RE: [info-tech] Wheel Desk
Even a better “wheel” http://www.theonion.com/video/apple-introduces-revolutionary-new-laptop-with-no,14299/ Dan Davis Shine Bros. Corp. 225 10th Ave. SE Spencer, Iowa 51301 (712) 262-5579 ext. 156 dda...@shinebros.com www.shinebros.com From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On Behalf Of Jim Kerns Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 3:11 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] Wheel Desk This seems like a GREAT idea! http://www.cyberguys.com/product-details/?productid=10537 http://www.cyberguys.com/product-details/?productid=10537core_cross=SEARCH#page=page-1 core_cross=SEARCH#page=page-1 Jim Kerns Spencer Community Schools 23 East 7th St P.O. Box 200 Spencer, Iowa 51301 jke...@spencer.k12.ia.us 712.262.0339 FAX 712.262.1116 image001.jpg
RE: [info-tech] Skype
Karl, I wrote a specific rule for Skype at SL, basically allow tcp port 80, 443 and udp port 80, 443 to the following 204.9.163.162 and 78.141.177.7. Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake Comm School District (712)336-3707 ext. 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us -Original Message- From: Karl Hehr [mailto:karl_h...@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 11:15 AM To: Info-Tech Subject: [info-tech] Skype We are going to pilot allowing Skype on student/teacher laptops, but something is getting blocked. Do any of you guys know what URLs and ports that Skype uses? Karl H. Hehr Technology/Curriculum Director South Hamilton CSD www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us 515.827.5418 (W) 515.209.9767 (C) 515.827.5368 (F) Luddite by Degrees 1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. 3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of things --- Douglas Adams --- [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/ - --- [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] Wireless
We have a Xirrus deployment in our MS and will also be using them in our HS for our 1:1, no problems with them. Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake Comm School District (712)336-3707 ext. 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us From: Richardson,Tony [mailto:trichard...@humboldt.k12.ia.us] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 8:32 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] Wireless Anyone have any experience with Ruckus Wireless products? I am looking for a district wireless solution that just works and does not require a lot of administrative time to administer. Don't really want to attend school on regular bases to set it up and maintain it. Have looked at Xirrus and Aruba and unless you have plenty of time on your hands and just love complexity steer clear of Aruba. Xirrus is cool but their prices indicate that they know that. Any other ideas? Thanks, Tony Richardson, Network Administrator / Director of Technology Humboldt Community School District trichard...@humboldt.k12.ia.usmailto:trichard...@humboldt.k12.ia.us
[info-tech] Job posted
FYI, If any techs are interested. http://www.spirit-lake.k12.ia.us/new/Dist/Employment/Employment.html Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake Comm School District (712)336-3707 ext. 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us
[info-tech] Spirit Lake School District
All techs; After much deliberation, I have resigned my position as Network Administrator of the Spirit Lake Community School District. I have been offered, and accepted, another IT management position for a private business within the Lakes area. I have truly enjoyed working with all of you over the past 6+ years, in learning, designing, and implementation of educational technologies. My last day with the district will be March 23rd. Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake Comm School District (712)336-3707 ext. 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.usmailto:dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us
[info-tech] Board Policies online
I know this may have been discussed earlier, but we are looking for a way to post all our School Board Policies online and I am curious as to how the other school districts are accomplishing this. Thanks, Dan Davis Spirit Lake Comm School District --- [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] Group Policy Question
This may be what you are looking for.. http://www.askvg.com/how-to-enable-disable-changing-themes-wallpapers-screen-savers-and-other-desktop-settings/ Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake School District (712)336-3707 ext 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us From: Mitch Mueller [mailto:mmuel...@emmetsburg.k12.ia.us] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 7:22 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] Group Policy Question We are looking for a way to stop students from changing background on laptops using group policy. I found all the group policy features but when a student finds a picture they like they still can right click and set as desktop background. is there a way to stop that even without having to disable right clicking feature. Mitch Mueller Network Administrator Emmetsburg Community Schools Emmetsburg, Ia 50536 mmuel...@emmetsburg.k12.ia.usmailto:mmuel...@emmetsburg.k12.ia.us P: (712)852-2966 C: (712)298-0596 The best computer is a man and it's the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor.
