Independent School Educators' List (ISED-L): November 2009

Monday, November 30, 2009

Re: a question

You could also set this up on a very simple Drupal site using the webform module: http://drupal.org/project/webform

Students could be allowed to submit forms anonymously, or they could choose to include their name (if they wished).

Additionally, all submissions can be exported in CSV format, which would allow you to analyze the data in a variety of ways.

Cheers,

Bill

----- Original Message ----
From: Kris Schulte <kschulte@stuartschool.org>
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Sent: Mon, November 30, 2009 12:06:01 PM
Subject: a question

Do any of you use a program for students to do class/teacher evaluations?

We are looking for something simple that will compile the results by class, and will include not only ratings but comments.

The survey monkey we used had a hard time integrating comments with ratings and also separating out classes.

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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At Viewpoint we have begun the process of moving the K-6 Math Curriculum
towards Singapore Math. We are using an American edition of the book, we
have had a 3-day workshop with Dr. Robert Bisk, and we are getting some
additional in-service training from the Pi Project in Palo Alto. We have begun
in K-1, plan to add perhaps 2-3 next year. Lots of teachers are learning
and using the modeling techniques of the program. We have not tossed out
other materials but will continue to enrich with them.
Margaret Bowles
Assoc. Head for Academic Affairs
Viewpoint School
Calabasas, CA

Re: Math Curriculum Adoption

Hi Shelly--

We use Investigations (2nd edition) for K-5 and Connected Math for 6-8. We
have well-established benchmarks for basic number combinations at each grade
level K-5, based on the program's curriculum. We also use Boston's
assessments for end-of-unit and end-of-year benchmarking. Additionally, we
have implemented instructional standards or non-negotiables (60 minutes of
math a day, plus 10 minute math), monthly "looking at student work" sessions
at grade level, and ongoing professional development. We also use Math
Forum for weekly problems K-8, Math Olympiads for the monthly Math Club, and
other problems for differentiation around readiness and interest--these are
open to everyone and optional for teacher and parent use.

In the 10 years we have used these curricula we have found that the
instructional component, along with strong professional development through
math coaching and collaborative coaching is what makes the greatest
difference for our students.

Chris Weiss
Assistant Academic Dean/Learning Catalyst
Trinity Episcopal School
Charlotte, NC
-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Christy Vail
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 5:07 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Math Curriculum Adoption

Hi Shelly,
We have used Everyday Math for 7 years. We supplement with basic facts, but
otherwise we are pleased with the program and our students have a solid
foundation in math.
Christy Vail
Head of Lower School
Sacramento Country Day

On 11/30/09 1:45 PM, "Shelly DuBose" <sdubose@graland.org> wrote:

> This year our head of school has appointed a Math Task Force that is
charged
> with looking at the overall math program at our K-8 independent school.
One
> element of this process entails us reviewing our current lower school math
> curriculum (Investigations) to determine if it best meets the needs of our
> community. As we do this, the task force will also be reviewing other
> reputable curricula. While we have specific grade level benchmarks and a
> philosophy about how math should be taught/learned in mind; I am curious
about
> what other independent schools are currently using for lower school math.
If
> anyone else has gone through a recent adoption I would also appreciate
hearing
> about your process and the names of texts you reviewed.
>
> Thank you,
> Shelly DuBose
> Graland Country Day School
> Denver, Colorado
>
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Re: Math Curriculum Adoption

On 11/30/09 1:45 PM, "Shelly DuBose" <sdubose@graland.org> wrote:

> This year our head of school has appointed a Math Task Force that is charged
> with looking at the overall math program at our K-8 independent school. One
> element of this process entails us reviewing our current lower school math
> curriculum (Investigations) to determine if it best meets the needs of our
> community. As we do this, the task force will also be reviewing other
> reputable curricula. While we have specific grade level benchmarks and a
> philosophy about how math should be taught/learned in mind; I am curious about
> what other independent schools are currently using for lower school math. If
> anyone else has gone through a recent adoption I would also appreciate hearing
> about your process and the names of texts you reviewed.
>
> Thank you,
> Shelly DuBose
> Graland Country Day School
> Denver, Colorado
>
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Re: a question

Check out Response-o-matic.com.
Allows you to create your own surveys, for each class-- lots of features
from which to select. (They are basically the same web components you'd
find in site design applications, but all you have to do here is add up the
features you like, questions, --long answers, short answers, multiple
choice--and upload it to your class webpage--and have the results sent to
your email.You could designate a mailbox for responses.
LM

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Kris Schulte
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 3:06 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: a question

Do any of you use a program for students to do class/teacher evaluations?

We are looking for something simple that will compile the results by class,
and will include not only ratings but comments.

The survey monkey we used had a hard time integrating comments with ratings
and also separating out classes.

