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We are moving toward mobile computing beginning with our foreign
language program, so I had a netbook delivered to me to demo. The
resources we plan on implementing simply didn't "look" good on the small
10" screen.
I even had a couple teenagers check out the netbook using the selected,
online resources and both agreed with me preferring a larger screen.
I'm now in the process of evaluating inexpensive laptops - under $500 -
and will use the same "focus group" to do the comparison.=20
Battery life will be an issue, but if I make the process simple enough,
anyone can plug them back in when done.
Thanks,=20
*******=20
Joe Frost, MS CIS
Director of Technology & Operations
Department Chair Technology=20
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From: John P. Charney [mailto:CharneyJ@winchesterthurston.org]=20
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 8:13 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: "Mobile Computing?"
Our urban, private school (PK-12 -- 640 students) recently spent a day
discussing our technology vision amongst the technology department
members. The result is moving in the direction of netbooks as the
primary device for students. Our goal would be to have enough netbooks
to support at least one third (1/3) of the student body at any given
moment. We would move away from traditional desktop equipped labs in
favor of using the "tool" (netbook) wherever it is needed.
=20
1. Anyone using this model and what are the successes and
challenges?
2. Anyone seriously considering this direction?
=20
Would love to open up a dialog with someone in either of the above
situations.
=20
John
=20
=20
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Director of Technology
charneyj@winchesterthurston.org
412.578.3757
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Our middle school has 120 students and 80 laptops. We keep the laptops =
on shelves (we have 60 PCs and 20 Macs). Students come get a laptop =
when they need one. =20
We moved away from the lab model three years ago. Students use =
computers a lot more now. In addition, students are using them when =
needed rather than at an artificially scheduled time. More than half =
the time (and almost 100% of the time in middle school) it is rarely the =
entire class using computers. A few students will be using the =
computers to work on a project, finish typing up a paper, doing some =
quick research, etc. =20
I did decide to put 10 Mac desktops into a small classroom for high-end =
video work, yearbook, and a few other things that wireless doesn't work =
well for. I went with Macs as my heavy video using teachers preferred =
this platform.
I think the most difficult part from a tech point of view is maintaining =
the more than 200 laptops. We have a technician that is also the help =
desk person. This allows for an average response time for tech support =
of less than 10 minutes. =20
From a teacher point of view, the first year was really difficult as =
they were expected to find ways to use technology in a more integrated =
way. We had two ed-techs to support them, but we did, and continue, to =
ask a lot of the teachers. The first year, the ed-techs were in the =
classroom 90% of the time technology was used, and often this was a once =
a week model. Three years later, the ed-techs are in the classroom =
about 20% of the time tech is used, and this is usually when a major =
project is being started. Laptops are used almost daily in grades 4 and =
up, and 2-3 times a week in grades K-3. =20
I am glad to answer any questions you might have.
Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School
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Charney
Sent: Tue 6/29/2010 8:12 PM
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Subject: "Mobile Computing?"
=20
Our urban, private school (PK-12 -- 640 students) recently spent a day
discussing our technology vision amongst the technology department
members. The result is moving in the direction of netbooks as the
primary device for students. Our goal would be to have enough netbooks
to support at least one third (1/3) of the student body at any given
moment. We would move away from traditional desktop equipped labs in
favor of using the "tool" (netbook) wherever it is needed.
=20
1. Anyone using this model and what are the successes and
challenges?
2. Anyone seriously considering this direction?
=20
Would love to open up a dialog with someone in either of the above
situations.
=20
John
=20
=20
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Director of Technology
charneyj@winchesterthurston.org
412.578.3757
=20
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Our model and direction....
- Laptops in the library. We have a few netbooks in the library so =
students can borrow them at anytime. One of the benefits of being a =
netbook is having the 6 hr battery life where as most typical notebooks =
last about 2-3 hours. A lot of times, all of the netbooks are being =
borrowed throughout the day.
- Laptop cart for each dept. While we have increased the number of =
laptop carts (8) over the past several years, the nature of the computer =
lab has changed (we have 3). Students are now using our lab for =
homework and socializing during breaks.
-- 2nd grade (netbooks using Ubuntu Linux)
-- 3rd/4th grade (Macbooks)
-- English / History (Macbooks)
-- Math (Macbooks)
-- Science (Macbooks)
-- 5th Grade (iPads) *new*
-- 6th grade (Macbooks)
-- World Languages (Macbooks)
Reasons why we don't have Netbooks throughout the school:
- Our kids can do create podcasts, videos, and other CPU intensive =
projects. We have seen are depts start to expand the creativity of the =
students by allowing them to use multimedia for their classwork.
Why I love Netbooks:
- Small keyboard are great for small children
- Large keyboards are available if you pick the right netbook model
- Inexpensive
- Long battery life (6 cell battery =3D 9+ hours)
About the 2nd grade netbooks:
- Learning how to type
- Linux: Trouble free throughout the year
- I had to manually update printers, but that was because I didn't get =
"bcfg2" setup to push the configurations
- Linux: Don't need to worry about MS Office licenses, Antivirus =
licenses, or students infecting computers with viruses
It looks like you are going the way of the laptop cart model if you want =
to provide laptops to 1/3 of your population. The biggest problem you =
will probably find is that everyone wants to use the cart at the same =
time. Hence, we went with a cart per dept.
