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Thursday, January 8, 2009

Re: Thoughts on Xirrus?

we have deployed xirrus campus wide. it is working like a dream! Great
people and support.

Brian Meeks ACTC, ACDT, A+
Network Administrator
The Paideia School
404-270-2306

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>Sorry, all: I meant to send this directly to Jason. However, if others
>have thoughts...
>
>Alex
>
>--------------
>Hi Jason-
>
>We're looking to deploy a wireless pilot and are down to Meru v. Aruba.
>Do you have any further/updated thoughts on the merits of these systems?
>
>Thanks,
>Alex
>-----------------------------------------
>Alexander S. Rhinelander
>Director of Information Technology
>The Roxbury Latin School
>101 Saint Theresa Avenue
>West Roxbury, MA 02132
>617-477-6325
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: A forum for independent school educators
>[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Jason Hyams
>Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 11:37 AM
>To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>Subject: Re: Thoughts on Xirrus?
>
>Larry,
>
>You know my bias for Meru Networks. We had Cisco, Aruba and Meru
>conduct an onsite test before going with Meru.
>Both Cisco and Aruba could not place enough access points on our first
>and second floor to achieve optimal bandwidth requirements for each
>classroom.
>
>I was never able to get enough bandwidth for our classrooms using
>micro-cell technology (HP Procurve solution).
>I had to move to single channel architecture to eliminate the co-channel
>interference (Meru Networks solution).
>
>Novarum has recently published an enterprise wireless study highlighting
>Cisco, Aruba and Meru. It highlights the benefits of single channel
>over micro-channel technologies. You will find that Meru was the clear
>choice in dense environments.
>
>
>
>Jason Hyams
>Director of Technology
>St. Agnes Academy
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: A forum for independent school educators
>[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of George Cohen
>Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 8:09 AM
>To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>Subject: Re: Thoughts on Xirrus?
>
>Larry,
>
>We are planning on wireless for the campus for next year. I had Xirrus
>come in and give us an estimate. While they claim to need less access
>points, the number of radios for each point can climb to 16. This made
>them very expensive. The price they quoted was double the price for a
>Cisco solution.
>
>We still haven't made up our mind yet. I'm waiting for an estimate from
>Meru.
>
>
>
>George Cohen
>Chief Information Officer
>The Walker School
>700 Cobb Parkway North
>Marietta, GA 30062
>office 678-581-6913
>cell 305-297-5543
>
>A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>writes:
>>We are considering upgrading our wireless infrastructure. I'd like to
>
>>hear from any schools that are using or had considered and decided not
>
>>to use a Xirrus solution.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>
>>Larry Kahn
>>Director of Academic and Information Technology
>>The Kinkaid School
>>Phone: (713) 243-5090
>>Skype: larry.kahn
>>Blog: newthingsnewways.blogspot.com
>>
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Re: wiki/blog question

Carl,

I would encourage you to take look at 2 video clips on youtube.

Blogs in plain English and Wikis in plain English.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DNN2I1pWXjXI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D-dnL00TdmLY

Both of these clips do a fine job of describing the respective web 2.0 =
app.

Hiram

Hiram E. Cuevas
Director of Academic Technology
St. Christopher's School
711 St. Christopher's Rd
Richmond, VA 23226
804.282.3185 x627
804.347.2338 cell

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Carl Campion
Sent: Thu 1/8/2009 4:46 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: wiki/blog question
=20
We are preparing to launch a wiki/blog server so teachers can host a =20
wki for their classes. Try as I might it has been difficult for me to =20
formulate a working explanation of the difference between a wiki and a =20
blog. We are using an XServe where each class created in Workgroup =20
Manager gets a wiki and a blog and individual teachers can create =20
their own individual blogs.
It would be very helpful to have access to some wiki/blogs used in a =20
Grade 9-12 setting . I can share these with our faculty as we start =20
using these collaborative tools.

thanks

Carl Campion
Director of Academic Technology
Chemistry Teacher
Archmere Academy
Claymont, DE
302-798-6632x823

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Re: wiki/blog question

My neophyte understanding and experience tell me that a blog is like
threaded email, where the threads are consolidated together keeping a
conversation more on track without the distraction of unrelated topics.
A wiki offers the chance to work together on a common document, each
participant editing and able to comment on their changes, or other
changes.
Dorcas Hand
Annunciation Orthodox School
Houston TX

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Carl Campion
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:46 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: wiki/blog question

We are preparing to launch a wiki/blog server so teachers can host a =20
wki for their classes. Try as I might it has been difficult for me to =20
formulate a working explanation of the difference between a wiki and a =20
blog. We are using an XServe where each class created in Workgroup =20
Manager gets a wiki and a blog and individual teachers can create =20
their own individual blogs.
It would be very helpful to have access to some wiki/blogs used in a =20
Grade 9-12 setting . I can share these with our faculty as we start =20
using these collaborative tools.

thanks

Carl Campion
Director of Academic Technology
Chemistry Teacher
Archmere Academy
Claymont, DE
302-798-6632x823

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wiki/blog question

We are preparing to launch a wiki/blog server so teachers can host a
wki for their classes. Try as I might it has been difficult for me to
formulate a working explanation of the difference between a wiki and a
blog. We are using an XServe where each class created in Workgroup
Manager gets a wiki and a blog and individual teachers can create
their own individual blogs.
It would be very helpful to have access to some wiki/blogs used in a
Grade 9-12 setting . I can share these with our faculty as we start
using these collaborative tools.

thanks

Carl Campion
Director of Academic Technology
Chemistry Teacher
Archmere Academy
Claymont, DE
302-798-6632x823

Re: Thoughts on Xirrus?