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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Math Curriculum Adoption

This year our head of school has appointed a Math Task Force that is charge=
d with looking at the overall math program at our K-8 independent school. =
One element of this process entails us reviewing our current lower school m=
ath curriculum (Investigations) to determine if it best meets the needs of =
our community. As we do this, the task force will also be reviewing other =
reputable curricula. While we have specific grade level benchmarks and a p=
hilosophy about how math should be taught/learned in mind; I am curious abo=
ut what other independent schools are currently using for lower school math=
. If anyone else has gone through a recent adoption I would also appreciat=
e hearing about your process and the names of texts you reviewed.

Thank you,
Shelly DuBose
Graland Country Day School
Denver, Colorado

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Re: a question

I would agree with that. in addition, it can give the kids some anonymity a=
s well

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.=
EDU] On Behalf Of Dorothy Bialke
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 2:24 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: a question

Kris,
I suggest you use Google Documents- forms. This programs allows you to int=
egrate various types of questions with the option for comments.

Dorothy

Dorothy Bialke, Principal
St. Raphael's Catholic School
7301 Bass Lake Road
Crystal, MN 55428

763-504-9450 ext. 352

Visit us online:http://srsmn.org/
My Blog: http://dorothybialke.srsmn.org

On Nov 30, 2009, at 2:06 PM, Kris Schulte wrote:

> Do any of you use a program for students to do class/teacher=20
> evaluations?
>
> We are looking for something simple that will compile the results by=20
> class, and will include not only ratings but comments.
>
> The survey monkey we used had a hard time integrating comments with=20
> ratings and also separating out classes.
>
> 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
>
> [ For info on ISED-L see=20
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Re: a question

Kris,
I suggest you use Google Documents- forms. This programs allows you
to integrate various types of questions with the option for comments.

Dorothy

Dorothy Bialke, Principal
St. Raphael's Catholic School
7301 Bass Lake Road
Crystal, MN 55428

763-504-9450 ext. 352

Visit us online:http://srsmn.org/
My Blog: http://dorothybialke.srsmn.org

On Nov 30, 2009, at 2:06 PM, Kris Schulte wrote:

> Do any of you use a program for students to do class/teacher
> evaluations?
>
> We are looking for something simple that will compile the results by
> class, and will include not only ratings but comments.
>
> The survey monkey we used had a hard time integrating comments with
> ratings and also separating out classes.
>
> 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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> ]
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Re: a question

Kris,
I suggest you use Google Documents- forms. This programs allows you
to integrate various types of questions with the option for comments.

Dorothy

Dorothy Bialke, Principal
St. Raphael's Catholic School
7301 Bass Lake Road
Crystal, MN 55428

763-504-9450 ext. 352

Visit us online:http://srsmn.org/
My Blog: http://dorothybialke.srsmn.org

On Nov 30, 2009, at 2:06 PM, Kris Schulte wrote:

a question

Do any of you use a program for students to do class/teacher evaluations?

We are looking for something simple that will compile the results by =
class, and will include not only ratings but comments.

The survey monkey we used had a hard time integrating comments with =
ratings and also separating out classes.

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

Re: Development Resources

We use an overlay for Your Pay. We have had tons of problems with them. Iss=
ues with them counting charges as fraudulent, or charging people and not se=
nding us a report of it. And then we have issues for our business office re=
conciling it. Does anyone use a processor that integrates better?

Ali

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.=
EDU] On Behalf Of Peggy Dolter
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 12:19 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Development Resources

We formerly used Your Pay for credit card processing. This year we=20
started using Diamond Mind at the request of our business=20
office. Our business office might start allowing tuition payments=20
via Diamond Mind.

We use Millennium (owned by Sage Software) for our database -- not=20
just for gifts but also several other functions for the school. We=20
use the SQL version but it is available for Oracle too. I write=20
reports in Crystal Reports. We've been on Millennium through a=20
number of upgrades, going back to 1992.

You might want to see if CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of=20
Education) has any seminars etc. that look good to you.

Peggy Dolter
John Burroughs School
St. Louis, Missouri
mdolter@jburroughs.org

At 01:27 PM 11/22/2009, you wrote:
I would also recommend InResonance fund raising offering , "Generations."
The offer a great value. [www.inresonance.com]

On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Jim Heynderickx <jheynder@gmail.com> wrote=
:

> Jason,
>
> As part of your review of online credit card processing gateways, you
> should
> look at IATS, which is part of Ticketmaster:
>
> http://www.iats.ticketmaster.com/english/index.html
>
> If you consider Blackbaud Raiser's Edge as a database for fund-raising
> efforts, you might have some pre-sales meetings with them on larger
> strategy
> issues, given that they work with a rather large array of non-profits.
>
> Jim Heynderickx
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Jason Johnson <jasonpj@yahoo.com> wrote=
:
>
> > I am working with a school to start a development office and I have tw=
o
> > questions:
> >
> > 1. Outside of the NAIS and ISM resources are there any good resources=
I
> > should be looking at. I am primarily focusing on grant funding and
> starting
> > an endowment and any hints would be appreciated.
> >
> > 2. What are the best hosted solutions for collecting donations via
> credit
> > card, over the web. I have looked at both PayPal and AuctionPay and t=
he
> > features/pricing are not particularly inspiring. Workflows for mailin=
g
> > acknowledgment of the gift and/or lower prices are what I am most
> interested
> > in.
> >
> > _J
> > ____________________________
> > Jason at jasonpj@yahoo.com
> >
> >
> >
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--=20
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Chief Catalyst

