Independent School Educators' List (ISED-L): November 2010

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Re: Free range data

Simple is good. We allow our US students to use their phones during the =
day. There certainly are guidelines, and all provisions of our AUP and =
Honor Code remain in effect at all times. =20
=20
pt
--
Paul Tidmore
Chief Technology Officer
Parish Episcopal School

________________________________

From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Constantine, =
Norman
Sent: Tue 11/30/2010 4:27 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Free range data

How about a simple:

"Students are now allowed to connect to the Internet with their smart =
phones
during school hours."

Norman

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Sarah Hanawald <shanawald@gmail.com> =
wrote:

> Colleagues,
>
> Our admin team has met today and decided to "allow" students to do =
what
> they've been doing all along anyway--access the web via their =
smartphones
> on
> campus. This decision has involved many conversations and meetings =
(oh,
> how
> I love the meetings!) with our various constituent groups--parents,
> students, faculty, admins.
>
> So--I'm not going to rehash the debate. What I'm focused on right now =
is
> how to communicate this decision to parent community at large.
>
> Has anyone else made a similar decision? Would you be willing to =
share
> your
> letters with me? Any advice. . .?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Sarah
>
> Sarah Hanawald
>
> Dean of Academic Affairs
>
> Cannon School
> 5801 Poplar Tent Road
> Concord, NC 28027
>
> 704-721-7194
>
> shanawald@cannonschool.org
>
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--
Norman Constantine
Director of Technology Integration
Wakefield School
The Plains, VA

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Re: Mac alternative for TI-Interactive

Hi, Carl. We need a PC alternative for TI-Interactive as well <grin>, as TI
is no longer keeping TI-Interactive up-to-date. We're running the current
version, we think, which is v1.3 and is dated "Build 2004".

Maple has similar capabilities, as does Mathematica. We use Maple daily in
our advanced calculus class. However, this is a big hammer for a small job
in replacing Interactive, and is much more complex to use, with some
picayune syntax requirements.

Love to know of a current generation, well-supported, TI-Interactive-like
application.

--Tim Corica, Peddie School

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Carl Campion <ccampion@mac.com> wrote:

> Can anyone suggest a Mac application that does what TI-Interactive does ?
>
> thanks
>
> Carl Campion
> Archmere Academy
>
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Re: Free range data

This sounds just like somebody trying to make their job sound
important..........

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 7:54 PM, James Holmes <jamestholmes@bellsouth.net>wrote:

> As a fellow administrator that had to enforce a cell phone policy that
> restricted use to the non-academic day, I would couch it as an addition to
> any existing technology policy you have and make it clear the consequences
> of violating said policy. If you already have a set of consequences tie it
> in there. If not, be prepared to enforce the policy and consequences. Where
> I last worked, I had the parents come in for a very brief conversation where
> they signed the policy and the listed consequences after the first
> violation. Also you might want to set the time of the academic day from
> first bell to last bell. Those kids with last period independent study were
> the death of me. They kept saying that they were done at 1:30 versus 3:10.
> Just some thoughts about this subject. Best of luck.
>
> Ps you also might want your HoS to help craft the language of the policy
> and the letter home to parents. His phone is going to ring at some point
> about this. Again, best of luck to you.
>
> James Holmes
> Consultant
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sarah Hanawald <shanawald@gmail.com>
> Sender: A forum for independent school educators <
> ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:30:08
> To: <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Reply-To: A forum for independent school educators <
> ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Subject: Free range data
>
> Colleagues,
>
> Our admin team has met today and decided to "allow" students to do what
> they've been doing all along anyway--access the web via their smartphones
> on
> campus. This decision has involved many conversations and meetings (oh,
> how
> I love the meetings!) with our various constituent groups--parents,
> students, faculty, admins.
>
> So--I'm not going to rehash the debate. What I'm focused on right now is
> how to communicate this decision to parent community at large.
>
> Has anyone else made a similar decision? Would you be willing to share
> your
> letters with me? Any advice. . .?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Sarah
>
> Sarah Hanawald
>
> Dean of Academic Affairs
>
> Cannon School
> 5801 Poplar Tent Road
> Concord, NC 28027
>
> 704-721-7194
>
> shanawald@cannonschool.org
>
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>

--
Norman Constantine
Director of Technology Integration
Wakefield School
The Plains, VA

Re: Free range data

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Re: Admissions tracking software

Hi Dana -

We're using inRESONANCE's Portal Web Services, with their FM Pro-based
Portal on the SIS back-end. It has worked very well for us. I am not sure
how it would integrate with your existing SIS.

s
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650.924.1040 (Google Voice)
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You don't *really* need to print this do you?

