RE: [info-tech] Following the Leaders Project
Kathy, What type of school position(teachers, principals, and etc...) is this intended for? It appears to be directed to teachers, not tech coordinators, correct? Thanks for your reply. -Original Message-From: Kathy Petersen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 8:13 AMTo: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"Subject: [info-tech] Following the Leaders Project What: Learn about Following the Leaders (see description of this free program below) When: Monday, April 11, 2005 Where:9-11am, Fort Dodge Board Rmand 1-3pm Storm Lake AEA Office,Suite C IASB is working with a federal program secured by Senator Tom Harkin called Following the Leaders that provides two web-based technology tools to Iowa public schools at no cost and the training to implement those tools, also at not cost. These two programs are appropriate for grades 3 to 11 and include content in reading, grammar and mechanics, and mathematics, with limited content also available in science, informational skills, and work skills. Eighty Iowa school buildings from all levels participated in the 2002-05 school year. They were part of an eleven state project that included 600 schools nationwide. The funding has been extended and expanded for this spring and the 2005-06 school year with Iowa able to expand the project significantly. Below are descriptions of the two programs: homeroom.com This is a diagnostic assessment tool that has a test bank of 200,000 Iowa Test like questions in math, reading comprehension, and grammar and mechanics for grades 3-11 given either on-line or on paper. These questions are linked to the Iowa grade level indicators and are in an Iowa Test like format. It also generates useful reports and these reports are available in multiple formats - skills-based, item-based, final score based, compared to other tests, etc. Plus there are some Internet resources available to parents, students, and teachers. This should never be used as a second assessment. The questions are only at FACE VALUE like Iowa Tests. Its another diagnostic assessment tool that will complement diagnostic assessments teachers already have in place. Skills Tutor This is a web-based tutorial available to students in grades 3-11 (and struggling learners in grade 12). There are lessons in reading comprehension, vocabulary, mathematics, and information skills in grades 3-8. There are some lessons in algebra, science, and work force skills as well as the above listed at the high school interest level written at the grade 5 reading level. The interactive lessons last from 15 - 20 minutes. Kids can access them at home, in community centers - wherever they have Internet access. Kids seem to like them theyre fun, have nice graphics, and are good support for classroom instruction. Please contact Susie Olesen at IASB with any questions [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1-800-795-4272 x 222 Susan Olesen Iowa Association of School Boards 1-800-795-4272 x 222 Please email me, Kathy Petersen at [EMAIL PROTECTED], if you plan on attending with the number attending and district. Thank you, Kathy Petersen Kathy Petersen, Media SecretaryPrairie Lakes Area Education Agency 8Iowa Central Community College330 Ave M Voc-Tech Building - Lower LevelFort Dodge, IA 50501515-574-5548 800-669-2325 Ext 5548[EMAIL PROTECTED] Life is a journey, not a destination!!! Live well, laugh often, and love much!!!
[info-tech] State Mandate on SIF compliance
It has came to my attention that Wordware has sent out an email to schools in Okolona and Iowa stating that by Jan 1, 2006 all districts are mandated to implement SIF compliant software. Iowa currently has no mandate on SIF or even a state pilot project. SIF (Schools Interoperability Framework) http://www.sifinfo.org/ SIF allows districts to update information in on program such as their Student Information System and push the data out to all other SIF compliant software packages such as, Lunch, Library and Transportation systems. I do expect that in the future that SIF will replace Project EASIER for reporting. Currently 1 district in our AEA is in the process of implementing SIF. Prairie Lakes currently has one of the primary components of the project. Any district interested in learning more about SIF can contact me. Thanks _ Scott Fosseen - Systems Engineer -Prairie Lakes AEA http://www.aea8.k12.ia.us/en/technology/ _ 640K ought to be enough for anybody. - Bill Gates, 1981 - Bill Gates, 1981 _ --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] - Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us/ -
[info-tech] Web site
I have been trying to learn HTML, ASP for our website. I want something that is more user friendly than ours is. It was set up several years ago and there is one student here that knows the whole thing and I am trying to learn. We are thinking about going out to a website service. Could you give me feed back as to what you do for your website and who your service is with? Thanks Vicki Johnson HS Tech Associate Prairie Valley Comm School 1005 Riddle Street Box 49 Gowrie, IA 50543 515-352-5540 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [info-tech] Web site