RE: [info-tech] Untangle
Murray, I am running Untangle at Spirit Lake in a test environment, works good with the free version, however you can also upgrade to a paid version as well. From: Murray Gafkjen [mgafk...@evertek.net] Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 6:24 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] Untangle Our Lightspeed comes due next summer, but being a software expense the general fund takes a hit. So I started to look around at something cheaper. Came across something called Untangled. It’s a collection of open source and some commercial products. Has anyone come across this? In my copious free time, it’s tempting to download it to an old box to see how it works. There’s a all day sharepoint users meeting in Bloomington, MN next Wednesday (Nov 5th) I think there’s also something happening that day at DMACC as well. Murray Gafkjen CCE --- [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] Google Wave
Lance, I would like one as well. Dan Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake School District (712)336-3707 ext 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us -Original Message- From: Lance Lennon [mailto:llen...@eagle-grove.k12.ia.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 8:24 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] Google Wave I have 20 google wave invites to give out, And I am not even going to charge for them. FREEBIES first 20 request win. By the way they are going to come from my wife's account (long story and if you want to hear about it, then you are too bored and need to get back to work) Have a great Wednesday. -- A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- Lance L. Lennon District Technology Director Eagle Grove Community School District 515-448-4749 --- [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/ - --- [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] 1:1 Question
George, I will plan on attending this meeting, thank you for the invite. Dan Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake School District (712)336-3707 ext 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us From: George Tuttle [mailto:georgectut...@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 8:52 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] 1:1 Question Dan, Pocahontas Area is doing a 1:1 with H-P Netbooks. We are in the middle planning stages. I just recently stepped into the tech position after being retired for two and a half years. I am a bit more cautious in a 1:1 deployment than my predecessor, having been on the bleeding edge many times over the years. The Netbooks have been purchased and are on hand and the original issue date was Oct 8. However, a combination of events has pushed that back to a date to be determined. On Wednesday morning, our administration and myself will be meeting with Scott, Jason, and several other people to establish a timeline for deployment, computer image development, Dyknow training, and more importantly, a re-evaluation of our network system. Google apps is slated to become the backbone of our 1:1 system. Dyknow will allow classroom level application and control in the school environment. We plan to have local network storage of some type for the students but many of the student files will be stored in Google Apps. Google also has a piece called Gears that allows a student to use Google Docs offline. We are considering dropping our Exchange Server (a little tiny tear, and I mean tiny) and having the AEA host our faculty and for the first time, student email. The ultimate goal is to simplify our network operations as much as possible. For the really high end tech stuff, we employ Heartland Technology Services out of Ames on an hourly basis. We are in the process of hiring a new tech coordinator and I have said that it should be someone from with an education background, someone that will do the training and provide the moral support to make 1:1 a success. So making their life easier by simplifying our network is a necessary part of that plan. We are meeting at 10 PM on Wed in our Central Office east of the elementary building. Since you are apparently considering 1:1, you're more than welcome to join us and gain the insight you mentioned first hand. Just let me know if you plan to attend. George From: dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:16:37 -0500 Subject: [info-tech] 1:1 Question I am asking other school districts who have deployed an effective 1:1 computing environment, are you running Windows devices, Macintosh devices, a mixture of both ??? How many devices are deployed? We are looking into this type of deployment and would like some insight from other districts. Thank you in advance. Dan Davis Spirit Lake Comm School Network Administrator dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us --- [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] 1:1 Question
I am asking other school districts who have deployed an effective 1:1 computing environment, are you running Windows devices, Macintosh devices, a mixture of both ??? How many devices are deployed? We are looking into this type of deployment and would like some insight from other districts. Thank you in advance. Dan Davis Spirit Lake Comm School Network Administrator dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us --- [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] Survey
We use UCCASS, PHP Survey System and host ourselves. http://www.bigredspark.com/ Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake School District (712)336-3707 ext 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us From: Keith Stoeber [mailto:kstoe...@sioux-central.k12.ia.us] Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 2:22 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] Survey We are looking at creating an online survey to distribute to our community to get some feedback for our School Improvement Advisory Council. I am wondering what others are using to do online surveys? Thanks, Keith 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
RE: [info-tech] Student Teachers and Laptops
Same as Jeremy,, we do a username and password for district and email access. Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake School District (712)336-3707 ext 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us -Original Message- From: Pearson, Jeremy [mailto:jpear...@fort-dodge.k12.ia.us] Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 1:40 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] Student Teachers and Laptops We give them a username and password to logon to any district computer with. Jeremy -Original Message- From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On Behalf Of Karl Hehr Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 12:36 PM To: Info-Tech Subject: [info-tech] Student Teachers and Laptops Do any of you supply a laptop or computer specifically for you student teachers? With our 1:1 I think it is almost a requirement to assign them a laptop when they are here, just curious what you folks are doing. Karl H. Hehr Technology/Curriculum Director South Hamilton CSD www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us 515.827.5418 (W) 515.209.9767 (C) 515.827.5368 (F) Luddite by Degrees 1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. 3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of things --- Douglas Adams --- [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/ - --- [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/ - --- [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] steadystate