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Dana Pero <dpero@scienceandartsacademy.org
> wrote:

> What do other schools use to track admission inquiries and applications?
> We
> use a variety of manual procedures, but we're starting to look for a
> web-based solution. We just need to track the admissions process, from
> initial inquiry to acceptance. From there, we would enroll them into our
> SIS.
>
> Thanks!
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Dana Pero
> Director of Technology
> Science & Arts Academy
> (847) 827-7880
> http://www.scienceandartsacademy.org/
>
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Re: Free range data

I agree with Norman's suggestion, a simple announcement. Your decision may
not be nearly as controversial among the parents than it was among your
faculty and staff.

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Sarah Hanawald <shanawald@gmail.com>wrote:

> Colleagues,
>
> Our admin team has met today and decided to "allow" students to do what
> they've been doing all along anyway--access the web via their smartphones
> on
> campus. This decision has involved many conversations and meetings (oh,
> how
> I love the meetings!) with our various constituent groups--parents,
> students, faculty, admins.
>
> So--I'm not going to rehash the debate. What I'm focused on right now is
> how to communicate this decision to parent community at large.
>
> Has anyone else made a similar decision? Would you be willing to share
> your
> letters with me? Any advice. . .?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Sarah
>
> Sarah Hanawald
>
> Dean of Academic Affairs
>
> Cannon School
> 5801 Poplar Tent Road
> Concord, NC 28027
>
> 704-721-7194
>
> shanawald@cannonschool.org
>
> [ For info on ISED-L see https://www.gds.org/podium/default.aspx?t=128874]
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Re: List servs for school communications

We are a Google Apps School. Google Groups are wonderful for this sort of
thing. They are just like old list serves in many ways and I believe would
work well for your puposes.

You might try a twitter account. Nannies and such could follow the tweets.
FaceBook would work very well also.

Creating a text list and texting everyone is another solution.

Norman Constantine

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 8:06 AM, Patricia Moser <moserp@sidwell.edu> wrote:

> Friends,
>
> We have old list serv software that we have been using to allow nannies,
> grannies, and neighbors to sign up for our news alerts. Our parents can
> sign up for these by logging into our web site parent portal, but
> non-affiliated people like care givers need a way to sign up for these email
> communications. Up until this year our list serv worked pretty well. Now it
> is getting hit by spam the minute we put it up. We use Barracuda to block
> spam for our incoming emails but the list serv function does not fall under
> Barracuda's protection. Do any of you have any good solutions to this
> problem? Any software you would recommend? Any way of blocking spam for a
> listserv? Do any of you use something like Yahoo groups for this function?
> Our web site is from SilverPoint. Thanks in advance for any advice you
> might have.
> Patt Moser
> Sidwell Friends School
>
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>

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Norman Constantine
Director of Technology Integration
Wakefield School
The Plains, VA

Re: Free range data

How about a simple:

"Students are now allowed to connect to the Internet with their smart phones
during school hours."

Norman

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Sarah Hanawald <shanawald@gmail.com> wrote:

--
Norman Constantine
Director of Technology Integration
Wakefield School
The Plains, VA

Re: Glogster

It often happens in PPT also when you narrate a presentation. It is very
had to be patient at the end of a presentation recording. Remind the student
that when they are finished talking just count to five slowly before you
click off the recording. It may clear up your problem.

NOrman

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 2:56 PM, J Callahan <callajud@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Does anyone out there use Glogster? We've encountered a problem that I see
> in their discussions, but don't find an answer:
>
> If you record your voice and upload, all works fine until you preview and
> then you discover the last few words are being cut off. Same thing happens
> if you use their grab tool. Some students work fine, while others have the
> problem.
>
> Thanks to anyone with some insight.
>
> Judy Callahan
> Berkeley Prep
> Tampa, Florida
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--
Norman Constantine
Director of Technology Integration
Wakefield School
The Plains, VA

Admissions tracking software

What do other schools use to track admission inquiries and applications? We
use a variety of manual procedures, but we're starting to look for a
web-based solution. We just need to track the admissions process, from
initial inquiry to acceptance. From there, we would enroll them into our
SIS.

Thanks!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dana Pero
Director of Technology
Science & Arts Academy
(847) 827-7880
http://www.scienceandartsacademy.org/

Mac alternative for TI-Interactive

Can anyone suggest a Mac application that does what TI-Interactive does ?

thanks

Carl Campion
Archmere Academy

Glogster

Does anyone out there use Glogster? We've encountered a problem that I see=
in their discussions=2C but don't find an answer:
=20
If you record your voice and upload=2C all works fine until you preview and=
then you discover the last few words are being cut off. Same thing happen=
s if you use their grab tool. Some students work fine=2C while others have=
the problem.
=20
Thanks to anyone with some insight.
=20
Judy Callahan
Berkeley Prep
Tampa=2C Florida =

Free range data

Colleagues,

Our admin team has met today and decided to "allow" students to do what
they've been doing all along anyway--access the web via their smartphones on
campus. This decision has involved many conversations and meetings (oh, how
I love the meetings!) with our various constituent groups--parents,
students, faculty, admins.