At North Kossuth, we design,update,and host our own website on our own server. We use MS Front Page software. Our Web Page Design class usually generates some students who want to keep working on our site. The MS/HS Secretary keeps the site updated with the daily stuff - athletic schedules, student announcements, menu, Board agendas, Board minutes, etc. The Business Ed. teacher also works on more long-term changes - teacher pictures, classes taught by each teacher, etc. I've never learned Front Page, but from everything I am told by the students and staff that know it, the software is easy to learn and use. Brian Ney N. Kossuth -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Johnson, VickiSent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 11:03 AMTo: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.usSubject: [info-tech] Web site I have been trying to learn HTML, ASP for our website. I want something that is more user friendly than ours is. It was set up several years ago and there is one student here that knows the whole thing and I am trying to learn. We are thinking about going out to a website service. Could you give me feed back as to what you do for your website and who your service is with? Thanks Vicki Johnson HS Tech Associate Prairie Valley Comm School 1005 Riddle Street Box 49 Gowrie, IA 50543 515-352-5540 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [info-tech] Web site
Title: Re: [info-tech] Web site I use Pagemill (it came free with most of our G3 macs) -- it is very easy to use and will ftp the new pages to our Windows web server. The only drawback is that it is not very comprehensive. It will let you go to source mode and enter HTML code by hand to get the fancier effects. Bill Day TRV on 3/31/05 11:02 AM, Johnson, Vicki at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been trying to learn HTML, ASP for our website. I want something that is more user friendly than ours is. It was set up several years ago and there is one student here that knows the whole thing and I am trying to learn. We are thinking about going out to a website service. Could you give me feed back as to what you do for your website and who your service is with? Thanks Vicki Johnson HS Tech Associate Prairie Valley Comm School 1005 Riddle Street Box 49 Gowrie, IA 50543 515-352-5540 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [info-tech] Web site
Vicki, We offer a class in website publishing using Front Page. They are responsible for our school website. The students are given assignments and then they save it to an unpublished website. The instructor reviews it and then publishes it to the viewable website. Its not the best website but it accomplishes the dual tasks of being an educational experience and also as the school website. When I look at it and I think it could be a lot better, I hold my tongue for two reasons, number 1, I dont want to do it, and more importantly, we are, after-all, an educational institution. Once in awhile Ill hear a comment about the website from the public about a link not working quite right. I tell them that it is done by students and who are just learning. They understand and are glad to see that students are actually doing the work as part of an educational experience. The easiest thing would be to hire some one else to do it. Our administration and school board chose to have our students responsible for our website, fully aware that it may not be perfect. You may want to visit with your administration and school board about it. As a former educator for 37 years, I would recommend that you take advantage of the educational opportunity if you can. George PS We host our website on our own server. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johnson, Vicki Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 11:03 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] Web site I have been trying to learn HTML, ASP for our website. I want something that is more user friendly than ours is. It was set up several years ago and there is one student here that knows the whole thing and I am trying to learn. We are thinking about going out to a website service. Could you give me feed back as to what you do for your website and who your service is with? Thanks Vicki Johnson HS Tech Associate Prairie Valley Comm School 1005 Riddle Street Box 49 Gowrie, IA 50543 515-352-5540 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [info-tech] Web site
We do the exact same thing at MNW as George does at Poky except we don't have a class for it yet. Just some kids volunteering most of the time and office workers doing updates. I am going to push it to be maintained by the Publishing class next. They do the yearbook and newspaper and meet daily. Manson Northwest Webster-Home of the Cougars! Brad Kruse (`-''-/).___..--''`-._ Tech. Coord. `6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) 1601 15th St.(_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-' Manson, IA 50563_..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' ,' 712-469-3919 (li),' ((!.-' Fax 712-469-3131 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/31/2005 11:31:57 AM Vicki, We offer a class in website publishing using Front Page. They are responsible for our school website. The students are given assignments and then they save it to an unpublished website. The instructor reviews it and then publishes it to the viewable website. It's not the best website but it accomplishes the dual tasks of being an educational experience and also as the school website. When I look at it and I think it could be a lot better, I hold my tongue for two reasons, number 1, I don't want to do it, and more importantly, we are, after-all, an educational institution. Once in awhile I'll hear a comment about the website from the public about a link not working quite right. I tell them that it is done by students and who are just learning. They understand and are glad to see that students are actually doing the work as part of an educational experience. The easiest thing would be to hire some one else to do it. Our administration and school board chose to have our students responsible for our website, fully aware that it may not be perfect. You may want to visit with your administration and school board about it. As a former educator for 37 years, I would recommend that you take advantage of the educational opportunity if you can. George PS We host our website on our own server. