Social Networks for School Parents

Sorry if this has already been out there. I haven't seen it.

Do any of you:

Sponsor a social network for your parents?
Have parents who have set-up/run such a network on their own?

If so, what problems/issues have you encountered? Has it been successful?
Do you have guidelines?

I'd appreciate any information you could give us.

Connie Tobolsky

Technology Curriculum Coordinator
Kingsley Montessori School
Boston, MA
617-226-4900 ex 725

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Re: Parallels Server for Mac Experiences

Parallels Server does in fact support virtualization of Mac OS X, as well a=
s Windows and Linux, but it runs as a service / daemon on top of OS X. It'=
s not bare metal like VMware ESX and some versions of Xen. Parallels Conta=
iners (nee Virtuozzo) is OS-level virtualization and indeed only supports L=
inux and Windows. Our initial explorations with server virtualization bega=
n with Virtuozzo for Windows about 2 years ago, but I didn't feel its hyper=
visor model was sufficient for our environment. It also had a sort of "bla=
ck-magic" feel to how it worked, and I frequently encountered issues with i=
nstalling Windows patches or applications that could make the entire server=
unstable. After about 6 months with it, we moved to VMware ESX, and event=
ually moved our entire server environment to VMware Infrastructure.

S
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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 Jason Johnson
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 8:57 PM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: Parallels Server for Mac Experiences
>=20
> I have just started researching Parallels Containers for a RedHat environ=
ment
> but I have no direct Mac server experience.
>=20
> Parallels for servers is geared toward large organizations that are mac b=
ased
> but want to do a small scale MS/Linux only software implementation. If t=
his
> is what you are looking for you really have to ask if the performance
> penalties you will pay for virtualiztion are worth adherence to a platfor=
m.
> For the cost it is likely you would get better performance from purchasin=
g a
> dedicated MS box and bundled OS and CALs and would only be worth it if yo=
u
> have a lot of spare CPU cycles and disk space.
>=20
> What you are probably more interested in is Parallels Virtuozzo Container=
s.
> This would be the equivalent of a Mac VMWare allowing several instances o=
f a
> mac server to run on a single server in isolation. However, AFAIK Virtuo=
zzo
> only supports Windows and Linux.
>=20
> _J
> ____________________________
> Jason at jasonpj@yahoo.com
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> ________________________________
> From: Steve Taffee <SteveTaffee@CASTILLEJA.ORG>
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 2:23:58 PM
> Subject: Parallels Server for Mac Experiences
>=20
> Hi there, Mac Server users....
>=20
> We are looking at virtualizing of Xserves, and wonder if anyone has exper=
ience
> with Parallels virtual server. We've use their desktop client with succes=
s,
> but not the server version.
>=20
> Tks.
>=20
> s
>=20
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Re: Network devices for identifying 'malware' traffic

Is this for a network you control with clients you manage? I haven't found=
a web gateway filter that can do as good of a job as ESET NOD32 running on=
your desktop PCs. It has its own HTTP sniffing engine, as well as typical=
client-based antivirus features, and it blocks just about every spyware it=
em I can throw at it. ESET also has a gateway antivirus product that's des=
igned to run on top of Squid running on Linux, although I imagine it takes =
a bit of technical expertise to implement.

ESET has very aggressive non-profit / EDU pricing and a great centralized m=
anagement console. Their only weakness, IMO, is their Exchange product - t=
he interface is very rudimentary but the detection is still strong.

S
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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 Fred Bartels
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 7:47 AM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Network devices for identifying 'malware' traffic
>=20
> When I last looked into some of the products that monitor a network for
> malware traffic I didn't find anything with a good combination of
> affordability and ease of use.
>=20
> My ideal device would be something like a Barracuda spam firewall box.
>=20
> Has anyone found a product they really like for identifying malware
> traffic?
>=20
> Thanks,
>=20
> Fred
>=20
> -------------------------
> Fred Bartels
> Head - Computer Department
> Rye Country Day School
> 914-925-4610
>=20
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Re: Moodle Version & Add-ons

1. What version are you using?
version 1.9.2

2. What add-ons do you have installed?
Gallery, Themes by New School Learning

3. How are you currently using it within your school?
Primarily in the middle school. Used to track assignments, online
discussions/forums and some teachers use it to turn in work (uploaded
Word docs). Elementary uses it for newsletter postings and photo albums

4. What requirements do you have for it's use?
Middle School faculty required to keep their homework up-to-date,
elementary update once a month