So--I'm not going to rehash the debate. What I'm focused on right now is
how to communicate this decision to parent community at large.

Has anyone else made a similar decision? Would you be willing to share your
letters with me? Any advice. . .?

Thank you,

Sarah

Sarah Hanawald

Dean of Academic Affairs

Cannon School
5801 Poplar Tent Road
Concord, NC 28027

704-721-7194

shanawald@cannonschool.org

Re: Google Adwords

Thanks, Jason!

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Jason Johnson <jasonpj@yahoo.com> wrote:

> For 3 years I funded $50/month with two different adds and heavily targeted
> key words. We saw the best results when we had a dedicated landing page to
> click through from the add. When we dumped them on to the home page they
> didn't stay long. Enrollment improved over the last two years so I
> suspended it this year but we keep it paused and will reactivate it if we
> don't make enrollment goals by early 2011.
>
>
> One other thing I notice in the analytics: For most of the first year and
> for the first month or two of the school year each year there after, it
> appeared a lot of parents clicked on the ad after searching for the school
> name. I would not recommend including the school name in your keywords or
> you will be paying a lot for parents who use Google in lieu of bookmarks or
> typing in the URL.
>
>
> _J
>
>
>
> ____________________________
> Jason at jasonpj@yahoo.com
>
>
>
> From: Mark Murrell <mark.murrell@gmail.com>
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Cc:
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 10:25:12 AM
> Subject: Google Adwords
>
> I am looking to learn what schools are paying for pay-per-click advertising
> on a monthly basis.
>
> Please let me know if you are willing to offer this information and I will
> do so as well.
>
> Best,
>
> Mark
>
> --
> Mark Murrell
> Hyde Schools
> Hyde.edu
>
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Re: List servs for school communications

I forgot to include references.

Majordomo (http://www.greatcircle.com/majordomo/)

Mailman (http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html)

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Hoover Chan chan@sacredsf.org
Technology Director
Schools of the Sacred Heart
2222 Broadway St.
San Francisco, CA 94115

Re: List servs for school communications

What mailing list software are you currently using? Albeit also old, I use Majordomo for the mailing lists that I currently manage and the way I get around spam is to set the posting rules to only allow subscribers and nobody else. If the spam is actually coming from a subscriber, you can then eliminate that address easily.

I'd still recommend Majordomo but if starting from scratch, I'd seriously take a look at a modern mailing list server program, Mailman.

Majordomo is free, includes source code (Perl) but I believe is not Open Source.

Mailman is free and Open Source written in Python.

There's a whole universe of mailing list software that costs $$$ but I've never found the need to venture in that direction.

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Hoover Chan chan@sacredsf.org
Technology Director
Schools of the Sacred Heart
2222 Broadway St.
San Francisco, CA 94115

----- "Patricia Moser" <moserp@sidwell.edu> wrote:

> Friends,
>
> We have old list serv software that we have been using to allow
> nannies, grannies, and neighbors to sign up for our news alerts. Our
> parents can sign up for these by logging into our web site parent
> portal, but non-affiliated people like care givers need a way to sign
> up for these email communications. Up until this year our list serv
> worked pretty well. Now it is getting hit by spam the minute we put it
> up. We use Barracuda to block spam for our incoming emails but the
> list serv function does not fall under Barracuda's protection. Do any
> of you have any good solutions to this problem? Any software you would
> recommend? Any way of blocking spam for a listserv? Do any of you use
> something like Yahoo groups for this function? Our web site is from
> SilverPoint. Thanks in advance for any advice you might have.
> Patt Moser
> Sidwell Friends School
>
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Re: Google Adwords

For 3 years I funded $50/month with two different adds and heavily targeted key words. We saw the best results when we had a dedicated landing page to click through from the add. When we dumped them on to the home page they didn't stay long. Enrollment improved over the last two years so I suspended it this year but we keep it paused and will reactivate it if we don't make enrollment goals by early 2011.

One other thing I notice in the analytics: For most of the first year and for the first month or two of the school year each year there after, it appeared a lot of parents clicked on the ad after searching for the school name. I would not recommend including the school name in your keywords or you will be paying a lot for parents who use Google in lieu of bookmarks or typing in the URL.

____________________________
Jason at jasonpj@yahoo.com

From: Mark Murrell <mark.murrell@gmail.com>
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Cc:
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 10:25:12 AM
Subject: Google Adwords

I am looking to learn what schools are paying for pay-per-click advertising
on a monthly basis.