"We can't afford to make 'perfect' the enemy of the absolutely necessary."
--- President Obama
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l>
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Re: Calendaring Software

We have a system that was created by the former Web Director and a consulta=
nt. Our system is pretty complex and events can be checked off to automatic=
ally appear on our website calendar. Individuals can put in room set ups, o=
rder in-house catering, etc. We have an assistant who is responsible for ch=
ecking off and making sure that there are no room conflicts. Approval is do=
ne by room managers (for hotly contested areas), the head of the cafeteria,=
the head of security, head of facilities, and then the calendar secretary.=
I haven't found something that could replace this system.

Ali

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.=
EDU] On Behalf Of Joshua Sommermeyer
Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 9:00 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Calendaring Software

What are others using for calendaring/facilities scheduling software. I'd
like to have an All-in-one solution for athletics/clubs/etc. We currently
use Calendar Creator (which is a horrible solution)...

Thanks!

In HIS Service,

Joshua D. Sommermeyer
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Concordia Lutheran High School - Ft. Wayne
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NEILSS - Northeast Indiana Lutheran School Services
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Re: a question about posting your students' grades on line

Ellen,

I am not familiar with "Proof". Could you provide some more information
or a web link?

Online Grades has an established export format for the grade book
software programs to use. In theory any grade book software would work,
if they supported that export format. Online Grades does have some
support for comments (via 2 methods). You could look at building the
export from Filemaker to Online Grades.

-Sam

> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:31:08 -0500
> From: Ellen Nodelman <enodelman@rocklandcds.org>
> Subject: Re: a question about posting your students' grades on line
>
> Hi Sam,
> That sounds very interesting. I looked at the site and at the moment we
> don't use any of those particular programs for grading. I'm hoping to
> change the horrible one we now have but we have to find something cost
> effective since the school ploughed considerable amounts of money into the
> one we now have and dislike (it also helps with the schedule).
>
> We're looking at a program that works with filemaker pro, which we've used
> in the past, but haven't settled on anything. What we really need is
> something that will enable us to include decent comments with the grades.
> Do you know if any of these particular programs have that sort of
> sophistication and flexibility?
>
> Alternatively, would something like "Proof" be compatible with online
> grades?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ellen
>
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Sam Snow <snowsam@laurel-point.net> wrote:
>
>
>>
>> > I have helped several schools set up the free Online Grades software -->
>> > http:\\www.onlinegrades.org . It is free and the key to being able to use
>> > it is to set up compatible web hosting and have a compatible grade book
>> > software to produce the exports for the Online Grades software.
>> >
>> > -Sam
>> >

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Wordpress help

We are managing our wpmu blogs on a shared server (bluehost) and
experiencing many page load delays. Can anyone recommend a good host, one
that provides cPanel access w/ some management? I do not have experience
with php.
Thanks
Susan

Susan Carter Morgan
Instructional Technology Coordinator
English 8
Fredericksburg Academy
Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401
540-898-0020
http://fredericksburgacademy.org

Moodle and SSL

Any sites running Moodle with SSL? I'm having a terrible time with the
Visual Theme not rendering over SSL. Any help would be appreciated. If
you could reply to me directly I'd appreciate it as this is not an email
account that is checked terribly regularly.

Thanks!

--
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Network Administrator
Garrison Forest School
300 Garrison Forest Road
Owings Mills, Maryland 21117
Office: 410.559.3212
Cellular: 410.504.3960
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Re: A Brief Introduction

Tom Phelan is very modest about his career accomplishments, and excels at h=
is low-key manner of taking responsibility, as he is now our newest ISED-L =
administrator. I have come to know Tom through edACCESS, the original techn=
ology peer conference. His contributions and insights to the edACCESS group=
have been as invaluable as his posts to this listserv. In 2001, when Tim C=
orica stepped down as Technology Director at Peddie to become their Academi=
c Dean, I was convinced nobody would be able to fill Tim's shoes. Tom prove=
d me wrong, and I'm happy for Peddie, Tom, Tim, and John Green, their visio=
nary Head.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Joel

On 11/25/09 1:48 PM, "Thomas Phelan" <tphelan@peddie.org> wrote:

After being a co-manager of ISED-L for over six years, Curt Lieneck asked m=
e
to take over his role as co-manager of ISED-L as he needs to focus his
attention on other things (please see Curt's 9/27 post). I've been followin=
g
ISED-L for as long as I can remember both as a teacher and technology
director and I have benefitted much from the many great ISED-L discussion
threads, so I was more than happy to accept Curt's offer and give a little
back to ISED-L.

