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Saturday, December 19, 2009

Google Teacher Academy for Administrators

Since there's been a great deal of discussion around Google Apps on this
list, I thought I'd point out that the next Google Teacher Academy has been
announced. It's for administrators exclusively. Here's the blurb from the
Google Education newsletter.

"We know you're probably busy marking your final papers and getting your
classrooms in order before the holiday break, but we wanted to sneak in one
last message to you before you check out for the season.

We're very excited to announce our first ever Google Teacher Academy for
Administrators. Since many of you have been asking for a GTA for Admins for
a while, we've decided to host the first one immediately preceding the ASCD
conference, on Friday, March 5th in San Antonio, Texas. As you might know,
the Google Teacher Academy for Administrators is a FREE professional
development experience designed to help K-12 educational leaders get the
most from innovative technologies. Each Academy is an intensive, one-day
event where participants get hands-on experience with Google's free products
and other technologies, learn about innovative instructional strategies,
receive resources to share with colleagues, and learn how to apply examples
from our innovative corporate environment. Potential applicants include
educational leaders or decision makers including (but not limited to) school
principals, assistant principals, state, county or district superintendents,
technology directors or coordinators, and CTOs who actively serve K-12
teachers and students. For more information, please check out:
http://www.google.com/educators/gtaforadmins.html
OR
Apply before midnight, January 25th here:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dE1lYmFfTU4zN1RQWDBpX20wb3BsWXc6MA
"

I've served as a Lead Learner for previous Google Teacher Academies, so I
have some experience with the program. Please let me know if you have any
questions!

Lucy Gray
Education Technology Specialist
Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education
University of Chicago
http://cemse.uchicago.edu
773-834-5214 (Office)
682-233-5829 (Google Voice)

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Friday, December 18, 2009

Re: A solution for headphones/lice that works

We moved to having student headsets as a part of the student supply
list last year and keep the headphones in baskets with our 2nd through
6th grade. Our 7th and 8th graders bring their own with them to
class. It is working so much better than previous years and saves us
continually replacing headsets, which were always breaking within the
year, which does not happen with personal ownership of the item. Our
kindergarten and 1st grade really do not need head phones. I prefer
to be able to hear what they are doing in order to help them more
readily. I am adding headset splitters to my equipment next year for
group projects.

Lisa Douthit
Technology Resources & Locust Systems Admin
Notre Dame de Sion
ldouthit@ndsion.edu

_________________________________
"CQ + PQ > IQ. Curiosity Quotient plus Passion Quotient is more
important than Intelligence Quotient."
~Tom Friedman

On Dec 18, 2009, at 6:45 PM, Susan Ferris wrote:

> We devised a system that works.
> Each child has their own set of headphones that are stored in a
> plastic zip lock bag in a "class" crate in our lab.
> The headphones are less thatn $5 each, the plastic zip lock bag is
> cheap and the crates are from Target for less than $5 each.
> When the kids come in, they get the crate and pass out the headphones.
> It goes amazingly fast and there is no more concern about the
> headphones/lice.
>
> Susan Ferris
> The Pingry School
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Scott Wickham <scottus@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Get each child their own headphone they can bring with them or leave
>> in a plastic bag in the lab.
>>
>> its worth the $5 to parents to not have to worry about it. And would
>> probably cost less in teacher
>> time and cleaning solution (I am not sure that water would kill a
>> louse).
>>
>> http://www.buyextras.com/lihe.html
>>
>> http://www.buyextras.com/chhe.html
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Jennifer Howland <jenny@kdbs.org>
>> wrote:
>>> We have attached headphones on the computers in the lab. We have had
>>> several cases of lice. The headphones are made of naugahyde
>>> plastic on the
>>> outside with foam on the inside. I have been asked to wipe them
>>> down with
>>> water between each use. Does anyone have experience with this?
>>>
>>> If I were a louse I would find a better place to deplane than
>>> plastic
>>> headphones. My understanding that given 72 hrs the nits and lice
>>> die so
>>> over the weekend we start fresh.
>>>
>>> Any advice would be great. I want to stay away from chemical wipes.
>>>
>>> Jenny Howland
>>> Lower School Technology Teacher
>>> Katherine Delmar Burke School
>>> 7070 California Street
>>> San Francisco, CA 94121
>>> 415 751 0177 X326
>>>
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>>
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A solution for headphones/lice that works