I hope this information helps you out.
Brian Lee
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Charney
Sent: Tue 6/29/2010 11:12 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: "Mobile Computing?"
=20
Our urban, private school (PK-12 -- 640 students) recently spent a day
discussing our technology vision amongst the technology department
members. The result is moving in the direction of netbooks as the
primary device for students. Our goal would be to have enough netbooks
to support at least one third (1/3) of the student body at any given
moment. We would move away from traditional desktop equipped labs in
favor of using the "tool" (netbook) wherever it is needed.
1. Anyone using this model and what are the successes and
challenges?
2. Anyone seriously considering this direction?
=20
Would love to open up a dialog with someone in either of the above
situations.
=20
John
=20
=20
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John P. Charney
Director of Technology
charneyj@winchesterthurston.org
412.578.3757
=20
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=20
1. Anyone using this model and what are the successes and
challenges?
2. Anyone seriously considering this direction?
=20
Would love to open up a dialog with someone in either of the above
situations.
=20
John
=20
=20
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Director of Technology
charneyj@winchesterthurston.org
412.578.3757
=20
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Job Code HL400
CHARLES E. SMITH JEWISH DAY SCHOOL
ROCKVILLE, MD
The Head Librarian is the chief information specialist of the Upper School.=
S/he provides leadership and expertise in the selection, acquisition, eva=
luation, and organization of information resources in all formats (includin=
g both print and digital resources), and in the ethical use of information.=
S/he serves as an instructional partner to teachers in building and streng=
thening connections among student research needs, curricular content, learn=
ing outcomes, and information resources, and in ensuring that the library i=
s an integral part of the instructional program. S/he is responsible for cr=
eating and maintaining a welcoming environment that is conducive to student=
learning, and for promoting the library and the use of its resources withi=
n the school community. S/he partners with other faculty members to empower=
students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researche=
rs, proficient users of a variety of media, and ethical consumers of inform=
ation.
Responsibilities:
* Developing and maintaining a collection of resources appropriate =
to the curriculum, the learners, and the teaching styles and instructional =
strategies used within the school community. Maintaining the online catalo=
g and supervising the cataloguing of all new materials. Organizing the libr=
ary resources for maximally effective use and establishing processes and pr=
ocedures for selection, acquisition, circulation, and resource sharing that=
ensure that all appropriate general and Judaic resources are available whe=
n needed.
* Evaluating, promoting, and using existing and emerging technologi=
es to support teaching and learning, supplement school resources, connect t=
he school with the global learning community, communicate with students and=
teachers, and provide constant access to library services.
* Creating and maintaining in the school library a teaching and lea=
rning environment that is inviting, safe, flexible, and conducive to studen=
t learning; resource-based instructional practices; and collaboration with =
teaching staff. Arranging for flexible scheduling of the library to provid=
e student access to staff and resources as needed.
* Encouraging the use of instructional technology to engage student=
s and to improve learning, providing continual access to digital informatio=
n resources for the entire learning community.
* Developing policies and practices concerning such issues as mater=
ials selection, circulation, reconsideration of materials, copyright, priva=
cy, and acceptable use. Remaining current in professional practices and dev=
elopments, information technologies, and educational research applicable to=
school library programs.
* Promoting the library and maintaining frequent and timely communi=
cation to stakeholders through the school and library website, parent newsl=
etter, e-mail, video/audio streaming, on-demand video/podcasts, and other f=
ormats.
* Actively participating in the curriculum development process to e=
nsure that the school curriculum includes the full range of literacy skills=
(information, media, visual, digital, and technological literacy) necessar=
y to meet content standards and to develop lifelong learners.
* Understanding copyright, fair use, licensing of intellectual prop=
erty, and ethical use of information, and assisting users with their unders=
tanding and observance of the same.
* Ensuring that school library program goals and objectives are ali=
gned with school's long-range strategic plans.
* Obtaining and overseeing outside grants and memberships.
* Hiring, supervising, training and evaluating library staff.
* Preparing and administering the school library program budget to =
support specific program goals.
* Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
* A master's degree from a program accredited by the American Libra=
ry Association
* At least two years' experience working in a school library enviro=
nment (secondary school experience preferred)
* Familiarity and experience with emerging instructional, informati=
on, and research technologies
* State certification as a school librarian preferred
* Teacher preparation program and/or educational degree preferred
* Familiarity and experience with Judaica libraries and Judaic Stud=
ies research materials preferred
Qualified candidates should submit letter of interest, resume and salary re=
quirements to www.cesjds.org/resume<http://www.cesjds.org/resume> Job Code=
HL400.
The Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School is an equal opportunity employer. W=
e evaluate all applicants without unlawful consideration of race, color, ag=
e, religion, gender, marital status, disability, veteran status or any othe=
r characteristic protected by applicable law.