5. Do you allow outside access (parents/public)?
not public, parents have access

6. What is your Moodle server running on?
Ubuntu, Apache. IBM desktop with 2GB RAM.

7. Do you host it yourself or do you have it outsourced?
host ourselves

8. Do you handle support?
in-house, not too much support, box runs well

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Re: Online quizes/tests

Heidi,
Have you heard of www.Thatquiz.org? It a web-based testing site that is
FREE and it allows you to create tests with multiple choice, short
answer, insert correct answer and several other types; you can even
insert images. It will also allow you to copy other tests that teachers
have shared so you don't always have to create your tests from scratch.
It does grade the test as it is taken and can provide feedback to the
test taker as well as to the test give in several formats. That are
many more components to this awesome site so go check it out and see
what you think.
One of my favorite parts about That Quiz, besides it being free, is that
it doesn't have/allow any advertisements on it. It's a very clean site.

Wade Thaxton
Academic Tech Coordinator
The de Paul School
Louisville, KY

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Heidi Nelson
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 5:34 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Online quizes/tests

Hello all,

We are hoping to find a stand-alone web-based testing solution. Does
anyone
have experience with this, besides what Moodle will do? We assume it
would
be subscription-based. We'd like it to be able to grade tests
automatically
(except for short answer questions, of course), and we need to be able
to
pull reports of the results of tests.

Thank you,

Heidi Nelson
Saint Mary's School
Raleigh, NC

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Re: Internet

The Governor's Academy
500+ Computers
15Mb
370-Students
150-Fac/Staff
BlueCoat SG Proxy

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Manns, Brian
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 2:52 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Internet

This one is for all Boarding schools. Need to do a comparison of
Boarding schools internet. If you could please provide the following

=20

School Name Number of laptops/PCs Bandwidth Number of
Students Number of Faculty/Staff Cache Server if Yes what

=20

Thanks for all who participate if anyone wants the list after compiling
I will share for all....

=20

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Re: Network devices for identifying 'malware' traffic

Barracuda's Web Filter does do malware monitoring and blocking on
computers with malware installed (read: myWeb toolbars, etc.). Of course,
it comes with Barracuda pricing (and a whole web filter solution....which
you probably already have), but when I was looking for a web filter, it
seemed like the big players all did some sort of malware filtering. I
ended up with the Barracuda box and it was pretty good at it.

jen

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>When I last looked into some of the products that monitor a network for
>malware traffic I didn't find anything with a good combination of
>affordability and ease of use.
>
>My ideal device would be something like a Barracuda spam firewall box.
>
>Has anyone found a product they really like for identifying malware
>traffic?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Fred

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Re: Rediker Scheduling

We have used the "Deluxe Scheduler" for two years, and it works well,
when you set it up carefully and let it do it's thing. But that is
pretty much true of every scheduling program I've worked with. Had a
workable schedule in about two weeks, with all the consultations needed.
Would like a few more reports, but you can finagle. We used Edline to
submit course requests last year, and that went well; the ability of
department chairs being able to approve requests is a nice benefit,
don't know if Whipple Hill has that function.

Judith Claire Robison
Director of Technology
Saint John's Catholic Prep
Frederick, MD

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From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Andrew Burnett
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 4:14 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Rediker Scheduling

I am looking for feedback (positive or negative) on using Rediker
Scheduling, based on ease of use and difficulty of importing and
exporting data. Also, if anyone is using it in conjunction with Whipple
Hill SIS, any experience would be great.

=20

=20

Andrew Burnett

Director of Technology

Saint Gertrude High School

3215 Stuart Ave

Richmond VA

=20

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Network devices for identifying 'malware' traffic

When I last looked into some of the products that monitor a network for
malware traffic I didn't find anything with a good combination of
affordability and ease of use.

My ideal device would be something like a Barracuda spam firewall box.

Has anyone found a product they really like for identifying malware
traffic?

Thanks,

Fred

-------------------------
Fred Bartels
Head - Computer Department
Rye Country Day School
914-925-4610

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Re: Parallels Server for Mac Experiences

I have just started researching Parallels Containers for a RedHat environment but I have no direct Mac server experience.

Parallels for servers is geared toward large organizations that are mac based but want to do a small scale MS/Linux only software implementation. If this is what you are looking for you really have to ask if the performance penalties you will pay for virtualiztion are worth adherence to a platform. For the cost it is likely you would get better performance from purchasing a dedicated MS box and bundled OS and CALs and would only be worth it if you have a lot of spare CPU cycles and disk space.