Sorry, all: I meant to send this directly to Jason. However, if others
have thoughts...

Alex

--------------
Hi Jason-

We're looking to deploy a wireless pilot and are down to Meru v. Aruba.
Do you have any further/updated thoughts on the merits of these systems?

Thanks,
Alex=20
-----------------------------------------
Alexander S. Rhinelander
Director of Information Technology
The Roxbury Latin School
101 Saint Theresa Avenue
West Roxbury, MA 02132
617-477-6325

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Jason Hyams
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 11:37 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Thoughts on Xirrus?

Larry,

You know my bias for Meru Networks. We had Cisco, Aruba and Meru
conduct an onsite test before going with Meru. =20
Both Cisco and Aruba could not place enough access points on our first
and second floor to achieve optimal bandwidth requirements for each
classroom.

I was never able to get enough bandwidth for our classrooms using
micro-cell technology (HP Procurve solution). =20
I had to move to single channel architecture to eliminate the co-channel
interference (Meru Networks solution).

Novarum has recently published an enterprise wireless study highlighting
Cisco, Aruba and Meru. It highlights the benefits of single channel
over micro-channel technologies. You will find that Meru was the clear
choice in dense environments.

Jason Hyams
Director of Technology =20
St. Agnes Academy

=20

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of George Cohen
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 8:09 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Thoughts on Xirrus?

Larry,

We are planning on wireless for the campus for next year. I had Xirrus
come in and give us an estimate. While they claim to need less access
points, the number of radios for each point can climb to 16. This made
them very expensive. The price they quoted was double the price for a
Cisco solution.=20

We still haven't made up our mind yet. I'm waiting for an estimate from
Meru.=20

George Cohen
Chief Information Officer
The Walker School
700 Cobb Parkway North
Marietta, GA 30062
office 678-581-6913
cell 305-297-5543

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
writes:
>We are considering upgrading our wireless infrastructure. I'd like to

>hear from any schools that are using or had considered and decided not

>to use a Xirrus solution.
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>Larry Kahn
>Director of Academic and Information Technology
>The Kinkaid School
>Phone: (713) 243-5090
>Skype: larry.kahn
>Blog: newthingsnewways.blogspot.com
>
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Re: Thoughts on Xirrus?

Hi Jason-

We're looking to deploy a wireless pilot and are down to Meru v. Aruba.
Do you have any further/updated thoughts on the merits of these systems?

Larry,

Jason Hyams
Director of Technology =20
St. Agnes Academy

=20

Larry,

We still haven't made up our mind yet. I'm waiting for an estimate from
Meru.=20

George Cohen
Chief Information Officer
The Walker School
700 Cobb Parkway North
Marietta, GA 30062
office 678-581-6913
cell 305-297-5543

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
writes:
>We are considering upgrading our wireless infrastructure. I'd like to

>hear from any schools that are using or had considered and decided not

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Re: Facebook question

Your first concern is a possibility with any website, not just Facebook. T=
he only thing you can do to insulate yourself from these types of attacks i=
s to ensure you have sufficient desktop security in place. Run good antivi=
rus software, ensure your users aren't running as local administrators, and=
use safe browser settings. In a properly secured environment, no website =
should be able to cause a security breach on a PC without the user explicit=
ly downloading and executing a file. Not to say that it doesn't happen, bu=
t the more precautions you can take the better off you'll be overall.

I'm not sure what you mean by "open facebook connection". Any attempt to h=
ijack the source port of the computer making the HTTP connection would requ=
ire the web server itself to be compromised, not the web page being viewed.

I hear these sort of generalized fears often from people who don't fully un=
derstand the technology being used. Social networking is safe as long as y=
ou're running in a sane environment. I tend to agree with Jason, in that t=
he true cost of allowing social networking and other such sites at schools =
lies in the toll taken on the supporting infrastructure.

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 Linda Swarlis
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 4:07 PM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: Facebook question
>=20
> Ben is worried about two scenarios. One is having a hacker hijack a
> link on a Facebook profile. The users won't know that the link has been
> substituted. The actual link will look the same but link to the hacker's
> web site. The other is when the hacker uses an open facebook connection
> to hack into an account. I do know that facebook had many viruses over
> the past two months, but I don't know details. I'm hoping someone out
> there is more of an expert and can give us some additional information.
>=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators
> [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Karen Douse
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:20 PM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: Facebook question
>=20
> Hi Linda - Is this because of student laptops? Don't the students use
> Facebook on their laptops when they go home? We do block Facebook for
> students during the day - not because of viruses or safety, but because
> they were spending too much time on
> Facebook during the day. Our girls get malware from using laptops at
> home - we just have to help them to remove it or reimage their machines.
> It does not affect our network - only their laptops.
>=20
> Are the rest of you seeing a rise in spyware and malware recently? Right
> now our biggest problem is coming from free TV and movie sites where
> students download software to watch TV and movies - it downloads spyware
> that shuts off our spyware protection -
> tells the user she has a virus - then tries to sell her virus protection
> that will remove it. We have not seen any viruses get past our system in
> ages - not from Facebook or anywhere else.
>=20
> It's always something!
>=20
> Karen
>=20
> Karen Douse
> Director of Library and Information Services
> Ann Scott Carell Library
> Harpeth Hall School
> 615-346-0116
> douse@harpethhall.org
> A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on
> Thursday, January 08, 2009 at 1:39 PM -0600 wrote:
> >Our Director of Information Technology, Ben Liu, would like to know how
> >schools who do not block Facebook prevent hacking and Facebook viruses.
> >How do you keep your network secure?
>=20
>=20
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Re: Facebook question