I am not sure, but I believe that you cannot run / use UPH cleaner with Steady State either... Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake School District (712)336-3707 ext 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us From: Frerichs, Chad [mailto:cfreri...@okoboji.k12.ia.us] Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 11:46 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] steadystate I am thinking that is why Microsoft advised not to use it on a large number of machines. They suggested instead to do some of the same things SteadyState does with group policies. I wish I could find that article because it detailed those group policies, but I do not have time right now. Chad Frerichs Director of Technology Okoboji Community Schools From: Koenck, Chris [mailto:chris.koe...@estherville.k12.ia.us] Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 11:35 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] steadystate I have used it in one of our computer labs. It worked as advertised, but I didn't like the fact that there was no Management Console. Each machine had to be unfrozen manually to apply updates, patches, etc. Maybe they have improved it since this was a couple of years ago. If it had a Management Console to unfreeze all computers in one shot, then it would definitely be worth the money!! I guess it depends on how often you want to patch and update your computers. It is a great way to make them oblivious to any changes made during a day. One reboot and all is well again. Chris Koenck Network Specialist Head Wrestling Boys' Tennis Coach Estherville Lincoln Central CSD 712-362-8404-office 712-380-2337-cell From: George Tuttle [mailto:georgectut...@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 9:09 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] steadystate Techs: Has anyone used Microsoft Steadystate to lock down computers? Works with XP. It's free so I'm wondering if that's still to high of a price! George
RE: [info-tech] SDSL Modems
We needed to connect our Bus Barn and Tech Buildings in somewhat the same scenario and the easiest way and cheapest was to purchase a Proxim Quick Bridge product, around $1500.00. You get two antennas, to radios (which connect directly into your existing network and that was pretty much it, plus the wireless runs on Proxim's on WORP technology which cannot be scanned via war driving methods.. Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake Comm. School District (712) 336-3707 ext. 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us From: Mitch Mueller [mailto:mmuel...@emmetsburg.k12.ia.us] Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 1:18 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] SDSL Modems Well that is what we were wondering, is if they couldn't be connected to each other. And we were going to run a fiber but didn't for some unknown reason. Wish we would have cause I have fiber transceivers to use. And yes I'm going to look a wireless solution. From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On Behalf Of Scott Fosseen [Prairie Lakes AEA] Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 1:15 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: Re: [info-tech] SDSL Modems Are you sure you have the right equipment? From a quick scan these look like they would connect to an ISP who has the other end of the circuit, and not necessarily connect to each other. I could be wrong on this, but it does not look like the other DSL equipment I have seen. The Point to Point DSL equipment I have worked with has had two different components. It also looks like your max speed will be a little low as well with these devices. At 1000' I would think wireless would be an option if you can get line of site between buildings. The ideal situation would be to use Fiber to connect the buildings for the fastest possible connection. From: Mitch Muellermailto:mmuel...@emmetsburg.k12.ia.us Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 12:01 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.usmailto:info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] SDSL Modems Anyone know how to configured SDSL Routers to send internet to each other. We are trying to get internet in a remote building, appox. 1000 ft away, and we are going to use SDSL Routers. We have two Netopia R-7200 SDSL Routers. Really needing some help getting them to talk to each other. If you have any suggestions for me please let me know. Or if there is a easier way to get internet to the remote building let me know. Really need some help for this. Thanks Mitch Mueller Emmetsburg CSD
RE: [info-tech] User Profiles
If you are not using roaming profiles from the server, then each staff / student who logs into a computer will get a newly created profile on the local machine, unless they have one from before. This can take up quite a bit of hard drive space over time. When someone logs into a computer, the first check is for a server (roaming) profile, then second is the local computer, and then finally one is created locally if needed. Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake Comm. School District (712) 336-3707 ext. 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us From: Mitch Mueller [mailto:mmuel...@emmetsburg.k12.ia.us] Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 1:18 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] User Profiles We are having problems with our user profiles updating here. We are running Windows XP SP3 and the servers are server 2003. I aren't using roaming profiles so I'm not sure if it is not suppose to update. Just a question. If you have any information of what might be going on please let me know asap. Thanks Mitch Mueller Emmetsburg CSD
RE: [info-tech] User Profiles
I use roaming profiles for staff, not students. This is handled via our district AD servers. I also delete the roaming profiles off of the local computers for students when they log out via group policies which are in place. Dan Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake Comm. School District (712) 336-3707 ext. 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us From: Mitch Mueller [mailto:mmuel...@emmetsburg.k12.ia.us] Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 1:27 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] User Profiles Ok. So would it be better to use roaming profiles or not? From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On Behalf Of Dan Davis Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 1:20 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] User Profiles If you are not using roaming profiles from the server, then each staff / student who logs into a computer will get a newly created profile on the local machine, unless they have one from before. This can take up quite a bit of hard drive space over time. When someone logs into a computer, the first check is for a server (roaming) profile, then second is the local computer, and then finally one is created locally if needed. Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake Comm. School District (712) 336-3707 ext. 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us From: Mitch Mueller [mailto:mmuel...@emmetsburg.k12.ia.us] Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 1:18 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] User Profiles We are having problems with our user profiles updating here. We are running Windows XP SP3 and the servers are server 2003. I aren't using roaming profiles so I'm not sure if it is not suppose to update. Just a question. If you have any information of what might be going on please let me know asap. Thanks Mitch Mueller Emmetsburg CSD