Managing a listserv is much like many other technology responsibilities; if
we do our job well you won't even know we are doing anything. So my hope is
that you won't hear from me again with my co-manager hat on :)

Lastly, a few words about myself. I began teaching math and physics in 1993
at the Hun School of Princeton in Princeton NJ and was there until 1997.
After testing the waters briefly in the business world, I returned to
teaching joining Newton Country Day School in Newton MA in 1998. While at
NCDS I became the technology director. In 2001 I joined the Peddie School i=
n
Hightstown NJ as technology director.

I am also very familiar with LSoft's listserv software (the software that
runs the ISED-L listserv) since we host an LSoft powered listserv at Peddie=
.
While hosting a listserv is not a huge job, it does take time so I want to
take this opportunity to publicly thank the techies at Syracuse University
for their generosity in continuing to host the ISED-L list.

Thanks and long live the great discussion threads on ISED-L :) !!

--
Tom Phelan
Co-Manager, Independent School Educator's Listserv (ISED-L)

Director of Technology
Peddie School
tphelan@peddie.org

--
Joel Backon
Director of Academic Technology / History
Choate Rosemary Hall
333 Christian St.
Wallingford, CT 06492
203-697-2514

A Brief Introduction

After being a co-manager of ISED-L for over six years, Curt Lieneck asked me
to take over his role as co-manager of ISED-L as he needs to focus his
attention on other things (please see Curt's 9/27 post). I've been following
ISED-L for as long as I can remember both as a teacher and technology
director and I have benefitted much from the many great ISED-L discussion
threads, so I was more than happy to accept Curt's offer and give a little
back to ISED-L.

I am also very familiar with LSoft's listserv software (the software that
runs the ISED-L listserv) since we host an LSoft powered listserv at Peddie.
While hosting a listserv is not a huge job, it does take time so I want to
take this opportunity to publicly thank the techies at Syracuse University
for their generosity in continuing to host the ISED-L list.

Thanks and long live the great discussion threads on ISED-L :) !!

--
Tom Phelan
Co-Manager, Independent School Educator's Listserv (ISED-L)

Director of Technology
Peddie School
tphelan@peddie.org

Re: a question about posting your students' grades on line

Hi Sam,
That sounds very interesting. I looked at the site and at the moment we
don't use any of those particular programs for grading. I'm hoping to
change the horrible one we now have but we have to find something cost
effective since the school ploughed considerable amounts of money into the
one we now have and dislike (it also helps with the schedule).

We're looking at a program that works with filemaker pro, which we've used
in the past, but haven't settled on anything. What we really need is
something that will enable us to include decent comments with the grades.
Do you know if any of these particular programs have that sort of
sophistication and flexibility?

Alternatively, would something like "Proof" be compatible with online
grades?

Thanks,

Ellen

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Sam Snow <snowsam@laurel-point.net> wrote:

>
>> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:41:28 -0500
>> From: Ellen Nodelman <enodelman@rocklandcds.org>
>> Subject: Re: a question about posting your students' grades on line
>>
>>
>> Hello, Tom,
>>
>> I was wondering what system you use for your online grades.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Ellen
>>
>
> I have helped several schools set up the free Online Grades software -->
> http:\\www.onlinegrades.org . It is free and the key to being able to use
> it is to set up compatible web hosting and have a compatible grade book
> software to produce the exports for the Online Grades software.
>
> -Sam
>
>
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Director of College Guidance & Testing
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Re: a question about posting your students' grades on line

>
> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:41:28 -0500
> From: Ellen Nodelman <enodelman@rocklandcds.org>
> Subject: Re: a question about posting your students' grades on line
>
> Hello, Tom,
>
> I was wondering what system you use for your online grades.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ellen

I have helped several schools set up the free Online Grades software -->
http:\\www.onlinegrades.org . It is free and the key to being able to
use it is to set up compatible web hosting and have a compatible grade
book software to produce the exports for the Online Grades software.

-Sam

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Re: Digital essay marking/annotating tools

I will be away from school Wednesday, November 25 - Monday, November 30
celebrating Thanksgiving. 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: Digital essay marking/annotating tools

I've excerpted some ideas from Chapter 7 of Best Ideas for Teaching
with Technology: A Practical Guide for Teachers, by Teachers:

1.The easiest way to comment in a student=92s paper is by inserting bold
text. Your comments will stand out from the rest of the paper, and you
can switch to boldface just by pressing Control-B. If you want to be
certain that students can tell their text from your comments, you can
also put your boldface comments in parentheses, (like this).

2. Another simple tool for marking up papers online, common to most
word processors, is the highlighter, which colors the background of
text much like a real highlighter. The highlighter works well for
marking grammar and style errors in essay drafts. If the error is
simple enough for students to figure out the problem, the highlighter
gives them a chance to solve it. If the error requires some
explanation, go back to using the bold text.