Ben is worried about two scenarios. One is having a hacker hijack a
link on a Facebook profile. The users won't know that the link has been
substituted. The actual link will look the same but link to the hacker's
web site. The other is when the hacker uses an open facebook connection
to hack into an account. I do know that facebook had many viruses over
the past two months, but I don't know details. I'm hoping someone out
there is more of an expert and can give us some additional information.

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Karen Douse
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:20 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Facebook question

Hi Linda - Is this because of student laptops? Don't the students use
Facebook on their laptops when they go home? We do block Facebook for
students during the day - not because of viruses or safety, but because
they were spending too much time on
Facebook during the day. Our girls get malware from using laptops at
home - we just have to help them to remove it or reimage their machines.
It does not affect our network - only their laptops.=20

Are the rest of you seeing a rise in spyware and malware recently? Right
now our biggest problem is coming from free TV and movie sites where
students download software to watch TV and movies - it downloads spyware
that shuts off our spyware protection -
tells the user she has a virus - then tries to sell her virus protection
that will remove it. We have not seen any viruses get past our system in
ages - not from Facebook or anywhere else.

It's always something!

Karen

Karen Douse
Director of Library and Information Services
Ann Scott Carell Library
Harpeth Hall School
615-346-0116
douse@harpethhall.org
A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on
Thursday, January 08, 2009 at 1:39 PM -0600 wrote:
>Our Director of Information Technology, Ben Liu, would like to know how
>schools who do not block Facebook prevent hacking and Facebook viruses.
>How do you keep your network secure?

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Re: Facebook question

Wow great stuff so far, thank you all for your input=20

Network throughput concerns as well as student distraction in class has
prevented us from opening social sites to our students.=20

Our students are local administrators on their laptops so we are
constantly dealing with malware and virus issues that occur when they
take the machines home.=20

Karen,
We have seen a rise lately in imaging due to our students being fooled
into installing the many variations of Antivirus XP 2008/9 rouge
software that's been out there. We have been trying to get our students
to use other browsers that are not so susceptible to ActiveX exploits,
such as Firefox. =20

David Hennel

=20

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Subject: Re: Facebook question

It's always something!

Karen

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Re: Facebook question

Hi Linda - Is this because of student laptops? Don't the students use Facebook on their laptops when they go home? We do block Facebook for students during the day - not because of viruses or safety, but because they were spending too much time on
Facebook during the day. Our girls get malware from using laptops at home - we just have to help them to remove it or reimage their machines. It does not affect our network - only their laptops.

Are the rest of you seeing a rise in spyware and malware recently? Right now our biggest problem is coming from free TV and movie sites where students download software to watch TV and movies - it downloads spyware that shuts off our spyware protection -
tells the user she has a virus - then tries to sell her virus protection that will remove it. We have not seen any viruses get past our system in ages - not from Facebook or anywhere else.

It's always something!

Karen

Karen Douse
Director of Library and Information Services
Ann Scott Carell Library
Harpeth Hall School
615-346-0116
douse@harpethhall.org
A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on Thursday, January 08, 2009 at 1:39 PM -0600 wrote:
>Our Director of Information Technology, Ben Liu, would like to know how
>schools who do not block Facebook prevent hacking and Facebook viruses.
>How do you keep your network secure?

Re: Facebook question

We block social networking and streaming sites on our student network. =20

After Thanksgiving break we allowed the students to access social
network sites and noticed a 25% increase in throughput on our wireless
network. The firewall CPU load went from 35% to 75% and the student
network was sluggish. Within 2 days our faculty started complaining
about the students spending class time working in Facebook and not
paying attention. =20

As the IT Director of a school with almost 1000 notebook computers I
must look at the logistics of providing p2p, streaming and social
networking traffic on our network. Many Universities have the budget to
provide the right equipment to support the load but most private school
would have a problem with purchasing enterprise level equipment.

We placed a filter on social sites 5 days into the experiment. =20

Jason Hyams
Director of Technology
St. Agnes Academy=20

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Brian Lee
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 12:36 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Facebook question

Our policy for staff is thoughtful of what you post. Their online
actions
also reflect who we are as a school. If there are issues, we will have
a
discussion to best resolve the situation.

