Oh my! So much to learn - and so publicly.
Normally, it takes me at least a whole month before I get so much attention!
What the heck - might as well introduce myself now! Hey to the rest of you on the list. I am Amy Stephen and am very interested in learning all about SchoolTool! It looks like an awesome open source tool for school districts. There is just nothing out there right now for SIS environments -- I see a lot of course management systems, but this looks very promising for the boring administrative stuff that, let's face it, you just have to have.
I have years and years in IT development. Have been working recently with Joomla - it's hot - check it out if you need a fantastic Content Management System for your schools. www.joomla.org
I am from Nebraska (it's smack dab in the middle of the US.)
I would be very interested in hearing about what is used to take the SIF and transform it into a database (any XML to DDL expertise out there?) I believe (?) I read SchoolTool has some level of SIF certification (man, that's not cheap.)
Anyway, now, you know who I am and that I do *try* to help, if possible, but am typically kind of a bumbling fool! Some people find that rather annoying, but, my friends end up tolerating me and helping to guide me around so that I don't hurt myself, too badly.
Would be interested in hearing about some of the rest of you. Scott, Adrian and I are acquainted, now. How about the rest of you? Why are you lurking about on this list? What are you doing with SchoolTool?
Have a great weekend! Hope the weather's nice in the UK. Cheers!
Amy Stephen
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