Please let me know if you are willing to offer this information and I will
do so as well.

Best,

Mark

--
Mark Murrell
Hyde Schools
Hyde.edu

REPLY: Parent Conference Scheduling Software

=20

Joan

=20

=E2=80=A6 have a look at some of the links in this list

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Chris Smith (shamblesguru)

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Follow me on Twitter @shamblesguru

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.

Google Adwords

I am looking to learn what schools are paying for pay-per-click advertising
on a monthly basis.

Please let me know if you are willing to offer this information and I will
do so as well.

Best,

Mark

--
Mark Murrell
Hyde Schools
Hyde.edu

Re: state of the art digital arts labs

Patt -

I agree that the first choice is overkill. That said, the obvious advantage
of any tower is expandability. You could, for example, load it up with
additional hard drives and turn them into a RAID array, or simply use an
additional drive as a Time Machine backup for the primary drive and keep all
of the work local to the machine. No server required for backup.

We went with option #2, though with a smaller screen since we literally
could not fit the larger models in the small space the arts lab is in. You
could consider formatting the 2TB drive into two or more partitions. One
partition for the OS and applications, and a second for data. This makes it
easier to reimage if necessary. You could also use a partition as a time
machine backup, but this has some risk if the hard drive itself physically
fails. I do this with my laptop, but then I backup the time machine
partition to the cloud via Crash Plan.

I have found the performance of these computers to be excellent for
Photoshop, Final Cut Express, GarageBand, and similar CPU intensive
operations. On a final note, while we have not done this, there should be
ways to turn these machines into rendering farms for extremely large video
projects to render overnight, thereby gaining productive use of them during
otherwise idle times.

Regards,

-----
Steve Taffee | Director of Strategic Projects
Castilleja School | staffee@castilleja.org
1310 Bryant Street | www.castilleja.org
Palo Alto, CA 94301 | taffee.edublogs.org
650.924.1040 (Google Voice)
Women Learning, Women Leading
<http://twitter.com/sjtaffee> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/stevetaffee>
You don't *really* need to print this do you?

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 5:16 AM, Patricia Moser <moserp@sidwell.edu> wrote:

> Friends,
>
> I am seeking recommendations for the best computers for an upper school
> digital visual arts lab, specifically brands and models. The lab will be
> used for all sorts of digital art, including AP Art, art portfolios, digital
> photography, and music. Specific models that have been recommended to us
> are:
> First choice which seems a bit over the top: the 8 Core Mac Pro Two 2.26GHz
> Quad-Core Intel Xeon16GB (8x2GB)
>
> Second choice: Quad-Core iMac 27-inch: 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 +200
> 16GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 4x4GB +1400 2TB Serial ATA Drive
>
> Third Choice: Quad-Core iMac 27-inch: 2.66GHz 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Core
> i7 +200 8GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB +600 1TB Serial ATA Drive
>
> Is anyone out there using any of these? How is their performance? Anything
> else you would recommend? What is the best way to handle storage of the
> large files that will be created? A separate server? Thanks for your help.
>
> Patt Moser
> Sidwell Friends School
>
>
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>

ISENET Approaching the 4000 Member Mark

The Independent School Educators Ning (ISENET) is approaching the 4000
member mark.

For many of us ISENET has become an essential component of our PLNs. It is
one of the easiest ways to keep up with developments in the independent
school world, and to share information and learn from other independent
school educators.

If you are not yet a member please consider joining the conversation at:
http://isenet.ning.com/

Thanks,

Fred

--
Fred Bartels
Dir. of Info. Tech.
Rye Country Day School

state of the art digital arts labs

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Monday, November 29, 2010

Re: ised-l Parent Conference Scheduling Software

We used Pick a Time for our most recent conference scheduling - free,
very well received by parents, but took a bit of time to figure out on
the back side of things. =20

Bernadette Roche
Director of Technology
Oakhill Day School
www.oakhilldayschool.org
816.436.6228

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Nancy Stutsman
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 11:32 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: ised-l Parent Conference Scheduling Software

We have used www.canyoncreeksoftware.com for three years, and it has
been a hit with parents and teachers. The uploads required from the
SIS are easy to pull (we also use Whipplehill), and, at least at the
time we compared prices, it was much less expensive than pickatime. It
is more basic, but works well. =20

Nancy Stutsman
Monte Cassino School
(918) 746-4121

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Joan McGettigan
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 9:37 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: ised-l Parent Conference Scheduling Software

Dear All,

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Recently, there were some posts about event scheduling software. I'm
wondering if any of you use a specific software or a google doc that you
might be willing to share to schedule parent-teacher conferences?=20

Thanks!