RE: [info-tech] User Profiles
In our group policies I have this set so they save in the My Documents folder on the desktop, however this is actually virtually mapped to a storage space on our servers. That way I do not need to worry about mapping drives for staff for this. Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake Comm. School District (712) 336-3707 ext. 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us From: Mitch Mueller [mailto:mmuel...@emmetsburg.k12.ia.us] Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 1:44 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] User Profiles Ok. I will have to take a look at it again. I thought we just turned off roaming profiles but I might look into that. So does your staff save everything to their my documents on their local machine or to their personal drives? From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On Behalf Of Dan Davis Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 1:27 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] User Profiles I use roaming profiles for staff, not students. This is handled via our district AD servers. I also delete the roaming profiles off of the local computers for students when they log out via group policies which are in place. Dan Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake Comm. School District (712) 336-3707 ext. 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us From: Mitch Mueller [mailto:mmuel...@emmetsburg.k12.ia.us] Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 1:27 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] User Profiles Ok. So would it be better to use roaming profiles or not? From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On Behalf Of Dan Davis Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 1:20 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] User Profiles If you are not using roaming profiles from the server, then each staff / student who logs into a computer will get a newly created profile on the local machine, unless they have one from before. This can take up quite a bit of hard drive space over time. When someone logs into a computer, the first check is for a server (roaming) profile, then second is the local computer, and then finally one is created locally if needed. Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake Comm. School District (712) 336-3707 ext. 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us From: Mitch Mueller [mailto:mmuel...@emmetsburg.k12.ia.us] Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 1:18 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] User Profiles We are having problems with our user profiles updating here. We are running Windows XP SP3 and the servers are server 2003. I aren't using roaming profiles so I'm not sure if it is not suppose to update. Just a question. If you have any information of what might be going on please let me know asap. Thanks Mitch Mueller Emmetsburg CSD
RE: [info-tech] Slow Internet Speeds
Lance, we are 4.6 megs down and 3.5 up,, nothing noticeable here dan From: Lance Lennon [llen...@eagle-grove.k12.ia.us] Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 9:13 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] Slow Internet Speeds Anyone else having issue with slow speeds on ICN? -- In all large corporations, there is a pervasive fear that someone, somewhere is having fun with a computer on company time. Networks help alleviate that fear. ~John C. Dvorak -- Lance L. Lennon District Technology Director Eagle Grove Community School District 515-448-4749
[info-tech] Comparision Data
Our media specialist is asking for comparison data between schools for Scrips program to raise monies for tech purchases. She is asking for the following Numbers of computers per students in your school district for the Elementary and Middle Schools. Wireless access availability in your Elementary and Middle School. Average age of computers in both buildings (ES, MS) and version of Office you are running. Any information I can pass along is greatly appreciated. Dan Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake School District 2701 Hill Ave. Spirit Lake, Iowa 51360 (712)336-3707 ext 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us
RE: [info-tech] Internet connection
Our connection is down as well. Dan Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake School District 2701 Hill Ave. Spirit Lake, Iowa 51360 (712)336-3707 ext 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us -Original Message- From: Karl Hehr [mailto:karl_h...@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us] Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 7:54 AM To: Info-Tech Subject: [info-tech] Internet connection ANyone else down this morning? Karl H. Hehr Technology/Curriculum Director South Hamilton CSD www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us 515.827.5418 (W) 515.209.9767 (C) 515.827.5368 (F) Luddite by Degrees 1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. 3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of things --- Douglas Adams --- [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/ - --- [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] united streaming server
Anyone else having issues with speed and downloads concerning the United Streaming Web site? Dan Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake School District 2701 Hill Ave. Spirit Lake, Iowa 51360 (712)336-3707 ext 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us
RE: [info-tech] clean-ups
http://www.ccleaner.com/ this has both windows and registry cleaning options Dan Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake School District 2701 Hill Ave. Spirit Lake, Iowa 51360 (712)336-3707 ext 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us From: Mitch Mueller [mailto:mmuel...@emmetsburg.k12.ia.us] Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 8:25 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] clean-ups What do you guys all do for computer clean up. I had a teacher come into today asking if we could buy a registry cleaner for all the computers because they are so slow. Want to know what you guys do for something like that part. Please help me and thank god we get a break tomorrow. Mitch Mueller Network Administrator Emmetsburg Community Schools Emmetsburg, Ia 50536 mmuel...@emmetsburg.k12.ia.us P: (712)852-2966 C: (712)298-0596
RE: [info-tech] Reminder, Meeting on Thursday
I will attend Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake School District 2701 Hill Ave. Spirit Lake, Iowa 51360 (712)336-3707 ext 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us -Original Message- From: Scott Fosseen [mailto:sfoss...@aea8.k12.ia.us] Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 11:23 AM To: Info-Tech Subject: [info-tech] Reminder, Meeting on Thursday Just a reminder there is a Tech Coordinators meeting this Thursday at Pocahontas. With this being spring break for some districts can you please let me know if you will be attending. Thanks. _ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Your are asked to notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency. Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. - _ Scott Fosseen - Systems Engineer - Prairie Lakes AEA - http://www.aea8.k12.ia.us/tech _ The winner of this game is going to be whoever has the most points on the scoreboard at the end of the game. - football commentator John Madden _ --- [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/ - --- [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] internet speed