We devised a system that works.
Each child has their own set of headphones that are stored in a
plastic zip lock bag in a "class" crate in our lab.
The headphones are less thatn $5 each, the plastic zip lock bag is
cheap and the crates are from Target for less than $5 each.
When the kids come in, they get the crate and pass out the headphones.
It goes amazingly fast and there is no more concern about the headphones/lice.

Susan Ferris
The Pingry School

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Scott Wickham <scottus@gmail.com> wrote:
> Get each child their own headphone they can bring with them or leave
> in a plastic bag in the lab.
>
> its worth the $5 to parents to not have to worry about it. And would
> probably cost less in teacher
> time and cleaning solution (I am not sure that water would kill a louse).
>
> http://www.buyextras.com/lihe.html
>
> http://www.buyextras.com/chhe.html
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Jennifer Howland <jenny@kdbs.org> wrote:
>> We have attached headphones on the computers in the lab. We have had
>> several cases of lice. The headphones are made of naugahyde plastic on the
>> outside with foam on the inside. I have been asked to wipe them down with
>> water between each use. Does anyone have experience with this?
>>
>> If I were a louse I would find a better place to deplane than plastic
>> headphones. My understanding that given 72 hrs the nits and lice die so
>> over the weekend we start fresh.
>>
>> Any advice would be great. I want to stay away from chemical wipes.
>>
>> Jenny Howland
>> Lower School Technology Teacher
>> Katherine Delmar Burke School
>> 7070 California Street
>> San Francisco, CA 94121
>> 415 751 0177 X326
>>
>> --
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908-568-1884

Re: Windows 7 workshop before NAIS in San Francisco

I will be away from school Saturday, December 19 - Monday, January 4
celebrating winter break. While away I will have limited email access. I
look forward to reading and responding to your email when I return.

Warmly-

Mark

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Re: Convert PPT to Video and add music

I would recommend Camtasia Studio. It can be used to record the action =
on your computer screen, plus it comes with a plug in for PowerPoint to =
turn a presentation into a video file (including all animations, =
transitions, and sound). You can also easily add sound to the =
presentation after you have converted it with Camtasia using the same =
software.

http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp

Stefan Anderson
Head of School

Conserve School - One semester can make a world of difference!
Inspiring high school juniors to environmental stewardship through their =
participation with the Conserve School semester.=20

5400 N. Black Oak Lake Rd., Land O' Lakes, WI 54540

Phone: (715) 547-1308=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Fax: (715) 547-1386
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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Bernadette Roche
Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 11:45 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Convert PPT to Video and add music

Anyone know a quick and easy way to convert a ppt to a video format that
I can add music to without too much distortion to the text and photos?
TIA!

=20

Bernadette Roche

=20

Director of Technology

Oakhill Day School

www.oakhilldayschool.org

bernadette.roche@oakhilldayschool.org

816.436.6228

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Re: Development Committee

Kelly, ISM has extensive information on forming Development Committees. (www.isminc.com)

Michael Christopher
Assistant Headmaster - School Advancement
Lausanne Collegiate School
1381 West Massey Rd
Memphis, TN 38120

901-474-1045 work
901-601-1113 cell

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>We are in the process of finally creating a Development Committee for our Board. Do you have a description of responsibilities you use for your Board Development Committee that you can share and any insight that may assist us as we move forward?
>Thanks so much for your help.
>
>
>Kelly D. Cotronis
>Cary Academy
>1500 N. Harrison Avenue
>Cary, NC 27513
>Kelly_cotronis@caryacademy.org<mailto:Kelly_cotronis@caryacademy.org>
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Windows 7 workshop before NAIS in San Francisco