On 1/8/09 1:24 PM, "Lindsay Timms" <ltimms@mountdesales.net> wrote:

> I will say that while I think many people use it for personal reasons,
I
> use it a lot for business! I communicate with local business owners,
> alumni and even other staff members. It is a very useful tool...at
> least from the Development Office stand point. I am not sure if we
have
> a policy for staff, I know that we have one for students. Hope this
helps.
> Lindsay

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Re: Facebook question

What do you mean by Facebook hacking and viruses. Any examples?

On 1/8/09 2:39 PM, "Linda Swarlis" <lswarlis@columbusschoolforgirls.org>
wrote:

> Our Director of Information Technology, Ben Liu, would like to know how
> schools who do not block Facebook prevent hacking and Facebook viruses.
> How do you keep your network secure?
>
> Thanks,
> Linda Swarlis
>
> Linda L. Swarlis, Ph.D.
> Director of Information Services and Library
> Columbus School for Girls
> 56 S. Columbia Avenue
> Columbus, OH 43209
>
> 614-252-0781 ext. 129
> FAX: 614-252-0571
> lswarlis@columbusschoolforgirls.org
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators
> [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Lorrie Jackson
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 1:38 PM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: Facebook question
>
> As Communications/Mktg Dir, I am on Facebook all day. Our young alums
> communicate by Facebook, not e-mail. I recently was completing a story
> in our alum magazine and had repeatedly emailed an alum at their college
> e-mail address with no response. I
> Facebook-ed him and got a reply in minutes. It can be what e-mail was to
> the phone call!
>
> We have an alum FB page and an official school page which I'm in the
> process of populating.
>
> FYI - I wrote an article on social media and marketing the ind school to
> be out in the Feb issue of Independent School magazine in the next few
> weeks if you'd like to take a look there as well for ideas from across
> the US and worldwide on how schools are
> using FB in their advancement, alumni, admission and other depts.
>
> Lorrie
>
>
> A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> writes:
>> Hello All,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We are in a debate regarding the use of Facebook on campus for our
>>> Public Relations Person and Development Office.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have a policy regarding Facebook for Faculty or Staff?
> We
>>> currently block all traffic to Facebook (email and website) on campus
>>> and I am trying to
>>>
>>> understand why we should allow the use of this social network onsite.
>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> David Hennel
>>>
>>> Network Administrator
>>>
>>> Notre Dame Prep School
>>>
>>> Towson, MD
>>>
>>> 410-825-6202
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
> Lorrie Jackson
> Director of Communications and Marketing
> Lausanne Collegiate School
> 1381 West Massey Road
> Memphis, Tennessee, 38120 TN
> ljackson@lausanneschool.com
> 901-474-1003
> http://www.lausanneschool.com
> Twitter: lausanneschool
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: Facebook question

Interesting thread, please keep this open.

I am curious what the standard of 'security' is.

There are a number of interesting questions here - seems to me that if the
goal is to nurture 'connectivism' and promote connected learning, there must
be some tolerance for a certain amount of risk. I am curious where people
fall on this.

Cheers

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Linda Swarlis <
lswarlis@columbusschoolforgirls.org> wrote:

> Our Director of Information Technology, Ben Liu, would like to know how
> schools who do not block Facebook prevent hacking and Facebook viruses.
> How do you keep your network secure?
>
> Thanks,
> Linda Swarlis
>
> Linda L. Swarlis, Ph.D.
> Director of Information Services and Library
> Columbus School for Girls
> 56 S. Columbia Avenue
> Columbus, OH 43209
>
> 614-252-0781 ext. 129
> FAX: 614-252-0571
> lswarlis@columbusschoolforgirls.org
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators
> [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Lorrie Jackson
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 1:38 PM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: Facebook question
>
> As Communications/Mktg Dir, I am on Facebook all day. Our young alums
> communicate by Facebook, not e-mail. I recently was completing a story
> in our alum magazine and had repeatedly emailed an alum at their college
> e-mail address with no response. I
> Facebook-ed him and got a reply in minutes. It can be what e-mail was to
> the phone call!
>
> We have an alum FB page and an official school page which I'm in the
> process of populating.
>
> FYI - I wrote an article on social media and marketing the ind school to
> be out in the Feb issue of Independent School magazine in the next few
> weeks if you'd like to take a look there as well for ideas from across
> the US and worldwide on how schools are
> using FB in their advancement, alumni, admission and other depts.
>
> Lorrie
>
>
> A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> writes:
> >Hello All,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> We are in a debate regarding the use of Facebook on campus for our
> >> Public Relations Person and Development Office.
> >>
> >> Does anyone have a policy regarding Facebook for Faculty or Staff?
> We
> >> currently block all traffic to Facebook (email and website) on campus
> >> and I am trying to
> >>
> >> understand why we should allow the use of this social network onsite.
>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thank you in advance
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> David Hennel
> >>
> >> Network Administrator
> >>
> >> Notre Dame Prep School
> >>
> >> Towson, MD
> >>
> >> 410-825-6202
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
> Lorrie Jackson
> Director of Communications and Marketing
> Lausanne Collegiate School
> 1381 West Massey Road
> Memphis, Tennessee, 38120 TN
> ljackson@lausanneschool.com
> 901-474-1003
> http://www.lausanneschool.com
> Twitter: lausanneschool
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: Facebook question

Our Director of Information Technology, Ben Liu, would like to know how
schools who do not block Facebook prevent hacking and Facebook viruses.
How do you keep your network secure?