3193 kbps down and 11 kbps up Inservice day at Spirit Lake, no students, few teachers. Dan Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake School District 2701 Hill Ave. Spirit Lake, Iowa 51360 (712)336-3707 ext 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us
RE: [info-tech] Moodle Site
It looks as though they are not running on default port 80, rather 16080, you will need to allow this inbound to your network if your firewall is blocking that port. Dan Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake School District 2701 Hill Ave. Spirit Lake, Iowa 51360 (712)336-3707 ext 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us From: Koenck, Chris [mailto:chris.koe...@estherville.k12.ia.us] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 3:05 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] Moodle Site The first couple of times I tried the site, I got all blue text hyperlinks, no graphics, buttons, or anything like that. Now, when I try to access that site, I get Internet Explorer Cannot Display the Webpage. Chris Koenck Network Specialist Head Wrestling Boys' Tennis Coach Estherville Lincoln Central CSD 712-362-8404-office 712-380-2337-cell -Original Message- From: Koenck, Chris [mailto:chris.koe...@estherville.k12.ia.us] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 2:49 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] Moodle Site Can someone out there check and see what they get when you open the following link to AEA 11 moodle? I am not familiar with what this is exactly, but is Heartland AEA Moodle. We need to get to it for continuing education. Thanks for your help... http://moodle.aea11.k12.ia...us/moodle/ http://moodle.aea11.k12.ia.us/moodle/ Chris Koenck Network Specialist Head Wrestling Boys' Tennis Coach Estherville Lincoln Central CSD 712-362-8404-office 712-380-2337-cell
[info-tech] Microsoft Security Bulletin for Feb. 2009
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-feb.mspx Has listings for Exchange, SQL and IE7. Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake School District 2701 Hill Ave. Spirit Lake, Iowa 51360 (712)336-3707 ext 1300 dda...@spirit-lake.k12.ia.us
RE: [info-tech] Internet Cafe
We are providing both a private wireless and public, using two different VLANS for traffic. He do not have this feature throughout the entire district but rather in just a few hot spots within each building so far. Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake Comm. School 900 20th Street Spirit Lake, IA. 51360 (712) 336-3707 ext. 1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Pearson, Jeremy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 9:08 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] Internet Cafe Nothing here. We would need a better wireless infrastructure before we can offer something like that. Iowa Central is doing something like that over there, but not sure of any specifics. Jeremy _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richardson,Tony Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 8:59 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] Internet Cafe Hello All, Is anyone out there providing an Internet café type wireless environment where students may bring their own notebook to school and use it for just internet access in a specific area of the school? If so what are some of the problems you have encountered? Thanks, Tony Richardson Technology Coordinator Humboldt Community School District [EMAIL PROTECTED] image002.jpgimage003.jpg
RE: [info-tech] Internet Cafe
Really none so far. I am using a different filtering product for the public wireless (Clark Connect) and I do not allow downloads, (zip files, ftp's exe's, mp3's, iso's, etc.) questionable websites and such. Our media specialists and staff are instructed that this access is for Internet browsing only, checking email not provided via the district. I have heard no complaints as yet concerning this service. Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake Comm. School 900 20th Street Spirit Lake, IA. 51360 (712) 336-3707 ext. 1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Richardson,Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 11:54 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] Internet Cafe What types of issues are you seeing? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Davis Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 9:16 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] Internet Cafe We are providing both a private wireless and public, using two different VLANS for traffic. He do not have this feature throughout the entire district but rather in just a few hot spots within each building so far. Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake Comm. School 900 20th Street Spirit Lake, IA. 51360 (712) 336-3707 ext. 1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Pearson, Jeremy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 9:08 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] Internet Cafe Nothing here. We would need a better wireless infrastructure before we can offer something like that. Iowa Central is doing something like that over there, but not sure of any specifics. Jeremy _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richardson,Tony Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 8:59 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] Internet Cafe Hello All, Is anyone out there providing an Internet café type wireless environment where students may bring their own notebook to school and use it for just internet access in a specific area of the school? If so what are some of the problems you have encountered? Thanks, Tony Richardson Technology Coordinator Humboldt Community School District [EMAIL PROTECTED] image001.jpgimage002.jpg
[info-tech]
These are actual comments made on students' report cards by teachers in the New York City public school system. All teachers were reprimanded (but, boy, are these funny!) 1. Since my last report, your child has reached rock bottom and has started to dig. 2. I would not allow this student to breed. 3. Your child has delusions of adequacy. 4. Your son is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot. 5. Your son sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve them. 6. The student has a full six-pack but lacks the plastic thing to hold it all together . 7. This child has been working with glue too much. 8. When your daughter's IQ reaches 50, she should sell. 9. The gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train isn't coming. 10. If this student were any more stupid, he'd have to be watered twice a week. 11. It's impossible to believe the sperm that created this child beat out 1,000,000 others. 12. The wheel is turning but the hamster is definitely dead. Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake Comm. School 900 20th Street Spirit Lake, IA. 51360 (712) 336-3707 ext. 1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] image001.jpg
[info-tech] Murray and the ROLL
Hotel Cost for the Microsoft Release of Server 2008 $57.99 Breakfast at the Machine Shed, Living History Farms $4.99 Watching Murray silently slip into a sugar induced coma Priceless This thing came with a side order of a heart defibrillator. Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake Community School District 900 20th Street Spirit Lake, IA. 51360 (712) 336-3707 ext.1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] image005.jpgimage006.jpgimage007.jpg
[info-tech] Technology in Classrooms