Deploying Windows 7 in a K-12 Environment

San Francisco, CA

February 23rd from 10am =E2=80=93 3pm

=C2=20

Please join us on February 23rd in San Francisco for an interactive one d=
ay workshop on deploying Windows 7 in K-12 schools.=C2 The event is host=
ed by LaptopSchools.com and presenters include John Naclerio, from Berkel=
ey Preparatory School in Tampa,
Florida, Bran Berretta, from the Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis, T=
ennessee and Jesse Lara from the Harker School in San Jose. There will be=
technical and road-map presentations by top engineers from Microsoft and=
Lenovo that work exclusively in
the education field. Lunch will be sponsored by our partners [ http://www=
.LaptopInstitute.com ]www.LaptopInstitute.com, DyKnow and Educational Col=
laborators.

=C2=20

This event is designed for technology professionals; about two hours of t=
he workshop will be technical in nature, however we will encourage presen=
ters to L=E2=80=99NAU (Leave No Acronym Undefined). The school presenters=
will discuss their experiences and
transition from XP to Vista and their current upgrade strategy=E2=80=99s =
to Windows 7.

=C2=20

Deploying Windows in a K-12 Environment

Microsoft Offices

Suite 700

835 Market St. (three blocks from NAIS)

San Francisco, CA 94103

February 23rd from 10am =E2=80=93 3pm

Registration opens at 9am

There will be coffee, tea and a continental breakfast

Lunch will be served at noon

We will raffle off a Laptop or NetBook at 3pm

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RSVP INFO:

RSVP =E2=80=93 888-662-6924

Please RSVP by January 31st=20

[ mailto:events@laptopschools.com ]events@laptopschools.com

- Please include the following information:

Name of School

Name(s) of attendees, title for each, e-mail for each, and phone number f=
or each

=C2=20

Thank you & Happy Holidays,

=C2=20
Stewart Crais
Director of Operations
Lausanne Collegiate School
1381 West Massey Road
Memphis, TN 38120
(901) 474-1031 (v)
(901) 682-1696 (f)
scrais@lausanneschool.com
SKYPE: stewart.crais
www.lausanneschool.com

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=3D=3D=3D
Lausanne Laptop Institute - July 18 - 20, 2010
http://www.laptopinstitute.com

Sent with my laptop.

=C2=20

Stewart Crais
Director of Operations
Lausanne Collegiate School
1381 West Massey Road
Memphis, TN 38120
(901) 474-1031 (v)
(901) 682-1696 (f)
scrais@lausanneschool.com
SKYPE: stewart.crais
www.lausanneschool.com

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Lausanne Laptop Institute - July 18 - 20, 2010
http://www.laptopinstitute.com

Sent with my laptop.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Re: [Forum] Lice and Headphones? Lousy Headphones? Prevention

Get each child their own headphone they can bring with them or leave
in a plastic bag in the lab.

its worth the $5 to parents to not have to worry about it. And would
probably cost less in teacher
time and cleaning solution (I am not sure that water would kill a louse).

http://www.buyextras.com/lihe.html

http://www.buyextras.com/chhe.html

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Jennifer Howland <jenny@kdbs.org> wrote:
> We have attached headphones on the computers in the lab. We have had
> several cases of lice. The headphones are made of naugahyde plastic on the
> outside with foam on the inside. I have been asked to wipe them down with
> water between each use. Does anyone have experience with this?
>
> If I were a louse I would find a better place to deplane than plastic
> headphones. My understanding that given 72 hrs the nits and lice die so
> over the weekend we start fresh.
>
> Any advice would be great. I want to stay away from chemical wipes.
>
> Jenny Howland
> Lower School Technology Teacher
> Katherine Delmar Burke School
> 7070 California Street
> San Francisco, CA 94121
> 415 751 0177 X326
>
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--
Scott Wickham

Re: Who and what would you choose to help inspire a 'rethinking school', brainstorming effort? (2)

Bram,

Great summaries of the 3 books! Thanks so much for taking the time and
effort.

I'm in no position to call for a 'constitutional convention' and I'm not
sure something like that is needed, at least not at this point. I just want
to get creative educators together to brainstorm ideas.