Thanks,
Linda Swarlis

Linda L. Swarlis, Ph.D.
Director of Information Services and Library
Columbus School for Girls
56 S. Columbia Avenue
Columbus, OH 43209

614-252-0781 ext. 129
FAX: 614-252-0571=20
lswarlis@columbusschoolforgirls.org

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Lorrie Jackson
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 1:38 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Facebook question

As Communications/Mktg Dir, I am on Facebook all day. Our young alums
communicate by Facebook, not e-mail. I recently was completing a story
in our alum magazine and had repeatedly emailed an alum at their college
e-mail address with no response. I
Facebook-ed him and got a reply in minutes. It can be what e-mail was to
the phone call!

We have an alum FB page and an official school page which I'm in the
process of populating.=20

FYI - I wrote an article on social media and marketing the ind school to
be out in the Feb issue of Independent School magazine in the next few
weeks if you'd like to take a look there as well for ideas from across
the US and worldwide on how schools are
using FB in their advancement, alumni, admission and other depts.

Lorrie

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
writes:
>Hello All,
>>
>> =20
>>
>> We are in a debate regarding the use of Facebook on campus for our
>> Public Relations Person and Development Office.
>>
>> Does anyone have a policy regarding Facebook for Faculty or Staff?
We
>> currently block all traffic to Facebook (email and website) on campus
>> and I am trying to=20
>>
>> understand why we should allow the use of this social network onsite.

>>
>> =20
>>
>> Thank you in advance
>>
>> =20
>>
>> David Hennel
>>
>> Network Administrator
>>
>> Notre Dame Prep School
>>
>> Towson, MD=20
>>
>> 410-825-6202
>>
>> =20
>>

Lorrie Jackson
Director of Communications and Marketing
Lausanne Collegiate School
1381 West Massey Road
Memphis, Tennessee, 38120 TN
ljackson@lausanneschool.com
901-474-1003
http://www.lausanneschool.com
Twitter: lausanneschool

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Re: Facebook question

As Communications/Mktg Dir, I am on Facebook all day. Our young alums communicate by Facebook, not e-mail. I recently was completing a story in our alum magazine and had repeatedly emailed an alum at their college e-mail address with no response. I
Facebook-ed him and got a reply in minutes. It can be what e-mail was to the phone call!

We have an alum FB page and an official school page which I'm in the process of populating.

FYI - I wrote an article on social media and marketing the ind school to be out in the Feb issue of Independent School magazine in the next few weeks if you'd like to take a look there as well for ideas from across the US and worldwide on how schools are
using FB in their advancement, alumni, admission and other depts.

Lorrie

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>Hello All,
>>
>>
>>
>> We are in a debate regarding the use of Facebook on campus for our
>> Public Relations Person and Development Office.
>>
>> Does anyone have a policy regarding Facebook for Faculty or Staff? We
>> currently block all traffic to Facebook (email and website) on campus
>> and I am trying to
>>
>> understand why we should allow the use of this social network onsite.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you in advance
>>
>>
>>
>> David Hennel
>>
>> Network Administrator
>>
>> Notre Dame Prep School
>>
>> Towson, MD
>>
>> 410-825-6202
>>
>>
>>

Re: Facebook question

Our policy for staff is thoughtful of what you post. Their online actions
also reflect who we are as a school. If there are issues, we will have a
discussion to best resolve the situation.

On 1/8/09 1:24 PM, "Lindsay Timms" <ltimms@mountdesales.net> wrote:

> I will say that while I think many people use it for personal reasons, I
> use it a lot for business! I communicate with local business owners,
> alumni and even other staff members. It is a very useful tool...at
> least from the Development Office stand point. I am not sure if we have
> a policy for staff, I know that we have one for students. Hope this helps.
> Lindsay

Re: Facebook question

Hi,

We currently do not block social networking sites. We found that it goes
against the ideas of open communication and freedom of speech. Instead of
blocking Facebook or Myspace, we use it as a teaching tool to tell our
students of the perils of sharing too much information online. If we do
encounter any objectionable materials, we will directly discuss the problem
with the student and the parents.

By teaching the students the proper uses of these sites in our intro to
computing classes, students learn what types of behaviors are acceptable and
not acceptable. We also tell them that we will take action if their online
behaviors does not best reflect the appearance of our school (drugs,
alcohol, bad mouthing, threatening, etc). In essence, we are preparing our
students for a world outside our school.

I have had no issues with students and social networking sites. Common
sense has to be taught sometimes, and students will understand why. By
blocking these sites, you will only increase the chance of students doing
something stupid online in their home. Make these social network sites as
part of a curriculum, and use stupidity examples such as of a male who
posted a picture of himself holding a beer can while dressed in a fairy
costume for Halloween on the day he called in sick for work which then gets
posted as headline news on CNN.

We also tell our students that what you post can remain online for years,
and it will affect your employment status, employment application, and
college applications. Once you do that, you should have little or no
problems with these sites.