What you are probably more interested in is Parallels Virtuozzo Containers. This would be the equivalent of a Mac VMWare allowing several instances of a mac server to run on a single server in isolation. However, AFAIK Virtuozzo only supports Windows and Linux.

_J
____________________________
Jason at jasonpj@yahoo.com

________________________________
From: Steve Taffee <SteveTaffee@CASTILLEJA.ORG>
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 2:23:58 PM
Subject: Parallels Server for Mac Experiences

Hi there, Mac Server users....

We are looking at virtualizing of Xserves, and wonder if anyone has experience with Parallels virtual server. We've use their desktop client with success, but not the server version.

Tks.

s

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Castilleja School 650.326.8036 (fax)
1310 Bryant Street steve_taffee@castilleja.org
Palo Alto, CA 94301 www.castilleja.org | taffee.edublogs.org
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Online quizes/tests

Hello all,

We are hoping to find a stand-alone web-based testing solution. Does anyone
have experience with this, besides what Moodle will do? We assume it would
be subscription-based. We'd like it to be able to grade tests automatically
(except for short answer questions, of course), and we need to be able to
pull reports of the results of tests.

Thank you,

Heidi Nelson
Saint Mary's School
Raleigh, NC

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Rediker Scheduling

I am looking for feedback (positive or negative) on using Rediker
Scheduling, based on ease of use and difficulty of importing and
exporting data. Also, if anyone is using it in conjunction with Whipple
Hill SIS, any experience would be great.

=20

=20

Andrew Burnett

Director of Technology

Saint Gertrude High School

3215 Stuart Ave

Richmond VA

=20

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Re: old large screen monitor/TV

My apologies to the list for what should have been an offlist response.

sherry

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From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of desiree girelle
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 7:23 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: old large screen monitor/TV

Greetings;

I'm the instructional technologist in a Washington D.C. school in
District
6. We have many old TV's on carts, not all teachers have a TV; and only
a
few have projectors. If these are DTV that will keep working pass the
switch
next year, perhaps you can donate them to us? Just a thought, since you
put
it out there.

Thanks,
Girelle

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Sherry Ward
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 12:56 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: old large screen monitor/TV

Hi all,

I'm in the blessed situation of having gotten projectors for some
classrooms that used to have 26-32 inch TV/monitors mounted in them.
Needless to say, they way a ton, but we are getting them down off the
wall and looking for a good way to get rid of them. Any ideas?

thanks,
sherry

Sherry Ward
Director of Technology
Alexandria Country Day School
2400 Russell Road
Alexandria, VA 22301
703-837-1317 (direct) sward@acdsnet.org

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Tracey
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 3:42 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: intro

Hello from middle GA. I'm Tracey Muise and I teach at St. George's
Episcopal School. I'm the middle school dean and only science teacher.
Our school is PK - 8 in a rural area between Macon and Atlanta. This is
my 14th year of teaching middle school science at various indepedent
schools (also Edmund Burke School in DC, Girls Preparatory School in TN
and Episcopal School of Knoxville in TN). I am a "damned yankee" living
in the deep south, bible belt. Even after several years, I'm still
adjusting.

I'm an environmentalist at heart and love pretty much everything outdoor
oriented. I found out about this group from the NMSA list serve Middle
Talk.

Tracey Muise

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Re: old large screen monitor/TV

Girelle,

I am exploring the options and am certainly keeping open the idea of
donating them. I don't really know if these units have a digital tuner
inside but they definitely will play from a DVD/VCR player and most have
VGA connections. They should play from a cable signal, even after the
switch, right?=20

So I'll let you know what the administration decides about donating.
We'd probably be taking them down from their mountings over the course
of the next couple months.

sherry

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of desiree girelle
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 7:23 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: old large screen monitor/TV

Greetings;

I'm the instructional technologist in a Washington D.C. school in
District
6. We have many old TV's on carts, not all teachers have a TV; and only
a
few have projectors. If these are DTV that will keep working pass the
switch
next year, perhaps you can donate them to us? Just a thought, since you
put
it out there.