3. Another option for making distinctive comments is the Font Color
button, which in Word looks like a capitalized =93A=94 with a bar of color
below it. You could use different colored text for different types of
comments, though all the clicking and selecting is time consuming. We
tend to not use this tool in favor of the boldface, mostly because it
is so much easier and fast to just hit Control-B (Command-B on a Mac)
then doing all the clicking, and boldface stands out as well as red or
blue font.
=09
4. Microsoft Word: AutoCorrect -- Go to the AutoCorrect Options in
Word and look for the windows that say Replace and With. Put the
offending spelling in the Replace box and the correct spelling in the
With box, and click OK. From then on, Word will make the change for
you.
While AutoCorrect was designed to fix spelling errors, there is no
reason you can=92t use it to make typing easier. For instance, you can
tell Word to change =93pgh=94 into =93paragraph,=94 and =93pghs=92 into
=93paragraphs=94 as the first step towards letting you use something like
a secretarial shorthand when typing. To take this a step further, you
can also program your ten or twenty most common comments into the
AutoCorrect. (Don=92t you wish you had a dollar for every time you typed
=93this sentence is too vague,=94 or =93you need more details here!=94)
Example; ts1 =3D "Your topic sentences set a clear and purposeful
direction for each paragraph."

Assignment-specific comments could be deleted after the assignment.
Say you have assigned a documents-based essay to fifty students and
you have a good sense of which documents will give students difficulty
and why. In advance of correcting the essays you might then set up
some Auto-correct comments that explain to the students why they might
have misinterpreted this or that document. You could even correct the
essay with pen and paper and just create a Word page for Auto-correct
comments.
Tom

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 6:48 AM, Adrian Hoad-Reddick <hoad@hoadworks.com> w=
rote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
>
>
> I am interested to know what text markup tools teachers find helpful in
> digitally marking essays and other written assignments. Are there good to=
ols
> out there to facilitate English teacher marking?
>
>
>
> I have developed a rudimentary Word template that allows teachers to sele=
ct
> text and easily insert comments based on 30 common syntax/grammar errors =
and
> that subsequently allows the student to click on any comment and be direc=
ted
> to web pages that comment on the error and how to fix it (example here:
> http://www.bookhooks.com/runon.cfm?errornum=3D1).
>
>
>
> I don't want to reinvent the wheel if robust software exists. Your
> suggestions are welcome! And please hurry. I have 43 Gatsby essays in the
> queue. :-)
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Adrian
>
> Adrian Hoad-Reddick
> Head of English
> Director, School for Young Writers
> Teacher, Upper School English, Media & Technology
> St. John's-Kilmarnock School
> 2201 Shantz Station Road
> Breslau, ON N0B1M0
>
> ahoad@sjkschool.org
>
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Re: a question about posting your students' grades on line

We use Blackbaud NetClassroom. Teachers post grades using Blackbaud
FacultyAccess gradebook. While teachers have to post final grades and
comments using the FA gradebook, we don't require that they use the FA
gradebook to manage their day-to-day
grades.

FacultyAccess allows for online review of grades either centrally
(e.g. by department chairs, dean, etc.) or peer-to-peer. At Peddie
dept chairs are responsible for reviewing grades and we leave it up to
individual dept chairs to decide whether they want to use the online
Faculty Access tools to review grade reports or go old school and
require teachers to give them hard copies of their reports.

If you would like to see screen shots, we created a KB that is not
password protected which explains the process and has a number of
screen shots.

http://falconnet.peddie.org/kb/article.aspx?id=10105

Tom

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Ellen Nodelman
<enodelman@rocklandcds.org> wrote:
> Hello, Tom,
>
> I was wondering what system you use for your online grades.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ellen
>
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Thomas Phelan <tphelan@peddie.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Kris,
>>
>> 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)?
>>
>> We just report cumulative grades at midterm and end of term.
>>
>> > 2. What grade levels do you do post (i.e grades 9-12, K-12, etc)?
>>
>> 9 - 12
>>
>> > 3. What has been the impact on your students?
>>
>> The current system merely replaced paper grades mailed home. The
>> online system allows us to get grades and comments to parents more
>> quickly. We are able to publish grades to parents within an hour or
>> two after they are reviewed, but our procedure is to allow
>> faculty/advisors to review grades for 12 to 24 hours before publishing
>> to parents. Today is actually our grade due date. Grades were due at 9
>> AM, were published to faculty by noon, and will be published to
>> parents tomorrow morning.
>>
>> > 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)
>>
>> Again, the electronic system merely replaces the paper system. The
>> biggest advantage from the student-parent perspective is that the
>> grades and comments aren't stale.
>>
>> We did briefly discuss the pros and cons of opening up grade books for
>> a limited time during the term when we moved to the online system. The
>> main advantage to this approach is that it is a way to provide
>> important information to parents without increasing the load on an
>> already very busy faculty. The downsides included things such as
>> concerns about how this information could do more harm than good and
>> the need to standardize on a single grade book solution for all
>> faculty to make it practical.
>>
>> --
>> Tom Phelan
>> Director of Technology
>> Peddie School
>> tphelan@peddie.org
>>
>> [ For info on ISED-L see https://www.gds.org/podium/default.aspx?t=128874]
>> Submissions to ISED-L are released under a creative commons, attribution,
>> non-commercial, share-alike license.
>> RSS Feed, http://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?RSS&L=ISED-L
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Ellen Nodelman
> Director of College Guidance & Testing
> Rockland Country Day School
> Tel. (845) 268-6802 NY Office/(860) 767-8014 CT Office
> Fax NY: (845) 268-4644/( CT: 860-767-8014 - for CT, please call before
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Re: win7 and joining domain