Lori L. Leatherman, SPHR, CBP
Director of Human Resources
Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School
1901 East Jefferson Street
Rockville, MD 20852
301.692.4850 (p)
240.747.9231 (f)
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On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Tim Corica <tcorica@peddie.org> wrote:
> In addition to sensors (I like the Vernier/LoggerPro combination), I would
> add that video capture capability is a clear win, for all levels, though
> the
> video piece provides particular accessibility for younger kids.
> The ability to capture motion, slow it down, and analyze it (Logger Pro
> does this) is nice for all sorts of student-driven experiments. Falling
> objects, a person riding a bike or a skateboard, or even just running or
> jumping can be great sources of data and insight.
>
> A simple point-and-shoot will suffice for most things. If you can spare
> the
> money, a camera with high-speed (i.e., slow-motion) video capture would
> allow kids to see things they can't detect with the naked eye. For
> example,
> the Canon Exslim gives 1000fps speed for less than $300. (See here for
> YouTube video of balloons being popped:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHQMJhBWTfk)
>
> --Tim
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Joe Frost
> <Joe.Frost@phoenixchristian.org>wrote:
>
> > A video camera to record some of the more lengthy lab procedures or some
> > of the more lengthy and potentially tiresome monologues :)
> >
> > A data server to store all the new digital data you'll be creating -
> > could be a NAS / USB external hard drive.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > *******
> >
> > Joe Frost, MS CIS
> > Director of Technology & Operations
> > Department Chair Technology
> > http://www.phoenixchristian.org
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ademola Popoola [mailto:popoola@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 11:49 AM
> > To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> > Subject: Build a Science Lab
> >
> > You have an opportunity to outfit a Lower School (Gr.3-5) Science Lab
> > with digital equipment.
> >
> > Besides an interactive whiteboard (w/response clickers), netbook cart,
> > document camera, digital microscope...; what other technology item would
> > you employ to furnish the lab?
> >
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We have been using Barracuda's Backup Services for the last 7 months. We
deployed the Model 690 solution in our environment. With this package, we
backup all our databases - Exchange, Blackbaud, Faculty/Staff personal and
shared folders locally. We upload all business critical/continuity data to
the Barracuda's (2) data-centers on a nightly basis. At $50 per 100GB of
'cloud storage', it's well worth the investment.
The only thing we're waiting for is better solution for their agent to back
up open files. Besides that so far, so good.
Let me know if you have any questions.
A.
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Carl Campion <ccampion@mac.com> wrote:
> Hello list
>
> We are considering an offsite backup program using a Barracuda
> device/program. The device will be stored at a secure location about 20
> minutes from the school. We would backup all our servers(3 Mac Xserves and
> 3 PC servers(including our Exchange server).
>
> Before signing off on this I am interested in hearing what other schools
> are doing for off site backup. Mozy ? Iron Mountain ? Carbonite ? Technology
> Partners ?
>
> thanks
>
> Carl Campion
> Director of Technology
> Archmere Academy
> Claymont, DE
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I am also interested in your off site backup solutions so hoping to
jump onto Carl's request.
Additionally, this week we are having a new virtualization server
installed with the goal of virtualizing our main admin server (with a
number of legacy apps) and adding other virtual servers down the
road. We are facing a strategic decision on how to take our aging
servers and network at four schools forward.
One path may be, rather than hire a full time network manager,
outsource the servers, maintenance, and backup of them. It will take
time for this to happen but I am wondering about the cost and other
factors of having our networks housed offsite and having that offsite
organization be responsible for updates, maintenance, backup,
monitoring, etc.
Has anyone gone this direction?
Thanks,
Pamela
----------------------------------------------
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Director of Information Technology
TEAM Charter Schools
Newark, NJ
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On Jun 27, 2010, at 11:14 AM, Carl Campion wrote:
> Hello list
>
> We are considering an offsite backup program using a Barracuda
> device/program. The device will be stored at a secure location
> about 20 minutes from the school. We would backup all our servers
> (3 Mac Xserves and 3 PC servers(including our Exchange server).
>
> Before signing off on this I am interested in hearing what other
> schools are doing for off site backup. Mozy ? Iron Mountain ?
> Carbonite ? Technology Partners ?
>
> thanks
>
> Carl Campion
> Director of Technology
> Archmere Academy
> Claymont, DE
>
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I really have doubts about whether this is worth pursuing but thought I
should at least share a prototype and see what people think.
The basic idea is to develop a game template that teachers and students
could easily use to build their own adventure type games.
This is an open-source solution so feel free to use within the constraints
of the this CC license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
The prototype can be found here: http://dws.editme.com/FileMaker-Game
Thanks,
Fred
--
Fred Bartels
Dir. of Info. Tech.
Rye Country Day School
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We are considering an offsite backup program using a Barracuda device/
program. The device will be stored at a secure location about 20
minutes from the school. We would backup all our servers(3 Mac
Xserves and 3 PC servers(including our Exchange server).
Before signing off on this I am interested in hearing what other
schools are doing for off site backup. Mozy ? Iron Mountain ?
