
> Ryan R. Fox
> TADS Technology Group
> www.tads.com
> 612.548.3333
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators
> [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Renee Ramig
> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 1:37 PM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Corrupted DNS Entry
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I need help from some of the more techie people out there.
>
> I did not have a content filter installed this past year, so I messed around
> with creating new DNS entries on my Windows 2003 server to basically have
> users go to nowhere when they tried to go to specific websites.
>
> One of the entries (for facebook) is now corrupt. I just want to go in and
> delete it, but nothing I do in DNS will allow me to access the entry in any
> way, including to delete it. I get a red X and a message that says Zone Not
> Loaded by DNS Server. I cannot access the properties. When I try to delete
> it, I get the message "The zone cannot be delete. Access was denied.) (I
> am logged in directly to the server where I created the dns record.)
>
> Does anyone know how to delete this out of the registry using regedit? Or is
> there some other way to force the DNS server to delete this corrupted DNS
> entry?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Renee Ramig
> Seven Hills School
>
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Re: Corrupted DNS Entry

Renee,

Fixing DNS corruption within Active Directory will be beyond the scope of m=
y suggested solution, but give this a try:

From the DNS Snap-in:
Expand your forward zones
Get the properties for the faulty zone
On the General tab, ensure the Type is Primary
(If it is Active Directory Integrated, click change and uncheck the box a=
t the bottom)

From the Service Snap-in:
Locate DNS Server Service
Right click and select Stop

From Windows Explorer:
Navigate to %SystemRoot%\System32\dns
Delete the .dns file for the faulty zone

From the Service Snap-in:
Locate DNS Server Service
Right click and select Start

From the DNS Snap-in:
Expand your forward zones
Right click the faulty zone and select Delete
(It 'should' allow you to delete it now)

Thanks,
Ryan R. Fox
TADS Technology Group
www.tads.com
612.548.3333

=09

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.=
EDU] On Behalf Of Renee Ramig
Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 1:37 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Corrupted DNS Entry

Hi Everyone,

I need help from some of the more techie people out there.

I did not have a content filter installed this past year, so I messed aroun=
d with creating new DNS entries on my Windows 2003 server to basically have=
users go to nowhere when they tried to go to specific websites.

One of the entries (for facebook) is now corrupt. I just want to go in and=
delete it, but nothing I do in DNS will allow me to access the entry in an=
y way, including to delete it. I get a red X and a message that says Zone =
Not Loaded by DNS Server. I cannot access the properties. When I try to d=
elete it, I get the message "The zone cannot be delete. Access was denied.=
) (I am logged in directly to the server where I created the dns record.)

Does anyone know how to delete this out of the registry using regedit? Or i=
s there some other way to force the DNS server to delete this corrupted DNS=
entry?

Thanks,

Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School

Re: Bandwidth Optimizing

Have you looked at NetEqualizer?

I've used Sonicwall's bandwidth shaping in the past on several PRO series a=
ppliances and found it wanting. Reporting was awful, too.

Jason Johnson has pretty good, if somewhat dated, firsthand experience with=
the Cymphonix.

S
---
Steven Dickenson <sdickenson@keyschool.org>
Computer Network Manager
The Key School, Annapolis Maryland

> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:ISED-
> L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Renee Ramig
> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 3:42 PM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Bandwidth Optimizing
>=20
> Hi Everyone,
>=20
> I am trying to decide on the best bandwidth optimization product for my
> school. I have narrowed it down to three. I am looking for something
> that is appliance based, easy to use, and school friendly. If you use
> any of these, I would love your input on how well you think they work to
> monitor and adjust access and bandwidth by group and user.
>=20
> Sonic Wall
> Marshall 8e6
> Cymphonix
>=20
> Thanks,
>=20
> Renee Ramig
> Seven Hills School
>=20
> [ For info on ISED-L see http://www.gds.org/ISED-L ]
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> commercial, share-alike license.
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Bandwidth Optimizing

Hi Everyone,

I am trying to decide on the best bandwidth optimization product for my
school. I have narrowed it down to three. I am looking for something
that is appliance based, easy to use, and school friendly. If you use
any of these, I would love your input on how well you think they work to
monitor and adjust access and bandwidth by group and user.

Sonic Wall
Marshall 8e6
Cymphonix

Thanks,

Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School

Keep up with Professional Dev Hrs.

Friends,

We are trying to determine an easier way for our teachers to keep up with
their professional development hours for conferences, workshops, etc. I
was considering devising a FMPro database, but I was curious if there was
a better way or if there might already be someone "out there" with a
template that would be willing to share?

My administrator is envisioning a place where she can record various
meetings, workshops, conferences . . . and then the teachers could click
the ones they've attended, and the hours would be automatically calculated
and put in a form.