We are just unboxing and setting up some new systems and will share are exp=
erience. We are currently attempting to upgrade to Pro from Home Premium a=
nd using a volume licensing key...not a straight forward maneuver...
m

Matt Pearson=20
Director of Technology, Security and Safety, MCDS=20

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.=
EDU] On Behalf Of Terri Kuckuck
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 12:28 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: win7 and joining domain

I have just gotten 3 machines with windows 7 Pro operating systems. The
only problem I've had so far is that although I can add the machine to the
domain, the domain user can't login to the domain. Any ideas on how to set
this up? All of our other machines are XP Professional.

=20

Thanks,

Terri

=20

_____________________

Terri Kuckuck

Network Administrator

Fredericksburg Academy

540.898.0020

=20

Re: win7 and joining domain

We ran into the same problem at Cary Academy. We discovered that problem wa=
s in one of our active directory group policies applied at the root of the =
domain level.

Policy was set to configure secure certificates in a certain way. We moved =
the group policy to one of the subordinated OUs with XP machines, created n=
ew OU for Windows 7 computers with Windows 7 specific group policies only, =
and the issue was resolved.

Our default domain policy doesn't have any settings other that few account =
and password related settings.

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.=
EDU] On Behalf Of Terri Kuckuck
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 3:28 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: win7 and joining domain

=20

Thanks,

Terri

=20

_____________________

Terri Kuckuck

Network Administrator

Fredericksburg Academy

540.898.0020

=20

Re: win7 and joining domain

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Terri

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540.898.0020

Re: a question about posting your students' grades on line

Hello, Tom,

I was wondering what system you use for your online grades.

Thanks!

Ellen

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Thomas Phelan <tphelan@peddie.org> wrote:

> Hi Kris,
>
> 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)?
>
> We just report cumulative grades at midterm and end of term.
>
> > 2. What grade levels do you do post (i.e grades 9-12, K-12, etc)?
>
> 9 - 12
>
> > 3. What has been the impact on your students?
>
> The current system merely replaced paper grades mailed home. The
> online system allows us to get grades and comments to parents more
> quickly. We are able to publish grades to parents within an hour or
> two after they are reviewed, but our procedure is to allow
> faculty/advisors to review grades for 12 to 24 hours before publishing
> to parents. Today is actually our grade due date. Grades were due at 9
> AM, were published to faculty by noon, and will be published to
> parents tomorrow morning.
>
> > 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)
>
> Again, the electronic system merely replaces the paper system. The
> biggest advantage from the student-parent perspective is that the
> grades and comments aren't stale.
>
> We did briefly discuss the pros and cons of opening up grade books for
> a limited time during the term when we moved to the online system. The
> main advantage to this approach is that it is a way to provide
> important information to parents without increasing the load on an
> already very busy faculty. The downsides included things such as
> concerns about how this information could do more harm than good and
> the need to standardize on a single grade book solution for all
> faculty to make it practical.
>
> --
> Tom Phelan
> Director of Technology
> Peddie School
> tphelan@peddie.org
>
> [ For info on ISED-L see https://www.gds.org/podium/default.aspx?t=128874]
> Submissions to ISED-L are released under a creative commons, attribution,
> non-commercial, share-alike license.
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Re: a question about posting your students' grades on line

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

>>> Thomas Phelan <tphelan@peddie.org> 11/24/2009 2:10 PM >>>
Hi Kris,

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)?

We just report cumulative grades at midterm and end of term.

> 2. What grade levels do you do post (i.e grades 9-12, K-12, etc)?

9 - 12

> 3. What has been the impact on your students?

The current system merely replaced paper grades mailed home. The
online system allows us to get grades and comments to parents more
quickly. We are able to publish grades to parents within an hour or
two after they are reviewed, but our procedure is to allow
faculty/advisors to review grades for 12 to 24 hours before publishing
to parents. Today is actually our grade due date. Grades were due at 9
AM, were published to faculty by noon, and will be published to
parents tomorrow morning.

> 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)

Again, the electronic system merely replaces the paper system. The
biggest advantage from the student-parent perspective is that the
grades and comments aren't stale.