Carbonite ? Technology Partners ?
thanks
Carl Campion
Director of Technology
Archmere Academy
Claymont, DE
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I've heard good things about GLPI -
http://www.glpi-project.org/spip.php?lang=en
and then there's Network Asset Manager -
http://www.5dollartools.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=5 I know very little about it - seems VERY new which is not always a good thing, but it's lightweight and may be nearer to what you're looking for.
There's always an Excel spreadsheet or OpenOffice Calc method....
Hope this helps
On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 12:02 -0400, Jeff Shapiro wrote:
> We are limited to Windows
>
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Lynn
Lynn Byank
Director of Technology
Bryn Mawr School
109 W. Melrose Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21210
410 323 8800 x1387
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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Constantine, Norman
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 10:48 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Iphones in EDU
Thanks for answering so quickly. I am very interested in why you DO NOT
include teachers and/or students in the smart phone network.
Norman
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Byank, Lynn
<ByankL@brynmawrschool.org>wrote:
> Norman,
>
> The school provides phones/Blackberries (now iPhone)for our
> administrators and some operations staff for communication and work.
> Faculty purchase, if they choose, their phones of choice. At this
point
> we are not using smart phones in the classroom.
>
> Lynn
>
> Lynn Byank
> Director of Technology
> Bryn Mawr School
> 109 W. Melrose Ave.
> Baltimore, MD 21210
> 410 323 8800 x1387
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators
> [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Constantine, Norman
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 8:35 AM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: Iphones in EDU
>
> Lynn,
>
> Did you consider getting then for your teachers as well? If you did,
why
> did
> you decide not to get them for the teachers. Same questions for the
> students?
>
> Norman
>
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Byank, Lynn
> <ByankL@brynmawrschool.org>wrote:
>
> > I purchased and just received the new iPhone4 for our
administrators.
> > AT&T has a package for government/education. We were able to get a
> > pooled plan of minutes, unlimited data and unlimited messaging. We
> had
> > Blackberries previously. AT&T gave us a better package.
> >
> > Lynn
> >
> > Lynn Byank
> > Director of Technology
> > Bryn Mawr School
> > 109 W. Melrose Ave.
> > Baltimore, MD 21210
> > 410 323 8800 x1387
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: A forum for independent school educators
> > [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Clum, Garry
> > Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:03 PM
> > To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> > Subject: Iphones in EDU
> >
> > Does anyone use iphones in their institution? Do you get a rate
> discount
> > from ATT or Apple? Or do you just pay what everyone else pays?
> >
> > Garry Clum Jr
> > Network Manager
> >
> > St. Paul Academy and Summit School
> > 1712 Randolph Avenue
> > St. Paul, MN 55105
> > 651-696-1497
> > gclum@spa.edu<mailto:gclum@spa.edu>
> > www.spa.edu<http://www.spa.edu>
> >
> > P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
> >
> >
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Initial Cost:
$1,000 per 5 people
Monthly Cost:
$120 for unlimited plan
$150 for message & data plan on all phones
$80 for additional lines
-------------------------------
$350 minimum per 5 people
$4,200 minimum / year / 5 people
If your school has 50 faculty, you are looking to spend $42,000 a year on
cell phones.
Brian Lee
Manlius Pebble Hill School
> From: "Constantine, Norman" <nconstantine@wakefieldschool.org>
> Reply-To: A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:48:10 -0400
> To: <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Subject: Re: Iphones in EDU
>
> Thanks for answering so quickly. I am very interested in why you DO NOT
> include teachers and/or students in the smart phone network.
>
> Norman
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Not enough reason for them to have one at this time. It would be an interes=
ting exercise to see if one could build a curriculum around a smartphone. O=
r if you know of a successful iPhone program please share.=20
Garry..
-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.=
EDU] On Behalf Of Constantine, Norman
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 9:48 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Iphones in EDU
Thanks for answering so quickly. I am very interested in why you DO NOT inc=
lude teachers and/or students in the smart phone network.
Norman
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Byank, Lynn <ByankL@brynmawrschool.org>wro=
te:
> Norman,
>
> The school provides phones/Blackberries (now iPhone)for our=20
> administrators and some operations staff for communication and work.
> Faculty purchase, if they choose, their phones of choice. At this=20
> point we are not using smart phones in the classroom.
>
> Lynn
>
> Lynn Byank
> Director of Technology
> Bryn Mawr School
> 109 W. Melrose Ave.
> Baltimore, MD 21210
> 410 323 8800 x1387
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators=20
> [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Constantine, Norman
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 8:35 AM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: Iphones in EDU
>
> Lynn,
>
> Did you consider getting then for your teachers as well? If you did,=20
> why did you decide not to get them for the teachers. Same questions=20
> for the students?
>
> Norman
>
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Byank, Lynn
> <ByankL@brynmawrschool.org>wrote:
>
> > I purchased and just received the new iPhone4 for our administrators.
> > AT&T has a package for government/education. We were able to get a=20
> > pooled plan of minutes, unlimited data and unlimited messaging. We
> had
> > Blackberries previously. AT&T gave us a better package.
> >
> > Lynn
> >
> > Lynn Byank
> > Director of Technology
> > Bryn Mawr School
> > 109 W. Melrose Ave.