:) Joan

Dr. Joan McGettigan
Director of Technology Integration
Pine Crest School
(954) 492-4158
www.pinecrest.edu
joan.mcgettigan@pinecrest.edu

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Re: ised-l Parent Conference Scheduling Software

John - We use use a system called PTC Wizard, http://www.ptcwizard.com/. Our
scheduler is reasonably happy with the software. Parent compliance (there's
always someone!) is the bigger issue.

I have bookmarked several systems here: http://goo.gl/KDQHA

I would say we're still looking for the ideal system that accommodates
parents with two or more children in school, optimizes the time for parent's
while on campus, and handles schedules for teachers who have classes both in
middle school (where do conferences) and upper school (where we don't) and
handles team-taught courses.

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 7:36 AM, Joan McGettigan <
joan.mcgettigan@pinecrest.edu> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
>
> Recently, there were some posts about event scheduling software. I'm
> wondering if any of you use a specific software or a google doc that you
> might be willing to share to schedule parent-teacher conferences?
>
> Thanks!
>
> :) Joan
>
> Dr. Joan McGettigan
> Director of Technology Integration
> Pine Crest School
> (954) 492-4158
> www.pinecrest.edu
> joan.mcgettigan@pinecrest.edu
>
> [ For info on ISED-L see https://www.gds.org/podium/default.aspx?t=128874]
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>

Re: ised-l Parent Conference Scheduling Software

This was my post from a different listserv:

We used http://www.schoolbookings.net/home this fall and it worked for both=
our high school and elementary school within a 3 day time frame without a =
glitch. Both division had different schedules and faculty options. The fee=
is very reasonable (for one calendar year), less than pickatime, and we ar=
e able to schedule as much as we want under the one fee structure. This on=
e was user friendly on administration, teacher, and parent. Any technical q=
uestions were answered/resolved very quickly.
I tried the pickatime trial last year and used a free online scheduler last=
year, but this one by far was tops in my book.

Rhonda

Rhonda Wisniewski =81Instructional Technology Specialist/Coordinator of Hig=
h School Academics =81 Academy of the Holy Names =813319 Bayshore Blvd =81T=
ampa, FL 33629=81office 813-839-5371 ext 251 | fax 813-839-1486 =81rwisniew=
ski@holynamestpa.org=81

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.=
EDU] On Behalf Of Joan McGettigan
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 10:37 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: ised-l Parent Conference Scheduling Software

Dear All,

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Recently, there were some posts about event scheduling software. I'm wonder=
ing if any of you use a specific software or a google doc that you might be=
willing to share to schedule parent-teacher conferences?

Thanks!

:) Joan

Dr. Joan McGettigan
Director of Technology Integration
Pine Crest School
(954) 492-4158
www.pinecrest.edu
joan.mcgettigan@pinecrest.edu

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Re: ised-l Parent Conference Scheduling Software

We have used www.canyoncreeksoftware.com for three years, and it has been a=
hit with parents and teachers. The uploads required from the SIS are eas=
y to pull (we also use Whipplehill), and, at least at the time we compared =
prices, it was much less expensive than pickatime. It is more basic, but =
works well. =20

Nancy Stutsman
Monte Cassino School
(918) 746-4121

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.=
EDU] On Behalf Of Joan McGettigan
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 9:37 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: ised-l Parent Conference Scheduling Software

Dear All,

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Thanks!

:) Joan

Dr. Joan McGettigan
Director of Technology Integration
Pine Crest School
(954) 492-4158
www.pinecrest.edu
joan.mcgettigan@pinecrest.edu

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Re: ised-l Parent Conference Scheduling Software

Joan,
We've used Virtual Paragon for the last few years and it has been great.
Usually when we post the opening of sign up for conferences, they are about
80% filled by the next day. Very easy for parents to use.
Ellen

Here's the Contact info:
*Doron Shalmon
*Virtual Paragon
http://www.VirtualParagon.com <http://www.virtualparagon.com/>
You can also reach us at
<http://www.virtualparagon.com/><sales%20[AT]%20VirtualParagon%20[DOT]%20com>or
by phone in the U.S. at 732-470-0740.

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Joan McGettigan <
joan.mcgettigan@pinecrest.edu> wrote:

--
Ellen Baru
Director of Technology
The Cathedral School
1047 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10025

Phone: 212-316-7447
Fax: 212-316-7558
E-Mail: ebaru@cathedralnyc.org

Re: ised-l Parent Conference Scheduling Software

We used pick a time for the first time this year. It was amazingly easy and=
very well received by both parents and teachers. Though we could have used=
SSO integration through Silverpoint, we decided against that option. I wou=
ld highly recommend pick a time!
~Jayme

Jayme Johnson
Village School
Pacific Palisades, CA

On 11/29/10 7:55 AM, "Vincent Jansen" <vjansen@lcc.ca> wrote:

We use www.pickatime.com to schedule our PT-conferences. Works great
for us for the past two years.