Thanks,
Girelle

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Sherry Ward
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 12:56 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: old large screen monitor/TV

Hi all,

I'm in the blessed situation of having gotten projectors for some
classrooms that used to have 26-32 inch TV/monitors mounted in them.
Needless to say, they way a ton, but we are getting them down off the
wall and looking for a good way to get rid of them. Any ideas?

thanks,
sherry

Sherry Ward
Director of Technology
Alexandria Country Day School
2400 Russell Road
Alexandria, VA 22301
703-837-1317 (direct) sward@acdsnet.org

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Tracey
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 3:42 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: intro

Hello from middle GA. I'm Tracey Muise and I teach at St. George's
Episcopal School. I'm the middle school dean and only science teacher.
Our school is PK - 8 in a rural area between Macon and Atlanta. This is
my 14th year of teaching middle school science at various indepedent
schools (also Edmund Burke School in DC, Girls Preparatory School in TN
and Episcopal School of Knoxville in TN). I am a "damned yankee" living
in the deep south, bible belt. Even after several years, I'm still
adjusting.

I'm an environmentalist at heart and love pretty much everything outdoor
oriented. I found out about this group from the NMSA list serve Middle
Talk.

Tracey Muise

=20

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Parallels Server for Mac Experiences

Hi there, Mac Server users....

We are looking at virtualizing of Xserves, and wonder if anyone has exper=
ience with Parallels virtual server. We've use their desktop client with =
success, but not the server version.

Tks.

s

-----
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tronic documents.
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Steve Taffee 650.470.7725 (office)
Director of Technology 415.613.6684 (mobile)
Castilleja School 650.326.8036 (fax)
1310 Bryant Street steve_taffee@castilleja.org =20
Palo Alto, CA 94301 www.castilleja.org | taffee.edublogs.or=
g
Women Learning, Women Leading
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Re: Moodle Version & Add-ons

1. What version are you using?

1.9.2 +

2. What add-ons do you have installed?

Curvy Corners Theme, CourseUploader, Podcasting Module....

3. How are you currently using it within your school?

We essentially use it as our intranet and LMS. Many clubs, athletic
teams, and committees have courses set up on Moodle. Important
announcements and other useful info is posted to the main page. We are
working on a Moodle course that will serve as Self Help Tech Support
with flash tutorials. Every class we offer also has a corresponding
Moodle course.

4. What requirements do you have for its use?

We have been running Moodle for about 6 years. This is the first year
we have required all faculty to use it. The minimum requirement is that
a course description and syllabus be posted for each course. Most have
gone beyond the minimum.

5. Do you allow outside access (parents/public)?

We allow outside access to the main page but no further.

6. What is your Moodle server running on?

Windows 2003 Server running IIS

7. Do you host it yourself or do you have it outsourced?

Host it ourselves.

8. Do you handle support

We deal with support in house. There really isn't much support needed
if it is on a reliable system and the software is properly installed.
On occasion a database table gets corrupted but that is almost always
easily fixed with: mysqlcheck -u moodleuser -p --auto-repair moodle

* please consider the environment before printing this email
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Aaron Mandel
Manager of Information Systems
The Governor's Academy
1 Elm St.=20
Byfield, MA 01922
(o)978-499-3219
(c)978-853-2415
www.thegovernorsacademy.org

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of William Stites
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 10:38 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Moodle Version & Add-ons

If you are currently using Moodle at your school would you mind =20
sharing the following (our answers are included):

1. What version are you using?
2. What add-ons do you have installed?
3. How are you currently using it within your school?
4. What requirements do you have for it's use?
5. Do you allow outside access (parents/public)?
6. What is your Moodle server running on?
7. Do you host it yourself or do you have it outsourced?
8. Do you handle support?

Our answers are:

1. What version are you using?

1.6.5, but upgrading to 1.9.2 over winter break

2. What add-ons do you have installed?

Turnitin.com and a few themes... will be adding some math filters with =20
the upgrade.

3. How are you currently using it within your school?

We have all of our class/course in 4-12 online, our primary school is =20
using it extensively as well. All of our schools administrative =20
committees as well as Board level committees have "course". School =20
clubs and activities have spaces if they wish. One of our biggest =20
uses is in professional development.

4. What requirements do you have for it's use?

Classroom teachers (4-12) are required to post homework and assignments.

5. Do you allow outside access (parents/public)?

No. We only allow access to faulty and students. Those Board members =20
using Moodle have only access to the "courses" they are enrolled in.

6. What is your Moodle server running on?

Linux CentOS rack mounted server.

7. Do you host it yourself or do you have it outsourced?

Hosted on-site.