> > Baltimore, MD 21210
> > 410 323 8800 x1387
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: A forum for independent school educators=20
> > [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Clum, Garry
> > Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:03 PM
> > To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> > Subject: Iphones in EDU
> >
> > Does anyone use iphones in their institution? Do you get a rate
> discount
> > from ATT or Apple? Or do you just pay what everyone else pays?
> >
> > Garry Clum Jr
> > Network Manager
> >
> > St. Paul Academy and Summit School
> > 1712 Randolph Avenue
> > St. Paul, MN 55105
> > 651-696-1497
> > gclum@spa.edu<mailto:gclum@spa.edu>
> > www.spa.edu<http://www.spa.edu>
> >
> > P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
> >
> >
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>
>
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> Wakefield School
> The Plains, VA
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Norman
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Byank, Lynn <ByankL@brynmawrschool.org>wrote:
> Norman,
>
> The school provides phones/Blackberries (now iPhone)for our
> administrators and some operations staff for communication and work.
> Faculty purchase, if they choose, their phones of choice. At this point
> we are not using smart phones in the classroom.
>
> Lynn
>
> Lynn Byank
> Director of Technology
> Bryn Mawr School
> 109 W. Melrose Ave.
> Baltimore, MD 21210
> 410 323 8800 x1387
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators
> [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Constantine, Norman
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 8:35 AM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: Iphones in EDU
>
> Lynn,
>
> Did you consider getting then for your teachers as well? If you did, why
> did
> you decide not to get them for the teachers. Same questions for the
> students?
>
> Norman
>
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Byank, Lynn
> <ByankL@brynmawrschool.org>wrote:
>
> > I purchased and just received the new iPhone4 for our administrators.
> > AT&T has a package for government/education. We were able to get a
> > pooled plan of minutes, unlimited data and unlimited messaging. We
> had
> > Blackberries previously. AT&T gave us a better package.
> >
> > Lynn
> >
> > Lynn Byank
> > Director of Technology
> > Bryn Mawr School
> > 109 W. Melrose Ave.
> > Baltimore, MD 21210
> > 410 323 8800 x1387
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: A forum for independent school educators
> > [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Clum, Garry
> > Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:03 PM
> > To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> > Subject: Iphones in EDU
> >
> > Does anyone use iphones in their institution? Do you get a rate
> discount
> > from ATT or Apple? Or do you just pay what everyone else pays?
> >
> > Garry Clum Jr
> > Network Manager
> >
> > St. Paul Academy and Summit School
> > 1712 Randolph Avenue
> > St. Paul, MN 55105
> > 651-696-1497
> > gclum@spa.edu<mailto:gclum@spa.edu>
> > www.spa.edu<http://www.spa.edu>
> >
> > P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
> >
> >
> >
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>
>
>
> --
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> Director of Technology Integration
> Wakefield School
> The Plains, VA
>
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You might look at CoursEval from Academic Management Systems. We've been us=
ing it for a couple of years.
Joel
--=20
Joel Backon
Director of Academic Technology / History
Choate Rosemary Hall
333 Christian St.
Wallingford, CT 06492
203-697-2514
On Jun 25, 2010, at 10:15 AM, Wiemer, Kris wrote:
> Greetings!
>=20
> We are looking for a new faculty and course evaluation tool. We have bee=
n using the Questionnaire add-on for Moodle to conduct faculty and course e=
valuations for the past couple of years. Our administration has decided th=
at they want something a little more robust. In particular they are lookin=
g for something that allows us to keep and easily access long term data and=
more easily manipulate the data. =20
>=20
> I'd love hear to what others are using and what you may have tried that d=
idn't work.
>=20
> Thanks,
> Kris
>=20
> Kristopher Wiemer
> Academic Technology Coordinator
> Deerfield Academy
> 413-774-1804
> kwiemer@deerfield.edu
>=20
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We are looking for a new faculty and course evaluation tool. We have been =
using the Questionnaire add-on for Moodle to conduct faculty and course eva=
luations for the past couple of years. Our administration has decided that=
they want something a little more robust. In particular they are looking =
for something that allows us to keep and easily access long term data and m=
ore easily manipulate the data. =20
I'd love hear to what others are using and what you may have tried that did=
n't work.
Thanks,
Kris
Kristopher Wiemer
Academic Technology Coordinator
Deerfield Academy
413-774-1804
kwiemer@deerfield.edu
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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 JPDS Tech
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:03 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Exchange 2007 - management/maintenance workload
We are a small school, with under 100 email accounts. We are considering a
shift from POP3 to Exchange 2007 but I am concerned about adding a great
deal of administrative overhead. The proposed new set-up would be Exchange
2007 running on (VMWare-virtualized) Server 2008; we would continue to use
Postini to reduce our spam load. We're hoping to achieve universal access
for staff and shared calendars and distribution lists. I also hope that th=
e
SIS described in the thread below will reduce our storage requirements. =20
I'm aware that Google Apps and Microsoft Live offer these things but I'm
specifically asking about Exchange 2007. One techie tells me that 2007 is
so stable that there is little maintenance work. Would I be taking on a
nightmare of administrative tasks? I am a one-person tech office.
