Brad,
Sentral outsources to the Foundation for Educational Services (FES) and use
their product SOCS (Simplified Online Communications System). Cost for Sentral
is $1350/year (varies according to school size). Different rights can be
assigned, etc. so that anyone can publish given the right clearances. FES is a
partner of the Iowa Educators Consortium, the Iowa Association of School Boards
and a member of School Administrators of Iowa. You can get more information at
http://socs.fes.org/ . If you go there you can see examples of several of their
templates and/or you can view our site at www.sentralschools.org.
Arthur W. Pixler, Superintendent
Sentral Community School District
308 310th Street
Fenton, Iowa 50539
Phone: 515-889-2261 x100
Fax: 515-889-2264
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message -----
From: Brad Kruse
To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 9:24 AM
Subject: [info-tech] School Website Outsourcing
Is anyone outsourcing their district website?
I would like to hear the good and the bad if anyone has done this in the past
and also the name of the business that is used. Currently, I have some
independent study students that help me along with a few coaches and
secretaries that do their part. We have a "publications" class here but they
only work with the newsletter and yearbook. We are constantly relying on the
website for more each week and it is really becoming a burden. I really would
like to add more features but I don't know enough and "don't want to know
enough" to do it properly. Also, there is always a worry about a student
author publishing something that should not be published!
Thanks.
Manson Northwest Webster-Home of the Cougars!
Brad Kruse ("`-''-/").___..--''"`-._
Tech. Coord. `6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`)
1601 15th St. (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-'
Manson, IA 50563 _..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' ,'
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