Brian

On 1/8/09 1:07 PM, "Hennel, David" <henneld@notredameprep.com> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
>
>
> We are in a debate regarding the use of Facebook on campus for our
> Public Relations Person and Development Office.
>
> Does anyone have a policy regarding Facebook for Faculty or Staff? We
> currently block all traffic to Facebook (email and website) on campus
> and I am trying to
>
> understand why we should allow the use of this social network onsite.
>
>
>
> Thank you in advance
>
>
>
> David Hennel
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Notre Dame Prep School
>
> Towson, MD
>
> 410-825-6202
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: Facebook question

I will say that while I think many people use it for personal reasons, I
use it a lot for business! I communicate with local business owners,
alumni and even other staff members. It is a very useful tool...at
least from the Development Office stand point. I am not sure if we have
a policy for staff, I know that we have one for students. Hope this helps.
Lindsay

Hennel, David wrote:
> Hello All,
>
>
>
> We are in a debate regarding the use of Facebook on campus for our
> Public Relations Person and Development Office.
>
> Does anyone have a policy regarding Facebook for Faculty or Staff? We
> currently block all traffic to Facebook (email and website) on campus
> and I am trying to
>
> understand why we should allow the use of this social network onsite.
>
>
>
> Thank you in advance
>
>
>
> David Hennel
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Notre Dame Prep School
>
> Towson, MD
>
> 410-825-6202
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [ For info on ISED-L see http://www.gds.org/ISED-L ]
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Re: photo-sharing sites for schools?

If you have access to a linux server, you can set up your own photo
gallery site with Gallery2. Gallery2 includes modules to add "print
services" like shutterfly, snapgalaxy, digiprint and others.

Gallery2: How to add other print services
http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery2:How_to_add_other_printing_services=20

Facebook question

Hello All,

=20

We are in a debate regarding the use of Facebook on campus for our
Public Relations Person and Development Office.

Does anyone have a policy regarding Facebook for Faculty or Staff? We
currently block all traffic to Facebook (email and website) on campus
and I am trying to=20

understand why we should allow the use of this social network onsite.=20

=20

Thank you in advance

=20

David Hennel

Network Administrator

Notre Dame Prep School

Towson, MD=20

410-825-6202

=20

Re: FMP Server

Don't believe it is possible to do so in FileMaker 9 Server without a
reinstall.

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Renee Ramig <rramig@sevenhillsschool.org>wrote:

> Does anyone know if there is a way to reset the username and password for
> FMP Server v. 9?
>
> I know all the usernames and passwords for the database files being served,
> it is just the admin console that I need to figure out.
>
> I am guessing I can uninstall and then reinstall, but I was hoping there
> might be a quicker way.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Renee Ramig
> Seven Hills School
>
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FMP Server

Does anyone know if there is a way to reset the username and password =
for FMP Server v. 9?

I know all the usernames and passwords for the database files being =
served, it is just the admin console that I need to figure out.

I am guessing I can uninstall and then reinstall, but I was hoping there =
might be a quicker way.

Thanks,

Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Software for Japanese Language

A New Year Question:

=20

Currently, our students are using Global IME for Japanese "word
processing". This is not usually on my radar, so every-so-often I
like to check to see if anyone is using something else and/or better.
We are a 1-to-1 laptop environment for Upper Level, so a free download
is welcome. If the International Community is using something more
effective, however, we would certainly want to investigate.

=20

Any suggestions?=20

=20

Thanks!

=20

-C.D.

=20

Carole Duff

Curriculum Technologist

Notre Dame Preparatory School

815 Hampton Lane

Towson, MD. 21286

=20

photo-sharing sites for schools?

Please forgive the cross-posting.

We would like to share our candid photos with our parents (we're K-12) and are looking for the best photo-sharing site for schools. Shutterfly charges $100 a year. We want obviously a password-protected site (so only parents can get to our photos) and as
much revenue directed back to our school as possible. Also, if there is a way to have several accounts so say camp pics generate revenue just for our camps and everyday pics generate revenue for my office!

Thanks so much!
Lorrie

Re: ESL/ELL

Perhaps consider an ESL instructor to integrate ESL learning with the
students curricular experience. Also assuming these students are coming from
families in need of ESL, the instructor could potentially work with parents
in the evenings.

Andrea Marks
Technology Integrator
Ethical Culture Fieldston School
33 Central Park West
New York, NY 10023
212-712-6246
amarks@ecfs.org

On 1/7/09 12:08 PM, "Connie Tobolsky" <ctobolsky@kannoncom.com> wrote:

> We have three ESL (needing to learn English) students at the elementary
> level. Is anyone aware of some good software, other than RosettaStone,
> that would be good to help these students? Free or cost - either way.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Connie Tobolsky
> Technology Curriculum Coordinator
> Kinsgley Montessori School
> Boston, MA
> 617-226-4900 ex 725
>
>
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ESL/ELL

We have three ESL (needing to learn English) students at the elementary
level. Is anyone aware of some good software, other than RosettaStone,
that would be good to help these students? Free or cost - either way.

Thanks!