With trepidation,
Dan Berger
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of TJ Rainsford
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:01 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Public Folders Exchange 2003 and iPhones
Renee:
If only it were that simple :-)
In order to reclaim disk space and white space when users clean up email,
you actually have to run a offline defrag of the Information Store in
Exchange. This is actually something that should be done on a regular basi=
s
as part of maintenance (the interval is dependent on the how big your
information stores are). It is a pretty straight forward task but must
necessarily be done after hours as it will take down any users who are part
of the specific information store as long as the process is running.
Running regular offline defrags is a really good idea. Not only will it
clean up disk space, it will compress the information stores (and defrag
them) which will improve overall performance and keep the system happy.
Please note that this is NOT a disk defrag! In fact, running a disk
defragmentation process on the disk where your Exchange data resides is a
fundamentally BAD idea (things will likely go BOOM in a really bad way).
And as with all major maintenance, make DARN sure you have a backup of
EVERYTHING (the OS, server system state, Exchange databases, etc) before
doing this.
TJ
TJ Rainsford
E: tjrainsford@gmail.com
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The school provides phones/Blackberries (now iPhone)for our
administrators and some operations staff for communication and work.
Faculty purchase, if they choose, their phones of choice. At this point
we are not using smart phones in the classroom. =20
Lynn
Lynn Byank
Director of Technology
Bryn Mawr School
109 W. Melrose Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21210
410 323 8800 x1387
-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Constantine, Norman
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 8:35 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Iphones in EDU
Lynn,
Did you consider getting then for your teachers as well? If you did, why
did
you decide not to get them for the teachers. Same questions for the
students?
Norman
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Byank, Lynn
<ByankL@brynmawrschool.org>wrote:
> I purchased and just received the new iPhone4 for our administrators.
> AT&T has a package for government/education. We were able to get a
> pooled plan of minutes, unlimited data and unlimited messaging. We
had
> Blackberries previously. AT&T gave us a better package.
>
> Lynn
>
> Lynn Byank
> Director of Technology
> Bryn Mawr School
> 109 W. Melrose Ave.
> Baltimore, MD 21210
> 410 323 8800 x1387
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators
> [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Clum, Garry
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:03 PM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Iphones in EDU
>
> Does anyone use iphones in their institution? Do you get a rate
discount
> from ATT or Apple? Or do you just pay what everyone else pays?
>
> Garry Clum Jr
> Network Manager
>
> St. Paul Academy and Summit School
> 1712 Randolph Avenue
> St. Paul, MN 55105
> 651-696-1497
> gclum@spa.edu<mailto:gclum@spa.edu>
> www.spa.edu<http://www.spa.edu>
>
> P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
>
>
>
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Director of Technology Integration
Wakefield School
The Plains, VA
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Did you consider getting then for your teachers as well? If you did, why did
you decide not to get them for the teachers. Same questions for the
students?
Norman
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Byank, Lynn <ByankL@brynmawrschool.org>wrote:
> I purchased and just received the new iPhone4 for our administrators.
> AT&T has a package for government/education. We were able to get a
> pooled plan of minutes, unlimited data and unlimited messaging. We had
> Blackberries previously. AT&T gave us a better package.
>
> Lynn
>
> Lynn Byank
> Director of Technology
> Bryn Mawr School
> 109 W. Melrose Ave.
> Baltimore, MD 21210
> 410 323 8800 x1387
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators
> [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Clum, Garry
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:03 PM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Iphones in EDU
>
> Does anyone use iphones in their institution? Do you get a rate discount
> from ATT or Apple? Or do you just pay what everyone else pays?
>
> Garry Clum Jr
> Network Manager
>
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I've been using a scanner for years, and it's some of the best money we spent!
Ours is a Symbol Technologies LS-1908 (which I suspect is no longer
available, but there must be an equivalent).
The scanner recognizes a good range of symbologies, and looks to the PC like
a USB keyboard; just scan the barcode and the data shows up in the Excel cell
or db field where the cursor is. Simple, simple.
It's also programmable so that it can spit out a string of keystrokes,
constant characters, etc., and -- if I recall correctly -- transform the
scanned string in a formulaic fashion. So, for instance, you could have it
"type" the equivalent of "Ctrl-F, scanned string, Enter" and do a lookup with
no typing required.
I have been very happy with the durability and reliability.
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Concord Academy - Concord, Mass.
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I was told a couple of years ago that I could use a handheld canner to
record all the info (ser # , MAC address etc) that are listed on the
box a computer ships in.
I would appreciate any recommendations as to brand and model. Also.. I
am assuming that the scan info can be converted rolled into an Excel/
Numbers file .
thanks
Carl Campion
Director of Technology
Archmere Academy
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Bill Perpelitt
Technology Director
Delphian School
http://www.Delphian.org/
20950 SW Rock Creek Road
Sheridan, OR 97378
503-843-3521
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Janice Hydock <jehydock@comcast.net>wrote:
> My administrators have asked me to research Intel-based or on-line programs
> available for teaching Spanish on the elementary level (K-6). Does anyone
> have a program in place that is successful? Any pros or cons on specific
> programs?
