do with email or SMS so I will probably just roll my own alerting system an=
d
bolt it on to our Whipple Hill installation. Voice calls are not at all wha=
t
we are looking for.
Jonathan
................................
Jonathan Mergy (jmergy@lwhs.org)
Director Of Technology
Lick-Wilmerding High School
755 Ocean Ave, SF CA 94112
P:415.333.4021 x365
http://www.lwhs.org
> From: Jason Johnson <jasonpj@yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: ISED-L <ISED-L@listserv.syr.edu>
> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:44:29 -0700
> To: ISED-L <ISED-L@listserv.syr.edu>
> Subject: Re: Alert Now
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> We have been using it for a year and it has been=A0great.=A0 Only tech compla=
int
> is that it could not be easily integrated with a home-grown SIS (not a
> surprise and realy an issue with the SIS).=A0 Only complaint from parents i=
s
> that it starts the message as soon as the phone picks up so the longer yo=
ur
> answering machine message, the more of the message you miss.=A0 We put in a
> longer pre-amble in the script (stock info before each message about the
> school and who is calling) and that seems to have taken care of it.=A0 For =
us it
> seemed to have the best mix of features to be used as an emergency and
> non-emergency contact system.=A0 We evaluated all the systems on the School
> Computing Wiki and Alert Now came out on top.
> =A0
> _J____________________________
> Jason at jasonpj@yahoo.com
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Bill Griscom <griscomb@e-lcds.org>
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 11:59:25 AM
> Subject: Alert Now
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> Hi everyone,
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> I was just wondering if any schools are using Alert Now and if you're hap=
py
> with the product and service.
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> Thanks!
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> Regards,
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> Bill Griscom
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> Director of Information Services
> Lancaster Country Day School
> 725 Hamilton Road
> Lancaster, PA 17603-2491
> 717.392.2916 x. 246
> griscomb@lancastercountryday.org
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