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johnson, Vicki Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 11:03 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] Web site I have been trying to learn HTML, ASP for our website. I want something that is more user friendly than ours is. It was set up several years ago and there is one student here that knows the whole thing and I am trying to learn. We are thinking about going out to a website service. Could you give me feed back as to what you do for your website and who your service is with? Thanks Vicki Johnson HS Tech Associate Prairie Valley Comm School 1005 Riddle Street Box 49 Gowrie, IA 50543 515-352-5540 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] - Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us/ -
Re: [info-tech] Web site
Title: Re: [info-tech] Web site I have been trying to learn HTML, ASP for our website. I want something that is more user friendly than ours is. It was set up several years ago and there is one student here that knows the whole thing and I am trying to learn. We are thinking about going out to a website service. Could you give me feed back as to what you do for your website and who your service is with? Thanks Vicki Johnson HS Tech Associate Prairie Valley Comm School 1005 Riddle Street Box 49 Gowrie, IA 50543 515-352-5540 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vicki: I use Newscape Communicator for our website at LuVerne. I took a class and learned how to make the pages. Once it is set up it is just cut and paste. Al Carr, Supt.
Re: [info-tech] Web site
We use a solution from Global Reach in Ames. All page editing is done via and easy to use web interface. The Global Reach solution allows specific people access to add/change/delete pages only in sections they are authorized for. It does not require any HTML knowledge, if you can run a standard word processor you can add web pages. One of the key features is that as a district you specify the "Look and Feel" of the site. All pages will then conform to the image the district wants to present. All page linking is managed by the web software and is capable of automaticaly removing links when specific data is no longer relevant. So assign the "Lunch" section to the school cooks, "Sports" to the Coach, and so forth. Also included are several "Dynamic Modules" that will allow Calendar of Events, Feedback forms, FAQ, and I believe Discussion boards and basic surveys will also be added within the year. Global Reach presented at our March Tech meeting and as soon as I am able I will publish the presentation. The cost is $160/month signing a 2 year contract with Global Reach. Web hosting is E-Rate priority 1 eligible. I expect that most districts will pay $50-$80 per month for the service once they apply for it through e-rate. There are other pricing options available as well. As a user of the program I have been happy with the ease of posting content to the web site. _Scott Fosseen - Systems Engineer -Prairie Lakes AEAhttp://www.aea8.k12.ia.us/en/technology/_Tech support: Okay, now click your left mouse button.Customer (after a short silence): But I only have one mouse._ - Original Message - From: Johnson, Vicki To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 11:02 AM Subject: [info-tech] Web site I have been trying to learn HTML, ASP for our website. I want something that is more user friendly than ours is. It was set up several years ago and there is one student here that knows the whole thing and I am trying to learn. We are thinking about going out to a website service. Could you give me feed back as to what you do for your website and who your service is with? Thanks Vicki Johnson HS Tech Associate Prairie Valley Comm School 1005 Riddle Street Box 49 Gowrie, IA 50543 515-352-5540 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [info-tech] Web site
At Eagle Grove we have students maintain activities and athletics pages through a dual credit course with ICCC (Fundamentals of Web Design) while the main pages are my Responsibility. The student use DreamWeaver and GoLive. I personally use DreamWeaver and a couple of free WYSIWYG editors that run on OS X. If you were in the open source world, there are some free CMS (Content management software) packages available that are similar to what Scott was talking about from Global reach. They have a pretty steep learning curve, but I think that is one area that we are looking into. Also there was just a message sent out from AEA267 http://www.iowapages.org Which is similar to Prairie Lake's solution, not as in depth, but similar. I truly believe that students should be involved as it gives ownership and it is great PR to show your community that you are teaching technology and can show visible proof of such. Once in a while you get a kid who excels and can teach you bundles also. My goal is to learn PHP and design our site on that. -- USA Today has come out with a new survey: Apparently three out of four people make up 75 percent of the population. ~David Letterman -- Lance L. Lennon District Technology Director Eagle grove Community School District 515-448-5143 --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] - Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us/ -