>
>
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
>
>
> Janice Hydock
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________________________________
From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Joe Frost
Sent: Thu 6/24/2010 3:31 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Embracing Change
Carole,
Do you have another email address for us to stay in touch as you follow
your other pursuits?
Thanks,
*******
Joe Frost, MS CIS
Director of Technology & Operations
Department Chair Technology
http://www.phoenixchristian.org <http://www.phoenixchristian.org/>=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Duff, Carole [mailto:DuffC@notredameprep.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 11:59 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Embracing Change
Greetings all!
When I moved from Dallas to Baltimore eight years ago, I knew that the
opportunity for growth was ahead. Some rather unexpected and quite
joyful things happened including remarriage four years ago and a move to
Virginia two years thereafter. At the end of this month, I give up the
commute (no more crossing the Wilson Bridge @ 6 am) and leave Notre Dame
Preparatory School. During my tenure, the curriculum technologist
position, created to implement a one-to-one laptop program, expanded
into several areas, including strategic planning, grant writing and
administration, an online career fair, and a variety programs from
learning management systems to software applications stretching from the
Humanities to STEM. The collective wisdom of this list along with your
generous patience and willingness to share was enormously helpful.
I am grateful for my time at NDP and want to thank my colleagues in the
Tech Department, Greg, Dave, and Kathy, and everyone on the list. As I
continue my "Third Chapter" (thanks to Fred Bartels for sending the link
to Bill Moyer's interview of Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot), I will most
likely take a mini-sabbatical in order to write and reposition for the
next professional endeavor: teaching with individualized/customized
learning technologies.
I will miss you all when I sign off next week and hope to join again
soon. At the same time, I look forward to having some time to embrace
change as gracefully as possible.
-C.D.
Carole Duff
Curriculum and Technology Specialist
Notre Dame Preparatory School
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Do you have another email address for us to stay in touch as you follow
your other pursuits?
Thanks,=20
*******=20
Joe Frost, MS CIS
Director of Technology & Operations
Department Chair Technology=20
http://www.phoenixchristian.org
=20
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From: Duff, Carole [mailto:DuffC@notredameprep.com]=20
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 11:59 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Embracing Change
Greetings all!
=20
When I moved from Dallas to Baltimore eight years ago, I knew that the
opportunity for growth was ahead. Some rather unexpected and quite
joyful things happened including remarriage four years ago and a move to
Virginia two years thereafter. At the end of this month, I give up the
commute (no more crossing the Wilson Bridge @ 6 am) and leave Notre Dame
Preparatory School. During my tenure, the curriculum technologist
position, created to implement a one-to-one laptop program, expanded
into several areas, including strategic planning, grant writing and
administration, an online career fair, and a variety programs from
learning management systems to software applications stretching from the
Humanities to STEM. The collective wisdom of this list along with your
generous patience and willingness to share was enormously helpful.
=20
I am grateful for my time at NDP and want to thank my colleagues in the
Tech Department, Greg, Dave, and Kathy, and everyone on the list. As I
continue my "Third Chapter" (thanks to Fred Bartels for sending the link
to Bill Moyer's interview of Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot), I will most
likely take a mini-sabbatical in order to write and reposition for the
next professional endeavor: teaching with individualized/customized
learning technologies.=20
=20
I will miss you all when I sign off next week and hope to join again
soon. At the same time, I look forward to having some time to embrace
change as gracefully as possible.
=20
-C.D.
=20
Carole Duff
Curriculum and Technology Specialist
Notre Dame Preparatory School
=20
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Teays Valley Christian School
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-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of JPDS Tech
Sent: Thu 6/24/2010 2:29 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Printing from Local and Network Logins
=20
I assign fixed IP addresses to the printers and then add them as a local
printer on the computer. You have to do that using an admin account on =
the
workstation. After that, any users on that machine can use that printer
(unless you set security otherwise). This distributes printing load =
away
from a central server, so the computer doesn't need to be logged into =
the
domain to print to it. We're actually in temporary quarters this summer
during a renovation at our school. I plugged in two of these networked
printers and was able to print to them from our workstations with local
logins. You can contact me off-line if you want step-by-step =
instructions
for doing this in XP.
Dan Berger
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From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Lee, Brian
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 10:17 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Local and Network Logins
Logging in:
Have you looked into "mandatory profiles?" I am assuming you would have
some sort of network connection.
Printing:
Direct IP address. Instead of going through the server, you can connect =
the
computer directly to the printer.
-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Renee Ramig
Sent: Wed 6/23/2010 6:45 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Local and Network Logins
=20
Until this year, I had set up grade-level student accounts in my Active
Directory that students used to login, access files, and print. Next =
year
there is a bunch of reconstruction going on, so I am switching to local
accounts. (Each computer is shared by two classrooms, so I will have
Fourth_Woods and Fourth_Lechner as an example, both local accounts.)
I am going to create online space to store and access files (a =
combination
of Nings, Google Docs, and Live@Edu).