I completely agree about the realities on the ground not being particularly
likely to provide fertile ground for whatever ideas are developed.

Buckminster Fuller once said, "You never change things by fighting the
existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the
existing model obsolete."

The infrastructure and components for a new model are already being
constructed at a blistering pace by innovative educators. This is not a
centrally directed top-down effort by 'administrators' but a collaborative
grassroots effort of teachers. Teachers who are passionate about their craft
and courageously exploring the new opportunities being opened up by
information technology.

An excellent example is the work Tom Daccord is doing with the teaching of
history. An overview of Tom's efforts are available in a presentation he
created for the 2009 K12 Online Conference.
http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=512

When we figure out how to put all these new educator-created virtual
structures together in coherent ways we will not so much make the existing
school model obsolete as transcend it. Personally I like the image of the
neocortex evolving to wrap over and around the old brain structures. (
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/659) The old brain structures remain
vitally important, but their roles are mediated by the intelligence provided
by the neocortex.

Fred

Sure, Fred. "Brief"? How's two paragraphs per book, with an intro and a
> conclusion, since it's Saturday?
>
> You seemed to be proposing some sort of "constitutional convention" on
> educational policy (not just building a blueprint for some new charter
> school). I present the three books as views of how change does or does not
> take place in schools, school systems, and the society that provides the
> inputs and supports for these. I am presuming that there's no shortage of
> great ideas, but that there are realities on the ground these new ideas
> would need to survive.
>
>
>

Re: Lice and Headphones? Lousy Headphones? Prevention

What about uv light? It is non-intrusive, non-chemical and supposed to be effective. We
will be using it at the start of the new year.

David F. Withrow
Director of Technology
Harford Day School
Bel Air, Maryland 21014
voice: 410 809 2406
fax: 410 836 5918
cell: 443 876 3422
skype: dfwithrow
http://www.harfordday.org

The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.
- Yogi Berra

Re: Lice and Headphones? Lousy Headphones? Prevention

Hello,
I will be on break from December 18th - January 2nd. While I will be
checking e-mail periodically on my break, it may take me a few days to get
back to you. Thank you for understanding, and have a lovely Holiday Season.
~Amy Ward

Lice and Headphones? Lousy Headphones? Prevention

We have attached headphones on the computers in the lab. We have had
several cases of lice. The headphones are made of naugahyde plastic on th=
e
outside with foam on the inside. I have been asked to wipe them down with
water between each use. Does anyone have experience with this?

If I were a louse I would find a better place to deplane than plastic
headphones. My understanding that given 72 hrs the nits and lice die so
over the weekend we start fresh.

Any advice would be great. I want to stay away from chemical wipes.

Jenny Howland
Lower School Technology Teacher
Katherine Delmar Burke School
7070 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94121
415 751 0177 X326

Re: Google Apps for Education Admin Tools

we have a 50/10 Comcast connection... and have moved to Gmail and
Calendaring and some google docs...

In HIS Service,

Joshua D. Sommermeyer
------
Assistant Principal for Curriculum and Technology
Concordia Lutheran High School - Ft. Wayne
-----
Director of Technology
NEILSS - Northeast Indiana Lutheran School Services
-----
jsommermeyer@clhscadets.com
(o) 260.483.1102 x214
(c) 260.446.7658
skype - jsommermeyer
twitter - jsommermeyer
wave - jsommermeyer@googlewave.com

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Thomas Flanagan <TFlanagan@winsor.edu>wrote:

> For those of you who have moved totally to Google Apps I am curious about
> the bandwidth that each of your schools presently has.
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Re: Tablets

Thanks, everyone.

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Vi Richter
Instructor=A0and Academic Technology Coordinator
Information Technology Services
Phillips Exeter Academy
http://www.exeter.edu/ITS

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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Richter, Lavina A.
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 10:35 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Tablets

Hi, all,

=20

We're planning a tabletPC show and tell and would like to include a few
new tablet options. Currently we have about 70 tablets deployed among
our faculty (Dells and Lenovo). What are you buying these days? Anyone
try the Trimble?