Techs, We are in the process of setting up individual building technology committees and using a survey for faculty to fill out as to what they would like to have integrated into their curriculm using current / upcoming technology. Other than computers, overhead projectors, wireless, smartboards, what are other schools considering as far as hardware, software to achieve this, if any. Thanks, Dan Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake Comm. School 900 20th Street Spirit Lake, Ia.51360 (712)336-3707 ext. 1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[info-tech] Jump Drives
All, I am curious as to what other school districts policies are concerning the use of Jump / Flash drives on school computers. Is this allowed by students / staff? Do you have specific polices in place for their use? How are executables installed on these devices handled so they are not run on school computers? I have staff asking about the use of these and I am reluctant to allow them so far. Thank you Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake Comm. School 900 20th Street Spirit Lake, Ia.51360 (712)336-3707 ext. 1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[info-tech] employee time software
Jim, We are using a software product called Punch Clock which has a server install and client as well. I have this installed on approx 30 computers within the district which tracks all times punching in and out daily for staff. Reports are then produced when needed and are written to simple text files which can be edited. For 200 nodes we paid $299.99. The only issue we have seen so far is that staff members cannot punch in and out more than 4 times daily, this will then cause errors when writing to the text files. There is also a nice backup utility included to store all time files if needed and can be used to restore data. Dan Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake Comm. School 900 20th Street Spirit Lake, Ia.51360 (712)336-3707 ext. 1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [info-tech] employee time software
Jim, We are using a software product called Punch Clock which has a server install and client as well. I have this installed on approx 30 computers within the district which tracks all times punching in and out daily for staff. Reports are then produced when needed and are written to simple text files which can be edited. For 200 nodes we paid $299.99. The only issue we have seen so far is that staff members cannot punch in and out more than 4 times daily, this will then cause errors when writing to the text files. There is also a nice backup utility included to store all time files if needed and can be used to restore data. Dan Dan Davis Network Administrator Spirit Lake Comm. School 900 20th Street Spirit Lake, Ia.51360 (712)336-3707 ext. 1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Kerns Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:32 AM To: AEA 8 Tech Cord's List Subject: [info-tech] employee time software I am curious what other districts are using for time tracking, punch in and out, etc., for the non salary employees. Right now we use Infotronics Attendance Professional and PC Punch. We are looking at upgrading, and I am wondering what other districts are using. Thanks!! Jim Kerns Spencer Community Schools 23 East 7th St P.O. Box 200 Spencer, Iowa 51301 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 712.262.0339 FAX 712.262.1116 --- [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/ - --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by the server02.aea8.k12.ia.us server.] --- [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] HP printers and connectivity
Are these connected directly to a print server or on local computers? Dan Dan Davis Network System Administrator Spirit Lake Comm. School (712) 336-3707 ext. 1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karl Hehr Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 10:58 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] HP printers and connectivity I have just purchased 3 new HP LaserJet 4250n printers, and they are great accept that I cannot local them from the PC computers. I want people to be able to add the printers by (on a Windows computer) going to the add printer dialog and browse to the printer, how in the world can I do this? I am a Mac guy and this is giving me fits. Thanks in advance. Karl Hehr District Technology Coordinator South Hamilton Schools Jewell, IA
RE: [info-tech] Student Health Manager
More information on this In speaking with ECI their software will support the following. Windows Environment to 2003 MAC Environment to OSX and is supported on previous version of MAC as well. Both of these are supported in native networked environments. Also, their software is written with File Maker which they are currently working to update to version 8 with no definite timeline in mind for release. Dan Davis Network System Administrator Spirit Lake Comm. School (712) 336-3707 ext. 1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Scarbrough Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 2:15 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Cc: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: Re: [info-tech] Student Health Manager info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us writes: The Spirit Lake Schools will be having a software demonstration on Student Health Manager, this from ECI software located in Marshalltown, IA. Dan, will this be their OSX version, or are they still in classic? (Tiger no longer ships with Classic, and Universal/Rosetta won't do classic.) Curious, Steve Scarbrough Technology Coordinator Storm Lake Community School District 712.732.8100 fax:8101 --- [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/ - --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by the server02.aea8.k12.ia.us server.] --- [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 based time clock system
Matt, We are using the Punch Clock software http://www.punch-clock.com/index.html This has a base system and client which is installed on multiple computers within the district, our grounds and maintenance supervisor found this and decided on it. We have had no problems with it so far and works fine for what he wants to track. This is not web based however. I thought that Software Unlimited had a web interface client. Otherwise, if you are into different distro's there is epayroll on sourceforge.net, this might be pretty bloated for what you are wanting to do. Dan Davis Network System Administrator Spirit Lake Comm. School (712) 336-3707 ext. 1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Vanderpool Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 11:35 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] web based time clock system I was wondering if any one uses a web based time clock system for punching staff in and out each day.I am looking for a system that is web based so I can run it from windows or mac computers. Also I would like to have it interface into the Software Unlimited school finance program. Anyone have any suggestions or recommendations Matt Vanderpool Technology Coordinator Laurens-Marathon Comm Schools --- [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/ - --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by the server02.aea8.k12.ia.us server.] --- [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] Student Health Manager