Question, how do I set up the network printers so local accounts can =
print
to them? I added the printers using the grade level account. (For =
example,
on the fourth grade machine logged in locally, I used the fourth_woods =
AD
login to add the printers I needed.) However, if you try to print, they =
get
the error because they are not on the domain. =20
Thanks,
Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School
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- Granular backup of the Exchanger server. You can recover specific =
mailboxes is something happens to one account. Look to your backup =
software for this one.
- Disk quota for your mailbox. You want to limit this so you can you =
back everything up easily. Without it, you could be looking at xxx GBs =
worth of mail that users won't read anymore or care about.
For us, we are looking to move our mail system (Exchange 2003) out of =
the school and into Google.
Brian Lee
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From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of JPDS Tech
Sent: Thu 6/24/2010 2:03 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Exchange 2007 - management/maintenance workload
=20
We are a small school, with under 100 email accounts. We are =
considering a
shift from POP3 to Exchange 2007 but I am concerned about adding a great
deal of administrative overhead. The proposed new set-up would be =
Exchange
2007 running on (VMWare-virtualized) Server 2008; we would continue to =
use
Postini to reduce our spam load. We're hoping to achieve universal =
access
for staff and shared calendars and distribution lists. I also hope that =
the
SIS described in the thread below will reduce our storage requirements. =
I'm aware that Google Apps and Microsoft Live offer these things but I'm
specifically asking about Exchange 2007. One techie tells me that 2007 =
is
so stable that there is little maintenance work. Would I be taking on a
nightmare of administrative tasks? I am a one-person tech office.
With trepidation,
Dan Berger
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From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of TJ Rainsford
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:01 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Public Folders Exchange 2003 and iPhones
Renee:
If only it were that simple :-)
In order to reclaim disk space and white space when users clean up =
email,
you actually have to run a offline defrag of the Information Store in
Exchange. This is actually something that should be done on a regular =
basis
as part of maintenance (the interval is dependent on the how big your
information stores are). It is a pretty straight forward task but must
necessarily be done after hours as it will take down any users who are =
part
of the specific information store as long as the process is running.
Running regular offline defrags is a really good idea. Not only will it
clean up disk space, it will compress the information stores (and defrag
them) which will improve overall performance and keep the system happy.
Please note that this is NOT a disk defrag! In fact, running a disk
defragmentation process on the disk where your Exchange data resides is =
a
fundamentally BAD idea (things will likely go BOOM in a really bad way).
And as with all major maintenance, make DARN sure you have a backup of
EVERYTHING (the OS, server system state, Exchange databases, etc) before
doing this.
TJ
TJ Rainsford
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We have about 90 emails on it, so also small. We use it for shared
calendars, shared folders, shared distribution list (parents), and the
global address book (all the staff, teachers, admin). =20
Once set up, I have found it to be very easy to maintain. I have it set
to back up each night using Backup Exec. I have deleted mail set to
permanently delete after 15 days, so anyone that "accidentally" deletes
their deletes can still go in and get them using the web interface. In
three years, I have only had to go and restore a mailbox once (user
issue, not Exchange issue), and it was quick and easy to do.
I think the most important thing is deciding how you want to set it up.
What are mail limits you want to set for each user? How will shared
distribution lists be managed (who has access to add, delete, change)?
How will shared folders (if used) be maintained? =20
I am guessing that Exchange 2007 will be just as easy to maintain once
set up. =20
Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School
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From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of JPDS Tech
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 11:03 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Exchange 2007 - management/maintenance workload
We are a small school, with under 100 email accounts. We are
considering a
shift from POP3 to Exchange 2007 but I am concerned about adding a great
deal of administrative overhead. The proposed new set-up would be
Exchange
2007 running on (VMWare-virtualized) Server 2008; we would continue to
use
Postini to reduce our spam load. We're hoping to achieve universal
access
for staff and shared calendars and distribution lists. I also hope that
the
SIS described in the thread below will reduce our storage requirements.
I'm aware that Google Apps and Microsoft Live offer these things but I'm
specifically asking about Exchange 2007. One techie tells me that 2007
is
so stable that there is little maintenance work. Would I be taking on a
nightmare of administrative tasks? I am a one-person tech office.
With trepidation,
Dan Berger
-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of TJ Rainsford
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:01 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Public Folders Exchange 2003 and iPhones
Renee:
If only it were that simple :-)
In order to reclaim disk space and white space when users clean up
email,
you actually have to run a offline defrag of the Information Store in
Exchange. This is actually something that should be done on a regular
basis
as part of maintenance (the interval is dependent on the how big your
information stores are). It is a pretty straight forward task but must
necessarily be done after hours as it will take down any users who are
part
of the specific information store as long as the process is running.
Running regular offline defrags is a really good idea. Not only will it
clean up disk space, it will compress the information stores (and defrag
them) which will improve overall performance and keep the system happy.
Please note that this is NOT a disk defrag! In fact, running a disk
defragmentation process on the disk where your Exchange data resides is
a
fundamentally BAD idea (things will likely go BOOM in a really bad way).
And as with all major maintenance, make DARN sure you have a backup of
EVERYTHING (the OS, server system state, Exchange databases, etc) before
doing this.
TJ
TJ Rainsford
E: tjrainsford@gmail.com
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