Vince Jansen
Lower Canada College

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Joan McGettigan
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 10:37 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: ised-l Parent Conference Scheduling Software

Dear All,

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Thanks!

:) Joan

Dr. Joan McGettigan
Director of Technology Integration
Pine Crest School
(954) 492-4158
www.pinecrest.edu
joan.mcgettigan@pinecrest.edu

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Re: advisory handbook

You may also find the ISM book, Mission-Based Advisory: A Professional
Development Manual, helpful. The book is available at Amazon, or you can
purchase the book directly from ISM at=20

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-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Matt Nink
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 10:49 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: advisory handbook

Hi Lorri,

I have three book recommendations. =20

http://woodnbarnes.com/?p=3D102--Leading Together by Laurie Frank=20

http://woodnbarnes.com/?p=3D196--Journey to the Caring Classroom by =
Laurie
Frank=20

http://www.esrnational.org/store/index.php?main_page=3Dproduct_info&produ=
c
ts_id=3D2--The Advisory Guide by Polner and Lieber. =20

I have worked directly with Laurie Frank and Carol Miller Lieber to do
advisory trainings at various independent schools. I would be happy to
offer this training myself or connect you to others who will better suit
your needs. =20

Happy Monday!

Matt=20

Matt Nink | Executive Director| Global Youth Leadership Institute
135 N. 76th St. | Milwaukee WI 53213
office: 414.290.8142 | fax: 414.290.0205 | cell: 414.397.1159
skype: gylimjn
www.gyli.org
Mission: Global Youth Leadership Institute delivers transformative
educational programs that foster global pluralism, collaborative
leadership, and environmental care and help students and teachers become
fully engaged citizens of the world.

On Nov 25, 2010, at 10:49 AM, Dan Condon wrote:

http://www.wildwood.org/page.cfm?p=3D438

On 11/24/10 4:33 PM, "Lorri Carroll" <lcarroll@hamdenhall.org> wrote:

> Does anyone have an advisory handbook they could share?
> Has anyone had a trainer come in to work with faculty in support of
> becoming a better advisor?
>=20
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> Director of Technology
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> 1108 Whitney Avenue
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Re: ised-l Parent Conference Scheduling Software

We use www.pickatime.com to schedule our PT-conferences. Works great
for us for the past two years.

Vince Jansen
Lower Canada College

Dear All,

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Thanks!

:) Joan

Dr. Joan McGettigan
Director of Technology Integration
Pine Crest School
(954) 492-4158
www.pinecrest.edu
joan.mcgettigan@pinecrest.edu

Re: ised-l Parent Conference Scheduling Software

We use www.pickatime.com to schedule our PT-conferences. Works great
for us for the past two years.

Vince Jansen
Lower Canada College

Dear All,

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Thanks!

:) Joan

Dr. Joan McGettigan
Director of Technology Integration
Pine Crest School
(954) 492-4158
www.pinecrest.edu
joan.mcgettigan@pinecrest.edu

Re: ised-l Parent Conference Scheduling Software

Hello:

We recently used pickatime.com for this purpose and were pleased for the
most part. We use Whipple Hill and the integration between the two pieces
of software made it pretty easy to set up. I would take a look at the set
up first before going this way if you are not going to integrate it with
Whipple Hill or another online SIS which they partner with for this
purpose. You need to import teachers, students and classes for the system
to work and then you can set up slots, modify specific teacher schedules
...

Bruce

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>Dear All,
>
>I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
>
>Recently, there were some posts about event scheduling software. I'm
>wondering if any of you use a specific software or a google doc that you
>might be willing to share to schedule parent-teacher conferences?
>
>Thanks!
>
>:) Joan
>
>Dr. Joan McGettigan
>Director of Technology Integration
>Pine Crest School
>(954) 492-4158
>www.pinecrest.edu
>joan.mcgettigan@pinecrest.edu

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Re: advisory handbook

Hi Lorri,

I have three book recommendations. =20

http://woodnbarnes.com/?p=3D102--Leading Together by Laurie Frank=20

http://woodnbarnes.com/?p=3D196--Journey to the Caring Classroom by =
Laurie Frank=20

=
http://www.esrnational.org/store/index.php?main_page=3Dproduct_info&produc=
ts_id=3D2--The Advisory Guide by Polner and Lieber. =20

I have worked directly with Laurie Frank and Carol Miller Lieber to do =
advisory trainings at various independent schools. I would be happy to =
offer this training myself or connect you to others who will better suit =
your needs. =20

Happy Monday!

