Do you use Iowa School Alerts? Free...currently no sms, though-if that's what you are solely looking for. A few other places we notify & put it on the home page. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device from U.S. Cellular
-----Original Message----- From: Beth Litterer <blitte...@eastsac.k12.ia.us> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:24:01 To: <info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us> Subject: Re: [info-tech] SnowCap We use Twitter for sending text messages to cell phones. People can sign up for a Twitter account and then turn on the settings to send our tweets to their cell phone. Parents don't have to ever go back to the Twitter log-in again once they are set up if they choose not to post. Unfortunately, this morning when I went to post our school closing, the Twitter website said that there were too many people tweeting and I had to come back later. It took about 20 minutes to finally get in. This is the first time I've come across this problem though. Beth On Jan 20, 2010, at 1:37 PM, Mitch Mueller wrote: > Well I finally got my sno-cap that we entered in this morning around > 8:30. We are looking at Twitter but does that allow text message to > be sent to the community? > > > > From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us > ] On Behalf Of Sarah Freking > Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 8:57 AM > To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us > Subject: Re: [info-tech] SnowCap > > > Ours worked. However, I get the messages on my work phone, which was > signed up a couple years ago, right away, but my new personal cell > phone doesn't get the messages until over an hour later. I've > noticed that the web site often seems out of date. > > Sarah > > Sarah M. Freking, District Technology Director > Storm Lake Community School District > Storm Lake, IA 50588 > Phone: 712-732-8100 Fax: 712-732-8101 > > The important thing is not to stop questioning. - Albert Einstein > > info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us writes: > Here either. It didn't work the time before last. Hmm.. Worked > awesome the first year. > > > From: Keith Stoeber [mailto:kstoe...@sioux-central.k12.ia.us] > Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 8:38 AM > To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us > Subject: re: [info-tech] SnowCap > > > Same here at Sioux Central. This is not the first time it has done > this. > > > Keith Stoeber > Network Administrator > Cross Country Coach / Assistant Track Coach > Sioux Central CSD > 4440 US Highway 71 > Sioux Rapids, IA 50585 > (P) 712-283-2571 x 5900 > (F) 712-283-2285 > > "Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest > abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream > which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and > greater strength for our nation." - John F. Kennedy > > > > From: "Frerichs, Chad" <cfreri...@okoboji.k12.ia.us> > Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 8:22 AM > To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us > Subject: [info-tech] SnowCap > > Are any of you using SnowCap and if so are you having issues with > it. Okoboji's SnowCap is not working and we are wondering if it is a > system wide issue. > > Chad Frerichs > Director of Technology > Okoboji Community Schools > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Litterer Technology Coordinator East Sac County Schools Lake View, Iowa 712-664-5000 Sac City, Iowa 712-662-7030
