won two awards last year and it's free and open source software -
http://mahara.org
On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 16:45 -0400, David F. Withrow wrote:
> Our official policy is that these kinds of activities need to be part of the official
> site. There are good reasons to do this. 1.) Even at a rudimentary or cursory level we
> can monitor what is going on. [This school is, after all, responsible for official
> communication with our constituents.] 2.) Parents are reassured that what is posted is
> "official" because we do monitor the classroom pages frequently. 3.) We have discovered
> some limitations with the products some teachers use. In those rare cases we have a
> disclosure policy for the teachers, parents and students.
>
> In light of some of the limitations of our software we are exploring other avenues.
>
> David F. Withrow
> Director of Technology
> Harford Day School
> Bel Air, Maryland 21014
> voice: 410 879 2350 ex 33
> fax: 410 836 5918
> 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
>
>
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