Matt=20

Matt Nink | Executive Director| Global Youth Leadership Institute
135 N. 76th St. | Milwaukee WI 53213
office: 414.290.8142 | fax: 414.290.0205 | cell: 414.397.1159
skype: gylimjn
www.gyli.org
Mission: Global Youth Leadership Institute delivers transformative =
educational programs that foster global pluralism, collaborative =
leadership, and environmental care and help students and teachers become =
fully engaged citizens of the world.

On Nov 25, 2010, at 10:49 AM, Dan Condon wrote:

http://www.wildwood.org/page.cfm?p=3D438

On 11/24/10 4:33 PM, "Lorri Carroll" <lcarroll@hamdenhall.org> wrote:

> Does anyone have an advisory handbook they could share?
> Has anyone had a trainer come in to work with faculty in support of
> becoming a better advisor?
>=20
> Lorri Carroll
> Director of Technology
> Hamden Hall Country Day School
> 1108 Whitney Avenue
> Hamden, CT 06517
> lcarroll@hamdenhall.org
> work (203) 752-2606
> cell (203) 215-9833
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ised-l Parent Conference Scheduling Software

Dear All,

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Recently, there were some posts about event scheduling software. I'm wondering if any of you use a specific software or a google doc that you might be willing to share to schedule parent-teacher conferences?

Thanks!

:) Joan

Dr. Joan McGettigan
Director of Technology Integration
Pine Crest School
(954) 492-4158
www.pinecrest.edu
joan.mcgettigan@pinecrest.edu

Friday, November 26, 2010

Re: Setting up an Email Server - Help for Bernadette Roche

Hello, all,

Some quick thoughts as I wrestle my way out of a tryptophan-induced haze:

If I understand this correctly, she is looking at a few things here:

1. Existing systems failure;
2. Data recovery from backups;
3. Possibly, virus/malware issues that contributed to the systems failure;
4. Possibly, backups that contain the virus/malware
5. The need to get a new email system in place;
6. Possibly (depending on her choice for an email solution) the need to rebuild the email server.

The existing backups need to be scanned for any viruses/malware.

Once that is done, and she has good information about the integrity of the backups, she can move forward with the data recovery.

Realistically, though, I would also want to look at the other computers in her network. It sounds like there are are some virus/malware issues at play here, and I'd want to get a clearer sense of what is happening on the network before rebuilding.

I hope this helps, and that the recovery process runs smoothly.

Cheers,

Bill

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Sent:Thursday, November 25, 2010 10:06:07 PM
Subject:Setting up an Email Server - Help for Bernadette Roche

Hi All,
Bernadette Roche sent me this via Twitter. She does not have email, or she would have posted this query herself.

She asked...

Sorry to bug on a holiday break. Have you ever set up a server?

It's email server, so think Im going 2 have 2 hire sum1 2 restore it cmpletly. Prob cn do OS myself, but exchange itself looks 2 complicated

And also posted further explanation via twitter. Can anyone offer her advice? I'll forward anything to her.

Further tweets:
So it's been an "entertaining" (using term loosely) #eduit week - boss' MB crashed just out of warranty. Virus clogging bandwidth.

AND exchange box MB, controller and both hard drives crashed. Yes, all in one #eduit week.

So now contemplating exchange box. Unchartered waters - pondering what I can do by myself and what I need to call in assistance for.

1 HD will arrive Fri. Can I load OS on it without 2nd HD? Is loading OS on server same as desktop/laptop?

Also have slipstream disc of original configs 4 server. Wondering abt using that on new HD. Is this like imaging a desktop/laptop?

ive a backup of exchange data 2 B restored, but dont know how "unique" exchange is 4 a newbie 2 install or do i call in the big guns?

Thanks in advance,
Jayme

Jayme Johnson
Village School

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Setting up an Email Server - Help for Bernadette Roche

Hi All,
Bernadette Roche sent me this via Twitter. She does not have email, or she =
would have posted this query herself.

She asked...

Sorry to bug on a holiday break. Have you ever set up a server?

It's email server, so think Im going 2 have 2 hire sum1 2 restore it cmplet=
ly. Prob cn do OS myself, but exchange itself looks 2 complicated

And also posted further explanation via twitter. Can anyone offer her advic=
e? I'll forward anything to her.

Further tweets:
So it's been an "entertaining" (using term loosely) #eduit week - boss' MB =
crashed just out of warranty. Virus clogging bandwidth.

AND exchange box MB, controller and both hard drives crashed. Yes, all in o=
ne #eduit week.

So now contemplating exchange box. Unchartered waters - pondering what I ca=
n do by myself and what I need to call in assistance for.