We did briefly discuss the pros and cons of opening up grade books for
a limited time during the term when we moved to the online system. The
main advantage to this approach is that it is a way to provide
important information to parents without increasing the load on an
already very busy faculty. The downsides included things such as
concerns about how this information could do more harm than good and
the need to standardize on a single grade book solution for all
faculty to make it practical.

--=20
Tom Phelan
Director of Technology
Peddie School
tphelan@peddie.org=20

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Re: a question about posting your students' grades on line

Hi Kris,

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)?

We just report cumulative grades at midterm and end of term.

> 2. What grade levels do you do post (i.e grades 9-12, K-12, etc)?

9 - 12

> 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)

Again, the electronic system merely replaces the paper system. The
biggest advantage from the student-parent perspective is that the
grades and comments aren't stale.

--
Tom Phelan
Director of Technology
Peddie School
tphelan@peddie.org

Re: Digital essay marking/annotating tools

We're using tablets to do electronic markup of text...gives you all the =
colors of pens and highlighters you might need. When I get a document =
from a student (in Word) I set the spacing to double if it's not that =
and go to town marking it up just as I would with a pen. What I really =
like is that I can mark it up and then remove or change markup as I go =
along, in case I don't want the paper to hemorrhage with red pen or in =
case I understand later a question I had earlier. I also LOVE that then =
I have a copy of the marked up version as well as returning one to the =
student, so when end of term grading rolls around I can easily refer to =
the paper to write about the student's proficiencies and deficiencies. =20

Happy holidays, Vi

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

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From: A forum for independent school educators =
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Ellen Nodelman
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 8:53 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Digital essay marking/annotating tools

Hello Adrian,

Your website is interesting but I don't quite understand how it works. =
Do
people have to be registered with the website?

I don't have any information on other software. Would love to hear what
responses you receive. I simply use the reviewing panes from word and =
the
insert commas from Google documents and have to put my own
suggestions/corrections/grammatical terms in them. I've also tried =
reducing
the margins on a student's paper and putting my comments, opposite the
requisite wording, in a text box on the right hand margin.

Just a little bit removed from the old red/green pen/pencil comments , =
I'm
afraid.

Ellen

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 , Adrian Hoad-Reddick <hoad@hoadworks.com> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
>
>
> I am interested to know what text markup tools teachers find helpful =
in
> digitally marking essays and other written assignments. Are there good
> tools
> out there to facilitate English teacher marking?
>
>
>
> I have developed a rudimentary Word template that allows teachers to =
select
> text and easily insert comments based on 30 common syntax/grammar =
errors
> and
> that subsequently allows the student to click on any comment and be
> directed
> to web pages that comment on the error and how to fix it (example =
here:
> http://www.bookhooks.com/runon.cfm?errornum=3D1).
>
>
>
> I don't want to reinvent the wheel if robust software exists. Your
> suggestions are welcome! And please hurry. I have 43 Gatsby essays in =
the
> queue. :-)
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Adrian
>
> Adrian Hoad-Reddick
> Head of English
> Director, School for Young Writers
> Teacher, Upper School English, Media & Technology
> St. John's-Kilmarnock School
> 2201 Shantz Station Road
> Breslau, ON N0B1M0
>
> ahoad@sjkschool.org
>
>
>
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Rockland Country Day School
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Re: Digital essay marking/annotating tools

Happy Thanksgiviging! I will be back on Monday.

Re: Wear, tear, loss and theft for loaned equipment

We have the user sign a laptop agreement. I copy the first few paragraph
of the agreement below. I do extend the warranty for the expected life
of the computer (3-4 years) and add Computrace. I also do preventive
maintenance three times a year on each computer.=20

Agreement for Laptop Use
The Post Oak School is pleased to issue the following laptop for
your sole use on and off the school campus. On campus, the school
will provide a safe environment for your laptop use. Off campus, you
promise to follow all reasonable measures to protect this laptop, to
comply with The Post Oak School's Acceptable Use Policy and netiquette
guidelines, and to use this laptop and the Internet in a constructive
manner.

You are responsible for backing up any data saved on the
laptop's hard drive. We recommend that you save all files to the
school's network instead of the laptop's hard drive; alternately,
you may check out a flash drive from the director of information
technology.

If this laptop is lost or stolen, you will be responsible for
paying $250.00. If it is damaged, you will be responsible for up to
$250 for necessary repairs, except in the case of mechanical
failures not due to negligence. Such payments are due within 45
school days of the RETURN date noted below or within 45 school days
of the day that The Post Oak School learns that the equipment has
been damaged, lost, or stolen. New equipment will be issued when
payment is received.
=09
Laptops must be returned to the director of information
technology at the end of your contract, on your last day of
employment, or when you change your job position at the school,
whichever comes first.