8. Do you handle support?

Support is handled by Remote-Leaner.net

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William D. Stites, Jr.
Director of Technology
The Montclair Kimberley Academy
201 Valley Road
Montclair, NJ 07042
(P) 973-509-4595
(F) 973-509-4596
wstites@mka.org
http://www.mka.org

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MOODLE and COPPA

Friends,

Our lawyers have informed us that the Children's Online Privacy Protection
Act (COPPA) does not apply directly to us. However, they are concerned that
we establish a privacy policy and statement for our MOODLE site.

I was wondering if anyone has done this (for any VLE site) and if you would
be willing to share.

Thanks

Peter

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Peter Richardson
Director of Technical Services
Rutgers Preparatory School
1345 Easton Avenue
Somerset, NJ 08873

732-545-5600 x238

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Video on our school's web site

Friends,

We are getting an explosion of interest in posting video on the school's web
site. Everything from athletic contests to drama productions to video of
our younger kids dressed up for the Thanksgiving feast.

Needless to say, this is becoming a major issue for our web master and we
are trying to establish guidelines for the submission of videos to be
posted.

Has anyone published such guidelines (format, maximum length, etc)?

Thanks for any thoughts you may have on the topic.

Peter

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Peter Richardson
Director of Technical Services
Rutgers Preparatory School
1345 Easton Avenue
Somerset, NJ 08873

732-545-5600 x238

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Moodle

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:

We're an American school in Guangzhou, China. 1,000 students, 100 teachers
Currently using FirstClass course conferences for on-line learning and
slowly migrating to Moodle with no firm requirement at this time.
>
>f you are currently using Moodle at your school would you mind
>sharing the following (our answers are included):
>
>1. What version are you using?

1.9
>
>2. What add-ons do you have installed?

Nanogong, MoodleSpeex, OU Wiki and a few others
>
>3. How are you currently using it within your school?

Voluntary with about 10% of teachers using it for actual online learning.
>
>4. What requirements do you have for it's use?

No requirements, but do not allow non-school users to register [ie.
restrict to our domain]
>
>5. Do you allow outside access (parents/public)?

yes, but as guests with a key
>
>6. What is your Moodle server running on?

Dell Xeos quad-processor server w/ 4 gigs [also runs our Joomla web site
installations]
>
>7. Do you host it yourself or do you have it outsourced?

host ourselves, no problems so far
>
>8. Do you handle support?

we support it inhouse

.......................................................................
Robert Bauer
Information Technology Director
American International School of Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8735-3392 Fax: (8620) 8735-3339
rbauer@aisgz.edu.cn

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Re: Powerschool and Raiser's Edge?

Hi.

We're running PowerSchool, and then use Raiser's Edge and Financial Edge. We
made the switch to PowerSchool about 9 months ago.

In September I made my first attempt at exporting demographic data from
PowerSchool and pulling it into Raiser's Edge. It wasn't pretty to say the
least. I ended up having to correct each of the records involved (+200) by
hand.

I have to make another attempt at the end of February, and I am not looking
forward to it.

PowerSchool and RE handle the data in different ways. With PowerSchool, all
the demographic data (which is all that we're interested in transferring) is
tied to the Student ID number ("student_number" is the field name). So with
any imports into PowerSchool, the only required field is the
"student_number" field. However, from what I read in one of the RE guides, a
different field is required for each different type of import that you do.

I got in trouble because what was tied to one field in PowerSchool was tied
to different fields in RE depending on what the data was.

I'm in a situation where failure to get the two talking really is not an
option, so I'll be fighting with the two again in February.

Both Pearson and Blackbaud say that they'll talk to each other, but neither
one tells you how or is willing to work with you on it.

I know it's possible, I just haven't figured it out yet. My knowledge is
more on the PowerSchool side since that is the bulk of my workload.

+++Jeff

On 12/11/08 1:19 PM, "Maura Fennelly" <mfennelly@mitty.com> wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> Has anyone integrated Powerschool with Raiser's Edge. We are
> currently using Education Edge, but are thinking about switching to
> Powerschool. However the ability to integrate the two databases is
> important. From what we understand about Powerschool, it seems as
> though it should be possible to connect it with Raiser's Edge. If you
> have successfully connected the two or tried and failed, I'd love to
> hear more about the experience.
>
> thanks, Maura
>
>
> Maura Fennelly
> IT Department
> Archbishop Mitty High School
> mfennelly@mitty.com
> 408.342.4243

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