1 HD will arrive Fri. Can I load OS on it without 2nd HD? Is loading OS on =
server same as desktop/laptop?

Also have slipstream disc of original configs 4 server. Wondering abt using=
that on new HD. Is this like imaging a desktop/laptop?

ive a backup of exchange data 2 B restored, but dont know how "unique" exch=
ange is 4 a newbie 2 install or do i call in the big guns?

Thanks in advance,
Jayme

Jayme Johnson
Village School

Re: advisory handbook

http://www.wildwood.org/page.cfm?p=438

On 11/24/10 4:33 PM, "Lorri Carroll" <lcarroll@hamdenhall.org> wrote:

> Does anyone have an advisory handbook they could share?
> Has anyone had a trainer come in to work with faculty in support of
> becoming a better advisor?
>
> Lorri Carroll
> Director of Technology
> Hamden Hall Country Day School
> 1108 Whitney Avenue
> Hamden, CT 06517
> lcarroll@hamdenhall.org
> work (203) 752-2606
> cell (203) 215-9833
>
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Re: advisory handbook

Will you please share?

Thank you!

Chere Stadler
School Counselor
The Weber School

On Nov 24, 2010, at 6:33 PM, Lorri Carroll <lcarroll@hamdenhall.org> wrote:

> Does anyone have an advisory handbook they could share?=20
> Has anyone had a trainer come in to work with faculty in support of
> becoming a better advisor?=20
>=20
> Lorri Carroll
> Director of Technology
> Hamden Hall Country Day School
> 1108 Whitney Avenue
> Hamden, CT 06517
> lcarroll@hamdenhall.org
> work (203) 752-2606
> cell (203) 215-9833
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advisory handbook

Does anyone have an advisory handbook they could share?
Has anyone had a trainer come in to work with faculty in support of
becoming a better advisor?

Lorri Carroll
Director of Technology
Hamden Hall Country Day School
1108 Whitney Avenue
Hamden, CT 06517
lcarroll@hamdenhall.org
work (203) 752-2606
cell (203) 215-9833

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Re: Security hole in your school filters

I will be away from school Wednesday, November 24 - Sunday, November 28
celebrating Thanksgiving. While away I will have limited email access. I
look forward to reading and responding to your email when I return on
Monday, November 29.

Warmly-

Mark

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Re: Security hole in your school filters

We use Websense Web Filter which blocks by category, so whether they try
with HTTPS or HTTP, it is blocked based on Social Networking Category!
Thought I'd share!

Victoria Helland
Network Manager
Hamden Hall Country Day School
1108 Whitney Avenue
Hamden, CT 06517

Work: 203-752-2653
Cell: 203-988-9801
vhelland@hamdenhall.org
www.hamdenhall.org

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on
Sunday, November 21, 2010 at 12:26 PM -0400 wrote:
>Dear ISED members,
>
>If your school chooses to block the student use of Facebook or other
>social networks on your campus, read on.....
>
>This fall ChildrenOnline.org has been conducting 1000's of surveys of
>students about their online behavior. I wanted to let you know that from
>every school we have collected data, the students are reporting that they
>have a way of getting around the
>school filter to access sites like Facebook. I even discovered this
>simple "work-around" at my school early last spring. (We have St.
>Bernard's iPrism content filter.)
>
>You might block Facebook.com but the kids have discovered that such a
>block is ONLY good for the http protocol and does not block https. So
>instead of using http, the students can simply type
>https://www.facebook.com and access their FB accounts. This
>will also be the case at other sites that allow the https protocol. (Does
>Formspring.me use https?)
>
>I don't know if this by-pass works to get around a SonicWall policy when
>that Sonicwall is also the main firewall that stands between the Internet
>and the school. The work-around seems to work best when a school has a
>firewall on the network in "proxy
>mode". By the way, if your school has cell-phone service, the kids can
>also access their Facebook accounts through their smartphones such as the
>iPhone.
>
>Never a dull moment.
>Doug Fodeman
>
>Co-Director, ChildrenOnline.org
>================================
>Douglas Fodeman
>Director of Technology
> Brookwood School
> Manchester, MA 01944
> http://www.Brookwood.edu
> (978) 526-4500 X6233
>================================
>
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Re: Faculty teaching loads

would it be possible to post the aggregate of this survey?

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Jeffrey Bell <jbell@sasweb.org> wrote:

> At our school, a full teaching load is some combination of 4 or 5 classes
> and 1 or 2 afternoon programs (coaching, game administrator, etc.).
>
> Hope this is helpful
>
> Jeffrey Bell
> Academic Dean
> St. Andrew's-Sewanee School
> jbell@sasweb.org
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