All, The Spirit Lake Schools will be having a software demonstration on Student Health Manager, this from ECI software located in Marshalltown, IA. http://www.ecisw.com/productsservices/SHM.htm If you have school nurses who are interested in another software solution other than JMC or current solution please pass on this information for attending if schedules permit. Meeting and demo will be held at the Spirit Lake High School, Monday March 27th from 10:00 until 12:30. This might not take the full 2 hours, I have booked our Lab for this length of time. Meeting will be held in our IMC Lab in the High School and attendees should sign into the High School Main office. Dan Davis Network System Administrator Spirit Lake Comm. School (712) 336-3707 ext. 1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [info-tech] Student E-mail
Brian, We do not allow access to any other email program other than what is provided by the school for their use. We also give all students from 5th to 12th email accounts. Dan Davis Network System Administrator Spirit Lake Comm. School (712) 336-3707 ext. 1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Brian Weidenthaler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 6:59 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] Student E-mail A few questions as our tech committee is about to meet... 1. Do you allow students to access private email accounts...HotMail, Yahoo, etc. on school computers, during school hours? 2. If not, what is the reasoning? 3. If yes what is the reasoning? 4. Do you offer school based email accounts for all high school students (9-12 or a mixture of) which the school sets up and manages (such as for classes, online classes, college classes, etc.? 5. If you do not allow it, do you deal with it by blocking access or or as part of a user agreement. Thanks in advance Brian Weidenthaler South Hamilton Schools --- [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/ - --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by the server02.aea8.k12.ia.us server.] --- [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] Proxima/Infocus Repair
We usually send our projectors back to the original manufacturers of the product itself, unless these were purchased from the AV COOP, the vendors should cover them with a 3 year warranty. Other wise we send ours to Rick's Computers which I believe also advertises on the AV site as well. Dan Davis Network Systems Administrator Spirit Lake Comm School (712)336-3707 ext. 1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: JON W HUESER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 8:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [info-tech] Proxima/Infocus Repair Where do you send a Proxima/Infocus projector to be repaired in Iowa. A couple of suggestions from some of you would be great! Thanks, Jon W. Hueser Assistant Principal Curriculum/Technology Director East Greene Comm. Schools 405 12th Str. South Box 377 Grand Junction, IA 50107 Phone: 515-738-2411 ext. 241 Fax: 515-738-5719 Website: www.east-greene.k12.ia.us Sent via the WebMail system at eg-main.east-greene.k12.ia.us --- [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] lab management software
We are also using NetOps software for the teacher to student monitoring, has many nice features as well, Attention will lock computers, you can play media files from a central location, built in File Manager, and real time recording of students activities, plus extras. Dan Davis Spirit Lake Community School -Original Message- From: Stoeber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:33 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] lab management software Does anyone use some sort of lab software to manage your computer labs? Im looking for a program to monitor students and beable to take control of the machine. Keith Keith Stoeber 4440 U.S. Hwy 71 Sioux Rapids, Iowa 50585 Phone: 712-283-2571 Fax: 712-283-2285 [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/ - --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by the server02.aea8.k12.ia.us server.] --- [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] POE
Murray, You can also use inline power injectors for this as well. Dan Davis -Original Message- From: Murray Gafkjen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 3:28 PM To: tech Subject: [info-tech] POE Hey Gang, We're looking at adding access points and would like to use power over ethernet. I currently use Cisco 2950 switches, can they use it natively or do I need to add a device to the network? Murray Gafkjen Clay Central Everly --- [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/ - --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by the server02.aea8.k12.ia.us server.] --- [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] POE
You can use WPA and WPA2 along with MAC table filtering if your access points support it. -Original Message- From: Steven Scarbrough [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 11:55 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: Re: [info-tech] POE What's everybody doing for wireless security? Since Cisco bought Perfigo, our deployment costs just went through the roof to use their system. (Was $7k. Now $45K x seven sites, + $4k/year/site. Ugh.) Anybody using RADIUS or 802.11x authentication with key changing? At a minimum, how are folks keeping script kiddies from brute force attacks on passwords if they sit in the parking lot with a laptop? (That'd never happen in this day and age, right??) Steve Scarbrough Technology Coordinator Storm Lake Community School District 712.732.8100 fax:8101 --- [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/ - --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by the server02.aea8.k12.ia.us server.] --- [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] FW: | Dell Laser Printers 2 for 1 !!
Techs, I am not sure which of you are Dell fans, but two printers at these prices are hard to beat I have the 1700n which has worked well for me so far. Dan Davis Network Systems Administrator Spirit Lake Community School (712) 336-3707 ext.1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 4:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: | Dell Laser Printers 2 for 1 !! Two-for-One is back! Promotion Details: Offer runs from May 2- July 1, 2005 Limit 4 total printers per Customer. Special offer limited to Dell Laser printers only- All other Dell and 3rd party printers are EXCLUDED. Free unit must be equal or lesser value. Cost of free unit will be evenly discounted over 2 units. Customer will pay for 2 units but the total will be for 1 unit, plus shipping for 2. Any unit returns will be credited the invoiced (discounted) amount. Hurry offer ends soon! Tiffany C. Bryant Public Transactional Group 1-800-901-3355 ext 7958743 Fax: 1-800-365-5329 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office Hours: M-F 7:30am-4:30pm CST 2 FOR 1 IS BACK ON ALL DELL LASER PRINTERS ASK FOR A QUOTE TODAY!!! image001.gif
[info-tech] PC/MAC to TV
I have had a request from our teachers to be able to connect their PCs to overhead TVs for student viewing. I am looking into the AVerKey products for this, but was curious what other School Districts are using currently with good or bad results. Dan Davis Network Systems Administrator Spirit Lake Community School Spirit Lake, Iowa 51360 (712)336-3707 ext. 1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] image001.jpg
RE: [info-tech] VERITAS About Us