Connie Tobolsky
Technology Curriculum Coordinator
Kinsgley Montessori School
Boston, MA
617-226-4900 ex 725

Join us Thursdays on 21st Century Learning

I am one of the co-hosts of a webcast, which is turned into a podcast,
called 21st Century Learning (http://edtechtalk.com/taxonomy/term/9), along
with Alex Ragone from the Collegiate School and Arvind Grover, from the
Hewitt School. Each week on Thursday, at 1:00 p.m. ET, we have a 30-40
minute conversation with different guests talking about a variety of topics
surrounding teaching and learning, sprinkled with some technology here and
there.

This Thursday, we will be featuring Peter Gow, from Beaver Country Day, and
Fred Bartels, from Rye Country Day, who wil be discussing their wikis that
they set up for conversation about Disruptive Academy and Virtual Disruptive
Academy. We hope that you either come by and participate live if you can (
http://edtechtalk.com/live) or listen to the conversation when you have
time.

Later this month, we will be interviewing Jon Becker, a professor from
Virginia Commonwealth Universtiy and Liz Davis, Director of Academic
Technology from Belmont Hill School.

Re: Applying concepts and techniques from the business world

Could we keep this thread public? Brian, would you publish your article to
this listserv - or at least point us to it when it is done?

Thank you!

Norman Maynard

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Brian Bedrick <bbedrick@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I am writing an article about the benefits schools can obtain from
> partnering with business organizations and emulating business practices. If
> you have any good examples of how your school has successfully collaborated
> with business or utilized business practices, please let me know offline at
> bedrickb@isb.be. My focus is primarily on management practices and
> quality assurance efforts, but I would be interested in good examples from
> other areas as well. Thanks.
>
> Brian Bedrick
> International School of Brussels
> +32 498 074 054
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Re: Adobe Lesson Plans

You might also look on iTunes at "Photoshop TV" and "Photoshop Killer
Tips"... lots of banter but usually one or two cool tutorials that the
kids could watch and imitate. They're up to 160 or so of these.
Dave

===============
Dave Mullen
Head of School
The Nora School
955 Sligo Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
t.301.495.6672
f.301.495.7829
www.nora-school.org

Applying concepts and techniques from the business world

I am writing an article about the benefits schools can obtain from partneri=
ng with business organizations and emulating business practices.=A0 If you =
have any good examples of how your school has successfully collaborated wit=
h business or utilized business practices, please let me know offline at be=
drickb@isb.be.=A0 My focus is primarily on management practices and quality=
assurance efforts, but I would be interested in good examples from other a=
reas as well.=A0 Thanks.=0A=0ABrian Bedrick=0AInternational School of Bruss=
els=0A+32 498 074 054

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Re: Adobe Lesson Plans

The Adobe Classroom in a Book series is terrific. They are tutorials
that students can follow at their own pace, with files to work from.
I've used the Photoshop and InDesign ones quite successfully with
high school and middle school students. The downside is that you
have to buy the books.....but you might be able to pick up some old
ones (from previous versions of Photoshop, Illustrator & Pagemaker)
cheaply. The software doesn't change so much that the old tutorials
are unusable -- in fact, I sometimes use the old tutorials as the
basis for quizzes once my students have learned to use the software.

Atomic Learning is another way to go, but is more passive than
actively doing tutorials.

cheers,
- marty

--
Marty Billingsley
Department of Computer Science
The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools

Renee Ramig wrote:
>
> I will be teaching middle school kids how to use Illustrator,
> Photoshop =
> and InDesign. I was wondering if anyone has lesson plans for these =
> application they would be willing to share. I am especially
> interested =
> in some step-by-step lessons that the kids can follow to learn the =
> basics, and then they can build from this on their own.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Renee Ramig
> Seven Hills School
>
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Re: Adobe Lesson Plans

The best Adobe lessons are in the "Classroom in a Book" series. I've
taught the same applications as you are planning to teach since Aldus
owned Pagemaker and published the first "Classroom in a Book." Included
are lessons, fonts, and a CD with all start and final versions of each
exercise. The bonus is they are fun. Do yourself a favor and practice
each exercise and get a command of each exercise and you will fly
through the material. =20

-Sherrie

Sherrie Loveman
Director of Information Technology
University School
2785 SOM Center Road
Hunting Valley, OH 44022
216-831-2200 ext. 7394
sloveman@us.edu=20
www.us.edu=20
http://www.adobe.com/education/community/k12/leaders/profiles/sloveman.h
tml=20

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 11:15 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Adobe Lesson Plans

Hi,

I will be teaching middle school kids how to use Illustrator, Photoshop
and InDesign. I was wondering if anyone has lesson plans for these
application they would be willing to share. I am especially interested
in some step-by-step lessons that the kids can follow to learn the
basics, and then they can build from this on their own.

Thanks,

Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School

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Re: Adobe Lesson Plans

Though not specifically targeted to your intended audience, you may find
the following array of Photoshop tutorials to be a good resource:

http://www.noupe.com/photoshop/60-most-wanted-photoshop-tutorials-brushe
s-psds-and-resources.html

Elliot Lopez
Coordinator, School Technology Support
San Juan Unified School District

Phone: (916) 971-7808
Direct: (916) 979-8099
Fax: (916) 971-7388

http://www.sanjuan.edu
elliot.lopez@sanjuan.edu

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Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 8:15 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Adobe Lesson Plans

Hi,

Thanks,

Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School

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Re: Adobe Lesson Plans

Hello,

There are actually quite a few lessons on the adobe education
website. Many of them are either integrated to curricular subjects or
more advanced lessons (high school & up), but both are great starting
points for ideas at the middle school level. Right now I am in the
process of modifying the Collage & Composition lesson for an elective
class I am teaching that will use mostly photoshop, but incorporating
some illustrator, and Acrobat as well.