Thanks!
Gail Braddock
Technology Specialist
St. George's Independent School
www.sgis.org
--
"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page."
Augustine (354-430 AD), philosopher

Corrupted DNS Entry

Hi Everyone,

I need help from some of the more techie people out there.

I did not have a content filter installed this past year, so I messed =
around with creating new DNS entries on my Windows 2003 server to =
basically have users go to nowhere when they tried to go to specific =
websites.

One of the entries (for facebook) is now corrupt. I just want to go in =
and delete it, but nothing I do in DNS will allow me to access the entry =
in any way, including to delete it. I get a red X and a message that =
says Zone Not Loaded by DNS Server. I cannot access the properties. =
When I try to delete it, I get the message "The zone cannot be delete. =
Access was denied.) (I am logged in directly to the server where I =
created the dns record.)

Does anyone know how to delete this out of the registry using regedit? =
Or is there some other way to force the DNS server to delete this =
corrupted DNS entry?

Thanks,

Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School

Re: Gradebook software

I have used GradeQuick and I think is leaves much to be desired. If you
use Blackbaud Education Edge Faculty Access is the way to go. The best
part of FA is that it is web based and can be used from anywhere.
GradeQuick has serious work at home issues though they may have been
fixed at this time.=20

Norman=20

Our teachers love GradeQuick. Volunteers tried 3 different gradebooks,
reported to the whole faculty who voted, and we've used GradeQuick for
the past 4 years.

=20

Bernadette Roche

=20

Director of Technology

Oakhill Day School

www.oakhilldayschool.org

bernadette.roche@oakhilldayschool.org

816.436.6228

=20

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Re: Gradebook software

Our teachers love GradeQuick. Volunteers tried 3 different gradebooks,
reported to the whole faculty who voted, and we've used GradeQuick for
the past 4 years.

=20

Bernadette Roche

=20

Director of Technology

Oakhill Day School

www.oakhilldayschool.org

bernadette.roche@oakhilldayschool.org

816.436.6228

=20

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Saturday, July 4, 2009

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Re: Free EdTech Unconference: Edubloggercon East in Boston July 28th

Thank you for your email. I will be off campus until Monday, July 13. I will have limited access to email. I will return your email when I am back on campus. If you need to reach someone at Harpeth Hall, please call the main number, 297-9543.

Thank you,
Joanne Mamenta

Re: Free EdTech Unconference: Edubloggercon East in Boston July 28th

I will be on vacation until July 20th. I will have limited access to email
and phone. If this is an emergincy please contact Roger Basham
(roger.basham@kcd.org) 502-814-4369).

Re: Free EdTech Unconference: Edubloggercon East in Boston July 28th

I'm away from School until Monday, the 6th.
I'll reply to your message when I return.
Thank you.

Free EdTech Unconference: Edubloggercon East in Boston July 28th

Hi everyone,
I am helping to organize this conference (see below for info) and would love
to see you there! Please check out the wiki
<http://www.edubloggercon.com/BLC2009>or reply here with any questions.
-Liz

Liz Davis
Director of Academic Technology
Belmont Hill School
Belmont, MA
http://www.belmonthill.org
http://www.edtechpower.blogspot.com
http://www.twitter.com/lizbdavis

*EduBloggerCon - East Coast (at BLC<http://novemberlearning.com/blc/events/>
)* *Tuesday, July 28th, 2009* Boston Park Plaza Hotel and
Tower<http://novemberlearning.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=113&Itemid=126>,
Boston, MA
9am - 5pm: Come all day, or any part of it!

At the first annual EduBloggerCon in Atlanta on June 23, 2007 it was
suggested that regional EduBloggerCon events be held to expand
participation. In that spirit, the *Second (annual?) EduBloggerCon "East*"
is being planned (thanks to the generosity of Alan
November<http://www.novemberlearning.com/>)
just prior to, the Buliding Learning Communities Conference
(BLC09)<http://novemberlearning.com/blc/>

EduBloggerCon is based on the idea of an "unconference," and is being
organized by the participants in real time on this
wiki<http://www.edubloggercon.com/BLC2009>.
Another way to describe this event is as a "collaborative conference," where
the conference attendees help to build and create the experience.

Last year's unconference was a wonderful learning experience attended by
educators from all over the country. Here is the link to last year's
wiki.<http://www.edubloggercon.com/BLC2008>

Next Steps - Add yourself to the "I'm Attending"
Page<http://www.edubloggercon.com/EBCEast-Attending>,
and submit a session idea on the
Agenda<http://www.edubloggercon.com/EBCEast-Agenda>
.

Re: Free EdTech Unconference: Edubloggercon East in Boston July 28th

I will be away from school Friday, July 3 - Sunday, July 12. While away I
will have limited email access. I look forward to reading and responding
to your email when I return on Monday, July 13, 2009.

Warmly-

Mark