I believe that Veritas latest software release is 10 which can be downloaded from their website, I called Veritas support and they emailed me the current licenses needed for an upgrade. I had recently purchased the 9.1 version of their software. Dan Davis Network Systems Administrator Spirit Lake Community School Spirit Lake, Iowa 51360 (712)336-3707 ext. 1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] === -Original Message- From: Murray Gafkjen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 8:14 AM To: tech Subject: [info-tech] VERITAS About Us Once again, here's the link to Veritas' website of free software. It took about 8 months to get the software. Don't know if their policy has changed since being taken over by the people in yellow. The form was fairly simple to fill-out. They provide version 9.1 with licenses for two sites. (Hmmm I wonder if I can trade up to the new version). http://www.veritas.com/aboutus/foundation/Foundation.jhtml Murray Gafkjen CCE --- [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/ - --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by the server02.aea8.k12.ia.us server.] --- [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] VERITAS About Us
Also, it seems that the version 9.1 remote agents do not need to be uninstalled, and then version 10 remote agents installed. (This from Veritas tech support). I was told that the version 9.1 agents are compatible with version 10 software, as yet however, I have not tested this on our network. Dan Davis Network Systems Administrator Spirit Lake Community School Spirit Lake, Iowa 51360 (712)336-3707 ext. 1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] == -Original Message- From: Dan Davis Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 8:29 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] VERITAS About Us I believe that Veritas latest software release is 10 which can be downloaded from their website, I called Veritas support and they emailed me the current licenses needed for an upgrade. I had recently purchased the 9.1 version of their software. Dan Davis Network Systems Administrator Spirit Lake Community School Spirit Lake, Iowa 51360 (712)336-3707 ext. 1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] === -Original Message- From: Murray Gafkjen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 8:14 AM To: tech Subject: [info-tech] VERITAS About Us Once again, here's the link to Veritas' website of free software. It took about 8 months to get the software. Don't know if their policy has changed since being taken over by the people in yellow. The form was fairly simple to fill-out. They provide version 9.1 with licenses for two sites. (Hmmm I wonder if I can trade up to the new version). http://www.veritas.com/aboutus/foundation/Foundation.jhtml Murray Gafkjen CCE --- [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/ - --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by the server02.aea8.k12.ia.us server.] --- [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/ - --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by the server02.aea8.k12.ia.us server.] --- [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] text messaging
You can also block the default client port of 1863 for msn and I believe 1590 for AOL chat, however usually the msn will default to regular port 80 when the connection cannot be made on 1863, otherwise I also block sites for messaging and I also have a group policies which do not allow the msn program to be executed. Dan Davis Network Systems Administrator Spirit Lake Community School Spirit Lake, Iowa 51360 (712)336-3707 ext. 1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Brian Ney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 7:36 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] text messaging I know you can text message to a cell phone by using the web site of your cell phone service. I can send a message from uscellular.com if I enter my cell phone number and the number of the phone I want to send to. If you can find out the web site(s) they are sending from, you can probably add the site(s) to your firewall. I assume you are not talking about Instant Messaging like MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, or AOL Instant Messenger. I have those sites blocked with my firewall already. There are probably others, but I have not found any that install on the local machines. Brian Ney N. Kossuth -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Tom and Linda Huseman Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 6:39 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] text messaging I had a teacher inform me today that the students have figured out how to do text messaging from the computers at school. Any suggestions on how to block this little activity. Thanks, Linda Linda Huseman Technology Coordinator Alta Community School image001.jpg
[info-tech] Print Authentication
I am curious what other school districts are doing to secure printing and to offset the costs of print paper and print toner. We are looking into the idea of charging individual students a fee at the beginning of the year to recoup some toner costs throughout the school year. I have printing security via AD setup that only allow staff and students access to certain networked printers within the district and I also am installing them via scripts as needed. However, allowing students to print curriculm papers, also allows them to print non-educational material as well. Does anyone have, or use some type of print authentication software which requires username and password when print jobs are submitted? Dan Davis Network Systems Administrator Spirit Lake Community School Spirit Lake, Iowa 51360 (712)336-3707 ext. 1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[info-tech] Sending large attachments via email
Just found this site. I havent tried this personally but it looks to be a nice way around sending large file attachments via email. http://s3.yousendit.com/ Dan Davis Network Systems Administrator Spirit Lake Community School Spirit Lake, Iowa 51360 (712)336-3707 ext. 1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [info-tech] selling/giving away older computers
Brad, We usually have a District garage sale in the spring each year and sell old computers, monitors, desks and the like, we also have a no haggle policy as well. This is usually a great way to get rid of old equipment and make a little money back for the district. Dan Davis Network Systems Administrator Spirit Lake Community School Spirit Lake, Iowa 51360 (712)336-3707 ext. 1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Brad Kruse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 8:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Brad Kruse Subject: [info-tech] selling/giving away older computers I have about 35 older systems that we no longer use (Pent.II 233s). We would like to give away/sell cheapto district patrons. If you have done this at your school district in the past, what is the legality of wiping the hd andinstalling a copy of Win98 on the system? I assume we must include alicensed copy of Win98 with the system? Thanks andMerry Christmas to all the fellow nerds out there. I hope we get all thecoolest toys for Christmas! 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
RE: [info-tech] Fiber Question
Julie, We buried fiber ourselves which connects all district buildings; I also have fiber connecting all our internal satellite switches within each building. We have no reoccurring monthly fees. Dan Davis Spirit Lake Community School From: DAVIES, JULIE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 1:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [info-tech] Fiber Question Question: For the districts that have fiber to connect buildings together, how much do you pay per month and who is your provider? What speed are you running over the fiber? What is the length of the fiber connection? Thanks.I am trying to find out if our bid is in line with other districts. Julie Davies Curriculum and Technology Coordinator Okoboji Community Schools 712.338.2458