Mirna Andrade-Salgado=20
Director of Information Technology

The Post Oak School
4600 Bissonnet Street | Bellaire, Texas 77401
Direct Line: 281.822.8063| Main: 713.661.6688 | Fax: 713.661.4959
E-mail: mirnaandrade@postoakschool.org |http://www.postoakschool.org=20

This email and any attachments are confidential and private and are
intended solely for the use of the named addressee(s). If you have
received this email in error, please contact the sender and/or The Post
Oak School and delete all copies of the message. Thank you.
=20
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From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Renee Ramig
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 6:51 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Wear, tear, loss and theft for loaned equipment

I think this might have been covered in this forum before. Unless the
loss is truly through gross negligence, the cost is covered through the
IT department. We usually have 2-3 laptops and 3-4 cameras a year "die"
while out on loan. This has included soda spilled in it, a bike accident
(where the laptop was in the backpack and got crushed), and items being
dropped. In all instances, the school has covered the cost for
replacement. =20

Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Michael
Morisy
Sent: Mon 11/23/2009 1:19 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Wear, tear, loss and theft for loaned equipment
=20
Hi,

Wondering how various schools handle wear/tear and loss/theft issues for
loaned equipment, both to employees and students when possible. If a
laptop
drops and is broken, does your IT department eat the cost? Any
experiences,
good or bad, with charging a theft (or some portion of it) out of a
salary
or adding it to tuition bills?

Also would love to hear if anybody's taken a more pro-active approach,
either in bonuses or recognition for well-taken-care-of hardware or not
having to file a helpdesk ticket to fix things (rewarding preventative
medicine like anti-virus, so to speak).

Thanks, and happy almost Thanksgiving!

-Michael

p.s.: I might put some suggestions into a blog post. I won't use your
words
or name without explicit permission. Thanks!

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Re: Programming for girls K-3- WEDO? PicoCricket?

Hi Jenny,

How much time do you have with your classes or do you work with their =
classroom teachers?

When I tried to do Robolab in my stand alone classes I just didn't have =
the time and structure to be very effective with it.

Thank you,
=20
Sister Elizabeth
Powhatan School
>>> Jayme Johnson <jjohnson@VILLAGE-SCHOOL.ORG> 11/23/2009 6:51 PM >>>
Hi Jenny,
I teach prek-6th technology. We use BeeBots in TK-1, Microworlds Jr. in =
1-3, and Microworlds Robotics EX in 3-6. We also do a lego project with =
Microworlds and/or Robolab with our 6th graders.

The WeDo Lego sets look very interesting. I have seen them in person at =
NECC 2009, but we don't currently have them on our campus.

Please let me know if you'd like any additional information.
Thanks,
Jayme

Jayme Johnson=20
Director of Academic Technology
jjohnson@village-school.org=20

Village School=20
780 Swarthmore Avenue
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272=20
310.459.8411 ext 120
www.village-school.org=20

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From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.=
EDU] On Behalf Of Jennifer Howland
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 1:44 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU=20
Subject: Programming for girls K-3- WEDO? PicoCricket?

I would like to develop an engineering/programming strand in our lower
school. I use Scratch and Mindstorms and wonder about WeDo Lego Robots,
PicoCricket (works with Scratch) and BeBots . Younger students have used
Googol Choo Choo successfully in building train tracks and towns. Are
there other products/software I should be considering?=20

I teach K-4 computer at an all girls school.

Thanks for any advice.

Jenny Howland

Re: Digital essay marking/annotating tools

Hello Adrian,

Your website is interesting but I don't quite understand how it works. Do
people have to be registered with the website?

I don't have any information on other software. Would love to hear what
responses you receive. I simply use the reviewing panes from word and the
insert commas from Google documents and have to put my own
suggestions/corrections/grammatical terms in them. I've also tried reducing
the margins on a student's paper and putting my comments, opposite the
requisite wording, in a text box on the right hand margin.

Just a little bit removed from the old red/green pen/pencil comments , I'm
afraid.

Ellen

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 , Adrian Hoad-Reddick <hoad@hoadworks.com> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
>
>
> I am interested to know what text markup tools teachers find helpful in
> digitally marking essays and other written assignments. Are there good
> tools
> out there to facilitate English teacher marking?
>
>
>
> I have developed a rudimentary Word template that allows teachers to select
> text and easily insert comments based on 30 common syntax/grammar errors
> and
> that subsequently allows the student to click on any comment and be
> directed
> to web pages that comment on the error and how to fix it (example here:
> http://www.bookhooks.com/runon.cfm?errornum=1).
>
>
>
> I don't want to reinvent the wheel if robust software exists. Your
> suggestions are welcome! And please hurry. I have 43 Gatsby essays in the
> queue. :-)
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Adrian
>
> Adrian Hoad-Reddick
> Head of English
> Director, School for Young Writers
> Teacher, Upper School English, Media & Technology
> St. John's-Kilmarnock School
> 2201 Shantz Station Road
> Breslau, ON N0B1M0
>
> ahoad@sjkschool.org
>
>
>
> <file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\Adrian\My%20Documents\SJKEmailFooter.
> gif>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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