Otherwise, I am also interested in solid middle school lessons in the
same areas.

Lisa Douthit
Notre Dame de Sion - Kansas CIty

On Jan 5, 2009, at 10:15 PM, Renee Ramig wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I will be teaching middle school kids how to use Illustrator,
> Photoshop and InDesign. I was wondering if anyone has lesson plans
> for these application they would be willing to share. I am
> especially interested in some step-by-step lessons that the kids can
> follow to learn the basics, and then they can build from this on
> their own.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Renee Ramig
> Seven Hills School
>
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Re: Adobe Lesson Plans

I would second the recommendation to use Scott Kelby's books. I taught 8th
grade digital design and built project activities around several of Kelby's
Photoshop Classic Effects. For example students create their own cereal
brand and box, a grave stone for a famous literary figure. Also
fun--students create their own iPod ads. With these activities we were able
to address issues of design as well as media literacy as relates to
advertising.

Andrea Marks
Technology Integrator
Ethical Culture Fieldston School
33 Central Park West
New York, NY
10023
amarks@ecfs.org

On 1/5/09 11:28 PM, "Maureen Tumenas" <maureentumenas@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> I use the Adobe Classroom in a Book Series for Photoshop and InDesign. I
> used to do step by step lessons, but now do more project based lessons. Get
> them started with the basics and troubleshoot and advise as the kids work
> through their projects. I keep a few Photoshop magazines and some of Scott
> Kelby's cool stuff around for those looking for inspiration.
>
> Maureen Tumenas
> BCD
> Lenox, MA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators
> [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Renee Ramig
> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 11:15 PM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Adobe Lesson Plans
>
> Hi,
>
> I will be teaching middle school kids how to use Illustrator, Photoshop and
> InDesign. I was wondering if anyone has lesson plans for these application
> they would be willing to share. I am especially interested in some
> step-by-step lessons that the kids can follow to learn the basics, and then
> they can build from this on their own.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Renee Ramig
> Seven Hills School
>
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Re: Adobe Lesson Plans

You might want to take a look at Lynda.com, they are now making their
excellent training videos available at reasonable rates for courses.

http://www.lynda.com/edu-media/

Fred

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>I use the Adobe Classroom in a Book Series for Photoshop and InDesign. I
>used to do step by step lessons, but now do more project based lessons.
>Get
>them started with the basics and troubleshoot and advise as the kids work
>through their projects. I keep a few Photoshop magazines and some of Scott
>Kelby's cool stuff around for those looking for inspiration.
>
>Maureen Tumenas
>BCD
>Lenox, MA
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: A forum for independent school educators
>[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Renee Ramig
>Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 11:15 PM
>To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>Subject: Adobe Lesson Plans
>
>Hi,
>
>I will be teaching middle school kids how to use Illustrator, Photoshop
>and
>InDesign. I was wondering if anyone has lesson plans for these
>application
>they would be willing to share. I am especially interested in some
>step-by-step lessons that the kids can follow to learn the basics, and
>then
>they can build from this on their own.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Renee Ramig
>Seven Hills School
>
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Monday, January 5, 2009

Re: Adobe Lesson Plans

I use the Adobe Classroom in a Book Series for Photoshop and InDesign. I
used to do step by step lessons, but now do more project based lessons. Get
them started with the basics and troubleshoot and advise as the kids work
through their projects. I keep a few Photoshop magazines and some of Scott
Kelby's cool stuff around for those looking for inspiration.

Maureen Tumenas
BCD
Lenox, MA

Hi,

I will be teaching middle school kids how to use Illustrator, Photoshop and
InDesign. I was wondering if anyone has lesson plans for these application
they would be willing to share. I am especially interested in some
step-by-step lessons that the kids can follow to learn the basics, and then
they can build from this on their own.

Thanks,

Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School

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Adobe Lesson Plans

Hi,

I will be teaching middle school kids how to use Illustrator, Photoshop =
and InDesign. I was wondering if anyone has lesson plans for these =
application they would be willing to share. I am especially interested =
in some step-by-step lessons that the kids can follow to learn the =
basics, and then they can build from this on their own.

Thanks,

Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School

online quizzes

Try quia.com for online quizzes and activitites. It is $39 - $49 a year
and well worth it.

Julie Farr
Mayfield Junior School

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A series of articles on "dimensions of sustainable development" is being
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Please post and/or forward this notice to friends and colleagues who
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The current economic and environmental crises confirm the importance of
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_____________
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Re: [ANN] Immediate Job opportunity - IR implementation specialist

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[ANN] Immediate Job opportunity - IR implementation specialist

Implementation Specialist

JOB DESCRIPTION

SUMMARY

Immediate opening. inRESONANCE, Inc. is expanding again and seeks =20
qualified candidates with a desire to work with independent schools =20
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A background in teaching=97formal or informal

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