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Thanks, Vi

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Vi Richter

Instructor and Academic Technology Coordinator

Information Technology Services

Phillips Exeter Academy

http://www.exeter.edu/ITS <http://www.exeter.edu/ITS>=20

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Development Committee

We are in the process of finally creating a Development Committee for our B=
oard. Do you have a description of responsibilities you use for your Board=
Development Committee that you can share and any insight that may assist u=
s as we move forward? Thanks so much for your help.

Kelly D. Cotronis
Cary Academy
1500 N. Harrison Avenue
Cary, NC 27513
Kelly_cotronis@caryacademy.org<mailto:Kelly_cotronis@caryacademy.org>

Re: Google Apps for Education Admin Tools

For those of you who have moved totally to Google Apps I am curious about t=
he bandwidth that each of your schools presently has.

Re: [Forum] Has anyone done restaurant reviews w/kids...

Sounds like a great project- looking forward to seeing what you decide to
use-

Kerri

Kerri Richardson Redding
Director of Academic Technology
Brooklyn Friends School
375 Pearl Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201

www.brooklynfriends.org
krichardson@brooklynfriends.org
fax 718.643.4868
tel 718.852.1029.251

Skype/Twitter: Nandikerri
Linkedin: Kerri Richardson-Redding

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Laurie Bartels <
laurie_bartels@ryecountryday.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In January our 7th and 8th grade language classes (French, Spanish, Chinese
> and Latin) will be heading into NYC for a one-day field trip. Each language
> group will be having lunch at a restaurant representative of the cuisine of
> their language.
>
> As one of the culminating activities for the day, students will be writing
> restaurant reviews (I believe in both English and in the language they are
> studying).
>
> Has anyone had students post restaurant reviews online? If so, do you have
> any tips or caveats? I was thinking along the lines of posting to
> Urbanspoon. The students need an email (which they have) and can log in
> without using their last name. Their reviews will be looked at by their
> language teachers prior to submission, and they are being asked to adhere to
> a standard format for restaurant reviewing.
>
> Thanks for any advice you might provide!
>
> And may everyone have a wonderful vacation!
> ~Laurie
>
> -----
> Laurie Bartels
> Coordinator Technology Training
> Rye Country Day School
> Cedar Street
> Rye, NY 10580
> laurie_bartels@ryecountryday.org
> 914.925.4562
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Intensive Training in Cooperative Learning Conference- August 23-25, 2010

Hello,

Please share with your colleagues the information below regarding the Intensive Training in Cooperative Learning Conference at Havergal College from Monday, August 23 - Wednesday, August 25, 2010.

Time: 8:30am - 3:30pm

Location: Havergal College(Preeminent JK - 12th grade preparatory school for girls) 1451 Avenue Road, Toronto, ONTARIO Canada

This three-day interactive professional development will introduce cooperative learning and brain compatible structures for use in the junior, middle and upper school classrooms.

This brain compatible cooperative learning workshop includes an in-depth look at the five basic elements of cooperative learning and why they are essential in the cooperative (and brain compatible) classroom.

The 5 Basic Elements of Cooperative Learning
Positive interdependency
Individual and group accountability
Group processing
Social and interpersonal skills
Face-to-face interaction

This interactive three-day workshop will introduce cooperative learning and brain compatible structures for use in the junior, middle and upper school classrooms. Teachers will prepare their own cooperative lesson as well as participate in lesson design
to extend their understanding of cooperative structures.

The three-day workshop is led by Seonaid Davis, educational consultant with extensive experience in developing, presenting and facilitating cooperative learning. She has received rave reviews for her work with local and international schools. Teachers
will leave the workshop prepared to walk into their next class and use brain compatible and cooperative learning structures and strategies.

Breakfast, lunch, snacks and all resources are included in the conference fee. Cost - $350

To register please email [ fcp://@havergal.on.ca,%231002496/Mailbox/alake@havergal.on.ca ]alake@havergal.on.ca or call 416.483.3843 ex. 6704.

Best,
Christine

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Havergal College
cshain@havergal.on.ca
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www.havergal.on.ca

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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Re: Online VB resources for high school

Brenda,

I don't have specific references for you, but you could start looking on
Alfred Thompson's blog. He is a former computer science teacher and is now a
technology evangelist for Microsoft - although his blog is not limited to MS
products.

http://blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/

If you're not already a member, you might check out the Computer Science
Teachers Association:

http://www.csta.acm.org/

Hope that helps.

Mark Whipple

Computer Science Teacher
Instructional Technology Specialist
Prospect Hill Academy Charter School
Cambridge, MA

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Brenda Rilling <rilling@selwyn.ca> wrote:

> Season's greetings everyone!
>
> Would love to hear real references for online VB resources/texts/exercises
> appropriate for 10th/11th graders.
>
> Many thanks,
> Brenda
>
> Brenda Rilling
> CS Teacher
> Selwyn House School
> 95 Cote St. Antoine
> Montreal, Canada
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Re: a question about posting your students' grades on line

Greetings -

We are an all boys high school (1250+ students). We been posting grading
information online for about 3 years now. We are on a quarter/semester
system and we post PDFs of report cards at the end of each quarter to secure
portals for students and parents. During the quarter, faculty are required
to post 2 "mid-quarter" reports to the secure portal. Some teachers do the
minimum while others post updates on a weekly basis.

Initially, our students were a bit bothered by the fact that their parents
could see such up-to-date information even before the boys got home from
school, but that didn't last very long and mostly the students aren't
bothered by how up-to-date their parents are. Mostly the students like the
constant updates and after the first few months three years ago, we haven't
received any complaints from students.

We did go through the "helicopter parent" stage when we first started, but
in hindsight we blame ourselves for that. We did not do enough
communicating with parents before we started posting information online to
emphasize that the parents' first conversation about grades should be with
their son and only after that should they call a teacher. (When we first
started there were cases of teachers receiving emails and phone calls from
parents within 15 minutes of having posted an update online. We no longer
experience this.) We now do a better job of educating parents at the start
of each school year and we now have few to no helicopter parents acting out.

Answers to your itemized questions.
1. We do NOT post individual assignment grades, just up-to-date summaries.
These summaries must be posted at least twice during each quarter (posting
dates are on our school calendar).
2. We post for grades 9 - 12.
3. The students like it. Mostly the students like that everything is
online and they can pull up their assignments and grades from school and
home equally as easily.
4. Based on annual surveys of our parents, it has only improved
communication between parents, students, and faculty.
5. There have been some philosophical discussions, but after 3 years of
doing this, most of that has died down. Our faculty now have other concerns
that are raising other philosophical questions. Overall, no one
fundamentally disagreed with the sharing of information.

This spring, we completed our migration to being almost completely paper
free in our communications with parents. The last letter that our families
receive is their acceptance letter. That letter contains username/password
information to log in to their accepted student portal and from that point
on, all communication is electronic. The overwhelming majority of our
parents approve of this change.

Christopher

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

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Kris Schulte <kschulte@stuartschool.org>wrote:

> Do any of your schools post your students grades on line? If so, I was
> wondering if you could give me some info about the following:
>
> 1. Do you post every grade (for each test, quiz, etc) or just cumulative
> grades at certain points in the term (i.e. mid term or end of term)?
> 2. What grade levels do you do post (i.e grades 9-12, K-12, etc)?
> 3. What has been the impact on your students?
> 4. What has been the impact on how the parents relate to their kids with
> all this information?
> 5. How has it impacted parent-school and parent-teacher relationships and
> communication?
> 6. What philosophical issues has this raised and how have you dealt with
> these? (I am thinking about the issue of helicopter parents, fostering
> student independence, changing the balance between grades and learning,
> impact on motivation, and many others)
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
> Kris Schulte
> Dean of Faculty
> Stuart Country Day School
> 1200 Stuart Road, Princeton, NJ 08540
> 609-921-2330
> fax 609-497-0784
> kschulte@stuartschool.org
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